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I'd rather we got casinos, and other Black thoughts I'd rather we got casinos, and other Black thoughts Larry Wilmore Within these pages are the musings, the revelations, the ruminations, and the reflections of Daily Show comic Larry Wilmore--from why black weathermen make him feel happy (or sad) and why brothas don… OL11977270W
Conversate Is Not a Word Conversate Is Not a Word Jam Donaldson Funny, sad, and refreshingly honest, this provocative commentary based on the author's award-winning blog explores what is wrong with black culture and what needs to be done to fix neighborhoods and … OL15188187W
Evangelicalism and the politics of reform in northern Black thought, 1776-1863 Evangelicalism and the politics of reform in northern Black thought, 1776-1863 Rita Roberts During the revolutionary age and in the early republic, when racial ideologies were evolving and slavery expanding, some northern blacks surprisingly came to identify very strongly with the American … OL15602738W
Pearl's secret Pearl's secret Neil Henry A black professor of journalism and award-winning correspondent takes an investigative look into his family's past in this autobiography and family story, as he pieces together the murky details of h… OL15859141W
Say it loud Say it loud Stephen Smith,Catherine Ellis Collects the text and audio recordings of famous African American political speeches, by individuals ranging from Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. to Condoleezza Rice and Barack Obama. OL15896798W
African American consciousness African American consciousness James L. Conyers 190 p. ; 23 cm OL15947068W
Cultural portrayals of African Americans Cultural portrayals of African Americans Janis Faye Hutchinson x, 154 p. ; 25 cm OL18276730W
Tears we cannot stop Tears we cannot stop Michael Eric Dyson Fifty years ago, when a white woman asked Malcolm X what she could do for the cause, he told her "Nothing." Now, Michael Eric Dyson believes he was wrong and responds that if society is to make real … OL19713152W
White like her White like her Gail Lukasik "The story of Gail Lukasik's mother's passing, Gail's struggle with the shame of her mother's choice, and her subsequent journey of self-discovery and redemption"--Amazon.com. OL19730351W
Black and Blur Black and Blur Fred Moten In Black and Blur--the first volume in his sublime and compelling trilogy: Consent not to be a single being--Fred Moten engages in a capacious consideration of the place and force of blackness in Afr… OL19733090W
Race, Gender, and Citizenship in the African Diaspora Race, Gender, and Citizenship in the African Diaspora Manoucheka Celeste With the exception of slave narratives, there are few stories of black international migration in U.S. news and popular culture. This book is interested in stratified immigrant experiences, diverse b… OL21281204W
Can we talk about race? Can we talk about race? Beverly Daniel Tatum Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.Can We Talk About Race?: And Other Conversations in an Era of School ResegregationMajor new reflections on race and schools — by the best-selling author of Why Are All the … OL2683673W
Islam and the Blackamerican Islam and the Blackamerican Sherman A. Jackson Sherman Jackson offers a trenchant examination of the career of Islam among the blacks of America. Jackson notes that no one has offered a convincing explanation of why Islam spread among Blackameric… OL2975324W
Yearning Yearning Bell Hooks,Christopher Raschka "For bell hooks, the best cultural criticism sees no need to separate politics from the pleasure of reading. Yearning collects together some of hooks's classic and early pieces of cultural criticism … OL31122W
Charles W. Chesnutt and the fictions of race Charles W. Chesnutt and the fictions of race Dean McWilliams "Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) was the first African American writer of fiction to win the attention and approval of America's literary establishment. Looking anew at Chesnutt's public and private … OL4789106W
Passing Strange Passing Strange Martha A. Sandweiss The secret double life of the man who mapped the American West and the woman he lovedClarence King is a hero of nineteenth-century western history. Brilliant scientist and witty conversationalist, be… OL5123523W
Slave culture Slave culture Sterling Stuckey In this ground-breaking study, Sterling Stuckey, a leading cultural historian and authority on slavery, explains how different African peoples interacted on the plantations of the South to achieve a … OL5268241W
Colored pictures Colored pictures Michael D. Harris "In this book, artist and art historian Michael Harris investigates the role of visual representation in the construction of black identities, both real and imagined, in the United States. He focuses… OL5954019W
The Golden Road The Golden Road Caille Millner The true story of a remarkable young woman's struggle to find a home in the worldCaille Millner is a rising star on the literary scene. A graduate of Harvard University, she was first published at ag… OL8052894W
Incognegro Incognegro Frank B. Wilderson III Winner of the 2008 American Book Award/Before Columbus Foundation In 1995, a South African journalist informed Frank Wilderson, one of only two Black American members of the African National Congr… OL9591874W
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