Ethnic Studies
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The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas
$31.99 Add to cartIn late July 1910, a shocking number of African Americans in Texas were slaughtered by white mobs in the Slocum area of Anderson County and the Percilla-Augusta region of neighboring Houston County. T… [more below]
- Author: Bills, E. R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: May 13 2014
- ISBN10: 154020958X
- Language: English
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Chinese in Napa Valley: The Forgotten Community That Built Wine Country
$23.99 Add to cartUnearth the origins of Napa Valley’s prosperity. Chinese laborers were once the backbone of Napa Valley. Throughout the late 1800s, they toiled in the grape fields, mines, hop farms, leather tanneries… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: McCormick, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152781
- Language: English
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African Art as Philosophy: Senghor, Bergson, and the Idea of Negritude
$16.99 Read moreThis critically acclaimed study offers a distinct, incisive look at how Senegalese philosopher Senghor sees in African art the most acute expression of Bergson’s philosophy.
L駮pold S馘ar Senghor (1906-- Author: Diagne, Souleymane Bachir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 163542321X
- Language: English
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Free Jazz
$31.95 Add to cartA new and accessible introduction to this exciting, controversial, and often misunderstood music, drawing on extensive research, close listening, and the author’s experience as a performer.
- Series: Suny Press Jazz Styles
- Author: Schwartz, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: April 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1438490305
- Language: English
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Sons of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted in China and America
$35.00 Read moreWilliam Gee Wong was born in Oakland, California’s Chinatown in 1941, the only son of his father, known as Pop. Pop was born in Guangdong Province, China and emigrated to Oakland as a teenager during … [more below]
- Author: Wong, William Gee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1439924872
- Language: English
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In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past
$19.99 Add to cartHost of PBS’s Finding Your Roots and famed Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines African-American immigration and ancestry through the lineage of famous Black Americans.
Unlike most white- Author: Gates, Henry Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1510778853
- Language: English
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Indigenous Men and Masculinities: Legacies, Identities, Regeneration
$31.95 Add to cartWhat do we know of masculinities in non-patriarchal societies? Indigenous peoples of the Americas and beyond come from traditions of gender equity, complementarity, and the sacred feminine, concepts t… [more below]
- Author: Innes, Robert Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: November 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0887557902
- Language: English
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Anishinaabe Syndicated: A View from the Rez
$19.95 Add to cartA thoroughly traditional, modern man lives the seasonal round on the rez and writes about the changes he sees.
The topics of the day fly fast and furious over Jim Northrup’s moccasin telegraph: The gam
- Author: Northrup, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0873518233
- Language: English
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Kill the Indian, Save the Man: The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools
$18.95 Add to cartFor five consecutive generations, from roughly 1880 to 1980, Native American children in the United States and Canada were forcibly taken from their families and relocated to residential schools.
The
- Author: Churchill, Ward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 158
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0872864340
- Language: English
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Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice
$24.99 Read more“The ‘how-to manual’ for whites to work with people of color to create an inclusive, just world in the 21st century.” –Maggie Potapchuk, racial equity consultant
Over 50,000 copies sold of earlier e
- Author: Kivel, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0865718652
- Language: English
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Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide
$38.93 Add to cartIn this revolutionary text, prominent Native American studies scholar and activist Andrea Smith reveals the connections between different forms of violence-perpetrated by the state and by society at l… [more below]
- Author: Smith, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 24 2015
- ISBN10: 0822360381
- Language: English
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Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball’s Greatest Forgotten Player
$21.95 Add to cart- Winner of the SABR Seymour Medal
- Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year by Spitball Magazine
- Winner of SABR’s Larry Ritter and Robert Peterson Awards
Buck O’Neil once described him as “Ty Cobb… [more below]
- Author: Beer, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496224965
- Language: English
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The Underground Railroad Records: Narrating the Hardships, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom
$18.00 Read moreA riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: these are the true stories of the Underground Railroad.
- Author: Still, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1984855050
- Language: English
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Carnival of the Spirit
$21.95 Add to cartCarnival of the Spirit is a vibrant synergy of African Spirituality, folktales, and kitchen-table wisdom in an exuberant tribute to world holidays and nature’s four seasons. Luisah Teish serves up sto
- Author: Teish, Luisah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1940671418
- Language: English
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A Gullah Guide to Charleston: Walking Through Black History
$15.99 Add to cartEnjoy three accessible walking tours and a bonus driving tour through places relevant to the rich and varied contributions of black Charlestonians.
Author Alphonso Brown, owner and operator of Gullah T
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Brown, Alphonso
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1596293926
- Language: English
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Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective
$18.00 Add to cartPart One determines why sexuality has become a “taboo” issue for the Black church and community. Douglas examines the function of sexuality in White culture and the denigration and exploitation of Bla… [more below]
- Author: Douglas, Kelly B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 08 2003
- ISBN10: 1570752427
- Language: English
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The Metaphysics of Modern Existence
$21.95 Add to cartFrom the most widely read Native American intellectual comes a book that searches for the structure and meaning of reality. Synthesizing ideas from some of the most eminent philosophers of modern time… [more below]
- Author: Deloria Jr, Vine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: September 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1555917593
- Language: English
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Birmingham Foot Soldiers: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement
$31.99 Add to cartReverends Martin Luther King Jr., Andrew Young and Fred Shuttlesworth are iconic names associated with the Birmingham campaign of the civil rights movement. Credit also is due to many local residents … [more below]
- Author: Patterson, Nick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: May 20 2014
- ISBN10: 154022239X
- Language: English
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Born Bright
$22.99 Add to cartStanding on the stage, I felt exposed and like an intruder. In these professional settings, my personal experiences with hunger, poverty, and episodic homelessness often go undetected. I had worked ha… [more below]
- Author: Mason, C. Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 16 2016
- ISBN10: 1250891124
- Language: English
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365 Black Nuggets: Wisdom for Each Day of the Year
$12.95 Add to cart365 Black Nuggets: Wisdom for Each Day of the Year is a collection of quotes, proverbs, and sayings that represent a very small sample of the collective wisdom within the African experience. This book
- Author: Goggins, Lathardus, II
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: January 13 2023
- ISBN10: 096639724X
- Language: English
