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Status and development since emancipation

  • Race Gender and the Politics of Skin Toneby Margaret L. Hunter

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 45.95

    Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone tackles the hidden yet painful issue of colorism in the African American and Mexican American communities. Beginning with a historical discussion of slavery and colonization in the Americas, the book quickly moves forward to a contemporary analysis of how skin tone continues to plague people of color today.... more...

  • Organizing Black Americaby Nina Mjagkij

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 290.00

    With information on over 500 organizations, their founders and membership, this unique encyclopedia is an invaluable resource on the history of African-American activism. Entries on both historical and contemporary organizations include: * African Aid Society * African-Americans for Humanism * Black Academy of Arts and Letters * Black Women's... more...

  • Looking for Leroyby Mark Anthony Neal

    NYU Press 2013; US$ 65.00

    Mark Anthony Neal’s Looking for Leroy is an engaging and provocative analysis of the complex ways in which black masculinity has been read and misread through contemporary American popular culture. Neal argues that black men and boys are bound, in profound ways, to and by their legibility. The most “legible” black male bodies are... more...

  • Stuck in Placeby Patrick Sharkey

    University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 30.00

      In the 1960s, many believed that the civil rights movement’s successes would foster a new era of racial equality in America. Four decades later, the degree of racial inequality has barely changed. To understand what went wrong, Patrick Sharkey argues that we have to understand what has happened to African American communities over the... more...

  • Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspectiveby Letha A See

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 60.95

    In Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective, leading black scholars come together to discuss complex human behavior problems faced by African Americans and to force the abandonment of conceptualization theories made without consideration of the Black experience. Challenging you to engage in different thinking and... more...

  • Fierce Angelsby Sheri Parks; Marcia Ann Gillespie

    Chicago Review Press 2013; US$ 15.99

    The ?Strong Black Woman? has been a part of mainstream culture for centuries, as a myth, a goddess, a positive role model, a stereotype, and as a burden. In Fierce Angels , Sheri Parks explores the concept of the Strong Black Woman, its influence on people of all races, and the ways in which black women respond to and are affected by this image.... more...

  • Ghosts of Jim Crowby F. Michael Higginbotham

    NYU Press 2013; US$ 29.95

    "Higginbotham provides a thoughtful and perceptive discussion on the role of race in America today. His keen legal analysis and compelling narrative has resulted in a fascinating examination of how far we have come as a nation, but more importantly, of how far we have to go." —Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Senator for Maryland   When... more...

  • Love, Intimacy, Sex, and the Black Coupleby Katherine M. Helm; Jon Carlson

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 150.00

    This exciting new text on counseling African American couples outlines critical components to providing culturally-sensitive treatment. Built around a framework that examines African American couples? issues as well as the specific contextual factors that can negatively impact their relationships, it: ? Addresses threats to love and intimacy for Black... more...

  • Power to the Poorby Gordon K. Mantler

    The University of North Carolina Press 2013; US$ 52.50

    The Poor People's Campaign of 1968 has long been overshadowed by the assassination of its architect, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the political turmoil of that year. In a major reinterpretation of civil rights and Chicano movement history, Gordon K. Mantler demonstrates how King's unfinished crusade became the era's most high-profile attempt at... more...

  • My Culture, My Color, My Selfby Toby S. Jenkins

    Temple University Press 2013; US$ 24.95

    Understanding our cultural heritage and sharing a cultural community's history helps motivate individuals to take agency and create change within their communities. But are today's youth appreciative of their culture, or apathetic towards it? In her vibrant ethnography My Culture, My Color, My Self, Toby Jenkins provides engrossing, in-depth interviews... more...