Between 1877 and 1930--years rife with tensions over citizenship, suffrage, immigration, and "the Negro problem--African American activists promoted an array of strategies for progress and power built around "racial destiny," the idea that black Americans formed a collective whose future existence would be determined by the actions of its members. In Righteous Propagation, Michele Mitchell examines the reproductive implications of racial destiny, demonstrating how it forcefully linked particular visions of gender, conduct, and sexuality to collective well-being.

Mitchell...

From Brazil to Germany, New York to Ghana, Dialogues of Dispersal examines intersections of gender and sexuality within Afro-diasporic communities.

• Considers communities in Brazil, the Caribbean, Germany, the UK, the US and West Africa, and how they overlap.
  
• Contains innovative analyses of knowledge production, globalization, popular culture, identity, colonialism, maternalism, dress, and transnational networks.
  
• Features interdisciplinary work by both established and emerging scholars.
  
• Acknowledges the accomplishments and...

Africa The Untold Story is a pictorial chronology of the history and development of Africa and its people. Spanning more than 3.6 million years, this book highlights the contributions of Africa to the world. From elementary school students to historians, the information and images found within these pages, often unseen and untold, will provide a new and accurate view of African history.

A compilation of Georgia laws created to restrict and extinguish the lives and lifestyles of Blacks and Native Americans.

Gender, Imperialism and Global Exchanges presents a collection of original readings that address gendered dimensions of empire from a wide range of geographical and temporal settings.

• Draws on original research on gender and empire in relation to labour, commodities, fashion, politics, mobility, and visuality
• Includes coverage of gender issues from countries in Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia between the eighteenth to twentieth centuries
• Highlights a range of transnational and transregional connections across the globe
• Features...

Bodies of Work is a series that follows the lives of a group of friends and their families who are all, in their own way, fighting to break free from the grasp of their environment. Tori Watts is a street- savvy young lady who is determined not to become a statistic. A talented artist, she is literally creating a promising future for herself by applying to one of the most prestigious art schools in the country. But there is nothing prestigious about Tori's past. Both of her parents tragically passed away leaving her to be raised by her grandmother, who reveals little to no information about...

Bodies of Work is a series that follows the lives of a group of friends and their families who are all, in their own way, fighting to break free from the grasp of their environment. The Transformation continues Tori's story as she attempts overcome her past. She leaves her hometown to study and immerse herself in her craft, and she flourishes. While there, an eclectic art student named Michael pulls at her heart strings but quickly becomes frustrated at the tug of war between him and her best friend Rondell. Before Tori can make a decision, the secrets she tried to leave behind are literally...

Bodies of Work is a series that follows the lives of a group of friends and their families who are all, in their own way, fighting to break free from the grasp of their environment. Tori's many hardships and her ability to survive them have strengthened her resolve while molding her into a warrior. Between losing loved ones and possibly her freedom, the foundations in her life start to crumble; and Tori must learn to strategize then fight in order to stand on solid ground.