University Press of Mississippi, November 1995. Trade Paperback. The late African American novelist Chester Himes (1909-1984) is well known both in America and Europe for his moving depictions of black men destroyed by a pervasive racism and for darkly humorous stories of Harlem's underworld. His novels and stories are all..... More
Cleage Group Publications, 1990. Stapled Soft Cover. 34 pages. More
Routledge, October 2002. Trade Paperback. The past fifteen years have seen renewed interest in the civil rights movement. Television documentaries, films and books have brought the struggles into our homes and classrooms once again. New evidence in older criminal cases demands that the judicial system reconsider the accuracy of investigations..... More
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, February 2015. Trade Paperback. The events surrounding the Trayvon Martin murder, trial and acquittal bring to public and private discourse the violent, brutal murders of Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Dr. King, while bringing back to memory the racially provoked murders of..... More
University of Michigan Press, March 2014. First Edition. Cloth. Amy Absher's The Black Musician and the White City tells the story of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-twentieth century. While depicting the segregated city before World War II, Absher traces the migration of black musicians, both men and..... More
Addison Wesley Publishing Company, June 1995. Hardcover. Awaiting execution for the murder of a Philadelphia policeman, the author describes the brutality and humiliation of prison life and argues that the justice system is racist and ruled by political expediency. Minor shelf wear on the jacket. More
Pantheon, July 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first in dust jacket. More
Bloomsbury USA, June 2017. Paper Back. National Book Critics Circle Award Winner New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year A Boston Globe Best Book of 2016 A Chicago Review of Books Best Nonfiction Book of..... More
Bloomsbury USA, June 2017. Paper Back. National Book Critics Circle Award Winner New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year A Boston Globe Best Book of 2016 A Chicago Review of Books Best Nonfiction Book of..... More
Writers & Readers Publishing, March 1996. Trade Paperback. Clean, without markings. More
Third Pr Review of Books, June 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Endpapers foxed; pages somewhat darkened; Jacket has some chipping at top of folds and spine extremities; not price-clipped. Beautiful copy. Scarce. More
I AM Unlimited Publishing, January 2003. First Edition. Paper Back. Paperback original with bumps, curled fore-edge, & wear. Still good copy of uncommon title. Solid spine. No writing in text. Signed & inscribed by Swanston on title page: 'To Angus, Peace, Love, Prosperity & Power.' First/first. More
NYU Press, January 2000. Paper Back. Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon. More
Kersplebedeb Publishing / Solidarity, January 2001. Stapled Soft Cover. Stapled pamphlet. (122 pages). Clean, sound, without markings. More
Vintage, December 1992. Trade Paperback. A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences..... More
Vintage, December 1992. Trade Paperback. A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences..... More
Vintage, December 1992. Trade Paperback. A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences..... More
Quadrangle Books, 1971. Hardcover. Red cloth spine with silver lettering & tan paper covered boards with stamped red title. Corners bumped mildly. Rubbing & discoloration to jacket. One inch spidery tear top edge at spine of front jacket panel. Maroon end pages. More
Basic Books, October 2018. Paper Back. The classic work on American racism and the struggle for racial justice, now with a new foreword by Michelle Alexander In Faces at the Bottom of the Well, civil rights activist and legal scholar Derrick Bell uses historical example and allegory - including the..... More
Anchor, January 2009. Trade Paperback. A Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the "Age of Neoslavery," the American period following the Emancipation Proclamation in which convicts, mostly black men, were "leased" through forced labor camps operated by state and federal governments. In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light..... More
Ten Speed Press, January 2020. Hardcover. A powerful illustrated history of the Great Migration and its sweeping impact on Black and American culture, from Reconstruction to the rise of hip hop. Over the course of six decades, an unprecedented wave of Black Americans left the South and spread across the..... More
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Convergent Books, April 2018. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK - From a leading voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female that exposes how white America's love affair with "diversity" so often falls short of..... More
Convergent Books, April 2018. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK - From a leading voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female that exposes how white America's love affair with "diversity" so often falls short of..... More
