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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...
$50.00
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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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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THE ENVY OF THE WORLD: ON BEING A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA
Black men have never had more opportunity for success than today—yet, as bestselling author Cose puts it, "We are watching the largest group of black males in history stumbling through life with a ball and chain." Add to that the...
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THE RAGE OF A PRIVILEGED CLASS: WHY DO PROSPEROUSE BLACKS STILL HAVE THE BLUES?
A controversial and widely heralded look at the race-related pain and anger felt by the most respected, best educated, and wealthiest members of the black community. Product details Publisher : Harper Perennial; Harperperennial ed. edition (December 2, 1994) Language : English Paperback...
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FROM HEAD SHOPS TO WHOLE FOODS: THE RISE AND FALL OF ACTIVIST ENTREPRENEURS
In the 1960s and ’70s, a diverse range of storefronts―including head shops, African American bookstores, feminist businesses, and organic grocers―brought the work of the New Left, Black Power, feminism, environmentalism, and other movements into the marketplace. Through shared ownership, limited...
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BOUNDS OF THEIR HABITATION: RACE AND RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY (AMERICAN WAYS)
There is an “American Way” to religion and race unlike anyplace else in the world, and the rise of religious pluralism in contemporary American (together with the continuing legacy of the racism of the past and misapprehensions in the present)...
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TAKING BULLETS: BLACK BOYS AND MEN IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AMERICA, FIGHTING TERRORISM, STOPPING VIOLENCE AND SEEKING HEALING
Taking Bullets: Black Boys and Men in Twenty-First Century America Fighting Terrorism, Stopping Violence, and Seeking Healing starts a national debate on Black male empowerment with an urgency for the survival of a generation of Black men and boys who...
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FATHERHOOD: RISING TO THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
In Fatherhood, beloved NBA player, poet, children’s advocate, and devoted dad Etan Thomas speaks from his heart on what matters most in his life: being there for his children. As a leading participant in President Obama’s Fatherhood Initiative, Etan has reached...
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NO CITIZEN LEFT BEHIND
While teaching at an all-Black middle school in Atlanta, Meira Levinson realized that students’ individual self-improvement would not necessarily enable them to overcome their profound marginalization within American society. This is because of a civic empowerment gap that is as...
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