Metanoia conversion: The need for the Black church
AMEC, January 1977. Soft Cover. Shelf wear. More
AMEC, January 1977. Soft Cover. Shelf wear. More
Perennial, February 1994. Trade Paperback. More
Gilliard Communications, February 2002. Paper Back. Mild userr wear. Solid. No interior markings. More
Crown, June 2020. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same."--Time James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race..... More
Crown, July 2021. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same."--Time James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about..... More
Liveright, May 2021. Hardcover. Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed's On Juneteenth provides a historian's view of the country's long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from..... More
Liveright, May 2021. Hardcover. Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed's On Juneteenth provides a historian's view of the country's long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from..... More
Fsg Adult, February 2015. Trade Paperback. In 1962, James Meredith became a civil rights hero when he enrolled as the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. Four years later, he would make the news again when he reentered Mississippi, on foot. His plan was to walk from..... More
Sandpiper, December 2007. Trade Paperback. A readable, perceptive account of the lives of fourteen gifted innovators who have played important roles in scientific and industrial progress. The achievements of Benjamin Banneker, Granville T. Woods, George Washington Carver, and others have made jobs easier, saved countless lives, and in many cases..... More
Random House, March 1998. Hardcover. The Children is David Halberstam's brilliant and moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen through the story of the young people--the Children--who met in the 1960s and went on to lead the revolution. Magisterial in scope, with a strong..... More
Ballantine Books, February 1992. Trade Paperback. Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. In this riveting account, he tells of his journey from a prison cell to Mecca, describing his transition from hoodlum to Muslim minister. Here..... More
Harper Perennial, February 2005. Trade Paperback. On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., electrified the nation when he delivered his I Have a Dream speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. In The Dream, Drew D. Hansen explores the fascinating and little-known history of King's legendary address. The..... More
Basic Books, October 2002. Hardcover. Their distinguished World War I record featured the longest front line service of any American regiment, with not a soldier captured or a foot of ground lost. They were the first Allied unit to reach the Rhine River. Their distinguished Private Henry Johnson was awarded..... More
Harper Paperbacks, January 2001. Trade Paperback. A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' Love Song to the Nation trilogy. All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause..... More
Owl Books (NY), October 1997. Trade Paperback. A memoir of ideas and perceptions, Bone Back shows the unfolding of female creativity and one strong-spirited child's journey toward becoming a writer. She learns early on the roles women and men play in society, as well as the impotence of children, especially..... More
Henry Holt & Co, October 1996. Paper Back. One of our country's premier cultural and social critics, the author of such powerful and influential books as Ain't I a Woman and Black Looks, Bell Hooks has always maintained that eradicating racism and eradicating sexism must be achieved hand in hand..... More
Harper Perennial, December 2001. Trade Paperback. "A manual for fixing our culture...In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, [hooks] gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to process."--Black Issues Book Review New York Times bestselling author, acclaimed visionary and..... More
Seals, January 1972. Stapled Soft Cover. 42 pages. No markings. Solid. Several previous dealer price stickers on cover. Else clean & very good+ all around. More
Parthenon Press / Eli Kani Publishing Co., 1940. Reprint. Cloth. Scarce in jacket. Second printing. Octavo. In dustjacket with edgewear, especially at top and bottom of sun-tanned spine. Tape repairs to torn back panel of jacket. Tape is darkened and cracking from years (no doubt decades) in place. Turquoise cloth..... More
Harper Perennial, October 2017. Trade Paperback. From Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most important African American writers of the twentieth century, comes her riveting autobiography--now available in a limited Olive Edition. First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale..... More
Penguin USA, February 1995. Hardcover. When she died in poverty and obscurity in 1960, all of Zora Neale Hurston's books were out of print. Today her groundbreaking works, suffused with the culture and traditions of African-Americans and the poetry of black speech, have won her recognition as one of the..... More
Amistad, January 2022. Hardcover. A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM: Oprah Daily, Business Insider, Marie Claire, The Seattle Times, Lit Hub, Bustle, and New York Magazine's Vulture Introduction by New York Times bestselling author Henry Louis Gates Jr. Spanning more than 35 years of work, the first comprehensive collection of essays..... More
Amistad, January 2022. Hardcover. A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM: Oprah Daily, Business Insider, Marie Claire, The Seattle Times, Lit Hub, Bustle, and New York Magazine's Vulture Introduction by New York Times bestselling author Henry Louis Gates Jr. Spanning more than 35 years of work, the first comprehensive collection of essays..... More
Penguin Group USA Inc, July 2000. Trade Paperback. One of the central firsthand accounts of slavery in America A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina and of her final escape and emancipation, Harriet Jacobs's classic narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published pseduonymously..... More
Lawrence Hill Books, January 2022. Hardcover. "You'll find hope in these pages. " --Jonathan Eig, author of Ali: A Life Letters to Martin contains twelve meditations on contemporary political struggles for our oxygen-deprived society. Evoking Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail," these meditations, written in the form of..... More