African-American Studies
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The Big Sea
An Autobiography
Paperback
ISBN: 0809015498
The Black writer recalls his early years spent in Paris and Harlem of the Twenties
Playing in the Dark
Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
Paperback
ISBN: 0679745424
A study guide for mathematics, suitable for both the SAT taker and math-deficient individuals of all ages, provides a review of basic math concepts. Original. 50,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo.
Black Power
The Politics of Liberation in America
Paperback
ISBN: 0679743138
An explanation of the ideology and desired political framework of the Black Power movement in America
Life on the Color Line
The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black
Paperback
ISBN: 0452275334
The author recounts the shock he experienced when he learned his father's relatives in Muncie, Indiana, were poor and Black, and the prejudice that he and his brother endured from both sides
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Paperback
ISBN: 0345376714
The Black leader discusses his political philosophy and reveals details of his life, shedding light on the ideas that enabled him to gain the allegiance of a still growing percentage of the Black population
Growing Up Black
From Slave Days to the Present-25 African-Americans Reveal the Trials and Triumphs of Their Childhoods
Paperback
ISBN: 0380766329
A classic work on the African-American experience is revised for the nineties with essays reflecting the concerns of black children from the last three decades and commentary from today's sports stars, politicians, and inner-city gang members. Original.
Colored People
A Memoir
Paperback
ISBN: 067973919x
The celebrated African-American Harvard scholar offers a portrait of growing up in a West Virginia hill town, presenting a study of his family, his childhood icons, and the social institutions and mores of the time. Reprint. 40,000 first printing. Tour. NYT.
The Promised Land
The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America
Paperback
ISBN: 0679733477
A look at the flight of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North between 1940 and 1970 presents the migrants' stories about everything from rural sharecropper shacks to urban housing projects. Reprint. 50,000 first printing. NYT.
The Birth of African-American Culture
An Anthropological Perspective
Paperback
ISBN: 0807009172
Examines the emergence of a distinct African-American culture among the different African ethnic groups enslaved in the Americas
