African-American Studies
Featured Items
Erotique Noire
Black Erotica
Paperback ISBN: 0385423098
Gathers the erotic writings of such authors as Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor, Charles Blockson, Audre Lourde, and Essex Hemphill
African Silences
Paperback ISBN: 0679731024
Examines the harsh political and economic realities that are ravaging Africa and its inhabitants, offering studies of the rare animals faced with extinction and the individuals working to preserve wild Africa
Poems
Paperback ISBN: 0553379852
Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness, sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart and celebrates life as only she has discovered it. In this moving volume of poetry, we hear the multi-faceted voice of one of the most powerful and vibrant writers of our time.
From the Paperback edition.
Women of Hope
African Americans Who Made a Difference
School & Library ISBN: 0590939734
Features photographs and biographies of thirteen African American women, including Maya Angelou, Ruby Dee, and Alice Walker
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
A Play in Two Acts
Paperback ISBN: 0452261139
The time is 1927. The place is a run-down recording studio in Chicago. Ma Rainey, the legendary blues singer, is due to arrive with her entourage to cut new sides of old favorites. Waiting for her are her black musician sidemen, the white owner of the record company, and her white manager. What goes down in the session to come is more than music. It is a riveting portrayal of black rage . . . of racism, of the self-hate that racism breeds, and of racial exploitation . . .
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
Paperback ISBN: 048629899x
First published in 1850, this inspiring memoir by the famous African-American abolitionist and champion of women's rights tells of her life in slavery, her self-liberation, and her tireless campaign for racial and sexual equality.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man
Paperback ISBN: 0809000326
Presents a personal perspective on the American light-skinned Negro's experience in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
The Alchemy of Race and Rights
Paperback ISBN: 0674014715
Looks at racism in America, describes examples of its everyday occurrence, and discusses its implications for the practice and teaching of law
Malcolm X
By Any Means Necessary
Paperback ISBN: 0590481096
Profiles the late African American leader, providing a startling picture of the life of the controversial and important historical figure. Reprint.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Paperback ISBN: 0156443503
A firsthand account of a mulatto woman's desperate flight from the sexual abuse of her Southern master
