African American Studies category: 2787 books
by Yasmin Marie Headley
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
In the year 2084 citizen number 2040a struggles to find his place in the Orwellian society. Trapped in the monotony of life 2040a longs for companionship, and to discover what it means to be an African American in a time when races no longer exist. Restlessness leads him to a curious discovery, and...
by Grace Cornish, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
In 10 Bad Choices That Ruin Black Women's Lives, relationship expert Dr. Grace Cornish writes a lively, practical, provocative guide for black women everywhere who want to shed the duds and find the studs who will treat them with respect.
According to Dr. Cornish, six out of every ten black...
Persons of Color and Religious at the Same Time
The Oblate Sisters of Providence, 1828-1860
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2003
Founded in Baltimore in 1828 by a French Sulpician priest and a mulatto Caribbean immigrant, the Oblate Sisters of Providence formed the first permanent African American Roman Catholic sisterhood in the United States. It still exists today. Exploring the antebellum history of this pioneering sisterhood,...
The Ebony Exodus Project
Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion-and Others Should Too
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Black women are the single most religious demographic in the United States, yet they are among the poorest, least educated, and least healthy groups in the nation. Drawing on the author's own past experience as an evangelical minister and her present work as a secular counselor and researcher, The...
Go for Yours
A Compilation of Young, African Americans Who Were Brave Enough to Reach for the Stars.
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Go for Yours, a guide for ambitious, faithful and progressive individuals who yearn to break conventional models of living; is a collection of stories and examples of young, African Americans who followed their dreams no matter their age, background or years of work experience. This book uses examples...
by Lisa Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
In Bulletproof Diva, Lisa Jones brings the wit and candor of her infamous Village Voice column, "Skin Trade," to a much larger audience. Chock full of the "fierce black girl humor" that has made her column so popular, this provocative collection of essays and...
Root and Branch
African Americans in New York and East Jersey, 1613-1863
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2005
In this remarkable book, Graham Hodges presents a comprehensive history of African Americans in New York City and its rural environs from the arrival of the first African--a sailor marooned on Manhattan Island in 1613--to the bloody Draft Riots of 1863. Throughout, he explores the intertwined themes...
The Black Woman
An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
A collection of early, emerging works from some of today's most celebrated African American female writers
When it was first published in 1970, The Black Woman introduced readers to an astonishing new wave of voices that demanded to be heard. In this groundbreaking volume of original essays,...
Family Secrets
Crossing the Colour Line
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2003
Catherine Slaney grew into womanhood unaware of her celebrated Black ancestors. An unanticipated meeting was to change her life. Her great-grandfather was Dr. Anderson Abbott, the first Canadian-born Black to graduate from medical school in Toronto in 1861. In Family Secrets Catherine Slaney narrates...
The White House Queen
The Elegance and Strength of Michelle Obama
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
First Lady Michelle Obama is a remarkable figure, and author Raymond Sturgis carefully selected the words of this book to highlight the passion and life of Michelle Obama. Many know of her many achievements, however, what about her agenda to help change the nutritional conditions of America’s children....
by Caryl Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
In this fascinating inquiry into the African Diaspora, Caryl Phillips embarks on a soul-wrenching journey to the three major ports of the transatlantic slave trade.
Juxtaposing stories of the past with his own present-day experiences, Phillips combines his remarkable skills as a travel essayist...
The Won Cause
Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
In the years after the Civil War, black and white Union soldiers who survived the horrific struggle joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)--the Union army's largest veterans' organization. In this thoroughly researched and groundbreaking study, Barbara Gannon chronicles black and white veterans'...
by Jeri Mills
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Typical of most communities after the Civil War, Nacogdoches�s African Americans had to repurpose their lives by building their own communities while they carved a life of survival first and progress second. The images in this book will tell the stories of the first churches and how they became the...
Alex Haley Roots
An Author's Odyssey
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
His critics called him a liar. His supporters saw him as transcending race relations. In 1977, following the airing of the mega hit television mini-series Roots, its author, Alex Haley, became America’s newest “folk hero."
His book was on the Times' Best Seller's list for months,...