Looking beyond the notion that racism is responsible for low attainment at school, this title explores the complexities surrounding masculinities and argues that black boys, like all young males, share instincts of sex and violence, instincts that need a framework of love, ritua…
"2965" Result
Sort By:
"This short book brings to life a unique and spectacular set of events in Latin American history. In November 1910, shortly after the inauguration of Brazilian President Hermes da Fonseca, ordinary sailors killed several officers and seized control of major new combat vessels, i…
"In Historically Black, Mieka Brand Polanco examines the concept of community in the United States: how communities are experienced and understood, the complex relationship between human beings and their social and physical landscapes ... and how the term "community" is sometime…
"Disputing the so-called ghetto studies that depicted the early part of the twentieth century as the nadir of African American society, this thoughtful volume by Christopher Robert Reed investigates black life in turn-of-the-century Chicago, revealing a vibrant community that gr…
An anthology of critical writings that explores the intersections of race, theater, and performance in America.
African American Performance and Theater History is an anthology of critical writings that explores the intersections of race, theater, and performance in America. Assembled by two esteemed scholars in black theater, Harry J. Elam, Jr. and David Krasner, and composed of essays f…
Pulitzer Prize finalist Philip Dray shines a light on a little known group of men: the nation's first black members of Congress. These men played a critical role in pushing for much-needed reforms in the wake of a traumatic civil war, including public education for all children,…
"Explores how, if at all, the representation of black interests is being pursued by black mayors and whether Blacks' historically high expectations for black mayors are realistic."
This powerful and disturbing book clearly links persistent poverty among blacks in the United States to the unparalleled degree of deliberate segregation they experience in American cities. American Apartheid shows how the black ghetto was created by whites during the first half…
This powerful and disturbing book clearly links persistent poverty among blacks in the United States to the unparalleled degree of deliberate segregation they experience in American cities. American Apartheid shows how the black ghetto was created by whites during the first half…
Presents alphabetized biographical profiles of 160 important contemporary and historic African-Americans in the fields of math, science, and invention. Each entry includes a further reading list.
