In the untamed wilderness, where towering trees cast long shadows and the symphony of nature echoes through the air, there lived an extraordinary black bear named Bruno. From his playful cubhood to his formidable adulthood, Bruno's life was a captivating tapestry woven with adventure, resilience, and the indomitable spirit of the wild. Join Harry Perry Robinson on an unforgettable journey through the eyes of Bruno, as he navigates the challenges and triumphs of his existence in the unforgi...

"The Life Story of a Black Bear" by Harry Perry Robinson is a captivating exploration of the life and experiences of a black bear. Through vivid storytelling, Robinson delves into the bear's natural habitat, behaviors, and interactions with the environment. The narrative is rich with detail, painting a picture of the challenges and triumphs faced by the bear in the wild. Readers are invited to empathize with the bear's journey, gaining insight into the complexities of wildlife and the impo...

The Twentieth Century American by Harry Perry Robinson is a reflective work that explores the evolving identity of the American people at the dawn of the 20th century. The book aims to provide insight into the national character, examining how Americans viewed themselves and their place in a rapidly changing world. Robinson delves into various facets of American society, from its culture and political structures to its economic foundations and emerging global role.The book is structured to...

What is the best way to understand black political ideology? Just listen to the everyday talk that emerges in public spaces, suggests Melissa Harris-Lacewell. And listen this author has--to black college students talking about the Million Man March and welfare, to Southern, black Baptists discussing homosexuality in the church, to black men in a barbershop early on a Saturday morning, to the voices of hip-hop music and Black Entertainment Television.Using statistical, experimental,...

Jezebel's sexual lasciviousness, Mammy's devotion, and Sapphire's outspoken anger—these are among the most persistent stereotypes that black women encounter in contemporary American life. Hurtful and dishonest, such representations force African American women to navigate a virtual crooked room that shames them and shapes their experiences as citizens. Many respond by assuming a mantle of strength that may convince others, and even themselves, that they do not need help. But as a result, t...

A personal, intimate account of the extraordinary ways that today’s families are being created.From adoption and assisted reproduction, to gay and straight parents, coupled and single, and multi-parent families, the stories in Modern Families explain how individuals make unconventional families by accessing a broad range of technological, medical and legal choices that expand our definitions of parenting and kinship. Joshua Gamson introduces us to a child with two ...

A personal, intimate account of the extraordinary ways that today’s families are being created.From adoption and assisted reproduction, to gay and straight parents, coupled and single, and multi-parent families, the stories in Modern Families explain how individuals make unconventional families by accessing a broad range of technological, medical and legal choices that expand our definitions of parenting and kinship. Joshua Gamson introduces us to a child with two ...

Combining a fascinating history of the first U.S. high school for African Americans with an unflinching analysis of urban public-school education today, First Class explores an underrepresented and largely unknown aspect of black history while opening a discussion on what it takes to make a public school successful. In 1870, in the wake of the Civil War, citizens of Washington, DC, opened the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth, the first black public high school in the Unit...

**A moving essay collection promoting freedom, self-love, and divine wholeness for Black women and opening new levels of understanding and ideological transformation for non-Black women and allies“Candice Marie Benbow is a once-in-a-generation theologian, the kind who, having ground dogma into dust with the fine point of a stiletto, leads us into the wide-open spaces of faith.”—Brittney Cooper, author of Eloquent Rage and co-editor of The Crunk Feminist Collection...

The "powerful" study of the negative experiences confronting Black girls in US schools, and how we can instead orient schools toward their flourishing (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow).On the day fifteen-year-old Diamond from the Bay Area stopped going to school, she was expelled for lashing out at peers who constantly harassed and teased her for something everyone on the staff had missed: she was being trafficked for sex. After months on the...

Dunbar High School in Washington, DC, defied the odds and, in the process, changed America.In the first half of the twentieth century, Dunbar was an academically elite public school, despite being racially segregated by law and existing at the mercy of racist congressmen who held the school’s purse strings. These enormous challenges did not stop the local community from rallying for the cause of educating its children.Dunbar attracted an extraordinary facul...

Results of a comprehensive two-year study analyzing the facts and policy alternatives. Originally published in 1979.