This book examines the fundamental evidence for many different aspects of change and evolution in ancient Egyptian technology. It includes...
Thursday, February 26, 2015
The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts
In this groundbreaking work that sets apart fact and legend, authors Finkelstein and Silberman use significant archeological discoveries t...
Black Panthers Speak
"Essential reading for those who would prefer to judge the Panther movement for themselves."—Library Journal Here are Huey P. N...
Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919
The first in-depth history of the involvement of African-Americans in the early recording industry, this book examines the first three dec...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul
It’s January 1967—and one of the worst snowstorms in decades is blanketing Detroit, Michigan. Berry Gordy, owner of Motown Records, is tra...
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom. More than any other sc...
Unjustly Dishonored: An African American Division in World War I
For nearly one hundred years, the 92nd Division of the U.S. Army in World War I has been remembered as a military failure. The division ...
Reach: 40 Black Men Speak on Living, Leading, and Succeeding
In this timely and important collection of personal essays, black men from all walks of life share their inspiring stories and ultimately...
Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press
Acclaimed biographer James McGrath Morris brings into focus the riveting life of one of the most significant yet least known figures of th...
Guide to Psychological Assessment with African Americans
The movements toward cultural sensitivity and evidence-based practice are watershed developments in clinical psychology. As a population w...
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: The Story of Jazz As Told by the Men Who Made It
"A work of considerable substance." — The New Yorker. In this marvelous oral history, the words of such legends as Louis Armstro...
Counterpunch: Ali, Tyson, the Brown Bomber, and Other Stories of the Boxing Ring
Spanning the period between 1967 and 2005, this compilation includes 84 of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ira Berkow’s columns on boxing. R...
One Punch from the Promised Land: Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, And The Myth Of The Heavyweight Title
One Punch from the Promised Land: Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, And The Myth Of The Heavyweight Title
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
South Africa - The Present as History
In 1994, the first non-racial elections in South Africa brought Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress to office; elections sinc...
The Concise Guide to Hip-Hop Music: A Fresh Look at the Art of Hip Hop, from Old-School Beats to Freestyle Rap
In 1973, the music scene was forever changed by the emergence of hip-hop. Masterfully blending the rhythmic grooves of funk and soul with ...
Race: Are We So Different
Featuring new and engaging essays by noted anthropologists and illustrated with full color photos, RACE: Are We So Different? is an access...
Conjuring Culture: Biblical Formations of Black America
This book provides a sophisticated new interdisciplinary interpretation of the formulation and evolution of African American religion and ...
Alone atop the Hill: The Autobiography of Alice Dunnigan, Pioneer of the National Black Press
In 1942 Alice Allison Dunnigan, a sharecropper’s daughter from Kentucky, made her way to the nation’s capitol and a career in journalism t...
Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food
Eatonville, Florida native Zora Neale Hurston's early twentieth-century ethnographic research and writing emphasizes the essentials of...
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Walls That Speak: The Murals of John Thomas Biggers
John Thomas Biggers (1924–2001) was one of the most significant African American artists of the twentieth century. He was known for his mu...
Life Histories of the Dobe !Kung: Food, Fatness, and Well-being over the Life-span
Life Histories of the Dobe !Kung re-examines an important anthropological data set for the Dobe !Kung, the well-known “Bushmen” of the Kal...
Places of the Underground Railroad: A Geographical Guide
Places of the Underground Railroad: A Geographical Guide presents an overview of the various sites that comprised this unique road to free...
Ladies of Soul
American soul music of the 1960s is one of the most creative and influential musical forms of the twentieth century. With its merging of g...
A Parallel Life
Award-winning playwright, author, and critic Bonnie Greer's touching, funny, and thought-provoking memoir is a voyage into the making ...
Maya Medicine: Traditional Healing in Yucatán
This account of the practice of traditional Maya medicine examines the work of curers in Pisté, Mexico, a small town in the Yucatán Penin...
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Gumbo: An Anthology of African American Writing. A Literary Rent Party to Benefit The Hurston/Wright Foundation
Product Description: A literary rent party to benefit the Hurston/ Wright Foundation of African-American fiction, with selections to savor...
Beyond the Masks: Race, Gender and Subjectivity
Psychology has had a number of things to say about black and coloured people, none of them favourable, and most of which have reinforced s...
Secrets of Ancient America: Archaeoastronomy and the Legacy of the Phoenicians, Celts, and Other Forgotten Explorers
The real history of the New World and the visitors, from both East and West, who traveled to the Americas long before 1492 • Provides mor...
Bricktop's Paris: African American Women in Paris Between the Two World Wars
Tells the fascinating story of African American women who traveled to France to seek freedom of expression. During the Jazz Age, France b...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
African American Cookbook: Traditional And Other Favorite Recipes
An African American Cookbook: Traditional and Other Favorite Recipes is a wonderful collection of traditional recipes and food memories, ...
Blacks in the Bible: Black Men and Women in Scripture: The Original Roots of Men and Women of Color in Scripture
What black woman was the first first lady of Israel? What Black Jewess won a black beauty contest by hiding her Jewish heritage? What Blac...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Between Slavery and Freedom: Free People of Color in America From Settlement to the Civil War
Between Slavery and Freedom explores the complex world of those people of African birth or descent who occupied the “borderlands” between ...
Monday, February 9, 2015
African Pastoralism: Conflict, Institutions and Government
Describes the resiliance of African traditional farming practices in resisting the imposition of Western development schemes by powerful e...
The Berimbau: Soul of Brazilian Music
The Brazilian berimbau, a musical bow, is most commonly associated with the energetic martial art/dance/game of capoeira. This study explo...
Women and Islamic Revival in a West African Town
In the small town of Dogondoutchi, Niger, Malam Awal, a charismatic Sufi preacher, was recruited by local Muslim leaders to denounce the p...
Women and the Remaking of Politics in Southern Africa: Negotiating Autonomy, Incorporation and Representation
This book traces the history of women’s political involvement in Southern Africa, in anti-colonial struggles and against apartheid, analyz...
Black Hunger: Food and the Politics of U.S. Identity
The creation of the Aunt Jemima trademark from an 1889 vaudeville performance of a play called "The Emigrant" helped codify a pe...
Rap Music in the 1980s
In 1980 "Rapper's Delight" made Billboard's Hot 100. In 1990 Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em was Number One album o...
When Night Falls, Kric! Krac!: Haitian Folktales
When night falls in Haiti, it's time for stories. The storyteller says kric, the audience responds krac, and all of the children becom...
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