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  • A Call to Conscienceby Andrew Young; Clayborne Carson; Kris Shepard

    Hachette Book Group USA 2001; US$ 9.99

    His speeches stirred a generation to change--and outlined a practical way to economic freedom and true democracy. His words would help bring about the end of a brutally unequal system and would show a timeless method for achieving fairness and justice for all. A CALL TO CONSCIENCE is a milestone collection of Dr. King's most influential and best-known speeches. Compiled by Stanford historian Dr. Clayborne Carson, director of the King Papers Project, and by contributing editor Kris Shepard, this volume takes you behind the scenes on an astonishing historical journey--from the small, crowded church in Montgomery, Alabama, where "The Birth of a New Nation" ignited the modern civil rights movement, to the center of the nation's capital, where "I... more...

  • Martin Luther King, Jr., on Leadershipby Donald T. Phillips

    Hachette Book Group USA 2001; US$ 9.99

    While the American Civil War formally ended slavery, it did not end segregation or racial discrimination. It took nearly 15 years of activism, led by the nonviolent movement organized by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to complete the transformation. The final result was the elimination of federal and state-sanctioned segregation and discrimination. This book chronicles the tenets of leadership that Dr. King practiced during the American Civil Rights Movement. From mastering the art of public speaking to persuading through love and nonviolence, from encouraging imaginative new solutions in changing times to preaching hope, optimism and the power of dreams, this study of Dr. King's leadership offers a definitive and inspiring modern-day example... more...

  • Pearl's Secretby Neil Henry

    University of California Press 2001; US$ 12.95

    Pearl's Secret is a remarkable autobiography and family story that combines elements of history, investigative reporting, and personal narrative in a riveting, true-to-life mystery. In it, Neil Henry?a black professor of journalism and former award-winning correspondent for the Washington Post ?sets out to piece together the murky details of his family's past. His search for the white branch of his family becomes a deeply personal odyssey, one in which Henry deploys all of his journalistic skills to uncover the paper trail that leads to blood relations who have lived for more than a century on the opposite side of the color line. At the same time Henry gives a powerful and vivid account of his black family's rise to success over the twentieth... more...

  • My American Lifeby Price Cobbs

    Simon & Schuster 2005; US$ 11.99

    Price M. Cobbs, M.D., coauthor, with William H. Grier, of Black Rage -- one of the twentieth century's most profound examinations of black life in America -- has been a witness to some of the most important events in American history. Now, thirty years later, for the first time he reconsiders his extraordinary life and career, offering a moving account of his journey -- as one of the nation's foremost authorities in the field of psychiatry -- from rage to entitlement. An African American pioneer in the field of psychiatry, Dr. Cobbs in his lifetime has grown up during the Great Depression, felt the dramatic effects of World War II, and witnessed the dismantling of Jim Crow laws and the impact of Brown vs. Board of Education . He watched... more...

  • To Keep the Waters Troubledby Linda O. McMurry

    Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 29.95

    In the generation that followed Frederick Douglass, no African American was more prominent, or more outspoken, than Ida B. Wells. Her crusade against lynching in the 1890s made her famous, or notorious, across America, and she was seriously considered as a rival to W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington for race leadership. This book is the first full biography of Wells, a passionate crusader for black people and women--and one who was sometimes torn by her conflicting loyalties to race more...

  • W. E. B. Du Bois and American Political Thoughtby Adolph L. Reed

    Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 50.00

    This study of W.E.B. DuBois analyses the political thought of a leading 20th century black American intellectual and activist, provides a model for the study of the history of political thought, and by examining recent DuBois scholarship, offers an interpretation of contemporary black thought. more...

  • A Gentleman of Colorby Julie Winch

    Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 22.00

    James Forten began his career as a solider before becoming the leading sailmaker in Philadelphia, and a leader in the black community's reform activities. He was prominent in national and international antislavery movements, and served as vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. more...

  • Subversive Southernerby Catherine Fosl; Angela Davis

    Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2006; US$ 35.00

    Anne McCarty Braden, a southern white woman, committed her life to the causes of racial and social injustice. This work shares the extraordinary life of Braden with its readers, and also teaches them about the struggles that white southern activists had to face in the segregated, Cold War South. more...

  • Next to the Color Lineby Susan Gillman; Alys Eve Weinbaum

    University of Minnesota Press 2007; US$ 75.00

    This provocative collection investigates how W. E. B. Du Bois approached gender and sexuality. The essays in Next to the Color Line not only reassess his politics but also demonstrate his relevance for today's concerns. more...

  • Martin Luther King Jr.by Anne Schraff

    Saddleback Educational Publishing 2008; US$ 7.95

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He studied to become a minister and inspired many people with his words. King’s dedication to civil rights and his peaceful protests were the major force in the desegregation of the U.S. Find out how his peaceful means made such important changes in our society. See how he sacrificed everything in the name of equality. Guided by Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential people, this series of softcover 64-page biographies focuses on the leaders, scientists, and icons who shaped our world. These people, many from very humble beginnings, changed how the world works. Each biography includes a glossary, timeline and illustrations. An individual guide for each title... more...