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  • Unveiling Whiteness in the Twenty-First Century

    Global Manifestations, Transdisciplinary Interventions

    by Brandy Jensen, Vanessa Thompson, Tobias Hübinette, Emily R.M. Lind, George Yancy, Nolan L. Cabrera, Anthea Garman, Adela Fofiu, Catrin Lundström, Charles W. Mills, Delores V. Mullings, Melissa Steyn, Becky Thompson ...
    Unveiling Whiteness in the Twenty-First Century: Global Manifestations, Transdisciplinary Interventions is a tightly interconnected and richly collaborative book that will advance our understanding of why it is so difficult to re-form and reimagine whiteness in the twenty-first century. Composed after the election of the first black U.S. president, post-global financial crisis, more than a decade ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Recovering Five Generations Hence

    The Life and Writing of Lillian Jones Horace

    by Bruce A. Glasrud, Alisha Knight, M. Giulia Fabi, Angela Boswell, Brian M. Jack, Veronica Watson, Nikki Brown ...
    Series Book 120 - Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University
    Born in the 1880s in Jefferson, Texas, Lillian B. Jones Horace grew up in Fort Worth and dreamed of being a college-educated teacher, a goal she achieved. But life was hard for her and other blacks living and working in the Jim Crow South. Her struggles convinced her that education, particularly that involving the printed word, was the key to black liberation.In 1916, before Marcus Garvey gained ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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    A Rhyme about an Electrical Advertising Sign (Unabridged)

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    by Vachel LINDSAY ...
    Narrated by Veronica Watson, Robin Seidel, Larry Turner, Priscilla Robbins ...

    Unabridged

    33 min

    Step into the vibrant chaos of early 20th century America with Vachel Lindsay's "A Rhyme About an Electrical Advertising Sign." This electrifying poem pulsates with the frenetic energy of city life. Lindsay's words paint a vivid picture of a dazzling electric sign, its harsh brilliance clashing with the starry night sky. But beneath the surface lies a deeper message. Is this dazzling display a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Souls of Black Folk

    by W.E.B. Du Bois ...
    The Souls of Black Folk is a classic work of American literature by W. E. B. Du Bois. It is a seminal work in the history of sociology, and a cornerstone of African-American literary history.The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic Monthly magazine. Du Bois drew from his own experiences to develop this groundbreaking work ... Read more

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  • Notes of a Native Son

    by James Baldwin ...
    A new edition published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Baldwin’s death, including a new introduction by an important contemporary writerSince its original publication in 1955, this first nonfiction collection of essays by James Baldwin remains an American classic. His impassioned essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when ... Read more

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  • Famous Gunfighters of the Western Frontier

    by W. B. (Bat) Masterson ...
    First published in 1907 as a series of articles in “Human Life” magazine, “Famous Gunfighters of the Western Frontier” is the fascinating first-hand account of these famous Americans by Bat Masterson. Born Bartholemew William Barclay Masterson in Canada in 1853, Bat Masterson led an amazing life as a U.S. Army scout, professional gambler, and lawman in the American Old West. He went to find ... Read more

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  • The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

    by Lorraine Hansberry ...
    From the award-winning author of A Raisin in the Sun, comes one of the most electrifying classic masterpieces of the American theater: an unforgettable portrait of a man struggling with his individual fate in an age of racial and social injustice."Rich and warm and funny... beautifully written.” —Los Angeles TimesThe Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, along with A Raisin in the Sun, are milestones. ... Read more

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  • The Works of Alain Locke

    Edited by Charles Molesworth ...
    With the publication of The New Negro in 1925, Alain Locke introduced readers all over the U.S. to the vibrant world of African American thought. As an author, editor, and patron, Locke rightly earned the appellation "Godfather of the Harlem Renaissance." Yet, his intellectual contributions extend far beyond that single period of cultural history. Throughout his life he penned essays, on topics ... Read more

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  • Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults

    Edited by Barbara Thrash Murphy, Deborah L. Murphy ...
    Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults is a biographical dictionary that provides comprehensive coverage of all major authors and illustrators – past and present. As the only reference volume of its kind available, this book is a valuable research tool that provides quick access for anyone studying black children’s literature – whether one is a student, a librarian ... Read more

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  • Eleven Days in Hell

    The 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege at Huntsville, Texas

    by William T. Harper ...
    Series series Crime and Criminal Justice Series
    From one oclock on the afternoon of July 24, 1974, until shortly before ten oclock the night of August 3, eleven days later, one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in the history of the United States took place in Texass Huntsville State Prison. The ringleader, Federico (Fred) Gomez Carrasco, the former boss of the largest drug-running operation in south Texas, was serving life for assault with ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • The Trouble with Post-Blackness

    Edited by K. Merinda Simmons, Houston Baker Jr. ...
    An America in which the color of one's skin no longer matters would be unprecedented. With the election of President Barack Obama in 2008, that future suddenly seemed possible. Obama's rise reflects a nation of fluid populations and fortunes, a society in which a biracial individual could be embraced as a leader by all. Yet complicating this vision are shifting demographics, rapid redefinitions of ... Read more

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