George Clinton: The Cosmic Odyssey of Dr Funkenstein

The first in-depth biography of one of music’s most fascinating, colourful and innovative characters. The definitive history of the last...

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British Capitalism and Caribbean Slavery: The Legacy of Eric Williams

Modern scholarship on the relationship between British capitalism and Caribbean slavery has been profoundly influenced by Eric Williams...

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Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer

Representing the Race tells the story of an enduring paradox of American race relations, through the prism of a collective biography of ...

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Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of Emancipation

Around 1785, a woman was taken from her home in Senegambia and sent to Saint-Domingue in the Caribbean. Those who enslaved her there name...

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George Washington Carver: In His Own Words

A black man praised by white America-George Washington Carver (1864-1943) was an anomaly in his own time. Now available in paperback, this...

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Inside A Thug's Heart

Rikers Island is the centerpiece of the New York City Department of Corrections, a sprawling prison city of concrete and steel with hous...

5:31 AM

Fela: Kalakuta Notes

Fela: Kalakuta Notes is an evocative account of Fela Kuti the Afrobeat superstar who took African music into the arena of direct action. ...

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Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983–87

Under Sankara's leadership, the revolutionary government of Burkina Faso in West Africa set an electrifying example. Peasants, worker...

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Loving's Love: A Black American's Experience in Aviation

Recounts the author's experiences as a black man and aviator, detailing his efforts at building his own experimental aircraft, the lo...

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Negroland: A Memoir

At once incendiary and icy, mischievous and provocative, celebratory and elegiac—here is a deeply felt meditation on race, sex, and Ameri...

6:48 AM

After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye

A riveting cautionary tale about the ecstasy and dangers of loving Marvin Gaye, a performer passionately pursued by all—and a searing mem...

9:55 AM

Destiny and Race: Selected Writings, 1840-1898

A major 19th-century reformer and intellectual, Alexander Crummell (1819-1898) was the first black American to receive a degree from Camb...

10:19 AM

Shaka Zulu (Hero Journals)

What was life like as leader of the Zulu Kingdom in Africa? Why not let Shaka Zulu tell you about it? Youll read about his triumphant vic...

5:13 AM

Alexander Crummell: A Study of Civilization and Discontent

This remarkable biography, based on much new information, examines the life and times of one of the most prominent African-American intel...

5:05 AM

Malcolm X. Rights Activist and Nation of Islam Leader

More than a string of fact and dates, the Essential Lives series reveals the influences that shaped each individual and how, in turn, ea...

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Malcolm Little. The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X

Malcolm X grew to be one of America’s most influential figures. But first, he was a boy named Malcolm Little. Written by his daughter, th...

10:37 AM

Between Cross and Crescent: Christian and Muslim Perspectives onMalcolm and Martin

Professors Baldwin and Al-Hadid, at Vanderbilt and Tennessee State Universities respectively, persuasively argue that El-Hajj Malik El-Sh...

10:32 AM

The Political Legacy of Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana

This work contributes to the fields of political science, sociology, development, economics, and international relations to furnish an un...

10:28 AM

A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story

Brown's account of her life at the highest levels of the Black Panther party's hierarchy. More than a journey through a turbulent...

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A Time to Break Silence. The King Legacy Series, Book 10

A Time to Break Silence presents Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most important writings and speeches—carefully selected by teachers across...

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