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Back: Essays on the Soul and Spine of AmericaAcclaimed New Yorker contributor Lauren Michele Jackson delivers an essay collection devoted to the back--and the conflicting ideas we load upon it.Moving across literature, film, sport, visual art, and U.S. history, Jackson probes how the back carries powerful ideas about beauty, gender, labor, race,...
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Backtalker: An American MemoirOne of the most influential public intellectuals in the world and the architect of the two biggest ideas to reshape the American conversation about fairness offers the intimate story of how her life gave birth to these ideas. It is not very often that...
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Ballpark Legends: The Legacy of the Negro LeaguesMajor League Baseball (MLB) is a diverse sport played by athletes from around the world. But in the late 1800s and the first half of the 1900s, MLB was mostly segregated. Black players and coaches were not welcome. The Negro Leagues gave these players...
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Barracoon: Adapted for Young ReadersAn Instant New York Times and Indie Bestseller!In the first middle grade offering from Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, young readers are introduced to the remarkable and true-life story of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last survivors of the Atlantic human trade,...
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black CargoOne of the New York Times' Most Memorable Literary Moments of the Last 25 Years! - New York Times Bestseller - TIME Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 - New York Public Library's Best Book of 2018 - NPR's Book Concierge Best Book of...
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black CargoOne of the New York Times' Most Memorable Literary Moments of the Last 25 Years! - New York Times Bestseller - TIME Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 - New York Public Library's Best Book of 2018 - NPR's Book Concierge Best Book of...
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black CargoOne of the New York Times' Most Memorable Literary Moments of the Last 25 Years! - New York Times Bestseller - TIME Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 - New York Public Library's Best Book of 2018 - NPR's Book Concierge Best Book of...
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Baseball's Outcast: The Story of Ron LefloreFrom the prison cage to the batting cage, Ron LeFlore's journey to the major leagues was anything but ordinary. When twenty-three-year-old Ron LeFlore played his first organized baseball game, it was in a yard at the State Prison of Southern Michigan where he was...
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Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American GameAward-winning creator Kadir Nelson delivers the perfect gift for basketball fans of any age--a beautifully illustrated history of the game and its key players over the years--in this companion to his bestselling We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. Basketball has...
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BasquiatAn icon of 1980s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) first made his name under the graffiti tag "SAMO", before establishing his studio practice and catapulting to fast fame at the age of 20. Although his career lasted barely a decade, he remains a cult...
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BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat was only twenty-seven when he died in 1988, his meteoric and often controversial career having lasted for just eight years. Despite his early death, Basquiat's powerful oeuvre has ensured his continuing reputation as one of modern art's most distinctive voices. Borrowing from...
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Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics2024 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice Reviews Celebrates the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader behind the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom While we can all recall images of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his "I...
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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and YouChildren's Literature Legacy Award winner and Young People's Poet Laureate Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator James E. Ransome use key moments from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life to inspire future generations to stand up for what's right, make the world a better...
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Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero"A stunning tale of a little-known figure in history. Robert Smalls' astounding heroism during the Civil War helped convince Lincoln and the country that African Americans were extraordinarily capable of fighting for their freedom. Lineberry has produced a triumph in this heroic story that...
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Because ClaudetteFrom NYT bestselling author Tracey Baptiste comes a singular picture book that is both a biography about Claudette Colvin, the teen whose activism launched the Montgomery bus boycott, and a celebration of collective action. When fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin boarded a segregated bus on March...
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Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America, 1619-19622018 Reprint of 1962 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Reprint of the first edition of this landmark title. The black experience in America--starting from its origins in western Africa up to 1961--is examined in this seminal...
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Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America, 1619-1962"This book grew out of a series of articles which were published originally in Ebony magazine."--Preface.Author: Lerone BennettPublisher: www.bnpublishing.comPublished: 03/26/2018Pages: 420Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.86dISBN: 9781684115341
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Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America, 1619-1962The black experience in America--starting from its origins in western Africa up to 1961--is examined in this seminal study from a prominent African American figure. The entire historical timeline of African Americans is addressed, from the Colonial period through the civil rights upheavals of...
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Before the Mayflower; A History of the Negro in America, 1619-1962The black experience in America--starting from its origins in western Africa up to 1961--is examined in this seminal study from a prominent African American figure. The entire historical timeline of African Americans is addressed, from the Colonial period through the civil rights upheavals of...
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Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil RightsThe familiar story of civil rights goes like this: once, America's legal system shut Black people out and refused to recognize their rights, their basic human dignity, or even their very lives. When lynch mobs gathered, police and judges often closed their eyes, if...
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