Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies
MAKE CHANGE: HOW TO FIGHT INJUSTICE, DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, AND OWN OUR FUTURE
Activist and journalist Shaun King reflects on the events that made him one of the most prominent social justice leaders of our time and lays out a clear action plan for you to join the fight. As a leader of...
$26.00
A TASTE OF POWER: A BLACK WOMAN'S STORY
Elaine Brown assumed her role as the first and only female leader of the Black Panther Party with these words: "I have all the guns and all the money. I can withstand challenge from without and from within. Am I...
$17.95
HUNGER: A MEMOIR OF (MY) BODY (PAPERBACK)
From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself. "I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself...
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ZAMI: A NEW SPELLING OF MY NAME: A BIOMYTHOGRAPHY
"ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author's vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde's work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped...
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X (MM)
Product details
Publisher : Ballantine Books; Reprint edition (January 15, 1992)
Language : English
Paperback : 527 pages
ISBN-10 : 0345376714
ISBN-13 : 9780345376718
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I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS (MASS MARKET)
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can...
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WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST: A BLACK LIVES MATTER MEMOIR
The instant New York Times Bestseller The emotional and powerful story of one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter and how the movement was born. "This remarkable book reveals what inspired Patrisse's visionary and courageous activism and forces us...
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MEN WE REAPED: A MEMOIR
Universally praised, Jesmyn Ward's Men We Reaped confirmed her ascendancy as a writer of both fiction and nonfiction, her Southern requiem securing its place on bestseller and best books of the year lists, with honors and awards pouring in from around the...
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HEAVY: AN AMERICAN MEMOIR
In this powerful and provocative memoir, genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception does to a black body, a black family, and a nation teetering on the brink of...
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DREADS
Dreadlocks are a modern phenomenon with roots reaching as far back as the fifth century. According to ancient Hindu beliefs, dreads signified a singleminded pursuit of the spiritual. Devotion to God displaced vanity, and hair was left to its own...
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AMONG OTHERS: BLACKNESS AT MOMA
This expansive collection of essays on nearly 200 works in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art is the first substantial exploration of MoMA's uneven historical relationship with black artists, black audiences and the broader subject of racial blackness....
$65.00
KONGO ACROSS THE WATERS
Explores the transatlantic connections between Central Africa and North America over the past 500 years in the visual and performing arts of both cultures."A powerful statement through both word and image of how individuals of African descent have negotiated African...
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THE ROCK: THROUGH THE LENS: HIS LIFE, HIS MOVIES, HIS WORLD
Dynamic, funny, and inspiring photos of global entertainment icon, entrepreneur, and trailblazer, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, featuring twenty years' worth of candids, family moments, and snapshots from film and television sets, many never-before-seen.Hiram Garcia, who has known Dwayne Johnson since...
$35.00
TANGO: THE ART HISTORY OF LOVE
In this generously illustrated book, world-renowned Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson gives us the definitive account of tango, ""the" fabulous dance of the past hundred years-and the most beautiful, in the opinion of Martha Graham." Thompson traces tango's evolution...
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MRS. O: DEMOCRACY OF STYLE
Mrs. O's style is the manifestation of her genuine, personal point of view. It serves not just as expected clothing for the occasion, but as a creative expression of her life experiences and personal beliefs. It is a style celebrated...
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CELEBRATE KWANZAA
"Celebrate Kwanzaa" continues the spectacular Holidays Around the World series by focusing on this African-American holiday, which falls during the festive, gift-giving season and is celebrated by families, communities, and schools throughout America. With succinct, lively text and beautiful photographs,...
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RIHANNA
Rihanna invites you into her world with this stunning visual autobiography. From her Barbados childhood to her worldwide tours, from iconic fashion moments to private time with friends and family, the book showcases intimate photographs of her life as an...
$150.00
THE CHIFFON TRENCHES: A MEMOIR
During André Leon Talley's first magazine job, alongside Andy Warhol at Interview, a fateful meeting with Karl Lagerfeld began a decades-long friendship with the enigmatic, often caustic designer. Propelled into the upper echelons by his knowledge and adoration of fashion, André moved...
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INVISIBLE MAN: GORDON PARKS AND RALPH ELLISON IN HARLEM
Parks and Ellison collaborated on two historic photo-essays, now published in full for the first time It is relatively unknown that the photographer Gordon Parks was close friends with Ralph Ellison, author of the acclaimed 1952 novel Invisible Man. Even less...
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THE NOTEBOOKS
Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) was one of the most important artists of the 1980s. A key figure in the New York art scene, he inventively explored the interplay between words and images throughout his career, first as a member of...
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THE OBAMA PORTRAITS
A richly illustrated celebration of the paintings of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama From the moment of their unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in early 2018, the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have become two...
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MICHELLE OBAMA: THE FIRST LADY IN PHOTOGRAPHS
This stunning, visual biography of Michelle Obama chronicles her life since becoming First Lady. Photos of her on Inauguration Day, at play with her daughters, and greeting dignitaries at the White House place the popular First Lady into a cultural...
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CHICKEN BONE BEACH: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF ATLANTIC CITY'S MISSOURI AVENUE BEACH
Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks has compiled this history of Atlantic City's racially segregated beach during its heyday from the 1920s through the 1960s and the residents who lived on the Northside near the established Missouri Avenue Beach. Included are images, research, and...
$9.99
MISTY COPELAND: POWER AND GRACE
Power and grace define Misty Copeland an influential ballet dancer who has broken through difficult barriers to become the first female African-American to be promoted to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. Misty has proven adversity can be conquered...
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12 DAYS IN GHANA: REUNIONS, REVELATIONS & REFLECTIONS
This is the travel journal of an African American visiting his mother's homeland of Ghana. The book offers a range of emotions from the author including the highs of meeting relatives he'd only heard about and the lows of visiting...
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KEN SARO-WIWA ( OHIO SHORT HISTORIES OF AFRICA )
Hanged by the Nigerian government on November 10, 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa became a martyr for the Ogoni people and human rights activists, and a symbol of modern Africans' struggle against military dictatorship, corporate power, and environmental exploitation. Though he is...
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CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF NIGERIA
Nigeria, one of the largest and most important countries in Africa, is rich in traditions and customs, both indigenous and modern. "Culture and Customs of Nigeria" is the only concise, authoritative, and up-to-date discussion of Nigerian culture that introduces to...
$26.50
AFRICAN PRESENCE IN EARLY ASIA
Contributors to this volume argue that blacks were a formative civilizing influence on Asian societies. Presenting their case with persuasive eloquence and research, the authors examine cultural forms, art motifs, weapons, scripts, and skeletal evidence to link Asian civilizations to...
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ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF ( OHIO SHORT HISTORIES OF AFRICA )
In this timely addition to the Ohio Short Histories of Africa series, Pamela Scully takes us from the 1938 birth of Nobel Peace Prize winner and two-time Liberian president Ellen Johnson through the Ebola epidemic of 2014-15. Charting her childhood...
$14.95
WHO BETRAYED THE AFRICAN WORLD REVOLUTION?
This collection of speeches covers an array of topics from the contributions of Nile Vally civilizations to the future of Pan-Africanism in the 21st century.
$14.95