CK - African-American Studies 5

An incisive examination of how growth-at-all-costs planning and policy have exacerbated inequality and racial division in Atlanta. Atlanta, the capital of the American South, is at the red-hot core ……続きを見る

On April 12, 1945, the United States Army Air Force arrested 101 of its African American officers. They were charged with disobeying a direct order from a superior officerーa charge that could carry……続きを見る

First-Generation Faculty of Color: Reflections on Research, Teaching, and Service is the first book to examine the experiences of racially minoritized faculty who were also the first in their famili……続きを見る

A multigenerational saga of a family and a community in Tulsa’s Greenwood district, known as “Black Wall Street,” that in one century survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, urban renewal, and gentri……続きを見る

The inspiration for the PBS documentary premiering March 2023 The story of the revolutionary Black women welfare organizers of Las Vegas who spearheaded an evergreen, radical revisioning of American……続きを見る

Was William Mack Lee an imposter who lied about being General Lee's former slave in order to gain favor, or did he really proudly serve as General Lee's cook and servant during the Civil War? Accord……続きを見る

Black Men's Studies offers an approach to understanding the lives and the self determination of men of African descent in the U.S. context. It not only frames their experiences, it also explores the……続きを見る

Liberation in Higher Education introduces and expands on the notion of Endarkened Feminist Epistemology (EFE) based on a qualitative case study of Cynthia B. Dillard and her students as well as the ……続きを見る

Uncovers how the Civil Rights Movement and Vatican II affected African American Catholics in Atlanta The history and practices of African American Catholics has been vastly understudied, and Black C……続きを見る

The United States is dogged by racism and racial disparities in income, wealth, health, education, and criminal justice. Philosophers disagree on what kind of politics is needed to address this prob……続きを見る

Set against the backdrop of Jim Crow, Night Train to Nashville takes readers behind the curtain of one of music's greatest untold stories during the era of segregation and Civil Rights. In another t……続きを見る

Now available in paperback, William C. Banfield’s acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each of the profiled artists offers a candid self-po……続きを見る

From abolition through the years just before the civil rights struggle began, African American women recognized that a mixed-race woman made for a powerful and, at times, very useful figure in the b……続きを見る

In 1985, a black veteran of the civil rights movement offered a bleak vision of a long and troubled struggle. For more than a century, black southerners learned to live with betrayed expectations, d……続きを見る

A collaborative work by young Black writers and the Black Community Resource Centre, Where They Stood examines history beyond racism and slavery to receal the inspiring story of Montreal’s English-s……続きを見る

Martin Luther King Jr.: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works allows the reader to explore not just the facets of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s career but the network of associates across the Civil Ri……続きを見る

Presenting a portrait of engaged, activist lives in the 1930s, From Scottsboro to Munich follows a global network of individuals and organizations that posed challenges to the racism and colonialism……続きを見る

Provides an illuminating look at the diverse world of Black religious life in North America, focusing particularly outside of mainstream Christian churches From the Moorish Science Temple to the Pea……続きを見る

This book enables readers to better understand, explain, and predict the future of the nation's overall economic health through its examination of the black working classーespecially the experiences……続きを見る

A study of the life of a Maryland slave, his escape to freedom in New Jersey, and the trials that ensued. James Collins Johnson made his name by escaping slavery in Maryland and fleeing to Princeton……続きを見る

“Opie delves into the history books to find true soul in the food of the South, including its place in the politics of black America.”ーNPR.org Frederick Douglass Opie deconstructs and compares the ……続きを見る

A moving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injusticeーwith speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and more. In “full-throated public oratory, the kind ……続きを見る

An essential guide for Black Americans to understanding the criminal justice system, and why it continues to see Black men as targets and as dollar signs. Justice While Black is a must-read for ever……続きを見る

Explore the Black history of the San Francisco Bay Area through the work of the region’s first Black professional photographer. From 1927 until his death in 1979, Oakland’s E.F. Joseph documented th……続きを見る

Revised and updated: the award-winning historical analysis of the civil rights movement examining the interplay of race and class in the American South. In Race, Class, and the Civil Rights Movement……続きを見る

“Provocative and well written . . . a must-read for any scholar interested in African identity, the transatlantic slave trade, and resistance.” ーAmerican Historical Review Although they came from d……続きを見る

Scholars examine the activist efforts of Black Americans in Memphis in a series of essays ranging from the Reconstruction era to the twenty-first century. In An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Fre……続きを見る

“A rich blend of narrative history, personal recollections, and heart-wrenching oral testimonials . . . powerful.” ーImali J. Abala, author of The Dreamer With an introduction that provides a histor……続きを見る

"Duane would talk to me about breaking the cycle of violence in himself. As he turned the pages in the books he read, I saw him turn the pages in his life, ultimately changing the decisions he made ……続きを見る

Through this collection of essays, author and activist Reagan Jackson, chronicles her journey into the world of journalism. Art, cinema, social justice, feminism, Black reparations, health & reprodu……続きを見る