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Shifting
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 11.99Based on the African American Women's Voices Project, Shifting reveals that a large number of African American women feel pressure to com-promise their true selves as they navigate America's racial and gender bigotry. Black women "shift" by altering the expectations they have for themselves or their outer appearance. They modify their speech. They... more...
Black Maestro
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99In Black Maestro, Joe Drape meticulously brings to life the drama, adventures, romances, and heartbreaks of an unlikely participant in the greatest historical events of the twentieth century. It is a breathtaking narrative that takes you from pastoral Kentucky to Mob?controlled Chicago, from the horse country of Poland to the chaos of Red Square,... more...
The Atlantic Sound
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 16.00In this fascinating inquiry into the African Diaspora, Caryl Phillips embarks on a soul-wrenching journey to the three major ports of the transatlantic slave trade. Juxtaposing stories of the past with his own present-day experiences, Phillips combines his remarkable skills as a travel essayist with an astute understanding of history. From an West... more...
Gender Talk
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 16.00Why has the African American community remained silent about gender even as race has moved to the forefront of our nation?s consciousness? In this important new book, two of the nation?s leading African American intellectuals offer a resounding and far-reaching answer to a question that has been ignored for far too long. Hard-hitting and brilliant... more...
Root Shock
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 16.00They called it progress. But for the people whose homes and districts were bulldozed, the urban renewal projects that swept America starting in 1949 were nothing short of assault. Vibrant city blocks?places rich in history?were reduced to garbage-strewn vacant lots. When a neighborhood is destroyed its inhabitants suffer ?root shock?: a traumatic stress... more...
I Love Yous Are for White People
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99As a young child, Lac Su made a harrowing escape from the Communists in Vietnam. With a price on his father's head, Lac, with his family, was forced to immigrate in 1979 to seedy West Los Angeles where squalid living conditions and a cultural fabric that refused to thread them in effectively squashed their American Dream. Lac's search for love and... more...
Yet a Stranger
Grand Central Publishing 2009; US$ 10.99In a provocative examination of the state of race relations today, Deborah Mathis provides personal and sociological perspective on what it feels like for African Americans who continue to be segregated spiritually and emotionally from the rest of the country. Mathis airs mutual fears and suppositions and shines a spotlight on how far we still have... more...
Straw
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 11.99? Straw is the story of a guy who had two strikes against him in the middle innings of life and hit one out of the park.? ?Reggie Jackson ?A riveting and memorable account of one man?s pursuit of a meaningful life.? ?David Cone Former New York Met and Yankee slugger Darryl Strawberry has subtitled his autobiography Straw... more...
America in Black and White
Simon & Schuster 2009; US$ 18.00In a book destined to become a classic, Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom present important new information about the positive changes that have been achieved and the measurable improvement in the lives of the majority of African-Americans. Supporting their conclusions with statistics on education, earnings, and housing, they argue that the perception... more...
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 5.99Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom details the escape of Ellen and William Craft from slavery in Georgia in the United States. Well publicized at the time, the married couple became celebrities in the abolitionist struggle. Their daring and risky plan meant passing the light-skinned Ellen off as a white male traveling with 'his' slave, William,... more...









