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Freeing David McCallum
The Last Miracle of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
For ten years before Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's death, he and his friend and coauthor Ken Klonsky had been working to help free another wrongfully convicted man, David McCallum. McCallum was eventually exonerated and freed after serving twenty-nine years in prison. This is the story of how...
Tomlinson Hill
The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name - One White, One Black
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
A New York Times Best Seller!
Tomlinson Hill is the stunning story of two families—one white, one black—who trace their roots to a slave plantation that bears their name.
Internationally recognized for his work as a fearless war correspondent, award-winning journalist Chris Tomlinson...
Development Arrested
The Blues and Plantation Power in the Mississippi Delta
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Development Arrested is a major reinterpretation of the two-centuries-old conflict between the African Americans and planters in the Mississippi Delta. In a definitive study of the history and social structures of the plantation system, Clyde Woods examines both planter domination of politics and...
MICHIGAN'S CROSSROADS TO FREEDOM
The Underground Railroad in Jackson County
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
In the early to mid-1800s, Jackson County was home to two branches of the Underground Railroad, a secret network that funneled fugitives from slavery in the South to freedom in the North. Many Jacksonians participated in this network, risking their lives to feed, lodge and transport fugitives...
by John Patrick Shanley
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
-Second play on 3 part project begun with "Doubt" -"Doubt" has sold over 40,000 copies and was awarded the Pulizter Prize
The History of Mary Prince
A West Indian Slave
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2000
The History of Mary Prince (1831) was the first narrative of a black woman to be published in Britain. It describes Prince's sufferings as a slave in Bermuda, Turks Island and Antigua, and her eventual arrival in London with her brutal owner Mr Wood in 1828. Prince escaped from him and sought assistance...
Coming of Age in Mississippi
The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
The unforgettable memoir of a woman at the front lines of the civil rights movement—a harrowing account of black life in the rural South and a powerful affirmation of one person’s ability to affect change.
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“Anne Moody’s autobiography is an eloquent, moving testimonial to her courage.”—Chicago...
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,...
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
With Linked Table of Contents
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Olaudah Equiano was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the British debate for the abolition of the slave trade. He wrote an autobiography that depicted the horrors of slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave trade through the Slave Trade Act...
A COLLECTION OF FAVORITE WORKS BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU
This Deluxe Collector's Edition Includes WALDEN, ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, A PLEA FOR CAPTAIN JOHN BROWN, WALKING, WILD APPLES, & CAPE COD Plus BONUS AUDIOBOOKS
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2010
A COLLECTION OF FAVORITE WORKS BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU - This Deluxe Collector's Edition Includes:
WALDEN ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE A PLEA FOR CAPTAIN JOHN BROWN WALKING WILD APPLES CAPE COD
Plus Four BONUS AUDIO NARRATIONS of the following:
WALDEN ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL...
Men We Reaped
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Named one of the Best Books of the Century by New York Magazine
Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward (Salvage the Bones, Sing, Unburied, Sing) contends with the deaths of five young men dear to her, and the risk of being a black man in the rural South.
“We saw the lightning...
Others
Writers on the power of words to help us see beyond ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2019
Features a prestigious list of contributors including Kamila Shamsie, Noam Chomsky, A. L. Kennedy, Matt Haig, Louise Doughty and Preti Taneja among others.
Charles Fernyhough is a professor of psychology at Durham University.
He is also the acclaimed author of The Baby in the Mirror...
by Nathan McCall
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
With the same personal authority and exhilarating directness he brought to his account of his passage from a prison cell to the newsroom of The Washington Post, Nathan McCall delivers a series of front-line reports on the state of the races in today's America. The resulting volume is guaranteed...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2009
Generations of Americans have debated the meaning of Abraham Lincoln's views on race and slavery. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and supported a constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery, yet he also harbored grave doubts about the intellectual capacity of African Americans, publicly used...