April 7, 2008

ISSUE XIV

The Sounds of Slavery: Discover African American History through Songs, Sermons, and Speech (Hardcover) by Shane White (Author), Graham White (Author) Shane White and Graham White, who are not related, are professor and honorary associate, respectively, in the history department at the University of Sydney, Australia

No Man Can Hinder Me: The Journey from Slavery to Emancipation Through Song (Includes CD) (Hardcover) by Velma Maia Thomas (Author) Velma Maia Thomas is the creator and curator of the Black Holocaust Exhibit in Atlanta. She was a member of the Howard Gospel Choir at Howard University. Thomas lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Tribal African music of four hundred years ago differed from European and white American music in one major regard: secular music did not exist in African traditions. Besides sacred music, Europeans sang about love, war, and drinking, as well as the recent historical events of nearby villages, or far off countries. While many of these songs mentioned God in some manner, many still remained secular and popular among the village and country folk. . ...(Read More)

Bridging Race Divides: Black Nationalism, Feminism, and Integration in the United States, 1896-1935 (Hardcover) by KATE DOSSETT (Author)

Race Manners for the 21st Century: Navigating the Minefield Between Black and White Americans in an Age of Fear (Paperback) by Bruce A Jacobs (Author)

The African American National Biography: 8-Volume Set (Hardcover) by Henry Louis Gates (Editor), Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (Editor) (This is a work that has painstakingy researched and documented the lives of thousands of individuals, illuminating the abiding influence of persons of African descent on the life of this nation from the arrival of Esteban in Spanish Florida in 1529 through to notable black citizens of the present day. This include a wide range of African Americans from all time periods and all walks of life, both famous and nearly-forgotten..)

African Creeks: Estelvste and the Creek Nation (Race and Culture in the American West Series) (Hardcover) by Gary Zellar (Author)

The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti, and the International Community (Critical Currents in Latin American Perspective) (Paperback) by Alex Dupuy (Author)

The Last "Darky": Bert Williams, Black-on-Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora (A John Hope Franklin Center Book) (Hardcover) by Louis Chude-Sokei (Author), Louis Chude-Sokei (Author).

Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country (Paperback)

Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom (American Crossroads) (Paperback) by Tiya Miles (Author)

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