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OVERCOMING SPEECHLESSNESS: A POET ENCOUNTERS THE HORROR IN RWANDA, EASTERN CONGO, AND PALESTINE/ISRAELERCOMING SPEECHLESSNESS: A POET ENCOUNTERS THE HORROR IN RWANDA, EASTERN CONGO, AND PALESTINE/ISRAEL
In 2006, Alice Walker, working with Women for Women International, visited Rwanda and the eastern Congo to witness the aftermath of the genocide in Kigali. Invited by Code Pink, an antiwar group working to end the Iraq War, Walker traveled...
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THE EDUCATION OF BLACK PEOPLE: TEN CRITIQUES, 1906 - 1960
Undoubtedly the most influential black intellectual of the twentieth century and one of America's finest historians, W.E.B. DuBois knew that the liberation of the African American people required liberal education and not vocational training. He saw education as a process...
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THE NAME 'NEGRO' ITS ORIGIN AND EVIL USE
First published in 1960, this book is Richard B. Moore's comprehensive study of the use and definition of the word negro. Product details Publisher : Black Classic Press; Revised edition (August 1, 1992) Language : English ISBN-10 : 0933121350 ISBN-13 : 978-0933121355 Item Weight...
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THE ORIGIN OF RACES AND COLOR
Of the books authored by Martin R. Delany (1812-1885), The Origin of Races and Color is perhaps the most obscure. Out-of-print until now, it has been available to the public only through select libraries. At the time of its publication in 1879,...
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FROM THE BROWDER FILE VOL II: SURVIVAL STRATEGIES FOR AFRICANS IN AMERICA: 13 STEPS TO FREEDOM
We Africans in America have been socially engineered to reject our past, and far too many of us live in a state of suspended animation. Product details Paperback : 163 pages ISBN-10 : 0924944102 ISBN-13 : 978-0924944109 Item Weight : 9.3 ounces Dimensions : 5.51...
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FORTY MILLION DOLLAR SLAVES: THE RISE, FALL, AND REDEMPTION OF THE BLACK ATHLETE
From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says New York Times columnist William...
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THE ORIGIN OF OTHERS (CHARLES ELIOT NORTON LECTURES #56)
America’s foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates...
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I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO: A COMPANION EDITION TO THE DOCUMENTARY FILM DIRECTED BY RAOUL PECK
In his final years, Baldwin envisioned a book about his three assassinated friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King. His deeply personal notes for the project had never been published before acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck mined Baldwin’s oeuvre to...
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THE RACIAL HEALING HANDBOOK: PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOU CHALLENGE PRIVILEGE, CONFRONT SYSTEMIC RACISM, AND ENGAGE IN COLLECTIVE HEALING
A powerful and practical guide to help you navigate racism, challenge privilege, manage stress and trauma, and begin to heal. Healing from racism is a journey that often involves reliving trauma and experiencing feelings of shame, guilt, and anxiety. This...
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WHITE FRAGILITY: WHY IT'S SO HARD FOR WHITE PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT RACISM
In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ‘bad people’ (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the...
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TRUE TO YOU: A JOURNEY TO FINDING AND LOVING YOURSELF
ONE OF THE GREATEST ENTERTAINERS OF OUR TIME CANDIDLY REVEALS HER VERY PERSONAL STRUGGLE WITH AN ISSUE SO MANY OF US FACE EVERY DAY: SELF-ESTEEMJanet Jackson emerged from the shadows of an already famous family to become one of the...
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THE ROOTS OF RAP: 16 BARS ON THE 4 PILLARS OF HIP-HOP
The roots of rap and the history of hip-hop have origins that precede DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash. Kids will learn about how it evolved from folktales, spirituals, and poetry, to the showmanship of James Brown, to the culture...
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BLUES PEOPLE
"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music—through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel development,...
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ONE NATION: WHAT WE CAN ALL DO TO SAVE AMERICA'S FUTURE
Many Americans heard and responded, but our nation’s decline has continued. Today the danger is greater than ever before, and I have never shared a more urgent message than I do now.Our growing debt and deteriorating morals have driven us far from the founders’...
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LOCKING UP OUR OWN: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN BLACK AMERICA
Former public defender James Forman, Jr. is a leading critic of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color. In Locking Up Our Own, he seeks to understand the war on crime that began in the 1970s and why...
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The Master Book of Candle Burning
The Master Book of Candle Burning outlines the practices used and taught by mediums, spiritual advisors, evangelists, and others who use candles and psalms to help in money drawing rituals, love spells, and other such spells. Product details Paperback : 96...
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INVISIBLE MAN: GORDON PARKS AND RALPH ELLISON IN HARLEM
It is relatively unknown that the photographer Gordon Parks was close friends with Ralph Ellison, author of the acclaimed 1952 novel Invisible Man. Even less known is the fact that their common vision of racial injustices, coupled with a shared belief...
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MISTY COPELAND: POWER AND GRACE
Misty has proven adversity can be conquered by reaching higher and working harder to define what is humanly possible, regardless of the path one chooses to follow their dreams. In Misty’s own words, “Finding your power doesn’t have to...
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LONELY PLANET WEST AFRICA ( TRAVEL GUIDE )
Lonely PlanetWest Africa is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the Senegalese music scene in Dakar, sun yourself in the coastal paradise of Freetown, or...
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YESTERDAY, I CRIED: CELEBRATING THE LESSONS OF LIVING AND LOVING
Bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant has had an amazing and difficult life—one of great challenges that unmasked her wonderful gifts and led to wisdom gained. In this simple book, she uses her own personal experiences to show how life's hardships can...
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