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Black People Are My Business - Toni Cade Bambara'S Practices Of Liberation

by Thabiti Lewis

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 Studies the works of Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995), an author, documentary filmmaker, social activist, and professor. Thabiti Lewis's analysis serves as a cultural biography, examining the liberation impulses in Bambara's writing.
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The Autobiography Of William Sanders Scarborough - An American Journey From Slavery To Scholarship

by William Sanders Scarborough

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 Traces Scarboroughâ€™s path out of slavery in Macon, Georgia, to a prolific scholarly career that culminated with his presidency of Wilberforce University. Despite the racism he met as he struggled to establish a place in higher education for African Americans, Scarborough was an exemplary scholar, particularly in the field of classical studies.
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Dear Chester, Dear John - Letters Between Chester Himes And John A. Williams

by Wayne State University Press

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 Chester Himes and John A Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves.
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Untold Tales, Unsung Heroes - Oral History Of Detroit'S African-American Community, 1918-67

by Elaine Moon

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 This is the history of Detroit's African American community told by the men and women who lived it.
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Nothing Special

by Desiree Cooper; Illustration: Bec Sloane

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 Celebrates the enduring connection between the generations who stayed in the South and the millions of emigrants for whom it will always be home. In the decades since the 1970s, it has become a summer ritual for many black families to reverse the journey and return South for a visit to their homeplaces.
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Black People Are My Business - Toni Cade Bambara'S Practices Of Liberation

by Thabiti Lewis

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 Studies the works of Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995), an author, documentary filmmaker, social activist, and professor. Thabiti Lewis's analysis serves as a cultural biography, examining the liberation impulses in Bambara's writing.
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Churches And Urban Government - Detroit And New York, 1895-1994

by Henry J. Pratt

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 This study analyses the relationship between two powerful forces - church organizations and urban politics - within New York City and Detroit from the late 19th through the 20th century.
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The Politics Of Black Empowerment - The Transformation Of Black Activism In Urban America

by James Jennings

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 An analysis of black politics since the 1960s. James Jennings focuses on both the behavioural aspects, such as individual and group characteristics of voting and nonvoting and elections, as well as more fundamental philosophical and cultural questions regarding black politics.
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Roses And Revolutions - The Selected Writings Of Dudley Randall

by Dudley Randall

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 Dudley Randall was one of the foremost voices in African American literature during the twentieth century, best known for his poetry and his work as the editor and publisher of Broadside Press in Detroit. Roses and Revolutions brings together his most popular poems with his lesser-known short stories.
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If We Must Die - From Bigger Thomas To Biggie Smalls

by Aime J. Ellis

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 Investigates a variety of texts in which the self-image of poor, urban black men in the U.S. is formed within, by, and against a culture of racial terror and state violence.
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Arthur Alfonso Schomburg - Black Bibliophile And Collector - A Biography

by Elinor Des Verney Sinnette

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 Offers a biography of the pioneering black collector whose detective work laid the foundation for the study of black history and culture. Arthur Alfonso Schomburg came to New York active in Caribbean revolutionary struggles. He searched out records of the black experience and built a collection of books, manuscripts, and art that had few rivals.
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Just For A Thrill - Poems

by Geoffrey Jacques

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 A breakthrough collection of poetry from a distinctive new urban voice.
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Look For Me All Around You - Anglophone Caribbeans In The Harlem Renaissance

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 Interdisciplinary in scope, this anthology redresses the neglect of Anglophone Caribbeans - almost 25 percent of the black population in Harlem in 1920 - and their pivotal role in the literary, cultural, and political events shaping the Harlem Renaissance.
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The Autobiography Of William Sanders Scarborough - An American Journey From Slavery To Scholarship

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 This autobiography traces Scarborough's path out of slavery in Macon, Georgia, to a prolific scholarly career that culminated with his presidency of Wilberforce University.
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Negroes With Guns

by Robert F. Williams

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 Examining events surrounding the test case of the right of Blacks to armed self-defense in the 1960s, this book tells the story of a Southern Black community's struggle to defend themselves against the Ku Klux Klan and other racists. This book heavily influenced the leader of the Black Panthers.
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Tell It To Women - An Epic Drama For Women

by Osonye Tess Onwueme

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 This drama offers a polemical discourse and dialogue that challenges the contemporary theories of female disempowerment, especially in traditional African societies. The play focuses on the lives of two semi-literate Idu women and their journey to find a "better life".
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Finding The Jewish Shakespeare : The Life And Legacy Of Jacob Gordin - The Life And Legacy Of Jacob Gordin

by Beth Kaplan

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 An illuminating inside look at the life and times of playwright and author Jacob Gordin, a central presence in the Golden Age of Yiddish theater
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Liberation Memories - The Rhetorics And Poetics Of John Oliver Killens

by Keith Gilyard

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 This study of John Oliver Killens aims to help secure his place in literary history and explores his creation of an inspiring Black vernacular art - one that ennobles people of African descent and urges their political liberation.
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Looking Within/Mirar Adentro - Selected Poems, 1954-2000

by Nancy Morejon

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 The African Cuban poet Nancy Morejon set out at a young age to explore the beauty and complexities of the life around and within her. This anthology contains poems which present themes icluding: social and political concern, African identity, women's experiences, and hope for Cuba's future.
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White Nationalism, Black Interests - Conservative Public Policy And The Black Community

by Ronald W. Walters

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 A study of the most racially conscious aspect of the Conservative movement and its impact on politics and current public policy.
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Race And Ideology - Language, Symbolism And Popular Culture

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 This text shows how strands of racial thinking and behaviour have become institutionalized and are crucial for maintaining the unequal distribution of wealth that is more pronounced in the US than any other advanced country. It proposes an understanding of racism as a divide-and-conquer mechanism.
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The Shadowed Country - Claude Mckay And The Romance Of The Victorians

by Josh Gosciak

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 A revealing examination of the life and works of Claude McKay, this book sheds light on this complex poet, novelist, journalist, and short story writer and his significant literary contributions beyond his interactions with Harlem Renaissance artists and writers. It explores archival material as well as many of McKay's lesser known poetic works.
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The Shadowed Country - Claude Mckay And The Romance Of The Victorians

by Josh Gosciak

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 A revealing examination of the life and works of Claude McKay, this book sheds light on this complex poet, novelist, journalist, and short story writer and his significant literary contributions beyond his interactions with Harlem Renaissance artists and writers. It explores archival material as well as many of McKay's lesser known poetic works.
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New Jersey'S Environments - Past, Present, And Future

by Neil M. Maher

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 Using a case study approach to uncover the causes and consequences of decisions regarding land use, this book documents the innovations and compromises created in response to growing environmental concerns in New Jersey. Topics considered range from solid waste and wildlife management to the effects of sprawl on natural disaster preparedness.
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