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CHAOTIC JUSTICE: RETHINKING AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY
What is African American about African American literature? Why identify it as a distinct tradition? John Ernest contends that too often scholars have relied on naive concepts of race, superficial conceptions of African American history, and the marginalization of important...
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RUN IN MY SHOES: THE JOURNEY OF UNDERSTANDING RACE AND PREJUDICE IN AMERICA AS SEEN BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN
Run In MY Shoes is a chronological historical account regarding the political and social economic reasonsconcerning the development of Racism in American History. Written by an author who grew up during the turbulentSixties/Civil Rights Struggles regarding the Black/White divide. Run...
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THE COVENANT WITH BLACK AMERICA
Six years' worth of symposiums come together in this rich collection of essays that plot a course for African Americans, explaining how individuals and households can make changes that will immediately improve their circumstances in areas ranging from health and...
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THE SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1638-1870
The various moral, economic and religious arguments against slavery were clear from the outset of the practice in the early 16th century. The ownership of a human life as an economic commodity was decried from religious circles from the earliest...
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WHAT NEXT: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN INITIATIVE TOWARD WORLD PEACE (COMING SOON)
Mosley, like many New Yorkers, has tried to make sense of the events of 9/11--and his own reaction to them. He remembered his father's stories about World War II and how he didn't think of himself as an American until...
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SEEKING HIGHER GROUND: THE HURRICANE KATRINA CRISIS, RACE, AND PUBLIC POLICY READER
Hurricane Katrina of August-September 2005, one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and class inequalities of America. In this powerful reader, Seeking Higher Ground, prominent scholars and writers examine the racial impact...
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CLAIMING EARTH: RACE, RAPE, RITUAL, RICHNESS IN AMERICA AND THE SEARCH FOR ENLIGHTENED EMPOWERMENT (COMING SOON)
An important handbook, this guide encourages nurturing people, both young and old, into Black consciousness and activism. Product details Publisher : Third World Press; First Edition (July 1, 1995) Language : English Paperback : 250 pages ISBN-10 : 0883780909 ISBN-13 : 978-0883780909 Item Weight : 13.4...
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ROLE CALL: A GENERATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL BLACK LITERATURE
""Welcome to the 21st Century"" bids the opening line of this literary ""multimedia"" experience, brought to us by three leading Black author-activists of the post-Civil Rights Movement generation. This collection of more than 300 poems, essays, paintings, photos, and mixed...
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SOLEDAD BROTHER: THE PRISON LETTERS OF GEORGE JACKSON
A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit but eventually took his life. Jackson's letters make palpable...
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RECLAIMING OUR SPACE: HOW BLACK FEMINISTS ARE CHANGING THE WORLD FROM THE TWEETS TO THE STREETS
In Reclaiming Our Space, social worker, activist, and cultural commentator Feminista Jones explores how Black women are changing culture, society, and the landscape of feminism by building digital communities and using social media as powerful platforms. As Jones reveals, some of...
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WAR OF THE BLOODS IN MY VEINS: A STREET SOLDIER'S MARCH TOWARD REDEMPTION
By turns harrowing, moving, and ultimately redemptive, this is a war story -- a war that rages out of control on the streets of the United States, claiming the lives of our loved ones and neighbors. In this memoir, complete...
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NEWARK: A HISTORY OF RACE, RIGHTS, AND RIOTS IN AMERICA
Newark’s volatile past is infamous. The city has become synonymous with the Black Power movement and urban crisis. Its history reveals a vibrant and contentious political culture punctuated by traditional civic pride and an understudied tradition of protest in the...
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HOW THE WORD IS PASSED: A RECKONING WITH THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY ACROSS AMERICA
Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has...
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HIP-HOP ACTIVISM IN THE OBAMA ERA (COMING SOON)
Kitwana, author of the best-selling The Hip-Hop Generation, sits down with leadership of the five major national hip-hop organizations, a larger part of the force that is driving the innovative marriage between hip-hop and civic engagement—The League of Young Voters,...
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SLAVERY'S EXILES: THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN MAROONS
Over more than two centuries men, women, and children escaped from slavery to make the Southern wilderness their home. They hid in the mountains of Virginia and the low swamps of South Carolina; they stayed in the neighborhood or paddled...
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CUTTING ALONG THE COLOR LINE: BLACK BARBERS AND BARBER SHOPS IN AMERICA
Today, black-owned barber shops play a central role in African American public life. The intimacy of commercial grooming encourages both confidentiality and camaraderie, which make the barber shop an important gathering place for African American men to talk freely. But...
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KNOW WHAT I MEAN?: REFLECTIONS ON HIP HOP
Whether along race, class or generational lines, hip-hop music has been a source of controversy since the beats got too big and the voices too loud for the block parties that spawned them. America has condemned and commended this music...
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THE MISEDUCATION OF BLACK CHILDREN
Parents and teachers of black children who wish to confront the failures of the education system that have not been remedied by the No Child Left Behind Act will appreciate this dissection of the root issues affecting academic achievement. Postulating...
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THE MISEDUCATION OF BLACK CHILDREN
Parents and teachers of black children who wish to confront the failures of the education system that have not been remedied by the No Child Left Behind Act will appreciate this dissection of the root issues affecting academic achievement. Postulating...
$17.95
REVOLUTIONARIES TO RACE LEADERS: BLACK POWER AND THE MAKING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICS
The Black Power movement represented a key turning point in American politics. Disenchanted by the hollow progress of federal desegregation during the 1960s, many black citizens and leaders across the United States demanded meaningful self-determination. The popular movement they created...
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