Gregg Delman

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Misty Copeland

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Darryl Littleton

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

How African-Americans Taught Us to Laugh

Describes the history of Black comedy from slavery through blackface, vaudeville, and the chitlin' circuit, to the present, interspersing commentary and criticism with interviews with Eddie Murphy, Marla Gibbs, and Chris Rock.

Black Comedians on Black Comedy

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Lonnie G. Bunch

Rhea L. Combs

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

History

Double Exposure

The first volume of Double Exposure, a major new series of books based on the Smithsonian NMAAHC's remarkable photography archive.

Through the African American Lens

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Marian Wright Edelman

Ivory Toldson

Picturing Children

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Judylyn S. Ryan

This book has a little tear bottom spine.

Given the ways in which spirituality functions in the work of such Black women writers and filmmakers as Toni Morrison, Ntozake Shange, Maya Angelou, Julie Dash, and Euzhan Palcy, Judylyn Ryan proposes in this challenging new study that what these women embrace in their narrative construction and characterization is the role and responsibility of the priestess, bearing and distributing life-force to sustain the community of people who read and view their work. Central to these women's vision of transformation is what Ryan calls a paradigm of growth and an ethos of interconnectedness, which provide interpretive models for examining and teaching a broad range of artistic, cultural, and social texts. The focus on theology provides a new way of viewing the connections among New World African diaspora religious traditions, challenging the widespread and reductive assumption that Afro-Christianity shares no philosophical commonalities with Santeria, Candomble ...

Spirituality As Ideology in Black Women's Film and Literature

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Nat'l Museum African American Hist/Cult

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

The African American Experience and the Shaping of America

Dream A World Anew is the stunning gift book accompanying the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. It combines informative narratives from leading scholars, curators, and authors with objects from the museum's collection to present a thorough exploration of African American history and culture. The first half of the book bridges a major gap in our national memory by examining a wide arc of African American history, from Slavery, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Great Migrations through Segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, and beyond. The second half of the book celebrates African American creativity and cultural expressions through art, dance, theater, and literature. Sidebars and profiles of influential figures--including Harriet Tubman, Robert Smalls, Ida B. Wells, Mordecai Johnson, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, and many others--provide additional context and interest throughout the book. Dream a World Anew is a powerful book that provides an opportunity to explore and revel in African American history and culture, as well as the chance to see how central African American history is for all Americans.

Dream a World Anew

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Susan Robeson

A Pictoral Biography of Paul Robeson

An album of photographs with captions from Paul Robeson's own words that describe his life, career, and persecutions.

The Whole World in His Hands

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Dinesh D'Souza

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Finding Values in an Age of Technoaffluence

The first conprehensive inquiry into the history, nature and ultimate meaning of racism.

The End of Racism

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Marcus Samuelsson

The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem

By the "New York Times "best-selling superstar chef Marcus Samuelsson, multicultural recipes and Southern comfort food from his restaurant Red Rooster, reflecting Harlem's storied past and vibrant present.

The Red Rooster Cookbook

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Kali Nicole Gross

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America

The narrative of the discovery of a hacked up body outside of Philadelphia leads to a police investigation and trial of a woman and man, which sheds light on post-Reconstruction America, the history of African Americans, illicit sex, and domestic violence.

Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso

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Claud Anderson

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

101 Questions You Never Thought to Ask

A Black History Reader

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Geraldine Fortenberry Thompson

Black America: Orlando illuminates the lives and accomplishments of African Americans in one of Central Florida's largest cities. Images from the late 1800s to the mid-1980s depict schools, churches, businesses, housing developments, prominent homes, celebrations, and significant personalities in Orlando's black community. This volume guides readers through more than 150 years of remarkable history.

Orlando, Florida

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Business & Economics

The National Plan to Empower Black America

"PowerNomics is the action plan in a haunting trilogy. In this installment, Dr. Claud Anderson obliterates the myths and illusions of Black progress. He shows how racial monopolies and an endless line of self-proclaimed minorities will make Black Americans a permanent underclass in less than a decade. To stop this pending disaster, readers have a choice--the cure or the placebo." -- Back cover

PowerNomics

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Thomas Weisser

Yuko Mihara Weisser

The Sex Films

Reviews Japanese pink films, a unique genre that may be Japan's most important contribution to world cinema. Focus is on movies from major studios and distributors over the past four decades. Many of these films realistically portray S&M sex, rape, and violence, yet are accepted as escapist entert

Japanese Cinema Encylcopedia

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E. Smith

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Picturing Children

Judylyn S. Ryan

Spirituality As Ideology in Black Women's Film and Literature

Nat'l Museum African American Hist/Cult

Dream a World Anew

Susan Robeson

The Whole World in His Hands

Dinesh D'Souza

The End of Racism

Marcus Samuelsson

The Red Rooster Cookbook

Kali Nicole Gross

Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso

Claud Anderson

A Black History Reader

Geraldine Fortenberry Thompson

Orlando, Florida

Claud Anderson

PowerNomics

Thomas Weisser; Yuko Mihara Weisser

Japanese Cinema Encylcopedia

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Picturing Children

Judylyn S. Ryan

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Nat'l Museum African American Hist/Cult

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Susan Robeson

The Whole World in His Hands

Dinesh D'Souza

The End of Racism

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