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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Crossing the continent, 1527-1540 Crossing the continent, 1527-1540 Robert Goodwin The true story of America's first great explorer and adventurer—an African slave named Esteban DorantesCrossing the Continent takes us on an epic journey from Africa to Europe and America as Dr. Robe… OL12037108W
Seven spools of thread Seven spools of thread Angela Shelf Medearis When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa. Includ… OL15680337W
This Is What We Found This Is What We Found Ralph and Carl Creger How a white father and son in Little Rock came to champion equal rights and opportunities for Negroes. OL17342264W
The Sacrifice of Tamar (Readers Guide Editions) The Sacrifice of Tamar (Readers Guide Editions) Naomi Ragen A rabbi's wife in New York is raped by a black man, but hides the incident from her husband and they continue sleeping as normal. On becoming pregnant she cannot tell who the father is, so decides ag… OL1853907W
Becoming Human Becoming Human Zakiyyah Iman Jackson Rewriting the pernicious, enduring relationship between blackness and animality in the history of Western science and philosophy, Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World breaks open … OL20776260W
Queer Freedom Queer Freedom Ana-Maurine Lara Theoretically wide-ranging and deeply personal and poetic, Queer Freedom: Black Sovereignty is based on more than three years of fieldwork in the Dominican Republic. Ana-Maurine Lara draws on her eng… OL21678009W
Dark princess Dark princess W. E. B. Du Bois 29, 311 p. 24 cm OL28596W
Bearing arms for his majesty Bearing arms for his majesty Ben Vinson "This study uses the participation of free-colored men, whether mulatos, pardos, or morenos (i.e., Afro-Spaniards, Afro-Indians, or "pure blacks"), in New Spain's militias as a prism for examining ra… OL5727392W
Rush Home Road Rush Home Road Lori Lansens "When Addy Shadd was a young girl living in Rusholme, she was taught the history of her town, which was settled by fugitive slaves in the 1800s. It was told to her like a storybook legend - and altho… OL5832106W
Light, bright, and damned near white Light, bright, and damned near white Stephanie Rose Bird The election of America's first biracial president brings the question dramatically to the fore. What does it mean to be biracial or tri-racial in the United States today? Anthropologist Stephanie Bi… OL5853401W
Marchin' the pilgrims home Marchin' the pilgrims home Stephen D. Glazier Stephen D. Glazier's Marchin' the Pilgrims Home offers an ethnographic analysis of the beliefs and practices of the Spiritual Baptists on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Variously known as Shouters… OL5913049W
Culture is our weapon Culture is our weapon Patrick Neate An inspiring mission to rescue young people from drugs and violence with music At a time when interest in Brazilian culture has reached an all-time high, and the stories of one person's ability to im… OL5955612W
Black Firsts Black Firsts Jessie Carney Smith,Casper Leroy Jordan,Jessie Carney Smith,Casper LeRoy Jordan,Jessie Carney Smith Ph.D. Readers will revel in the stories of barrier-breaking pioneers in all fields-arts, entertainment, business, civil rights, education, government, inventing, journalism, religion, science, sports, and … OL6684219W
The boy who walked into the world The boy who walked into the world Robin Malan Serves as programme for the first performance at the Actors' Centre, Johannesburg Civic Theatre, Braamfontein, on 25 November 2005, and as complete text of the play. OL7033241W