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Afterlives
When he was just a boy, Ilyas was stolen from his parents on the coast of east Africa by German colonial troops. After years away,...
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Black Art: A Cultural History
(World of Art #0)
Black Art: A Cultural History
(World of Art #0)
The African diaspora--a direct result of the transatlantic slave trade and Western colonialism--has generated a wide array of artistic achievements, from blues and reggae to...
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Black Prophetic Fire
An unflinching look at nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies.In an accessible, conversational format, Cornel West, with distinguished scholar Christa Buschendorf,...
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Caribbean Art
(World of Art)
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(World of Art)
An updated and expanded edition of this classic, illustrated survey of Caribbean art, featuring the work of over 100 artists from the period of colonialism...
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Create Dangerously
The Immigrant Artist at Work
Create Dangerously
The Immigrant Artist at Work
An eloquent and moving personal account of art and exile from award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat "Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what...
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
A Radical Democratic Vision (Gender and American Culture)
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
A Radical Democratic Vision (Gender and American Culture)
One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker...
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Florynce Flo Kennedy
The Life of a Black Feminist Radical
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The Life of a Black Feminist Radical
Often photographed in a cowboy hat with her middle finger held defiantly in the air, Florynce Flo Kennedy (1916-2000) left a vibrant legacy as a...
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Fugitive Pedagogy
Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching
Fugitive Pedagogy
Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching
Black education was subversive from its inception. African Americans pursued education through clandestine means, often in defiance of law and custom, even under threat of...
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I Am Maroon
The True Story of an American Political Prisoner
I Am Maroon
The True Story of an American Political Prisoner
In this cinematic memoir, follow one man's journey from gang member to Black liberation leader to political prisoner–and the justice and redemption he fought for...
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I Wonder as I Wander
An Autobiographical Journey
I Wonder as I Wander
An Autobiographical Journey
In I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. His wanderlust...
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Mozart and Leadbelly
The beloved author of the classic, best-selling novel A Lesson Before Dying shares the inspirations behind his books and his reasons for becoming a writer in this...
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Redress
The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations
Redress
The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations
This is the unlikely but true story of the Japanese American Citizens League’s fight for an official government apology and compensation for the imprisonment of...
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Scattered and Fugitive Things
How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History
Scattered and Fugitive Things
How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History
During the first half of the twentieth century, a group of collectors and creators dedicated themselves to documenting the history of African American life. At...
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Set the World on Fire
Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom
Set the World on Fire
Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom
In 1932, Mittie Maude Lena Gordon spoke to a crowd of black Chicagoans at the old Jack Johnson boxing ring, rallying their support for emigration...
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South Central Is Home
Race and the Power of Community Investment in Los Angeles
South Central Is Home
Race and the Power of Community Investment in Los Angeles
South Central Los Angeles is often characterized as an African American community beset by poverty and economic neglect. But this depiction obscures the significant Latina/o...
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Take My Hand
Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family...
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The Wounded World
W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War
The Wounded World
W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War
The dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois's reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I--and a new understanding of one...
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Working Together
Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop
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Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop
Working Together accompanies the exhibition of African American photography to be presented by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in January 2020. Both the exhibition and...
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