Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Ebony and Ivy Ebony and Ivy Craig Steven Wilder A 2006 report commissioned by Brown University revealed that institution’s complex and contested involvement in slavery—setting off a controversy that leapt from the ivory tower to make headlines acr… OL16813049W
Yellow peril! Yellow peril! John Kuo Wei Tchen,Dylan Yeats "The "yellow peril" is one of the most long-standing and pervasive racist ideas in Western culture--indeed, this book traces its history to the Enlightenment era. Yet while Fu Manchu evokes a fading … OL19663969W
Racism Racism George M. Fredrickson "Are antisemitism and white supremacy manifestations of a general phenomenon? Why didn't racism appear in Europe before the fourteenth century, and why did it flourish as never before in the eighteen… OL2671407W
The meaning of freedom The meaning of freedom Robin D.G. Kelley,Angela Y. Davis What is the meaning of freedom? Angela Y. Davis' life and work have been dedicated to examining this fundamental question and to ending all forms of oppression that deny people their political, cultu… OL2709374W
Dreams from My Father Dreams from My Father FERNANDO MIRANDA MURO,EVARISTO PAEZ RASMUSSEN,EVARISTO PAEZ RASMUSSEN,Barack Obama,Canongate Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama's remarkable memoir. The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many y… OL3246382W
Destined to Witness Destined to Witness Hans J. Massaquoi This is a story of the unexpected.In Destined to Witness, Hans Massaquoi has crafted a beautifully rendered memoir -- an astonishing true tale of how he came of age as a black child in Nazi Germany. … OL468217W