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Sitting in Darkness Sitting in Darkness Peter Schmidt Sitting in Darkness explores how fiction of the Reconstruction and the New South intervenes in debates over black schools, citizen-building, Jim Crow discrimination, and U.S. foreign policy towards i… OL1452983W
African-American Holidays, Fesitvals, and Celebrations African-American Holidays, Fesitvals, and Celebrations Kathlyn Gay African-American Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations presents the history, customs, symbols, and lore of more than 100 diverse African-American holidays and festivals celebrated in the United State… OL15175467W
Fight against fear Fight against fear Clive Webb "In the uneasily shared history of Jews and blacks in America, the struggle for civil rights in the South may be the least understood episode. Fight against Fear is the first book to focus on Jews an… OL15326841W
The Warmth of Other Suns The Warmth of Other Suns Robin Miles,Isabel Wilkerson In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citize… OL15380640W
Globetrotting Globetrotting Damion L. Thomas x, 209 pages ; 23 cm OL16591941W
Black Against Empire Black Against Empire Waldo E. Martin,Joshua Bloom,Ron Butler This timely special edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, features a new preface by the authors that places the Party in a contemporary political … OL16672432W
Thriving on a riff Thriving on a riff David Murray - undifferentiated,Graham Lock This text explores the influence of jazz and blues in two key areas of cultural expression, literature and film, where these musics have often been inextricably linked with notions of racial identity… OL18784718W
American Negro poetry American Negro poetry Arna Wendell Bontemps With 200,000 copies in print, this anthology has for decades been seen as a fundamental collection of African-American verse. OL1946468W
I am because we are I am because we are Fred L. Hord,Jonathan Scott Lee "This anthology of writings by prominent black thinkers from antiquity to the present makes the case for a central tradition of black philosophy, rooted in Africa and distinct from the intellectual h… OL20543927W
The study of African American problems The study of African American problems Elijah Anderson,Tukufu Zuberi Since 1889, The American Academy of Political and Social Science has served as a forum for the free exchange of ideas among the well informed and intellectually curious. In this era of specialization… OL20911425W
Black Salt Black Salt Ray Costello During the Age of Sail, black seamen could be found in many shipboard roles in the Royal Navy, such as gunners, deck-hands and 'top men', working at heights in the rigging. In the later Age of Steam,… OL21248015W
Stories of Freedom in Black New York Stories of Freedom in Black New York Shane White "Stories of Freedom in Black New York re-creates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, New York City's black commu… OL2723459W
Critical memory Critical memory Houston A. Baker "From the lone outcry of Richard Wright's Black Boy to the chorusing voices of Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March, Critical Memory looks across the past half century to assess the current challenges… OL4315226W
The Negro's Civil War The Negro's Civil War James M. McPherson In this classic study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson deftly narrates the experience of blacks--former slaves and soldiers, preachers, visionaries, doctors, intellectuals, and comm… OL51176W
The Afro-American periodical press, 1838-1909 The Afro-American periodical press, 1838-1909 Penelope L. Bullock Appendices include lists of periodicals according to publication data, geographic origin, and chronology. OL6437696W
Picturing the New Negro Picturing the New Negro Caroline Goeser During the 1920s and 1930s, black artists and writers achieved something totally unprecedented: they created a new image of African Americans that truly reflected their times as well as their history… OL8330590W
Grenzenlos und unverschämt Grenzenlos und unverschämt May Ayim Politische Texte und Gespräche von und mit May Ayim. Diese Sammlung vereint 13 Abhandlungen, Gespräche und Reden aus verschiedenen Veröffentlichungen, sowie unveröffentlichtes Material und Photograph… OL9079429W