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The Pursuit of Fairness
A History of Affirmative Action
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2004
Affirmative action strikes at the heart of deeply held beliefs about employment and education, about fairness, and about the troubled history of race relations in America. Published on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, this is the only book available that gives readers a balanced,...
by Jennifer E. Cheeks-Collins
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2002
Known as the "Land Between Two Rivers," Madison County is situated between the Pearl River to the east and the Big Black River to the west. It was created in 1828, and African slaves were among its earliest settlers. As the county grew, the African-American society began to create roots in this region,...
Faith in Black Power
Religion, Race, and Resistance in Cairo, Illinois
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
In 1969, nineteen-year-old Robert Hunt was found dead in the Cairo, Illinois, police station. The white authorities ruled the death a suicide, but many members of the African American community believed that Hunt had been murdered -- a sentiment that sparked rebellions and protests across the city....
Black Resonance
Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Ever since Bessie Smith’s powerful voice conspired with the “race records” industry to make her a star in the 1920s, African American writers have memorialized the sounds and theorized the politics of black women’s singing. In Black Resonance, Emily J. Lordi analyzes writings by Richard Wright,...
Queen of Bebop
The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2017
Washington Post Best Book of 2017
Amazon Editors' Top 100 Pick of the Year
Amazon Best Humor and Entertainment Pick of the Year
Booklist Top Ten Arts Book
Queen of Bebop brilliantly chronicles the life of jazz singer Sarah Vaughan,...
The Pursuit of Happiness
Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
In The Pursuit of Happiness Bianca C. Williams traces the experiences of African American women as they travel to Jamaica, where they address the perils and disappointments of American racism by looking for intimacy, happiness, and a connection to their racial identities. Through their encounters...
Constructing Black Selves
Caribbean American Narratives and the Second Generation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
In 1965, the Hart-Cellar Immigration Reform Act ushered in a huge wave of immigrants from across the Caribbean—Jamaicans, Cubans, Haitians, and Dominicans, among others. How have these immigrants and their children negotiated languages of race and ethnicity in American social and cultural politics?...
The Black Cultural Front
Black Writers and Artists of the Depression Generation
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
The Black Cultural Front describes how the social and political movements that grew out of the Depression facilitated the left turn of several African American artists and writers. The Communist-led John Reed Clubs brought together black and white writers in writing collectives. The Congress of Industrial...
Art of Being Cool
The Pursuit of Black Masculinity
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Addressing the challenges facing adolescent black males, this book analyzes and stresses the importance of identity development. It helps educators and parents understand the importance of cultivating a positive black male identity and how this overlooked aspect of childhood development impacts young...
by Aubrey W. Bonnett, Calvin B. Holder, Fitzroy André Baptiste
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Continuing Perspectives on the Black Diaspora is a response to a 1990 publication that studied the persistence and resilience of black (African) diasporic populations in the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and the United Kingdom. In that book, the authors used the themes of persistence and...
Southern Hospitality
Can an African American Family from New Jersey Find Happiness and Peace in the South?
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
When an African-American family from New Jersey moves to South Carolina , challenges and problems arise. Roger is a brilliant MBA who accepts a huge promotion to run a large, multi-plant manufacturing operation. In this new position, he unavoidably makes numerous enemies. At least one of them is dedicated...
Yo' Mama, Mary Mack, and Boudreaux and Thibodeaux
Louisiana Children's Folklore and Play
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Winner of the 2018 Chicago Folklore Prize
and
Winner of the 2018 Opie Prize
Jeanne Soileau, a teacher in New Orleans and south Louisiana for more than forty years, examines how children’s folklore, especially among African Americans, has changed. From the tumult of integration to the present,...
by Mabel Van Niekerk
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
South Africans love their tradional food and love to try out new recipes as well. As a tribute to their beautiful sunny climate a lot of their entertaining is done outdoors. The traditional “Braai” – a barbeque – is the South Africans favorite way of entertaining. Any excuse is good enough...
The Work of Recognition
Caribbean Colombia and the Postemancipation Struggle for Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
This book tells the compelling story of postemancipation Colombia, from the liberation of the slaves in the 1850s through the country's first general labor strikes in the 1910s. As Jason McGraw demonstrates, ending slavery fostered a new sense of citizenship, one shaped both by a model of universal...