African-American Studies
Featured Items
I Have a Dream
Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
1st Edition Paperback
ISBN: 0062505521
Gathers speeches, sermons, letters, and essays from each period in Dr. King's life, and includes brief notes on their historical background
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.
Rules for Radicals
A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals
Paperback
ISBN: 0679721134
Guides young revolutionaries in the art of human communication and explains the tactics of organizing others to work within the system for social change
The Color of Politics
Race and the Mainsprings of American Politics
Paperback
ISBN: 1565843258
Shows how race has played a central role at every historical turning point in American history
When and Where I Enter
The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America
2nd Edition Paperback
ISBN: 0688146503
Drawing on extensive research in speeches, diaries, letters, and other original sources, this interpretive history assesses the contributions of numerous uncelebrated Black women to the causes of political and sexual equality. Reissue.
Uncommon Ground
Archaeology and Early African America, 1650–1800
Paperback
ISBN: 1560980591
Uses information gathered over the last quarter century to describe life as a slave, and discusses the study of past African-American life
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.
Race Matters
Paperback
ISBN: 0679749861
Looks at the issues facing African Americans, including the new Black conservatism, Black-Jewish relations, discrimination, racial sterotypes, and despair
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Paperback
ISBN: 0385007051
The personal account of a fugitive slave's privation and sufferings and his campaigns for Negro emancipation
Maggie's American Dream
The Life and Times of a Black Family
Paperback
ISBN: 0452263182
This family success story centers on Maggie Comer, an unskilled, illiterate Black woman who rose from abject poverty in the rural South to become the mother of five college-educated children
