As Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in August 2014, with media commentators referring to the angry response of African Americans yet again as 'black rage,' historian Carol Anderson wrote a remarkable op-ed in the Washington Post showing that...
African Americans--Civil rights
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Author:DuBois, W.E.B.Summary:A cornerstone of African-American literary history, The Souls of Black Folk is a classic work by W. E. B. Du Bois. Originally published in 1903, it contains many essays on race and equality, but is also a piece of seminal history as...
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Author:Margolick, DavidSummary:No two public figures were more crucial in the drama of race relations in this era than Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. Fifty years after they were both murdered, noted journalist David Margolick explores the untold...
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Author:Roper, John HerbertSummary:Civil rights activist, writer, theologian, preacher and educator, Benjamin Elijah Mays (1894–1984) was one of the most distinguished South Carolinians of the 20th century. He influenced the lives of generations of students as a dean and...
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A startling and gripping reexamination of the Jim Crow era, as seen through the eyes of some of the most important American writers In this dramatic reexamination of the Jim Crow South, Anders Walker investigates how prominent...
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Author:King, Martin LutherSummary:Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolent resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of 50,000 Negroes...
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Author:King, Martin LutherSummary:What was it like growing up as a son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.' This memoir by Martin Luther King III provides insight into one of history's most fascinating families and into a special bond between father and son. "I have a dream...
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Author:King, Martin LutherSummary:This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King Jr., from his inspirational "I Have a Dream" to his fiery "Give Us the Ballot."
- Author:Phillips, Donald T.Summary:
Chronicles the leadership style of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.during the most tumultuous period in America's recent past. Offers a powerful lesson that can be applied to life, business or any endeavor.
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Author:King, Martin LutherSummary:April 16th. The year is 1963. Birmingham, Alabama has had a spring of non-violent protests known as the Birmingham Campaign, seeking to draw attention to the segregation against blacks by the city government and downtown retailers. The...
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Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Narrator! This program is narrated by Dion Graham, n arrator of over 300 audiobooks and an AudioFile Golden Voice. Dion has won multiple Earphones and Audie Awards. "Dion Graham...
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Author:Parks, Rosa, Haskins, JamesSummary:The black woman whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why.
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Author:Rankin, Kenrya, Solomon, AkibaSummary:This celebration of Black resistance offers a blueprint for the fight for freedom and justice, and ideas for how each of us can contribute. Leading organizers, artists, journalists, comedians, and filmmakers offer wisdom on how they...
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Author:Nicks, John, Nicks, DenverSummary:In 1939, a horrific triple murder occurred in Oklahoma. As pressure mounted to find a villain, prosecutors settled on a black farmer named W. D. Lyons, who was arrested and tortured into signing a confession. This book tells the story...
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Author:Gordon, EdSummary:This book offers sage wisdom for navigating race in a radically divisive America. Bombarded with media, music, and social media messages that enforce stereotypes of people of color, journalist Ed Gordon shows what black power and black...
- Author:Holloway, Jonathan ScottSummary:
What does it mean to be an American? The story of the African American past demonstrates the difficulty of answering this seemingly simple question. This book illuminates the US's core paradoxes, inviting profound questions about...
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Author:King, Martin LutherSummary: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...
