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Mae Ella Wright

This book was written to expose the suffering pain and devastation the African people are subjected to by their political leaders, who were elected to office under questionable circumstances and by a rigged election and who subjects the people to horrific human rights violations while leaving a country that is ravaged from war and depleted of its rich natural resources. Proceeds of this book will go to water wells in Africa and to the hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa to maintain sanitation ...

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Mae Ella Wright

This book was written to expose the suffering, pain, and devastation the African people are subjected to by their political leaders, who were elected to office under questionable circumstances and by a rigged election and who subjects the people to horrific human rights violations while leaving a country that is ravaged by war and depleted of its rich natural resources. Proceeds of this book will go to water wells in Africa and to the hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa to maintain sanitation ...

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Mae Ella Wright

The 1st book From Slavery to Freedom A poem by Langston Hughes turned into a book and screen play for the United States Air Force written while stationed at Mountain Home Air force base Idaho, from Slavery To freedom, the book and screen play was written in honor of Black History month, the book and screenplay depicted the out rage and frustration of a former slave who realized that through the aminsipation proclamation, he was free in concept only, still living under the control and domin...

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Reni Eddo-Lodge, Alake Olarewaju Ltd

'Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent. This book is an attempt to speak'*Updated edition featuring a new afterword*The book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is the essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race r...

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Richard Dowden

After a lifetime's close observation of the continent, one of the world's finest Africa correspondents has penned a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa. It takes a guide as observant, experienced, and patient as Richard Dowden to reveal its truths. Dowden combines a novelist's gift for atmosphere with the scholar's grasp of historical change as he spins tales of cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional spirituality in Sierra Leone; analyzes the impact of oil and the inter...

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Kathleen Collins

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Art of the Story

A collection of newly discovered and never-before-published stories by the late Kathleen Collins, a brilliant yet little-known African American writer, artist, and filmmaker.Exuberant, poignant, perceptive, and full of grace, these sixteen stories by Kathleen Collins explore deep, far-reaching issues—relating to race, gender, family, and sexuality—that shape the ordinary moments in our lives. Collins's work masterfully blends the quotidian and the profound in a personal, intimate w...

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Mary Prince

The History of Mary Prince (1831) was the first narrative of a black woman to be published in Britain. It describes Prince's sufferings as a slave in Bermuda, Turks Island and Antigua, and her eventual arrival in London with her brutal owner Mr Wood in 1828. Prince escaped from him and sought assistance from the Anti-Slavery Society, where she dictated her remarkable story to Susanna Strickland (later Moodie). A moving and graphic document, The History drew attention to the continuation of...

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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King Legacy

A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X“The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies. . . . The response of the radical King to our catastrophic moment can be put in one word: revolution—a revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life, and a fundamental transformation of o...

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C.L.R. James

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The Charles H. Kerr Library

Originally published in England in 1938 (the same year as his magnum opus The Black Jacobins) and expanded in 1969, this work remains the classic account of global black resistance. Robin D.G. Kelley’s substantial introduction contextualizes the work in the history and ferment of the times, and explores its ongoing relevance today.“A History of Pan-African Revolt is one of those rare books that continues to strike a chord of urgency, even half a century after it w...

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Virginia Frances Schwartz

In her dreams, Phoebe twirls through rows of sea island cotton as a white dress blows around her knees like a breeze. As she dances, she loses all memory of being born a slave on an Alabama plantation. She lifts up her feet and flies high above the fields, as light as air. Before her a single white star shines. Thirteen-year-old Phoebe has always dreamed of leaving her life as a slave behind. She has heard whispers about a secret path to freedom, and she has seen what can happen to those w...

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Gísli Pálsson

The life story of Hans Jonathan, Iceland's first Black citizen.The island nation of Iceland is known for many things—majestic landscapes, volcanic eruptions, distinctive seafood—but racial diversity is not one of them. So the little-known story of Hans Jonathan, a free Black man who lived and raised a family in early nineteenth-century Iceland, is improbable and compelling, the stuff of novels.In The Man Who Stole Himself, Gisli Palsson lays out th...

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Bill Duke, Shelia P. Moses, Barron Claiborne

From the director of the NAACP Award–nominated documentary comes this gorgeous companion book to celebrate dark-skinned women.Black has never been more beautiful. Dark Girls is a testament to the strength and grace of women everywhere, no matter their skin tone, upbringing, or education. Featuring such celebrities as Lupita Nyong'o, Vanessa Williams, Sheryl Underwood, Judge Mablean, and Loretta Devine, Dark Girls presents outstanding women from al...