African American category: 7736 books
by Cary D. Wintz, Larry P. Knight, Kenneth W. Howell
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2011
The history of South Texas is more racially and ethnically complex than many people realize. As a border area, South Texas has experienced some especially interesting forms of racial and ethnic intersection, influenced by the relatively small number of blacks (especially in certain counties), the...
In the Cause of Freedom
Radical Black Internationalism from Harlem to London, 1917-1939
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
In this intellectual history, Minkah Makalani reveals how early-twentieth-century black radicals organized an international movement centered on ending racial oppression, colonialism, class exploitation, and global white supremacy. Focused primarily on two organizations, the Harlem-based African Blood...
The Making of an African King
Patrilineal and Matrilineal Struggle Among the Effutu of Ghana
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
The Making of An African King is a study examining the causes of the kingship internecine struggle among the Effutu by exploring the two traditional systems of succession, the patrilineal and the matrilineal, among the Effutu (Awutu-abe), and how best to end political violence. Kingship or chieftaincy...
Illegible Will
Coercive Spectacles of Labor in South Africa and the Diaspora
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
In Illegible Will Hershini Bhana Young engages with the archive of South African and black diasporic performance to examine the absence of black women's will from that archive. Young argues for that will's illegibility, given the paucity of materials outlining the agency of black historical subjects....
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
This book, the second in the series, is a distinct exploration of how educational policy makers, curriculum developers, educators, learners and social activists can utilize the hitherto untapped rich resource of African traditional oral literature and visual cultures. These are epistemological reservoirs...
Black America in the Shadow of the Sixties
Notes on the Civil Rights Movement, Neoliberalism, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
The 1960s, including the black social movements of the period, are an obstacle to understanding the current conditions of African Americans, argues Clarence Lang. While Americans celebrate the current anniversaries of various black freedom milestones and the election of the first black president,...
How Blacks Built America
Labor, Culture, Freedom, and Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
How Blacks Built America examines the many positive and dramatic contributions made by African Americans to this country over its long history. Almost all public and scholarly discussion of African Americans accenting their distinctive societal position, especially discussion outside black communities,...
Forging Diaspora
Afro-Cubans and African Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
Cuba's geographic proximity to the United States and its centrality to U.S. imperial designs following the War of 1898 led to the creation of a unique relationship between Afro-descended populations in the two countries. In Forging Diaspora, Frank Andre Guridy shows that the cross-national relationships...
by C. Samuel Johnson II
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
This book has many twists and turns regarding the plight of African-Americans in 21st century America. In the summary, a somewhat controversial proposal to combat violence in crime-laden areas of our nation is revealed. The diversity in America and the world is excellent. Individuals are learning...
by Eyamidé Ella Lewis-Coker
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Proverbs, parables and wise sayings are life experiences.In actual fact, these are wisdoms, truths, warnings, morals, experiences and traditional views passed down from generation to generation.
These proverbs, parables and wise sayings express the wisdom of African people and are also the...
Farming While Black
Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
In 1920, 14 percent of all land-owning US farmers were black. Today less than 2 percent of farms are controlled by black people—a loss of over 14 million acres and the result of discrimination and dispossession. While farm management is among the whitest of professions, farm labor is predominantly...
700 Notable Persons of African Ancestry 1400 Bc to Present Day
An Eye-Opener of 3,400 Years of World Black History
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
This book contains little-known yet factual information about famous and not-so-famous persons of African descent that you may not have learned about in traditional history books. It also discusses the racial stock of people in the Bible.
by Waldo E. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Frederick Douglass was unquestionably the foremost black American of the nineteenth century. The extraordinary life of this former slave turned abolitionist orator, newspaper editor, social reformer, race leader, and Republican party advocate has inspired many biographies over the years. This, however,...
Hi-de-ho:The Life of Cab Calloway
The Life of Cab Calloway
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Clad in white tie and tails, dancing and scatting his way through the "Hi-de-ho" chorus of "Minnie the Moocher," Cab Calloway exuded a sly charm and sophistication that endeared him to legions of fans. In Hi-de-ho, author Alyn Shipton offers the first full-length biography of Cab...