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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
What shall we do with the Negro? What shall we do with the Negro? Paul D. Escott Consulting a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens' organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, Paul D. Escott… OL15300925W
Showdown Showdown Thomas G. Smith "In 1961--as America crackled with racial tension--the Washington Redskins stood alone as the only professional football team without a black player on its roster. In fact, during the entire twenty-f… OL16485730W
White boy White boy Mark Naison "How does a Jewish boy who spent the bulk of his childhood on the basketball courts of Brooklyn wind up teaching in one of the city's pioneering black studies departments? Naison's odyssey begins as … OL18245634W
Douglass and Lincoln Douglass and Lincoln Stephen Kendrick,Paul Kendrick Describes how Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass set the groundwork in three historic meetings to abolish slavery in the United States, despite their differing perspectives on the war and the ins… OL19926944W
The wolf by the ears The wolf by the ears John Chester Miller Examines Thomas Jefferson's attitudes toward slavery--how they affected and were affected by the political and social climate of the times and how they meshed with his general views on agrarianism, p… OL4101258W
Jefferson's pillow Jefferson's pillow Roger W. Wilkins "As a black man, Roger Wilkins feels at times unwelcome in America. Although an outspoken participant in the civil rights movement, the assistant attorney general during the Johnson administration, a… OL4458298W
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
Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House Elizabeth Keckley A former slave's intimate memoir of the Lincoln White House, a timeless addition to the canons of African American and Civil War literatureOriginally published in 1868-when it was attacked as an "ind… OL4968218W
Lincoln's quest for equality Lincoln's quest for equality Carl F. Wieck "The "House Divided" speech helped to win Lincoln the presidency; the Gettysburg Address made him an icon. How did Lincoln come to speak the words that would change a nation? Analyzing the ideas and … OL5957045W
Come Hell or High Water Come Hell or High Water Michael Eric Dyson From jacket: When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands were left behind to suffer the ravages of destruction, disease, and even death. The majority of … OL92697W