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  • af Robert F. Williams
    340,95 kr.

    Examining events surrounding the test case of the right of Blacks to armed self-defense in the 1960s, this book tells the story of a Southern Black community's struggle to defend themselves against the Ku Klux Klan and other racists. This book heavily influenced the leader of the Black Panthers.

  • - Letters Between Chester Himes and John A. Williams
     
    347,95 kr.

    Chester Himes and John A Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves.

  • af Dudley Randall
    382,95 kr.

    Dudley Randall was one of the foremost voices in African American literature during the twentieth century, best known for his poetry and his work as the editor and publisher of Broadside Press in Detroit. Roses and Revolutions brings together his most popular poems with his lesser-known short stories.

  • af Aime J. Ellis
    337,95 kr.

  • af Anthony Butts
    227,95 kr.

  • - An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship
    af William Sanders Scarborough
    322,95 kr.

    Traces Scarborough's path out of slavery in Macon, Georgia, to a prolific scholarly career that culminated with his presidency of Wilberforce University. Despite the racism he met as he struggled to establish a place in higher education for African Americans, Scarborough was an exemplary scholar, particularly in the field of classical studies.

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    113,95 kr.

    This little red book brings together many of the longtime Detroit mayor's most unforgettable lines in a format meant to recall the famous little red book of quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung. This edition features quotations that did not make it into the original book and a chronology outlining Coleman Young's life and career.

  • - Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E.W.Harper, 1825-1911
    af Melba Joyce Boyd
    293,95 kr.

    This work approaches Frances Harper as a feminist and as a writer. The author, Melba Boyd, reflects upon the impact of Harper's legacy on another artist/activist - herself.

  • af Amy Maria Kenyon
    367,95 kr.

  • - Legacies of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley
     
    362,95 kr.

    Having more in common than their deaths on the same day in 1997, the late Cheddi Jagan of Guyana and Michael Manley of Jamaica both represented a radical perspective in modern Caribbean politics. This volume brings together a variety of studies on the lives, works, and intellectual and practical contributions of these two political leaders.

  • - An Epic Drama
    af Osonye Tess Onwueme
    329,95 kr.

    A drama set in the metaphorical state of Sufferland, whose people are starving and routinely exploited and terrorized by corrupt government officials and multinational oil companies - that is, until a voice erupts and moves the wounded women and youths to rise up and demand justice.

  • - An Analysis of Modern Afrocentric Political Movements
    af Ronald W. Walters
    412,95 kr.

    This work analyses Black political movements since the 1960s in which African-American societies forged connections with others in the Diaspora, looking at their impact on the African-American community.

  • - Black Bibliophile and Collector - A Biography
    af Elinor Des Verney Sinnette
    382,95 kr.

    Offers a biography of the pioneering black collector whose detective work laid the foundation for the study of black history and culture. Arthur Alfonso Schomburg came to New York active in Caribbean revolutionary struggles. He searched out records of the black experience and built a collection of books, manuscripts, and art that had few rivals.

  • af Elaine Moon
    337,95 kr.

  • af Richard L. Allen
    542,95 kr.

  • - Toni Cade Bambara's Practices of Liberation
    af Thabiti Lewis
    497,95 - 1.112,95 kr.

    Studies the works of Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995), an author, documentary filmmaker, social activist, and professor. Thabiti Lewis's analysis serves as a cultural biography, examining the liberation impulses in Bambara's writing.

  • - Anglophone Caribbeans in the Harlem Renaissance
     
    407,95 kr.

    Interdisciplinary in scope, this anthology redresses the neglect of Anglophone Caribbeans - almost 25 percent of the black population in Harlem in 1920 - and their pivotal role in the literary, cultural, and political events shaping the Harlem Renaissance.

  • - Detroit and New York, 1895-1994
    af Henry J. Pratt
    367,95 kr.

    This study analyses the relationship between two powerful forces - church organizations and urban politics - within New York City and Detroit from the late 19th through the 20th century.

  • af James Jennings
    277,95 kr.

  • - Yoruba Art, Ritual and Resistance in Brazilian Candomble
    af Mikelle S. Omari-Tukara
    422,95 kr.

    At a time when the art of the African diaspora has aroused much interest for its multicultural dimensions, this text offers insights as a participant/observer in the African-based religions of Brazil. It focuses on the symbolism and function of ritual objects used in the Brazilian ""Candomble"".

  • af Geoffrey Jacques
    271,95 kr.

  • - An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship
     
    472,95 kr.

    This autobiography traces Scarborough's path out of slavery in Macon, Georgia, to a prolific scholarly career that culminated with his presidency of Wilberforce University.

  • af Osonye Tess Onwueme
    367,95 kr.

  • - Contemporary Gospel Music
    af Deborah Smith Pollard
    337,95 kr.

    Assesses contemporary gospel music as the genre enters the twenty-first century. Suitable for Scholars of music and African American cultural studies, this work offers a comprehensive picture of the history and future of contemporary gospel music. It also includes interviews with contemporary gospel artists, allowing them to explain why they rap.

  • af Keith Gilyard
    447,95 kr.

  • - Selected Poems, 1954-2000
    af Nancy Morejon
    397,95 kr.

    The African Cuban poet Nancy Morejon set out at a young age to explore the beauty and complexities of the life around and within her. This anthology contains poems which present themes icluding: social and political concern, African identity, women's experiences, and hope for Cuba's future.

  • - Rhetoric, Language, and Literacy for the Hip Hop Generation
    af Kermit E. Campbell
    342,95 kr.

    Because of the increasing influence of Hip hop music and culture, it is important to address Hip hop and African American vernacular as rhetoric worthy of serious scrutiny. Kermit E. Campbell not only insists on this worthiness but also investigates the role that African American vernacular plays in giving a voice to America's marginalized.

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