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by Kathryn Smith-McGlynn, Cecilia Gutierrez Venable, Maceo Crenshaw Dailey Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
El Paso�s African American community can trace its origins back to the 16th century, when the black Moor known as Esteban roamed the southwest and, more significantly, those Africans in the party of conquistador Juan de O�ate crossed the Rio Grande in 1598. The modern El Paso African American community...
Soul Food
The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
2014 James Beard Foundation Book Award, Reference and Scholarship
Honor Book for Nonfiction, Black Caucus of the American Library Association
In this insightful and eclectic history, Adrian Miller delves into the influences, ingredients, and innovations that make up the soul food tradition....
Portrait of a Scientific Racist
Alfred Holt Stone of Mississippi
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
In the years after Reconstruction, racial tension soared, as many white southerners worried about how to deal with the millions of free African Americans among them -- an issue they termed the "negro problem." In an attempt to maintain the status quo, white supremacists resurrected old proslavery...
by John Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
An Excellent Resource for Black History Month...OVER TWO HUNDRED ENTRIES from more than seventy African-Americans.Among those whose writings or quotations are included:- Richard Allen - Martin Luther King III- George Washington Carver -...
To Make Our World Anew
Volume I: A History of African Americans to 1880
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2005
The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and...
Grassroots at the Gateway
Class Politics and Black Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, 1936-75
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2010
"This is a theoretically sophisticated and thoroughly documented historical case study of the movements for African American liberation in St. Louis. Through detailed analysis of black working class mobilization from the depression years to the advent of Black Power, award-winning historian Clarence...
by Devora E. Butler
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2009
African Americans have heavily contributed to and shaped the unique and vibrant Rutherford County in middle Tennessee. Located 30 miles southeast of Nashville, Rutherford County is at the state�s geographical center. This area is home to the Stones River National Battlefield, a national park that was...
Against Wind and Tide
The African American Struggle against the Colonization Movement
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Against Wind and Tide tells the story of African American’s battle against the American Colonization Society (ACS), founded in 1816 with the intention to return free blacks to its colony Liberia. Although ACS members considered free black colonization in Africa a benevolent enterprise, most black...
Family Bonds
Free Blacks and Re-enslavement Law in Antebellum Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Between 1854 and 1864, more than a hundred free African Americans in Virginia proposed to enslave themselves and, in some cases, their children. Ted Maris-Wolf explains this phenomenon as a response to state legislation that forced free African Americans to make a terrible choice: leave enslaved loved...
Words of Fire
An Anthology of African-AmericanFeminist Thought
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
"In this pathbreaking collection of articles, Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall has taken us from the early 1830s to contemporary times. Only since the seventies have black women used the term "feminism." And yet, it is that concept that she uses to bring into the same frame the ideas and analyses...
by Lionel C. Bascom
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Focusing on the contributions of civic reformers and political architects who arrived in New York in the early decades of the 20th century, this book explores the wide array of sweeping social reforms and radical racial demands first conceived of and planned in Harlem that transformed African Americans...
Justice While Black
Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Justice While Black is a must-read for every young black male in America-and for everyone else who cares about their survival and well-being. This is a first-of-its-kind essential guide for African-American families about how to understand the criminal justice system, and about why that system continues...
by Velma Howell Brinkley
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1998
Early African Americans in Sumner County, both slaves and free, left a legacy not only of beautiful brick buildings and sturdy stone fences, but also a social history as rich and varied as the many tribes they represented. This exciting book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the immeasurable...
by Tommie D. Boudreaux, Alice M. Gatson
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
In the 19th century, Galveston shores were a gateway for immigrants to Texas and destinations beyond. Slaves, the forced immigrants, were brought to Galveston as property for sale. The largest slave trade operation in Galveston was implemented by Jean Laffite, a pirate. His slave trade business began...