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\nBlacKkKlansman<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>Based on a true story, in the early 1970s, an African American police officer orchestrates a plan to infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nBlacKkKlansman<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>Based on a true story, in the early 1970s, an African American police officer orchestrates a plan to infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nDVD DOCUMENTARY CHI <\/span>
\nChisholm ’72 : unbought & unbossed<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>This documentary follows the 1972 campaign waged by Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman to run for a major party’s nomination for United States President. Chisholm first made her mark on American political history when, in 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to Congress, representing New York.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nChisholm ’72 : unbought & unbossed<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>This documentary follows the 1972 campaign waged by Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman to run for a major party’s nomination for United States President. Chisholm first made her mark on American political history when, in 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to Congress, representing New York.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nThe color purple<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>The heart-wrenching story of a young black girl in the early 20th century who’s forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nThe color purple<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>The heart-wrenching story of a young black girl in the early 20th century who’s forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nFor colored girls<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>A vibrant world where friends and strangers dream, fear, cry, love, and laugh out loud in an attempt to find their true selves. Adapted by writer\/director Tyler Perry from Ntozake Shange’s acclaimed choreopoem, this gripping film paints an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a woman of color in the modern world.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nFor colored girls<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>A vibrant world where friends and strangers dream, fear, cry, love, and laugh out loud in an attempt to find their true selves. Adapted by writer\/director Tyler Perry from Ntozake Shange’s acclaimed choreopoem, this gripping film paints an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a woman of color in the modern world.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nDVD GLO <\/span>
\nGlory<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>Two idealistic young Bostonians lead the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, America’s first Black regiment in the Civil War.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nGlory<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>Two idealistic young Bostonians lead the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, America’s first Black regiment in the Civil War.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nDVD HAR <\/span>
\nHarriet<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, the movie tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nHarriet<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, the movie tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nGRAPHIC NOVEL CAM <\/span>
\nCampbell, Bill<\/span>
\nThe day the Klan came to town<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>The year is 1923. The Ku Klux Klan is at the height of its power in the US as membership swells into the millions and they expand beyond their original southern borders. As they grow, so do their targets. As they continue their campaigns of terror against African Americans, their list now includes Catholics and Jews, southern and eastern Europeans, all in the name of “white supremacy.” But they are no longer considered a terrorist organization. By adding messages of moral decency, family values, and temperance, the Klan has slapped on a thin veneer of respectability and has become a “civic organization,” attracting ordinary citizens, law enforcement, and politicians to their particular brand of white, Anglo-Saxon, and Protestant “Americanism.” A small, unassuming town outside of Pittsburgh full of “Catholics and Jews” became the perfect place to teach immigrants “a lesson.” Some thirty thousand members of the Klan gathered for Karnegie Day; after initiating new members, they armed themselves with torches and guns to descend upon the town to show them exactly what Americanism was all about. The Day the Klan Came to Town is a fictionalized retelling of the riot, focusing on a Sicilian immigrant, Primo Salerno. He is not a leader; he’s a man with a troubled past. He doesn’t want to fight but feels that he may have no choice. The entire town needs him—and indeed everybody—to make a stand.–<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nCampbell, Bill<\/span>
\nThe day the Klan came to town<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>The year is 1923. The Ku Klux Klan is at the height of its power in the US as membership swells into the millions and they expand beyond their original southern borders. As they grow, so do their targets. As they continue their campaigns of terror against African Americans, their list now includes Catholics and Jews, southern and eastern Europeans, all in the name of “white supremacy.” But they are no longer considered a terrorist organization. By adding messages of moral decency, family values, and temperance, the Klan has slapped on a thin veneer of respectability and has become a “civic organization,” attracting ordinary citizens, law enforcement, and politicians to their particular brand of white, Anglo-Saxon, and Protestant “Americanism.” A small, unassuming town outside of Pittsburgh full of “Catholics and Jews” became the perfect place to teach immigrants “a lesson.” Some thirty thousand members of the Klan gathered for Karnegie Day; after initiating new members, they armed themselves with torches and guns to descend upon the town to show them exactly what Americanism was all about. The Day the Klan Came to Town is a fictionalized retelling of the riot, focusing on a Sicilian immigrant, Primo Salerno. He is not a leader; he’s a man with a troubled past. He doesn’t want to fight but feels that he may have no choice. The entire town needs him—and indeed everybody—to make a stand.–<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nGRAPHIC NOVEL FLO <\/span>
\nFlowers, A. R.<\/span>
\nI see the promised land : [a life of Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>Presents in graphic novel format the life of the Baptist minister and Noble Peace Prize winner who became the leader and orator of the African American civil rights movement before his assassination in 1968.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nFlowers, A. R.<\/span>
\nI see the promised land : [a life of Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>Presents in graphic novel format the life of the Baptist minister and Noble Peace Prize winner who became the leader and orator of the African American civil rights movement before his assassination in 1968.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nGRAPHIC NOVEL HAL <\/span>
\nHall, Rebecca<\/span>
\nWake : the hidden history of women-led slave revolts<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"An historical and imaginative tour-de-force, WAKE brings to light for the first time the existence of enslaved black women warriors, whose stories can be traced by carefully scrutinizing historical records; and where the historical record goes silent, WAKE reconstructs the likely past of two female rebels, Adono and Alele, on the slave ship The Unity. WAKE is a graphic novel that offers invaluable insight into the struggle to survive whole as a black woman in today’s America; it is a historiography that illuminates both the challenges and the necessity of uncovering the true stories of slavery; and it is an overdue reckoning with slavery in New York City where two of these armed revolts took place. It is, also, a transformative and transporting work of imaginative fiction, bringing to three-dimensional life Adono and Alele and their pasts as women warriors. In so doing, WAKE illustrates the humanity of the enslaved, the reality of their lived experiences, and the complexity of the history that has been, till now, so thoroughly erased"–<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nHall, Rebecca<\/span>
\nWake : the hidden history of women-led slave revolts<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"An historical and imaginative tour-de-force, WAKE brings to light for the first time the existence of enslaved black women warriors, whose stories can be traced by carefully scrutinizing historical records; and where the historical record goes silent, WAKE reconstructs the likely past of two female rebels, Adono and Alele, on the slave ship The Unity. WAKE is a graphic novel that offers invaluable insight into the struggle to survive whole as a black woman in today’s America; it is a historiography that illuminates both the challenges and the necessity of uncovering the true stories of slavery; and it is an overdue reckoning with slavery in New York City where two of these armed revolts took place. It is, also, a transformative and transporting work of imaginative fiction, bringing to three-dimensional life Adono and Alele and their pasts as women warriors. In so doing, WAKE illustrates the humanity of the enslaved, the reality of their lived experiences, and the complexity of the history that has been, till now, so thoroughly erased"–<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nGRAPHIC NOVEL WAL <\/span>
\nWalker, David<\/span>
\nBlack Panther Party<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the Black Panther Party"–<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nWalker, David<\/span>
\nBlack Panther Party<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the Black Panther Party"–<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\n 796.323 SHA <\/span>
\nShaughnessy, Dan<\/span>
\nWish it lasted forever : life with the Larry Bird Celtics<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"Drawing on unprecedented access and personal experiences that would not be possible for any reporter today, Shaughnessy takes us inside the legendary Larry Bird-led Celtics teams, capturing the camaraderie as they rose to dominate the NBA. Fans can witness the cockiness of Larry Bird (who once walked into an All Star Weekend locker room, announced that he was going to win the three-point contest, and did); the ageless athleticism of Robert Parish; the shooting skills of Kevin McHale; the fierce, self-sacrificing play of Bill Walton; and the playful humor of players like Danny Ainge, Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell, and M.L. Carr"–Publisher’s description.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nShaughnessy, Dan<\/span>
\nWish it lasted forever : life with the Larry Bird Celtics<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"Drawing on unprecedented access and personal experiences that would not be possible for any reporter today, Shaughnessy takes us inside the legendary Larry Bird-led Celtics teams, capturing the camaraderie as they rose to dominate the NBA. Fans can witness the cockiness of Larry Bird (who once walked into an All Star Weekend locker room, announced that he was going to win the three-point contest, and did); the ageless athleticism of Robert Parish; the shooting skills of Kevin McHale; the fierce, self-sacrificing play of Bill Walton; and the playful humor of players like Danny Ainge, Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell, and M.L. Carr"–Publisher’s description.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\n 796.3236 RUN <\/span>
\nRunstedtler, Theresa<\/span>
\nBlack ball : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the generation that saved the soul of the NBA<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"Against the backdrop of ongoing massive resistance to racial desegregation and increasingly strident calls for Black Power, the NBA in the 1970s embodied the nation’s imagined descent into disorder. The press and the public blamed young Black players forthe chaos in the NBA, citing drugs, violence, greed, and criminality. The supposed decline of pro basketball became a metaphor for the first decades of integration in America: the rules of the game had changed, allowing more Black people onto a formerlywhite playing field, and now they were ruining everything. But Black Ball argues that this much-maligned period was pivotal to the rise of the NBA as the star-laden powerhouse we know today, thanks largely to the efforts of Black players in challenging the white basketball establishment of owners, coaches, and spectators. Spotlighting legendary players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bernard King, and Connie Hawkins, scholar Theresa Runstedtler expertly rewrites basketball’s "Dark Ages," weaving together her deep knowledge of the game’s key icons and institutions with incisive social and political analysis of the era. Black ballers created an aerial, improvisational, and creative style derived from the playground courts of their neighborhoods, laying the foundation for the explosive popularity and profitability of the league in subsequent decades. They also transformed labor in the pro-basketball world, filing lawsuits and organizing unions to demand better salaries and greater autonomy. Without their skills, style, and savvy, there would be no Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, or LeBron James today"–<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nRunstedtler, Theresa<\/span>
\nBlack ball : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the generation that saved the soul of the NBA<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"Against the backdrop of ongoing massive resistance to racial desegregation and increasingly strident calls for Black Power, the NBA in the 1970s embodied the nation’s imagined descent into disorder. The press and the public blamed young Black players forthe chaos in the NBA, citing drugs, violence, greed, and criminality. The supposed decline of pro basketball became a metaphor for the first decades of integration in America: the rules of the game had changed, allowing more Black people onto a formerlywhite playing field, and now they were ruining everything. But Black Ball argues that this much-maligned period was pivotal to the rise of the NBA as the star-laden powerhouse we know today, thanks largely to the efforts of Black players in challenging the white basketball establishment of owners, coaches, and spectators. Spotlighting legendary players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bernard King, and Connie Hawkins, scholar Theresa Runstedtler expertly rewrites basketball’s "Dark Ages," weaving together her deep knowledge of the game’s key icons and institutions with incisive social and political analysis of the era. Black ballers created an aerial, improvisational, and creative style derived from the playground courts of their neighborhoods, laying the foundation for the explosive popularity and profitability of the league in subsequent decades. They also transformed labor in the pro-basketball world, filing lawsuits and organizing unions to demand better salaries and greater autonomy. Without their skills, style, and savvy, there would be no Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, or LeBron James today"–<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\n 811 AFR <\/span>
\nAfrican American poetry : 250 years of struggle & song<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"Only now, in the 21st century, can we fully grasp the breadth and range of African American poetry: a magnificent chorus of voices, some familiar, others recently rescued from neglect. Here, in this unprecedented anthology expertly selected by poet and scholar Kevin Young, this precious living heritage is revealed in all its power, beauty, and multiplicity. Discover, in these pages, how an enslaved person like Phillis Wheatley confronted her legal status in verse and how an antebellum activist like Frances Ellen Watkins Harper voiced her own passionate resistance to slavery. Read nuanced, provocative poetic meditations on identity and self-assertion stretching from Paul Laurence Dunbar to Amiri Baraka to Lucille Clifton and beyond. Experience the transformation of poetic modernism in the works of figures such as Langston Hughes, Fenton Johnson, and Jean Toomer. Understand the threads of poetic history–in movements such as the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances, Black Arts, Cave Canem, the Dark Room Collective–and the complex bonds of solidarity and dialogue among poets across time and place. See how these poets have celebrated their African heritage and have connected with other communities in the African Diaspora. Enjoy the varied but distinctly Black music of a tradition that draws deeply from jazz, hip hop, and the rhythms and cadences of the pulpit, the barbershop, and the street. And appreciate, in the anthology’s concluding sections, why contemporary African American poetry, amply recognized in recent National Book Awards and Poet Laureates, is flourishing as never before. Taking the measure of the tradition in a single indispensable volume, African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song sets a new standard for a genuinely deep engagement with Black poetry and its essential expression of American genius" –Amazon description.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nAfrican American poetry : 250 years of struggle & song<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"Only now, in the 21st century, can we fully grasp the breadth and range of African American poetry: a magnificent chorus of voices, some familiar, others recently rescued from neglect. Here, in this unprecedented anthology expertly selected by poet and scholar Kevin Young, this precious living heritage is revealed in all its power, beauty, and multiplicity. Discover, in these pages, how an enslaved person like Phillis Wheatley confronted her legal status in verse and how an antebellum activist like Frances Ellen Watkins Harper voiced her own passionate resistance to slavery. Read nuanced, provocative poetic meditations on identity and self-assertion stretching from Paul Laurence Dunbar to Amiri Baraka to Lucille Clifton and beyond. Experience the transformation of poetic modernism in the works of figures such as Langston Hughes, Fenton Johnson, and Jean Toomer. Understand the threads of poetic history–in movements such as the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances, Black Arts, Cave Canem, the Dark Room Collective–and the complex bonds of solidarity and dialogue among poets across time and place. See how these poets have celebrated their African heritage and have connected with other communities in the African Diaspora. Enjoy the varied but distinctly Black music of a tradition that draws deeply from jazz, hip hop, and the rhythms and cadences of the pulpit, the barbershop, and the street. And appreciate, in the anthology’s concluding sections, why contemporary African American poetry, amply recognized in recent National Book Awards and Poet Laureates, is flourishing as never before. Taking the measure of the tradition in a single indispensable volume, African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song sets a new standard for a genuinely deep engagement with Black poetry and its essential expression of American genius" –Amazon description.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nHansberry, Lorraine<\/span>
\nA raisin in the sun<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nHansberry, Lorraine<\/span>
\nA raisin in the sun<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nWilson, August.<\/span>
\nThe piano lesson<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of a family caught between their heritage and a dream for the future. The Charles family clashes over the fate of a magnificent, carved piano that carries their family’s story from their days as slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a farm–the same fields their family worked as slaves. But his sister, Berniece, refuses to part with it. For her, the piano is their very soul, a legacy of pride and struggle that symbolizes their survival as a family. To resolve the conflict they must first deal with the past.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nWilson, August.<\/span>
\nThe piano lesson<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of a family caught between their heritage and a dream for the future. The Charles family clashes over the fate of a magnificent, carved piano that carries their family’s story from their days as slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a farm–the same fields their family worked as slaves. But his sister, Berniece, refuses to part with it. For her, the piano is their very soul, a legacy of pride and struggle that symbolizes their survival as a family. To resolve the conflict they must first deal with the past.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\n 940.54 DEL <\/span>
\nDelmont, Matthew F.<\/span>
\nHalf American : the epic story of African Americans fighting World War II at home and abroad<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont. Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segregated units and performing unheralded but vital support jobs, only to be denied housing and educational opportunities on their return home. Without their crucial contributions to the war effort, the United States could not have won the war. And yet the stories of these Black veterans have long been ignored, cast aside in favor of the myth of the "Good War" fought by the "Greatest Generation." Half American is American history as you’ve likely never read it before. In these pages are stories of Black heroes such as Thurgood Marshall, the chief lawyer for the NAACP, who investigated and publicized violence against Black troops and veterans; Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., leader of the Tuskegee Airmen, who was at the forefront of the years-long fight to open the Air Force to Black pilots; Ella Baker, the civil rights leader who advocated on the home front for Black soldiers, veterans, and their families; James Thompson, the 26-year-old whose letter to a newspaper laying bare the hypocrisy of fighting against fascism abroad when racism still reigned at home set in motion the Double Victory campaign; and poet Langston Hughes, who worked as a war correspondent for the Black press. Their bravery and patriotism in the face of unfathomable racism is both inspiring and galvanizing. In a time when the questions World War II raised regarding race and democracy in America remain troublingly relevant and still unanswered, this meticulously researched retelling makes for urgently necessary reading"–<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nDelmont, Matthew F.<\/span>
\nHalf American : the epic story of African Americans fighting World War II at home and abroad<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont. Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segregated units and performing unheralded but vital support jobs, only to be denied housing and educational opportunities on their return home. Without their crucial contributions to the war effort, the United States could not have won the war. And yet the stories of these Black veterans have long been ignored, cast aside in favor of the myth of the "Good War" fought by the "Greatest Generation." Half American is American history as you’ve likely never read it before. In these pages are stories of Black heroes such as Thurgood Marshall, the chief lawyer for the NAACP, who investigated and publicized violence against Black troops and veterans; Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., leader of the Tuskegee Airmen, who was at the forefront of the years-long fight to open the Air Force to Black pilots; Ella Baker, the civil rights leader who advocated on the home front for Black soldiers, veterans, and their families; James Thompson, the 26-year-old whose letter to a newspaper laying bare the hypocrisy of fighting against fascism abroad when racism still reigned at home set in motion the Double Victory campaign; and poet Langston Hughes, who worked as a war correspondent for the Black press. Their bravery and patriotism in the face of unfathomable racism is both inspiring and galvanizing. In a time when the questions World War II raised regarding race and democracy in America remain troublingly relevant and still unanswered, this meticulously researched retelling makes for urgently necessary reading"–<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\n 973 HAR <\/span>
\nHarriot, Michael<\/span>
\nBlack AF history : the un-whitewashed story of America<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It is the story of the pilgrims on the Mayflower building a new nation. It is George Washington’s cherry tree and Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin. It is the fantastic tale of slaves that spontaneously teleported themselves here with nothing but strong backs and negro spirituals. It is a sugarcoated legend based on an almost true story. It should come as no surprise that the dominant narrative of American history is blighted with errors and oversights—after all, history books were written by white men with their perspectives at the forefront. It could even be said that the devaluation and erasure of the Black experience is as American as apple pie. In Black AF History, Michael Harriot presents a more accurate version of American history. Combining unapologetically provocative storytelling with meticulous research based on primary sources as well as the work of pioneering Black historians, scholars, and journalists, Harriot removes the white sugarcoating from the American story, placing Black people squarely at the center. With incisive wit, Harriot speaks hilarious truth to oppressive power, subverting conventional historical narratives with little-known stories about the experiences of Black Americans. From the African Americans who arrived before 1619 to the unenslavable bandit who inspired America’s first police force, this long overdue corrective provides a revealing look into our past that is as urgent as it is necessary. For too long, we have refused to acknowledge that American history is white history. Not this one. This history is Black AF.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nBlack AF history : the un-whitewashed story of America<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It is the story of the pilgrims on the Mayflower building a new nation. It is George Washington’s cherry tree and Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin. It is the fantastic tale of slaves that spontaneously teleported themselves here with nothing but strong backs and negro spirituals. It is a sugarcoated legend based on an almost true story. It should come as no surprise that the dominant narrative of American history is blighted with errors and oversights—after all, history books were written by white men with their perspectives at the forefront. It could even be said that the devaluation and erasure of the Black experience is as American as apple pie. In Black AF History, Michael Harriot presents a more accurate version of American history. Combining unapologetically provocative storytelling with meticulous research based on primary sources as well as the work of pioneering Black historians, scholars, and journalists, Harriot removes the white sugarcoating from the American story, placing Black people squarely at the center. With incisive wit, Harriot speaks hilarious truth to oppressive power, subverting conventional historical narratives with little-known stories about the experiences of Black Americans. From the African Americans who arrived before 1619 to the unenslavable bandit who inspired America’s first police force, this long overdue corrective provides a revealing look into our past that is as urgent as it is necessary. For too long, we have refused to acknowledge that American history is white history. Not this one. This history is Black AF.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nFour hundred souls : a community history of African America, 1619-2019<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"A "choral history" of African Americans covering 400 years of history in the voices of 80 writers, edited by the bestselling, National Book Award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain. Last year marked the four hundredth anniversary of the first African presence in the Americas–and also launched the Four Hundred Souls project, spearheaded by Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Antiracism Institute of American University, and Keisha Blain, editor of The North Star. They’ve gathered together eighty black writers from all disciplines — historians and artists, journalists and novelists–each of whom has contributed an entry about one five-year period to create a dynamic multivoiced single-volume history of black people in America"–<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nFour hundred souls : a community history of African America, 1619-2019<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"A "choral history" of African Americans covering 400 years of history in the voices of 80 writers, edited by the bestselling, National Book Award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain. Last year marked the four hundredth anniversary of the first African presence in the Americas–and also launched the Four Hundred Souls project, spearheaded by Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Antiracism Institute of American University, and Keisha Blain, editor of The North Star. They’ve gathered together eighty black writers from all disciplines — historians and artists, journalists and novelists–each of whom has contributed an entry about one five-year period to create a dynamic multivoiced single-volume history of black people in America"–<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nBlight, David W.<\/span>
\nFrederick Douglass : prophet of freedom<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"An acclaimed historian’s definitive biography of the most important African-American figure of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass, who was to his century what Martin Luther King, Jr. was to the 20th century" —<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nFrederick Douglass : prophet of freedom<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"An acclaimed historian’s definitive biography of the most important African-American figure of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass, who was to his century what Martin Luther King, Jr. was to the 20th century" —<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nArsenault, Raymond<\/span>
\nJohn Lewis : in search of the beloved community<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) was a towering figure in the U.S. struggle for civil rights. As an activist and progressive congressman, he was renowned for his unshakable integrity, indominatable courage, and determination to get into ‘good trouble.’ In this first book-length biography of Lewis, Raymond Arsenault traces Lewis’s upbringing in rural Alabama, his activism as a Freedom Rider and leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, his championing of voting rights and antipoverty initiatives, and his decades of service as the ‘conscience of Congress.’ Both in the streets and in Congress, Lewis promoted a philosophy of nonviolence to bring about change. He helped the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders plan the 1963 March on Washington, where he spoke at the Lincoln Memorial. Lewis’s activism led to repeated arrests and beatings, most notably when he suffered a skull fracture in Selma, Alabama during the 1965 police attack later known as Bloody Sunday. He was instrumental in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and in Congress he advocated for racial and economic justice, immigration reform, LGBTQ rights, and national health care. Arsenault recounts Lewis’s lifetime of work toward one overarching goal : realizing the ‘beloved community,’ an ideal society based in equity and inclusion. Lewis never wavered in his pursuit, and even in death his influence endures, inspiring mobilization and resistance in the fight for social justice." –book jacket.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nJohn Lewis : in search of the beloved community<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>"For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) was a towering figure in the U.S. struggle for civil rights. As an activist and progressive congressman, he was renowned for his unshakable integrity, indominatable courage, and determination to get into ‘good trouble.’ In this first book-length biography of Lewis, Raymond Arsenault traces Lewis’s upbringing in rural Alabama, his activism as a Freedom Rider and leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, his championing of voting rights and antipoverty initiatives, and his decades of service as the ‘conscience of Congress.’ Both in the streets and in Congress, Lewis promoted a philosophy of nonviolence to bring about change. He helped the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders plan the 1963 March on Washington, where he spoke at the Lincoln Memorial. Lewis’s activism led to repeated arrests and beatings, most notably when he suffered a skull fracture in Selma, Alabama during the 1965 police attack later known as Bloody Sunday. He was instrumental in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and in Congress he advocated for racial and economic justice, immigration reform, LGBTQ rights, and national health care. Arsenault recounts Lewis’s lifetime of work toward one overarching goal : realizing the ‘beloved community,’ an ideal society based in equity and inclusion. Lewis never wavered in his pursuit, and even in death his influence endures, inspiring mobilization and resistance in the fight for social justice." –book jacket.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nTheoharis, Jeanne.<\/span>
\nThe rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement and presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nThe rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks<\/a>
\nSummary:<\/span>The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement and presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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