First Martyr of Liberty: Crispus Attucks in American Memory
ISBN: 9780199731619 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Martyr of Liberty explores how Crispus Attucks's death in the 1770 Boston Massacre led to his achieving mythic significance in African Americans' struggle to incorporate their experiences and heroes into the mainstream of the American historical narrative. While the other victims of the Massacre have been largely ignored, Attucks is widely celebrated as the first to die in the cause of freedom during the era of the American Revolution. He became a symbolic embodiment of black patriotism and citizenship. This book traces Attucks's career through both history and myth to understand...
First Martyr of Liberty explores how Crispus Attucks's death in the 1770 Boston Massacre led to his achieving mythic significance in African Americans...
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Follow the Yellow Brick: Overcoming Hurdles and Obstacles in Black America
ISBN: 9780692032824 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "It is important to establish where you came from to understand where you're going," according to author, Jimi Little. In doing so, Little's memoir captures the indomitable spirit of Black People from slavery to the twenty-first century. This memoir is an unapologetic look at growing up Black in Columbus, Ohio in the 40s, and 50s during a period of apartheid America. Follow Little's journey from Columbus, Ohio to Los Angeles, as he learned many life lessons about overcoming obstacles and hurdles to become a successful business person. His maternal grandfather, James Edward Gibson,... "It is important to establish where you came from to understand where you're going," according to author, Jimi Little. In doing so, Little's memoi... |
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The Historian's Narrative of Frederick Douglass: Reading Douglass's Autobiography as Social and Cultural History
ISBN: 9781440843099 / Angielski / Miękka / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Frederick Douglas was a slave, then a free man. He was an abolitionist, a writer, and an orator who became a great social reformer and statesman. Perhaps even more important, he served as a powerful counter-example to white Americans who believed black people could not be their equals. Douglass dedicated his life to the pursuit of freedom and equality for not just African Americans, but for all people, of all races, male and female. The Historian's Narrative of Frederick Douglass: Reading Douglass's Autobiography as Social and Cultural History covers the first decades... Frederick Douglas was a slave, then a free man. He was an abolitionist, a writer, and an orator who became a great social reformer and statesman. P... |
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216,22 zł |
The Historian's Narrative of Frederick Douglass: Reading Douglass's Autobiography as Social and Cultural History
ISBN: 9781440846861 / Angielski / Twarda / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Frederick Douglas was a slave, then a free man. He was an abolitionist, a writer, and an orator who became a great social reformer and statesman. Perhaps even more important, he served as a powerful counter-example to white Americans who believed black people could not be their equals. Douglass dedicated his life to the pursuit of freedom and equality for not just African Americans, but for all people, of all races, male and female. The Historian's Narrative of Frederick Douglass: Reading Douglass's Autobiography as Social and Cultural History covers the first decades... Frederick Douglas was a slave, then a free man. He was an abolitionist, a writer, and an orator who became a great social reformer and statesman. P... |
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336,17 zł |
African Punctuality: Time Is Divine And Of The Greatest Essence
ISBN: 9781684113101 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Africans, both home, and in the diaspora, handle time. Time is central, critical, and crucial to our human existence. The Creator-God respected time very much in the creation account in Genesis Chapters 1 and 2. Maximum utilization of time leads to development and progress. Conversely, the misuse and misappropriation of time are -friendly- to poverty. The twenty-four hours divided into three segments of discussion and analysis in this book tell the full story. Time is priceless and most valuable. It is key to our survival as a people. What is -African Punctuality?- It is more than... Africans, both home, and in the diaspora, handle time. Time is central, critical, and crucial to our human existence. The Creator-God respected tim... |
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They Knew Lincoln
ISBN: 9780190270964 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1942 and now reprinted for the first time, They Knew Lincoln is a classic in African American history and Lincoln studies. Part memoir and part history, the book is an account of John E. Washington's childhood among African Americans in Washington, DC, and of the black people who knew or encountered Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. Washington recounted stories told by his grandmother's elderly friends--stories of escaping from slavery, meeting Lincoln in the capitol, learning of the president's assassination, and hearing ghosts at Ford's Theatre. He also...
Originally published in 1942 and now reprinted for the first time, They Knew Lincoln is a classic in African American history and Lincoln st...
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Students of the Dream
ISBN: 9780674971905 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marietta High, once a flagship public school northwest of Atlanta, has become a symbol of the resegregation that is sweeping across the American South. Ruth Carbonette Yow argues for a revitalized commitment to integration, but one that challenges many orthodoxies of the civil rights struggle, including colorblindness.
Marietta High, once a flagship public school northwest of Atlanta, has become a symbol of the resegregation that is sweeping across the American South...
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Uncompromising Activist: Richard Greener, First Black Graduate of Harvard College
ISBN: 9781421423296 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Uncompromising Activist is a lively tale that will interest anyone curious about the human elements of the equal rights struggle.
Uncompromising Activist is a lively tale that will interest anyone curious about the human elements of the equal rights struggle.
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From Grace to Glory. . .: A Little Bit About A Lot of Things
ISBN: 9781524591137 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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107,91 zł |
From Grace to Glory. . .: A Little Bit About A Lot of Things
ISBN: 9781524591151 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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199,67 zł |
The Seedtime, the Work, and the Harvest: New Perspectives on the Black Freedom Struggle in America
ISBN: 9780813056678 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A vital work: one that links and contextualizes activism in the present with over one hundred years of organizing, resisting, and rebelling against racial injustice."--Sara Rzeszutek Haviland, author of James and Esther Cooper Jackson: Love and Courage in the Black Freedom Movement This volume expands the chronology and geography of the black freedom struggle beyond the traditional emphasis on the old South and the years between 1954 and 1968. Beginning as far back as the nineteenth century, and analyzing case studies from southern, northern, and border states, these essays...
"A vital work: one that links and contextualizes activism in the present with over one hundred years of organizing, resisting, and rebelling against r...
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African Punctuality: Time Is Divine And Of The Greatest Essence
ISBN: 9781684113118 / Angielski / Twarda / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Capital and Convict: Race, Region, and Punishment in Post-Civil War America
ISBN: 9780813940557 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Both in the popular imagination and in academic discourse, North and South are presented as fundamentally divergent penal systems in the aftermath of the Civil War, a difference mapped onto larger perceived cultural disparities between the two regions. The South's post Civil War embrace of chain gangs and convict leasing occupies such a prominent position in the nation's imagination that it has come to represent one of the region's hallmark differences from the North. The regions are different, the argument goes, because they punish differently. Capital and Convict challenges... Both in the popular imagination and in academic discourse, North and South are presented as fundamentally divergent penal systems in the aftermath ... |
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Telling Our Stories: Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
ISBN: 9781496813480 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contributions by Reuben V. Anderson, Haley Barbour, Kane Ditto, Myrlie Evers, John E. Fleming, Dennis J. Mitchell, and William F. Winter In December 2017, in celebration of our state's bicentennial, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History will open two state-of-the-art museums--the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The Museum of Mississippi History will explore the entire sweep of the state's history. The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, the first state-operated civil rights museum in the country, will explore the period from 1945 to 1976,... Contributions by Reuben V. Anderson, Haley Barbour, Kane Ditto, Myrlie Evers, John E. Fleming, Dennis J. Mitchell, and William F. Winter In Decem... |
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At the Altar of Lynching
ISBN: 9781107182974 / Angielski / Twarda / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers a new interpretation of the lynching of Sam Hose through the lens of the religious culture in the evangelical American South.
Offers a new interpretation of the lynching of Sam Hose through the lens of the religious culture in the evangelical American South.
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The River of No Return: The Autobiography of a Black Militant and the Life and Death of Sncc
ISBN: 9780062824318 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The classic memoir by Cleveland Sellers that offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into his volunteer work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 1960s civil rights movement. Among histories of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, there are few personal narratives that are as compelling and insightful as The River of No Return. Besides being an insider's account of the rise and fall of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), this riveting memoir is an eyewitness report of the strategies and the conflicts in the crucial battle zones... The classic memoir by Cleveland Sellers that offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into his volunteer work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Co... |
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Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
ISBN: 9781501126413 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A revelatory account of the actions taken by the first president to retain his slaves in spite of Northern laws. Profiles one of the slaves, Ona Judge, describing the intense manhunt that ensued when she ran away."--NoveList.
"A revelatory account of the actions taken by the first president to retain his slaves in spite of Northern laws. Profiles one of the slaves, Ona Judg...
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A Perilous Path: Talking Race, Inequality, and the Law
ISBN: 9781620973950 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This blisteringly candid discussion of the American dilemma in the age of Trump brings together the head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the former attorney general of the United States, a bestselling author and death penalty lawyer, and a star professor for an honest conversation the country desperately needs to hear. Drawing on their collective decades of work on civil rights issues as well as personal histories of rising from poverty and oppression, these leading lights of the legal profession and the fight for racial justice talk about the importance of reclaiming the racial narrative... This blisteringly candid discussion of the American dilemma in the age of Trump brings together the head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the forme... |
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The Mis-Education of the Negro
ISBN: 9781680920673 / Angielski / Twarda / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Mis-Education of the Negro is a book originally published in 1933 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. The thesis of Dr. Woodson's book is that blacks of his day were being culturally indoctrinated, rather than taught, in American schools. This conditioning, he claims, causes blacks to become dependent and to seek out inferior places in the greater society of which they are a part. He challenges his readers to become autodidacts and to do for themselves, regardless of what they were taught: History shows that it does not matter who is in power... those who have not learned to do for... The Mis-Education of the Negro is a book originally published in 1933 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. The thesis of Dr. Woodson's book is that blacks... |
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The Future Master Fard Muhammad
ISBN: 9781944992002 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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107,06 zł |