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The myth of the Negro past The myth of the Negro past Melville J. Herskovits Almost fifty years ago Melville Herskovits set out to debunk the myth that black Americans have no cultural past. Originally published in 1941, his unprecedented study of black history and culture re… OL1135905W
Bud, Not Buddy Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis,Alberto Jimenez Rioja,aa,Reginald André Jackson It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own i… OL115602W
Social scientists for social justice Social scientists for social justice John P. Jackson Kenneth Clark's demonstration that Black children preferred white dolls to black ones was one of many studies to show the debilitating psychological effects of racism and segregation. Clark and other… OL12344259W
The new Jim Crow The new Jim Crow Karen Chilton,Michelle Alexander This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race… OL13826369W
Black stars of colonial and revolutionary times Black stars of colonial and revolutionary times James Haskins,Brenda Wilkinson,Clinton Cox AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes. Here is what you want to know about the li… OL14865373W
Outlaw Culture Outlaw Culture Bell Hooks Bell hooks, one of America's leading black intellectuals, is also one of our most clear-eyed and penetrating analysts of culture. Outlaw culture--the culture of the margin, of women, of the disenfran… OL15053153W
Dangerous liaisons Dangerous liaisons Eric Brandt A groundbreaking study of the intersections of race and sexuality, by an all-star group of writers. From Selma and Stonewall to California’s Proposition 209 and the Defense of Marriage Act, blacks an… OL15137195W
Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe This unforgettable novel tells the story of Tom, a devoutly Christian slave who chooses not to escape bondage for fear of embarrassing his master. However, he is soon sold to a slave trader and sent … OL152161W
Ninth Ward Ninth Ward Jewell Parker Rhodes "En Louisiane, tout le monde croit aux esprits. Lanesha, elle, a le don de les voir. "Tu es comme moi, ma chérie, tu as un don de double vue ", lui a expliqué Mama Ya-Ya, la sage-femme qui l'a recuei… OL15731988W
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
The persistence of the color line The persistence of the color line Randall Kennedy "Timely--as the 2012 presidential election nears--and controversial for its bracing iconoclasm, The Persistence of the Color Line is the first book by a major African-American public intellectual on … OL16140147W
Sick from freedom Sick from freedom Jim Downs "Bondspeople who fled from slavery during and after the Civil War did not expect that their flight toward freedom would lead to sickness, disease, suffering, and death. But the war produced the large… OL16617538W
Slavery in the Cherokee Nation Slavery in the Cherokee Nation Patrick Neal Minges This work explores the dynamic issues of race and religion within the Cherokee Nation and to look at the role of secret societies in shaping these forces during the nineteenth century. OL16952142W
The Black West The Black West William Loren Katz The American West: no period in our history has defined and shaped us more as a nation. Unique to the U.S., the Old West exerts a power on the American imagination that can still be seen in almost ev… OL1880557W
Why We Can't Wait Why We Can't Wait Martin Luther King Jr.,J.D. Jackson In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. launched the Civil Rights movement and demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action with this letter from Birmingham Jail.… OL1945932W
A testament of hope A testament of hope Martin Luther King Jr. Speeches, writings, interviews, and excerpts from five of Martin Luther King's books are presented in chronological order within topical groupings. OL1945945W
Reparations for slavery and the slave trade Reparations for slavery and the slave trade Ana Lucia Araujo "Slavery and the Atlantic slave trade are among the most heinous crimes against humanity committed in the modern era. Yet, to this day no former slave society in the Americas has paid reparations to … OL19726105W
Black prophetic fire Black prophetic fire Christa Buschendorf,Cornel West "Celebrated intellectual and activist Cornel West offers an unflinching look at nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies. In an accessible, conversation… OL19986385W
Carver, a Life in Poems Carver, a Life in Poems Marilyn Nelson George Washington Carver was born a slave in Missouri about 1864 and was raised by the childless white couple who had owned his mother. In 1877 he left home in search of an education, eventually earn… OL2641346W
Freedom dreams Freedom dreams Robin D.G. Kelley Kelley unearths freedom dreams in this exciting history of renegade intellectuals and artists of the African diaspora in the twentieth century. Focusing on the visions of activists from C.L.R. James … OL2675568W
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