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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Senator Obama has written a book of transforming power. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to the Constitution, he says, can ...

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A Long Time Coming: The Inspiring, Combative 2008 Campaign and the Historic Election of Barack Obama

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In this compelling narrative, "Newsweek" editor Thomas shares the inside stories from one of the most exciting elections in recent history, ...

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African American Writers: Portraits and Visions

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This volume of photos of African-American authors highlights the diversity within African American literature and celebrates the many genres it ...

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The Inaugural Address, 2009: Together with Abraham Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural Addresses and The Gettysburg Address and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Tying into the official theme for the 2009 Inauguration, “A New Birth of Freedom” from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Penguin presents a keepsake ...

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The African American Experience: Black History and Culture Through Original Speeches, Letters, Editorials, Poems, Songs, and Stories

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"The African American Experience" is a one-of-a-kind, riveting collection of more than 300 letters, speeches, articles, petitions, poems, songs, ...

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The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In The Breakthrough, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s ...

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Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

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The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family and their close ...

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Letter to My Daughter

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Down-to-earth, real, and inspiring, this completely new volume of distilled wisdom from Angelou contains essays that invite one along on an ...

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Becoming American: The African-American Journey

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Far too many Americans, of all races, are unaware of the pivotal role that people of African descent have played in shaping the US and the world. ...

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Best African American Essays: 2009

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"Best African American Essays" is a compelling compilation of nonfiction writing on issues that are in the forefront of a national dialogue today, ...

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Obama: The Historic Journey

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This is the remarkable story of Barack Obama’s journey to the White House, as told by the greatest cultural recorders in the world, the staff of ...

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The Big Sea: An Autobiography

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Introduction by Arnold Rampersad. Langston Hughes, born in 1902, came of age early in the 1920s. In "The Big Sea" he recounts those memorable ...

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Black Like Me

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In the Deep South of the 1950's, journalist John Howard Griffin decided to cross the color line. Using medication that darkened his skin, he ...

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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

With a new Introduction to this touching homage to his mother, the author paints a portrait of growing up in a black neighborhood as the child of ...

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Come on People: On the Path from Victims to Victors

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

When you have people who tell you, "You can''t get up, you''re a victim," that''s when you know that it''s the devil you''re hearing, no one else. ...

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Coming of Age in Mississippi

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived through some of the most dangerous days of the ...

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Crossing the Continent 1527-1540: The Story of the First African-American Explorer of the American South

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Goodwin offers the never-before-told true story of the first great explorer and adventurer in American history--an African slave who led three ...

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Dare to Dream: Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights Movement

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Dare to Dream chronicles the vision and life of Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and provides young readers with a clear, ...

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The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This unique one-volume collection contains writings by one of the 20th century''s most gifted and effective African-American ...

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Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil Rights Experience

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

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He Talk Like a White Boy: Reflections of a Conservative Black Man on Faith, Family, Politics, and Authenticity

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Actor and social commentator Phillips speaks powerfully to life as a conservative African American. With a frank voice and a loving heart, this ...

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The House at Sugar Beach

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In the tradition of "A Long Way Gone" and "Don''t Let''s Go to the Dogs Tonight," a world-renowned journalist presents a haunting memoir of a ...

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I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial looking out over thousands of troubled Americans who had ...

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If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This book focuses on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Full-color art and an engaging question-and-answer format help children ...

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In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In Search of Sisterhood is a rich history of the largest black women's organization in the United States. With alumni such as Lena Horne, Roberta ...

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

One of the most memorable slave narratives, Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl illustrates the overarching evil and the ...

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It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Birth of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

From one of the most important writers of his generation (Charles Fuller) comes this bold look at the rise of a new post hip hop generation. 30 ...

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

If there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, that man was Malxolm X. His ...

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Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Straight talk and inspiring advice for America's youth are offered by the powerhouse public speaker and star of "CSI: NY." 8-page color insert.

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Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In this "honest and searching look at the perils of growing up a black male in urban America" ("San Francisco Chronicle"), "Washington Post" ...

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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This definitive picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is an unforgettable portrait of a man whose dream changed America--and the ...

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My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the REV. Dr. Martin Luther King JR.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down."Long before he became a world-famous dreamer, Martin Luther King Jr. was a little ...

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No Disrespect

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Rapper, activist, and hip-hop rebel, Sister Souljah possesses the most passionate and articulate voice to emerge from the projects. Now she uses ...

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Race Matters

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

With a new introduction, the groundbreaking classic Race Matters" affirms its position as the bestselling, most influential, and most original ...

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Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon: The Forgotten History of an American Shrine

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"Sarah Johnson''s Mount Vernon" brilliantly restores the lives and contributions of African Americans to the legacy of Mount Vernon. Digging ...

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My Heritage Trip

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

As far as Sienna's concerned, summer is supposed to be about fun, not learning. Somewhere along the way as she visits black historical sites with ...

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The Struggle for Black Equality: 25th-Anniversary Edition

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"The Struggle for Black Equality" is a dramatic, memorable history of the civil rights movement. Harvard Sitkoff offers both a brilliant ...

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Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"Sugar of the Crop" is the story of an unprecedented quest to find the last surviving children of slaves. In a revealing search, from Los Angeles ...

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

An American classic about African-American life in the 1930s is now available in a hardcover edition with a new introduction by Edwidge Danticat. ...

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The Willie Lynch Letter & the Making of a Slave

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

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Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

By retrieving the people, the polemics, and the power of the spirit that have animated African-American political life, a professor of American ...

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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Using a vast body of documentary materials, noted scholar and editor Clayborne Carson creates a book that remarkably approximates a self-portrait ...

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, and important book."THE NEW YORK TIMESIf there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle, and ...

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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama, the son of a black African father and a white American ...

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The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar--. [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music--. ...

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Not Without Laughter

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Langston Hughes, long recognized as a major American poet and an influential force in African-American literature, brought to this, his first ...

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