African American & Black Studies

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985759254Author Nisa I MuhammadFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Vanguard Educational ServicesPublisher Vanguard Educational ServicesWeight(grams)...

The Shadow of Selma evaluates the 1965 civil rights campaign in Selma, Alabama, the historical memory of the campaign's marches, and the continuing relevance of and challenges to the Voting Rights Act. The contributors present Selma not just as a...

Tracing the development of a black community in the trans-Mississippi West, Blacks in Topeka, Kansas, 1865--1915 is a thorough, insightful examination of an area of black history that has received, at best, scant attention. Thomas C. Cox probes in this...

Food studies, once trendy, has settled into the public arena. In the academy, scholarship on food and literary culture constitutes a growing river within literary and cultural studies, but writing on African American food and dining remains a tributary...

For many, the struggle over civil rights was not just about lunch counters, waiting rooms, or even access to the vote; it was also about Christian theology. Since both activists and segregationists ardently claimed that God was on their side, racial...

In this previously untold story of African American self-education, Heather Andrea Williams moves across time to examine African Americans' relationship to literacy during slavery, during the Civil War, and in the first decades of freedom. Some slaves...

It might seem that African Americans and Mexican Americans would have common cause in matters of civil rights. This volume, which considers relations between blacks and browns during the civil rights era, carefully examines the complex and multifaceted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999322628Author Meredith HazelFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Meredith McGee DBA Meredith EtcPublisher Meredith McGee DBA Meredith EtcWeight(grams)...

Preserving an engaging, little-known slice of American life, The Dark Side of Hopkinsville is a collection of ten picaresque tales bearing witness to a black child's life in a southern town at the turn of the century. Born and reared in Hopkinsville,...

In Getting Beyond Race, Richard Payne takes the practical approach that race relations are ultimately about ordinary people interacting with each other. Payne argues that confrontation, blaming, and dwelling on failure in race relations are not as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684815787Author Sharon HarleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 906gDimensions(mm) 280mm * 210mm *...

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is best known for designing parks in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Chicago, Boston, and the grounds of the Capitol in Washington. But before he embarked upon his career as the nation's foremost landscape architect, he was a...

What can black leaders offer African Americans who lack worthy values and are often willfully illiterate? Haskins emphasises empowerment rather than despair.Book InformationISBN 9780879754501Author Ethelbert HaskinsFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985810610Author Ajuan M ManceFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Henson Benson FoundationPublisher Henson Benson FoundationWeight(grams) 254g

At the age of seventeen, Samuel L. Broadnax, enamored with flying, enlisted and trained as a pilot at the Tuskegee Army Air Base. Although he left the Air Corps at the end of the Second World War, his experiences inspired him to talk with other pilots...

On August 7, 1970, a revolt by Black prisoners in a Marin County courthouse stunned the nation. In its aftermath, Angela Davis, an African American activist-scholar who had campaigned vigorously for prisoners' rights, was placed on the FBI's "ten most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988920118Author Marlene F Watson Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Marlene F. WatsonPublisher Marlene F. WatsonWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767922401Author Cora DanielsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams) 193g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692857175Author Zaza AliFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Al Khemi PublishingPublisher Al Khemi PublishingWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692744130Author L L LeonardFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint SevenPublisher SevenWeight(grams) 191g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997160970Author Ronald MotenFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Sudden Change MediaPublisher Sudden Change MediaWeight(grams) 218g

Diasporas comprise an inescapable part of the human experience and few are more interesting and diverse than African diasporas. By providing a panoramic view across time and geographical space this collection of essays illustrates the inherent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692031704Author Sadiki Che' BayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Gregory D WillisPublisher Gregory D WillisWeight(grams) 159g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671899332Author Shirlee Taylor HaizlipFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671511463Author Ernest H. JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 421gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671505615Author Derek S. HopsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Fireside BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 310gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595167883Author Nicole D SconiersFormat PaperbackPage Count 97Imprint Writers Club PressPublisher Writers Club PressWeight(grams) 177g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595143108Author Walter M BraschFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Backinprint.comPublisher Backinprint.comWeight(grams) 553g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595205639Author Cara PearsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 469Imprint Writers Club PressPublisher Writers Club PressWeight(grams) 712g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595142316Author Ronald L JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Writers Club PressPublisher Writers Club PressWeight(grams) 245g

One of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2022, Kirkus Reviews "A righteous indictment of racism and misogyny."—Publishers WeeklyA powerful account of violence against Black women and girls in the United States and their fight for liberation. Echoing the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486427645Author Hugh Vernon-JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Filled with fascinating insights into the collective emotional life of inner-city kids, this book is also a highly original history of the erosion of urban community life since World War II.Winner of the 1993 Harry Chapin Media AwardAbout the AuthorCarl...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385722346Author Jacob LevensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385721691Author Tavis SmileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 259g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385485326Author Brooke StephensFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Anchor BooksWeight(grams) 345g

This impressive collection, drawn from a wealth of original research into previously untapped sources,including letters, diaries, memoirs, speeches, poems, songs, newspaper articles, advertisements, a ship's log, and official documents,allows African...

Here is, to quote the eminent historian Nathan Irvin Huggins, one of the finest American autobiographies written in this century." Born in 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida, James Weldon Johnson began his career as a high-school principal. He went on to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738554402Author William A. PoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738544120Author Sherman E. PyattFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295g