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White Like Meby Tim Wise
Soft Skull Press 2007; US$ 14.95Racial privilege shapes the lives of white Americans in every facet of life, from employment and education to housing and criminal justice. Using stories from his own life, Tim Wise shows that racism not only burdens people of color, but also benefits those who are "white like him" whether or not theyre actively racist. Using stories instead of stale statistics, Wise weaves a compelling narrative that assesses the magnitude of racial privilege and is at once readable and scholarly, analytical yet accessible. more...
The Warmth of Other Sunsby Isabel Wilkerson
Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 12.99One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of the Year In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities,... more...
How Racism Takes Placeby George Lipsitz
Temple University Press 2011; US$ 26.95White identity in the United States is place bound, asserts George Lipsitz in How Racism Takes Place . An influential scholar in American and racial studies, Lipsitz contends that racism persists because a network of practices skew opportunities and life chances along racial lines. That is, these practices assign people of different races to different spaces and therefore allow grossly unequal access to education, employment, transportation, and shelter. Revealing how seemingly race-neutral urban sites contain hidden racial assumptions and imperatives, Lipsitz examines the ways in which urban space and social experience are racialized and emphasizes that aggrieved communities do not passively acquiesce to racism. He recognizes the people... more...
Black Powerby Charles Hamilton; Kwame Ture
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 11.99In 1967, this revolutionary work exposed the depths of systemic racism in this country and provided a radical political framework for reform: true and lasting social change would only be accomplished through unity among African-Americans and their independence from the preexisting order. An eloquent document of the civil rights movement that remains a work of profound social relevance 25 years after it was first published. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
Think and Grow Richby Napoleon Hill; Dennis Kimbro
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 7.99"An inspiring an powerful success guide." ESSENCE Author and entrepreneur Dennis Kimbro combines bestseeling author Napolean Hilll's law of success with his own vast knowledge of business, contemporary affairs, and the vibrant culture of Black America to teach you the secrets to success used by scores of black Americans, including: Spike Lee, Jesse Jackson, Dr. Selma Burke, Oprah Winfrey, and many others. The result is inspiring, practical, clearly written, and totally workable. Use it to unlock the treasure you have always dreamed of--the treasure that at last is within your reach. From the Paperback edition. more...
Different Visionby Thomas D. Boston
Routledge 1996; US$ 65.00This work brings together for the first time the ideas, philosophies and interpretations of North America's leading African American economists, demonstrating that racial inequality has had an immense impact on African Americans' daily lives. more...
Black Culture Industryby Ellis Cashmore
Routledge 1997; US$ 55.95Using detailed studies of the marketing of Motown, Michael Jackson and the artist formerly known as Prince, Cashmore explores how black culture has been converted into a commodity, usually in the interests of white owned corporations. more...
Souls Looking Backby Andrew Garrod; Janie Ward; Tracy L. Robinson; Robert Kilkenny
Routledge 1999; US$ 39.95A collection of sixteen autobiographical essays by Africans in America, Afro-Caribbean and bi-racial college students, which explore the process of self-discovery and realization of cultural identity. more...
Fictions of U.S. Historyby Frances Richardson Keller
Indiana University Press 2002; US$ 27.95Fictions of History offers a new definition of the term "fictions." A fiction is not merely the imaginative literature we treasure in works of novelists, dramatists, and poets. It is a powerful, driving idea that enters the life of an individual, the course a whole society travels, and the stories historians tell about the human past. In many dimensions, fictions affect every person on planet Earth. We all live lives based on fictions. Frances Richardson Keller chooses fascinating examples to demonstrate how dominant fictions of a given time emerge and are entrenched, and how historical figures have come to accept... more...
Organizing Black Americaby Nina Mjagkij
Garland Science 2001; US$ 275.00Authoritative and engrossing A-Z of over 500 organisations, their founders,and members and how they have influenced Black Americans. more...