Political Science
Political Science
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
Nothing exposed the class and generational divide in black America more starkly than Bill Cosby's now-infamous assault on the black poor when he received an NAACP award in the spring of 2004. The comedian-cum-social critic lamented the lack of parenting,...
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Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism (Volume 9) (American Culture)
Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism (Volume 9) (American Culture)
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Publisher : Univ Of Minnesota Press; 1st edition (June 2, 1993)
Paperback : 346 pages
ISBN-10 : 0816621438
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April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America
On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King -- the prophet for racial and economic justice in...
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The Michael Eric Dyson Reader
Over the past ten years, the work of Michael Eric Dyson has become the first stop for readers, writers, and thinkers eager for uncommon wisdom on the racial and political dynamics of contemporary America. Whether writing on religion or sexuality...
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Why I Love Black Women
Son and husband, soulmate and teacher, Michael Eric Dyson owes his success to the love and support of the black women in his life. Yet too often, he warns, African American women are the victims of negative stereotypes that dominate...
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I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr
A private citizen who transformed the world around him, Martin Luther King, Jr., was arguably the greatest American who ever lived. Now, after more than thirty years, few people understand how truly radical he was. In this groundbreaking examination of...
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African American Religious Thought: An Anthology
Believing that African American religious studies has reached a crossroads, Cornel West and Eddie Glaude seek, in this landmark anthology, to steer the discipline into the future. Arguing that the complexity of beliefs, choices, and actions of African Americans need...
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In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America
In this provocative book, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., one of our nation’s rising young African American intellectuals, makes an impassioned plea for black America to address its social problems by recourse to experience and with an eye set on the...
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The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972 (Contemporary Black History)
Between 1965 and 1972, African American students at upwards of a thousand historically black and white American colleges and universities organized, demanded, and protested for Black Studies, progressive Black universities, new faces, new ideas--in short, a truly diverse system of...
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Be Antiracist: A Journal for Awareness, Reflection, and Action
Reflect on your understanding of race and discover ways to work toward an antiracist future with this guided journal from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped from the Beginning.Antiracism is not a destination but a journey--one...
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DEMILITARIZING THE MIND: AFRICAN AGENDAS FOR PEACE AND SECURITY
This book highlights a central, but neglected component of Africa’s complicated and intractable wars: the militarization of governance. Political cultures of militarism stand in the way of enduring peace, democracy, and the development of civil society. Militarism comes in both...
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Among the Bloodpeople
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Publisher : Akashic Books (July 2, 2013)
Language : English
Paperback : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 1617751707
ISBN-13 : 978-1617751707
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DIE NIGGER DIE!: A POLITICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JAMIL ABDULLAH AL-AMIN
More than any other black leader, H. Rap Brown, chairman of the radical Black Power organization Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), came to symbolize the ideology of black revolution. This autobiography--which was first published in 1969, went through seven printings...
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THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMING THE AMERICAN DREAM
The rising democratic star and "New York Times" bestselling author of "Dreams From My Father" invokes the hopes and ideals that have made "our improbable experiment in democracy" work and proclaims his vision for more authentic politics.
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HOW NOT TO GET SHOT
200 years ago, white people told black folks, “‘I suggest you pick the cotton if you don’t like getting whipped.” Today, it’s “comply with police orders if you don’t want to get shot.” Now legendary comedian/activist D. L. Hughley confronts and remixes...
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Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide (Paperback)
Barack Obama's speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches should have represented the culmination of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial unity. Yet, in Fracture, MSNBC national correspondent Joy-Ann...
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OVERCOMING SPEECHLESSNESS: A POET ENCOUNTERS THE HORROR IN RWANDA, EASTERN CONGO, AND PALESTINE/ISRAEL
“[Alice Walker] has transcended expectations in her response to September 11. Sent by Earth . . . is simple, practical, and beyond argument.”—The New Yorker, on Sent by Earth “There is only one daughter, one father, one mother, one son,...
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FREEDOM SUMMER: THE SAVAGE SEASON THAT MADE MISSISSIPPI BURN AND MADE AMERICA A DEMOCRACY
"Freedom Summer" presents finely rendered portraits of the courageous black citizens--and Northern volunteers--who refused to be intimidated in their struggle for justice, and the white Mississippians who would kill to protect a dying way of life.A majestic history of the...
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The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America
A provocative and lively deep dive into the meaning of America's first black presidency, from one of the most graceful and lucid intellectuals writing on race and politics today ("Vanity Fair"). Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the...
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QUEENS OF THE RESISTANCE: ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (QUEENS OF THE RESISTANCE)
Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting some of the most beloved boss ladies in Congress: a celebration of AOC, the youngest woman ever to serve in Congress and its newest superstarNot long ago, no one could even imagine...
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THE MAN WHO SOLD AMERICA: TRUMP AND THE UNRAVELING OF THE AMERICAN STORY (paperback)
WITH WIT AND PIERCING INSIGHT, JOY-ANN REID CALCULATES THE TRUE PRICE OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY Is Donald Trump running the "longest con" in U.S. history? What will be left of America when he leaves office? Candidate Trump sold Americans a...
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Say It Louder!: Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy (hardcover)
A breakout media and political analyst delivers a sweeping snapshot of American Democracy and the role that African Americans have played in its shaping while offering concrete information to help harness the electoral power of the country’s rising majority and...
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THE RADICAL KING
A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X. "The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies. ....
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RACE-BAITER: HOW THE MEDIA WIELDS DANGEROUS WORDS TO DIVIDE A NATION
"Eric Deggans is one of the most insightful and provocative writers about television today. In his columns for the St Petersburg Times and his NPR commentaries, Deggans has established himself as a voice worth listening to. His many fans --...
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LONG TIME COMING: RECKONING WITH RACE IN AMERICA
The night of May 25, 2020 changed America. George Floyd, a 43-year-old Black man, was killed during an arrest in Minneapolis when a white cop suffocated him. The video of that night’s events went viral, sparking the largest protests...
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THE ACTIVIST'S HANDBOOK
In showing how people can and must make a difference at both local and national levels, this is an indispensable guide not only for activists, but for everyone interested in the future of progressive politics in America."Anybody researching or writing...
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LET MY PEOPLE VOTE: MY BATTLE TO RESTORE THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF RETURNING CITIZENS
The inspiring and eye-opening true story of one man's undying belief in the power of a fully enfranchised nation. "You may think the right to vote is a small matter, and if you do, I would bet you have never...
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LOCKING UP OUR OWN: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN BLACK AMERICA (PB)
Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-FictionLong-listed for the National Book AwardFinalist, Current Interest Category, Los Angeles Times Book PrizesOne of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2017Short-listed for the Inaugural Goddard Riverside Stephan...
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THE NEXT AMERICAN REVOLUTION: SUSTAINABLE ACTIVISM FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (UPDATED, EXPANDED)
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THE NEXT AMERICAN REVOLUTION: SUSTAINABLE ACTIVISM FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (UPDATED, EXPANDED)
"Reading Grace Lee Boggs helps you glimpse a United States that is better and more beautiful than you thought it was. As she analyzes some of the inspiring theories and practices that have emerged from the struggles for equality and...
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