The Colonel's Dream
Mnemosyne, January 1969. Hardcover. No jacket as issued. Ink underlining and previous owner's name inked on f.f.e.p. More
African-American Studies
Charles W. Chesnutt : Stories, Novels, and Essays
Penguin USA, January 2002. Cloth. Rejecting his era's genteel hypocrisy about miscegenation, lynching, and "passing," Charles W. Chesnutt broke new ground in American literature with his innovative explorations of racial identity and use of African-American speech and folklore. Chesnutt exposed the deformed logic of the Jim Crow system-creating, in the..... More
Yesterday Will Make You Cry
W W Norton & Co Inc, February 1999. Trade Paperback. In 1937 Chester Himes, newly released from a seven-year stretch in the Ohio State Penitentiary for grand larceny, began his first novel, Yesterday Will Make You Cry. By turns brutal and lyrical and never less than totally honest, it tells..... More
Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families who Share the Tomlinson Name - One White, One Black
Thomas Dunne Books, July 2014. Hardcover. A New York Times Best Seller! Tomlinson Hill is the stunning story of two families--one white, one black--who trace their roots to a slave plantation that bears their name. Internationally recognized for his work as a fearless war correspondent, award-winning journalist Chris Tomlinson grew..... More
Manchild in the Promised Land
Simon & Schuster, June 1999. Trade Paperback. This thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown's childhood as a streetwise criminal trying to survive the toughest streets of Harlem of everyday life for the first generation African American raised in the Northern ghettos of the 1940s and 1950s. More
What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man's Blues
Other Press (NY), November 2019. Hardcover. An African-American writer's concise, heartfelt take on the state of his nation, exploring the war between the values he has always held and the reality with which he is confronted in twenty-first-century America. In the tradition of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time and..... More
Think Black: A Memoir
Amistad Press, September 2019. Hardcover. "Powerful memoir. . .Ford's thought-provoking narrative tells the story of African-American pride and perseverance." -Publisher's Weekly (Starred) "A masterful storyteller, Ford interweaves his personal story with the backdrop of the social movements unfolding at that time, providing a revealing insider's view of the tech industry..... More
Race Matters
Beacon Pr, March 1993. Hardcover. First published in 1993 on the one-year anniversary of the L.A. riots, Race Matters has since become an American classic. Beacon Press is proud to present this hardcover edition with a new introduction by Cornel West. The issues that it addresses are as controversial and..... More
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Race Matters
Vintage, March 1994. Trade Paperback. The scholar, theologian, and activist who has been acclaimed as one of the most eloquent voices in our ongoing racial debate now bridges the gulf between black and white America in a work of enormous resonance and moral authority. West takes on the questions of..... More
Race Matters
Beacon Press, May 2001. Hardcover. The fundamental litmus test for American democracy-its economy, government, criminal justice system, education, mass media, and culture-remains: how broad and intense are the arbitrary powers used and deployed against black people. In this sense, the problem of the twenty-first century remains the problem of the..... More
Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism
Penguin (Non-Classics), August 2005. Trade Paperback. In his major bestseller, Race Matters, philosopher Cornel West burst onto the national scene with his searing analysis of the scars of racism in American democracy. Race Matters has become a contemporary classic, still in print after ten years, having sold more than four..... More
Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Twin Palms Publishers, May 2010. Hardcover. In Memories of the Southern Civil RightsMovement, Danny Lyon tells the compelling story of how a handful of dedicated young people, both black and white, forged one of the most successful grassroots organizations in American history. The book depicts some of the most violent..... More
African American Odyssey Media Research Update, Combined Volume, The (2nd Edition)
Prentice Hall, February 2004. Hardcover. 'The African-American Odyssey' is a clear and comprehensive narrative of African-American history, from its African roots to the 21st century. This text places African-American history at the centre, and in the context, of American History. The Media and Research update edition includes a new CD-ROM-bound..... More
Carry Me Home : Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution
Simon & Schuster, March 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. A major work of history, investigative journalism that breaks new ground, and personal memoir, "Carry Me Home" is a dramatic account of the civil rights era's climactic battle in Birmingham, as the movement led by Martin Luther King, Jr., brought down the..... More
Nigger: An Autobiography
Plume, June 2019. Paper Back. Comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory's million-copy-plus bestselling memoir--now in trade paperback for the first time. "Powerful and ugly and beautiful...a moving story of a man who deeply wants a world without malice and hate and is doing something about it."--The New York Times..... More
The Black Male in America: Perspectives on His Status in Contemporary Society
Nelson-Hall, January 1977. Hardcover. 2nd printing in tattered jacket. Interior is clean & solid. Boards likewise. Chips and tears especially along top edge of dust jacket. Bottom corner of page 333/334 was cut wrong at printer. Good to very good starter copy of uncommon hardcover. More
Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights
Algonquin Books, November 2019. Paper Back. "Dovey Johnson Roundtree set a new path for women and proved that the vision and perseverance of a single individual can turn the tides of history." --Michelle ObamaIn Mighty Justice, trailblazing African American civil rights attorney Dovey Johnson Roundtree recounts her inspiring life story..... More
The Education of a Black Radical: A Southern Civil Rights Activist's Journey, 1959-1964
Louisiana State University Press, October 2009. Hardcover. "A strong, uncompromising voice that dreams of a better America, Judge Bailey has experienced the ugliness of both racism and fear. Yet he has not stepped back. What a wonderful life to share." -- Nikki Giovanni, from her Foreword When four black college..... More
Just As I Am : A Novel
Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. E. Lynn Harris's blend of rich, romantic storytelling and controversial contemporary issues like race and bisexuality have found an enthusiastic and diverse audience across America. Readers celebrate the arrival in paperback of his second novel, "Just As I Am," which picks..... More
South of Haunted Dreams
Penguin Putnam, January 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition. Complete number line. More
Brother, I'm Dying (Vintage Contemporaries)
Vintage, September 2008. Trade Paperback. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography A National Book Award Finalist A New York Times Notable Book From the age of four, award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph as her "second father," when she was placed..... More
The Condemnation of Little B.
Beacon Press, February 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Through the story of a thirteen-year-old black boy condemned to life in prison, Elaine Brown exposes the "New Age" racism that effectively condemns millions of poor African-Americans to a third world life. The story of "Little B" is riveting, a stunning example of..... More
Too Much to Ask: Black Women in the Era of Integration
The University of North Carolina Press, November 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. In the 1960s, increasing numbers of African American students entered predominantly White colleges and universities in the northern and western United States. "Too Much to Ask" focuses on the women of this pioneering generation, examining their educational strategies and..... More
The Black Culture Industry
Routledge, June 1997. Trade Paperback. Cashmore's controversial study argues that black culture has been converted into a commodity, usually in the interests of white owned corporations. Using detailed studies of the marketing of Motown, Michael Jackson and the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Cashmore suggests that inflating the significance of..... More
A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club)
Knopf, October 1997. Trade Paperback. From the author of "A Gathering of Old Men" and "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" comes a deep and compassionate novel. A young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to teach visits a black youth on death row for a crime he didn't..... More
