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These books may not be on the best seller list, but Mrs. E's Collectables have found them to have subject matter or reviews of interest. Books will be on this page for a short time, they will then be moved to a more appropriate web page permanently.

*** The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas

**...Cowards: What Politicians, Radicals, and the Media Refuse to Say

Daily Life of Women during the Civil Rights Era (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)Danelle Moon (Author) Daily Life of Women during the Civil Rights Era is appropriate for high school students, lower-level undergraduate student researchers, and general readers alike, portraying the civil rights movement in the 20th century through the eyes and experiences of women.

Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop: Globalization, Transcultural Music, and Ethnic Identities Christopher Dennis (Author) ...is a professor of Spanish language and Latin American literature and cultures at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. In addition to his research on hip-hop, he has also published articles on Afro-Colombian literature, racial iconography relevant to Cartagena's tourist industry, and the discursive representation of black subjects in Colombian colonial literature

** Black Religious Intellectuals: The Fight for Equality from Jim Crow to the 21st Century (Crosscurrents in African American History)Professor Clarence Taylor sheds some much-needed light on the rich intellectual and political tradition that lies in the black religious community.

* * Literary Sisters: Dorothy West and Her Circle, A Biography of the Harlem Renaissance ..... Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West led a charmed life in many respects. Born into a distinguished Boston family, she appeared in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, then lived in the Soviet Union with a group that included Langston Hughes.....

****Salvage the Bones: A Novel... Jesmyn Ward (Author)A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else.....

a.American Congo: The African American Freedom Struggle in the Delta In 1921, freedom fighter William Pickens described the Mississippi River Valley as the "American Congo .

b,,Private Practices: Harry Stack Sullivan, the Science of Homosexuality, and American LiberalismPrivate Practices examines the relationship between science, sexuality, gender, race, and culture in the making of modern America between 1920 and 1950, when contradictions among liberal intellectuals affected the rise of U.S. conservatism. ..

c,,,,Bodies of Evidence: The Practice of Queer Oral History (Oxford Oral History)....Bodies of Evidence: The Practice of Queer Oral History is the first book to provide serious scholarly insight into the methodological practices that shape lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer oral histories.

* * Literary Sisters: Dorothy West and Her Circle, A Biography of the Harlem Renaissance ..... Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West led a charmed life in many respects. Born into a distinguished Boston family, she appeared in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, then lived in the Soviet Union with a group that included Langston Hughes..

Dictionary of African Biography...Emmanuel K. Akyeampong (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor) A major biographical dictionary covering the lives and legacies of notable African men and women from all eras and walks of life. This groundbreaking resource tells the full story of the African continent through the lives of its people.

Afro-Brazilians: Cultural Production in a Racial Democracy (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)...Niyi Afolabi (Author) ..Brazil, the most racially diverse Latin American country, is also the most contradictory: for centuries it has maintained fantasy as reality through the myth of racial democracy. Enshrined in that mythology is the masking of exclusionism that strategically displaces and marginalizes Afro-Brazilians from political power.

The wake of blackness: Aesthetic ambivalence and the post-Black Arts era.....by GerShun W Avilez ..I examine the articulation and evocation of a politicized and socially-conscious racial identity that the term "Black" represents during this historical moment. This era's attempt to translate this political enunciation into the realm of expressive culture is designated the "Black Aesthetic";

Opting Out: Losing the Potential of America's Young Black Elite by Maya A. Beasley (Nov 1, 2011) ....Maya Beasley...Why has the large income gap between blacks and whites persisted for decades after the passage of civil rights legislation? More specifically, why do African Americans remain substantially underrepresented in the highest-paying professions, such as science, engineering, information technology, and finance?

Dictionary of African Biography...Emmanuel K. Akyeampong (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor) A major biographical dictionary covering the lives and legacies of notable African men and women from all eras and walks of life. This groundbreaking resource tells the full story of the African continent through the lives of its people.



The wake of blackness: Aesthetic ambivalence and the post-Black Arts era.....by GerShun W Avilez ..I examine the articulation and evocation of a politicized and socially-conscious racial identity that the term "Black" represents during this historical moment. This era's attempt to translate this political enunciation into the realm of expressive culture is designated the "Black Aesthetic";

Opting Out: Losing the Potential of America's Young Black Elite by Maya A. Beasley (Nov 1, 2011) ....Maya Beasley...Why has the large income gap between blacks and whites persisted for decades after the passage of civil rights legislation? More specifically, why do African Americans remain substantially underrepresented in the highest-paying professions, such as science, engineering, information technology, and finance?

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