Overview :As a slave, Frederick Douglass realized that learning to read and write would be his path to freedom. His Narrative of the Life of Frederick... Read More
Overview :Walker's Appeal represents one of the earliest African-centered discourses on an oppressed people's right to freedom. African American polit... Read More
Overview :Joseph M. Marshall's thoughtful, illuminating account of how the spiritual beliefs of the Lakota people can help us all lead more meaningful... Read More
Overview :A "comprehensive...fascinating" (The New York Times Book Review) history of Asian Americans and their role in American life, by one of the n... Read More
Overview : First published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is a masterpiece of American literature, a foundational text of sociology, and a deeply pe... Read More
Overview :"A man of knowledge is free...he has no honor, no dignity, no family, no home, no country, but only life to be lived." --don Juan In 1961 a ... Read More
Overview :Berkeley linguistics professor John McWhorter, born at the dawn of the post-Civil Rights era, spent years trying to make sense of this quest... Read More
Overview :Eric V. Copage's Black Pearls is an extraordinary book of inspirational thoughts and practical advice for African-Americans. The 365 quotes ... Read More
Overview :A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society. America's great promise of equality has alw... Read More
Overview :The unforgettable memoir of a woman at the front lines of the civil rights movement--a harrowing account of black life in the rural South an... Read More
Overview :From the beginning of American chattel slavery in 1619, until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, Africans were hunted lik... Read More
Overview :Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power is a classic in Native American literature. It is fully illustrated with drawings by Thomas E Mails and photogr... Read More
Overview :Unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about Native Americans In this enlightening book, scholars and activists Roxanne... Read More
Overview :Remarkable for their eloquence, depth of feeling, and oratorical mastery, these 82 compelling speeches encompass five centuries of Indian en... Read More
Overview :This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the ... Read More
Overview :THE IRREVERENT, EYE-OPENING, AND HILARIOUS BOOK THAT DARES TO ASK... Why do so many high-profile black men date and marry the most ordinary... Read More
Overview :The mother of Emmett Till recounts the story of her life, her son's tragic death, and the dawn of the civil rights movement--with a foreword... Read More