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  • A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit

    The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune

    Serier serie Significations
    An intimate and searching account of the life and legacy of one of America’s towering educators, a woman who dared to center the progress of Black women and girls in the larger struggle for political and social liberationWhen Mary McLeod Bethune died, tributes in newspapers around the country said the same thing: she should be on the Mount Rushmore of Black American achievement. Indeed, Bethune is ... Læs mere

    112,99 kr.

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  • A Black Women's History of the United States

    Serier Bog 5 - ReVisioning History
    The award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this “groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States” (Ibram X. Kendi)—the perfect companion to An Indigenous People’s History of the United States and An African American and Latinx History of the United States.An empowering and intersectional history that centers the stories of African American women across 400+ ... Læs mere

    120,36 kr.

  • The Black Cabinet

    The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt

    af Jill Watts ...
    An in-depth history exploring the evolution, impact, and ultimate demise of what was known in the 1930s and '40s as FDR's Black Cabinet.In 1932 in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidency with the help of key African American defectors from the Republican Party. At the time, most African Americans lived in poverty, denied citizenship rights and terrorized by ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • A Shining Thread of Hope

    The History of Black Women in America

    At the greatest moments and in the cruelest times, black women have been a crucial part of America's history. Now, the inspiring history of black women in America is explored in vivid detail by two leaders in the fields of African American and women's history.A Shining Thread of Hope chronicles the lives of black women from indentured servitude in the early American colonies to the cruelty of ... Læs mere

    41,74 kr.

  • Open Wide The Freedom Gates

    A Memoir

    Dorothy Height marched at civil rights rallies, sat through tense White House meetings, and witnessed every major victory in the struggle for racial equality. Yet as the sole woman among powerful, charismatic men, someone whose personal ambition was secondary to her passion for her cause, she has received little mainstream recognition -- until now. In her memoir, Dr. Height, now ninety-one, ... Læs mere

    58,99 kr.

  • Rooted

    The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership

    af Brea Baker ...
    Why is less than 1% of rural land in the U.S. owned by Black people? An acclaimed writer and activist explores the impact of land theft and violent displacement on racial wealth gaps, arguing that justice stems from the literal roots of the earth.“With heartfelt prose and unyielding honesty, Baker explores the depths of her roots and invites readers to reflect on our own.”—Donovan X. Ramsey, ... Læs mere

    105,36 kr.

  • Mirror to America

    The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin

    The legendary man recounts his journey from a childhood in Oklahoma to an Presidential Medal of Honor–winning African American historian."An astonishing beautiful, deeply intelligent record of an extraordinary life. Required reading lest we forget what is possible in a race-based society." —Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature"John Hope Franklin's story is the stuff of ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr.

  • The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience

    An illustrated edition of The 1619 Project, with newly commissioned artwork and archival images, The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning reframing of the American founding and its contemporary echoes, placing slavery and resistance at the center of the American story.Here, in these pages, Black art provides refuge. The marriage of beautiful, haunting and profound words and imagery creates an ... Læs mere

    128,11 kr.

  • Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow

    Black Women, Work, and the Family, from Slavery to the Present

    The forces that shaped the institution of slavery in the American South endured, albeit in altered form, long after slavery was abolished. Toiling in sweltering Virginia tobacco factories or in the kitchens of white families in Chicago, black women felt a stultifying combination of racial discrimination and sexual prejudice. And yet, in their efforts to sustain family ties, they shared a common ... Læs mere

    85,13 kr.

  • Black Folk

    The Roots of the Black Working Class

    Named one of Smithsonian's Best Books of 20232024 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award2024 Philip Taft Labor History Award2024 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Nonfiction Longlist**2024 L.A. Times Book Award Finalist in HistoryAn award-winning historian illuminates the adversities and joys of the Black working class in America through a stunning narrative centered on ... ... Læs mere

    118,24 kr.

  • A Dreadful Deceit

    The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama's America

    In 1656, a planter in colonial Maryland tortured and killed one of his slaves, an Angolan man named Antonio who refused to work the fields. Over three centuries later, a Detroit labor organizer named Simon Owens watched as strikebreakers wielding bats and lead pipes beat his fellow autoworkers for protesting their inhumane working conditions. Antonio and Owens had nothing in common but the color ... Læs mere

    85,13 kr.

  • From Here to Equality, Second Edition

    Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century

    Racism and discrimination have choked economic opportunity for African Americans at nearly every turn. At several historic moments, the trajectory of racial inequality could have been altered dramatically. But neither Reconstruction nor the New Deal nor the civil rights struggle led to an economically just and fair nation. Today, systematic inequality persists in the form of housing discrimination ... Læs mere

    117,83 kr.