African American & Black

In addition to a thoughtful selection of the essays, speeches, and autobiographical writings of Frederick Douglass, this anthology provides an illuminating Introduction; a timeline of Douglass' life; footnotes that introduce individuals, quotations, and...

During the second half of the nineteenth century, Memphis, Tennessee, had the largest metropolitan population of African Americans in the Mid-South region and served as a political hub for civic organizations and grassroots movements. On April 4, 1968,...

As Black oppression moves again to the forefront of American public life, the history of radical approaches to combating racism has acquired renewed relevance. Collecting, for the first time, source materials from a diverse array of writers and...

A new eight-hour event series based on Roots will be simulcast on the History Channel, Lifetime, and A&E over four consecutive nights beginning Memorial Day, May 30, 2016"Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from...

The amazing true story of America’s first Black generals, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. and Jr., a father and son who helped integrate the American military and created the Tuskegee Airmen. Perfect for fans of Devotion and Hidden Figures.Red Tails, George...

The turn of the twentieth century was an extraordinarily difficult period for African Americans, a time of unchecked lynchings, mob attacks, and rampant Jim Crow segregation. During these bleak years, Emma Crawford, a young African American woman living...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665905145Author Rachel Louise MartinFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 231mm...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541600409Author John EisenbergFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 621g

Between Freedom and Equality follows George Pointer-an enslaved African who purchased his freedom in 1793-and six generations of his descendants as they lived and worked in Washington, DC, granting the family their long-overdue place in American history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813196916Author Eric R JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint University Press of KentuckyPublisher University Press of KentuckyWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423246978Author David HeadPage Count 6Imprint Quickstudy Reference GuidesPublisher Quickstudy Reference GuidesWeight(grams) 136g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588346063Author Jaco Jaques BoshoffFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645030331Author Jonathan D WellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681340609Author Walter R Scott SrFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Minnesota Historical Society PressPublisher Minnesota Historical Society...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807006993Author Kyle T. MaysFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780252044786Author Elizabeth Schroeder SchlabachFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint University of Illinois PressPublisher University of Illinois...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781479811083Author Clarence TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint New York University PressPublisher New York University PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952271182Author Joe William TrotterFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint West Virginia University PressPublisher West Virginia University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982115197Author Rebecca HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628727371Author William J. MaxwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 1338gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952536014Author Gretchen and Dennis DulingFormat PaperbackPage Count 490Imprint New Idea PressPublisher New Idea PressWeight(grams) 95g

Priscilla Joyner was born into the world of slavery in 1858 North Carolina and came of age at the dawn of emancipation. Raised by a white slaveholding woman, Joyner never knew the truth about her parentage. She grew up isolated and unsure of who she was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982107536Author Chip JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Gallery/Jeter PublishingPublisher Gallery/Jeter PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780252086397Author E James WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint University of Illinois PressPublisher University of Illinois PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588383549Author Ken WoodleyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint NewSouth BooksPublisher NewSouth BooksWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496219435Author Anthony W WoodFormat HardbackPage Count 372Imprint University of Nebraska PressPublisher University of Nebraska PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645030393Author Ibram X KendiFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type Books

First published in 1993, Radicalism, Anti-Racism and Representation is a study set within a wider political context for the discussion of ‘racial’ representation and anti-racism. The second half of the book is devoted to interview-based exploration of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978826038Author Tara T. GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513220154Author W E B Du BoisFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint Mint EdPublisher Mint EdWeight(grams) 127g

Black vaudevillians and entertainers joked that T.O.B.A. stood for “tough on black artists.” But the Theater Owner’s Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) played a foundational role in the African American entertainment industry and provided a training ground...

Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807026540Author Alex ZamalinFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Although he is best known as a mentor to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Howard Thurman (1900-1981) was an exceptional philosopher and public intellectual in his own right. In Howard Thurman: Philosophy, Civil Rights, and the Search for Common...

An inspiring collection of pithy, easy-to-recall one-liners and quotable short passages from historic and contemporary thought leaders throughout the African Diaspora. Famous Black Quotations, first published in 1986, has long been the go-to resource for...

A vivid history of life in Princeton, New Jersey, told through the voices of its African American residents I Hear My People Singing shines a light on a small but historic black neighborhood at the heart of one of the most elite and world-renowned...

Jeff Strickland tells the powerful story of Nicholas Kelly, the enslaved craftsman who led the Charleston workhouse slave rebellion, the largest slave revolt in the history of the antebellum American South. With two accomplices, some sledgehammers, and...

Fifty years after Freedom Summer, To Write in the Light of Freedom offers a glimpse into the hearts of the African American youths who attended the Mississippi Freedom Schools in 1964. One of the most successful initiatives of Freedom Summer, more than...

How a coalition of Black health professions schools made health equity a national issue.Winner of the Phillis Wheatley Award from the Sons & Daughters of the United States Middle PassageRacism in the US health care system has been deliberately...