African American category: 7736 books
by Kwame A. Insaidoo
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2006
The African has been separated from his Black American brothers and sisters since the dawn of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Millions of Africans were forcibly ejected from their native soil, separated from their loved ones-their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and torn from the lives they once...
Faith in the City
Preaching Radical Social Change in Detroit
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
“The dynamics of Black Theology were at the center of the ‘Long New Negro Renaissance,’ triggered by mass migrations to industrial hubs like Detroit. Finally, this crucial subject has found its match in the brilliant scholarship of Angela Dillard. No one has done a better job of tracing those...
Pragmatic Spirituality
The Christian Faith through an Africentric Lens
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
Gayraud S. Wilmore, an internationally renowned scholar of the history of the African American church, is one of the founders of black theology and author of Black Religion and Black Radicalism. Pragmatic Spirituality brings together some of his most compelling writings to speak to continuing issues...
The Soul of Judaism
Jews of African Descent in America
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
A glimpse into the diverse stories of Black Jews in the United States
What makes a Jew? This book traces the history of Jews of African descent in America and the counter-narratives they have put forward as they stake their claims to Jewishness.
The Soul of Judaism offers the first exploration...
The Making of African America
The Four Great Migrations
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
A leading historian offers a sweeping new account of the African American experience over four centuries
Four great migrations defined the history of black people in America: the violent removal of Africans to the east coast of North America known as the Middle Passage; the relocation of one...
Shaping the Future of African American Film
Color-Coded Economics and the Story Behind the Numbers
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
In Hollywood, we hear, it’s all about the money. It’s a ready explanation for why so few black films get made—no crossover appeal, no promise of a big payoff. But what if the money itself is color-coded? What if the economics that governs film production is so skewed that no film by, about,...
by Clara Villarosa
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Celebrating notable African Americans, this inspirational and thoughtprovoking collection of quotations covers a wide range of African-American heroes, from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall to Jackie Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald to Harriet Tubman, Toni Morrison to Jesse Owens,...
Peekskill's African American History
A Hudson Valley Community's Untold Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2008
The first African Americans of Peekskill had no choice in making the Hudson Valley their home. What they did choose was what kind of home to make of it�choices that were to shape both their community and the course of American history. Meet the African American sharpshooterwho helped swing the balance...
Liberation Memories
The Rhetoric and Poetics of John Oliver Killens
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
No serious history of the development of the African American novel from the 1950s onward can be written without reference to John Oliver Killens. A two-time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize and founding chairman of the legendary Harlem Writers Guild, Killens was regarded by many as a spiritual father...
In My Father's House
Africa in the Philosophy of Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 1993
The beating of Rodney King and the resulting riots in South Central Los Angeles. The violent clash between Hasidim and African-Americans in Crown Heights. The boats of Haitian refugees being turned away from the Land of Opportunity. These are among the many racially-charged images that have burst...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Historians have devoted surprisingly little attention to African American urban history ofthe postwar period, especially compared with earlier decades. Correcting this imbalance, African American Urban History since World War II features an exciting mix of seasoned scholars and fresh new voices whose...
by Michael Porter
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
It has long been argued that women, especially black women, have been relegated to a second-class status in American society, and despite modern advances remain subject to a debilitating discrimination in many areas of life. This book presents a fresh perspective on the many facets of sexism experienced...
by Thomas J. Davis Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
One of every five Americans at the nation's beginning was an African American—a fact that underscores their importance in U.S. growth and development. This fascinating study moves from Africans' early contacts with the Americas to African Americans' 21st-century presence, exploring their role in...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
The story of African Americans in Kentucky is as diverse and vibrant as the state's general history. The work of more than 150 writers, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an essential guide to the black experience in the Commonwealth.
The encyclopedia includes biographical sketches...