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Entangled by white supremacy Entangled by white supremacy Janet G. Hudson "In Entangled by White Supremacy: Reform in World War I-era South Carolina, Janet G. Hudson examines the complex racial and social dynamics at play during this pivotal period of U.S. history. With cr… OL13609290W
A nation under our feet A nation under our feet Steven Hahn This is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people-an embryonic black nation. As Steven Hahn demonstrates, rural Afr… OL15838669W
African American consciousness African American consciousness James L. Conyers 190 p. ; 23 cm OL15947068W
Black Against Empire Black Against Empire Waldo E. Martin,Joshua Bloom,Ron Butler This timely special edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, features a new preface by the authors that places the Party in a contemporary political … OL16672432W
African-American political psychology African-American political psychology Tasha S. Philpot,Ismail K. White "Decades of research in both political science and psychology have demonstrated that external, environmental factors influence individuals' mental processes, especially as they relate to politics. In… OL16984417W
The Undercommons The Undercommons Fred Moten,Stefano Harney "In this series of essays Fred Moten and Stefano Harney draw on the theory and practice of the black radical tradition as it supports, inspires, and extends contemporary social and political thought … OL17582148W
The making of Black lives matter The making of Black lives matter Christopher J. Lebron Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has become a powerful and uncompromising campaign demanding redress for the bru… OL17754093W
The Black Panthers The Black Panthers Yohuru R. Williams,Bryan Shih "October 2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party. Photojournalist Bryan Shih, who has been interviewing and taking portraits of the surviving Panthers around th… OL19664359W
The loneliness of the Black Republican The loneliness of the Black Republican Leah Wright Rigueur "Covering more than four decades of American social and political history, The Loneliness of the Black Republican examines the ideas and actions of Black Republican activists, officials, and politici… OL19989834W
For a voice and the vote For a voice and the vote Lisa Anderson Todd "During the summer of 1964, more than a thousand individuals descended on Mississippi to help the state's African American citizens register to vote. Student organizers, volunteers, and community mem… OL19992669W
Black elephants in the room Black elephants in the room Corey Fields "What do you think of when you hear about an African American Republican? Are they heroes fighting against the expectation that all blacks must vote democratic? Are they Uncle Toms or sellouts, servi… OL20040767W
The Black power movement and civil unrest The Black power movement and civil unrest Kerry Hinton By the late 1960s, the slow pace of progress brought about by the civil rights movement caused growing dissatisfaction for some. The assassinations of civil rights leaders during this time convinced … OL26313492W
The evidence of things not seen The evidence of things not seen James Baldwin This edition of a classic work by one of America’s premier writers offers a new Foreword by Derrick Bell (with Janet Dewart Bell) to the 1995 paperback edition, and is as meaningful today as it was w… OL2683353W
The Presumed Alliance The Presumed Alliance Nicolas C. Vaca As Latino and African Americans increasingly live side by side in large urban centers, as well as in suburban clusters, the idealized concept of a "Rainbow Coalition" would suggest that these two dis… OL274376W
The Huey P. Newton reader The Huey P. Newton reader Huey P. Newton "The First Comprehensive Collection of writings by the Black Panther Party founder and revolutionary icon of the black liberation era, The Huey P. Newton Reader combines now-classic texts with never-… OL3110331W
Newark Newark Kevin J. Mumford 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 tradit… OL3282067W
Black Faces in the Mirror Black Faces in the Mirror Katherine Tate "Katherine Tate examines the significance of race in the U.S. system of representative democracy for African Americans. Presenting important new findings, she offers the first empirical study to take… OL3500989W
Spectres of 1919 Spectres of 1919 Barbara Foley x, 313 pages : 24 cm OL3721179W
Farewell to the party of Lincoln Farewell to the party of Lincoln Nancy Joan Weiss Malkiel This book examines a remarkable political phenomenon -- the dramatic shift of black voters from the Republican to the Democratic party in the 1930s, a shift all the more striking in light of the Demo… OL4774076W
Black Power Movement Black Power Movement Peniel E. Joseph The Black Power Movement remains an enigma. Often misunderstood and ill-defined, this radical movement is now beginning to receive sustained and serious scholarly attention. Peniel Joseph has colle… OL8105074W
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