American Nightmare: The History of Jim Crow, Paperback - Jerrold M. Packard

Reducere. For a hundred years after the end of the Civil War, a quarter of all Americans lived under a system of legalized segregation called Jim Crow. Toget...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Clarence A. HaynesNumber of pages: 144Collection: True HistoryPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 216 x...

Reducere. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America's past and our nation's attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War's conclusion, R...

Reducere. From the time of his famous Atlanta address in 1895 until his death in 1915, Booker T. Washington was the preeminent African-American educator and ...

Contributor(s): Author: C. Vann WoodwardWith: William S. McFeelyC. Vann Woodward, who died in 1999 at the age of 91, was America's most eminent Sou...

DescriptionThe New York Times bestseller. A profound new rendering of the struggle by African-Americans for equality after the Civil War and the vi...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Brooks E. HefnerIllustration(s): 15 black & whilte illustrationsNumber of pages: 248Publication ...

Reducere. DescriptionOn August 31, 1886, a massive earthquake centered near Charleston, South Carolina, sent shock waves as far north as Maine, down into Flo...

Reducere. In Segregating Sound, Karl Hagstrom Miller argues that the categories that we have inherited to think and talk about southern music bear little rel...

Reducere. An authoritative text and historical and contemporary photographs that bring independent African American communities out of the shadows of history.

Over the past century, hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested in programs aimed at improving health on a global scale. Given the enormo...

DescriptionBaseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1906 - 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Much has ...

Reducere. This anthology of drama, essays, fiction, and poetry presents a thoughtful, classroom-tested selection of the best literature for learning about th...

Authoritative, fascinating, and eye-opening, this short history of malaria concludes with policy recommendations for improving control strategies a...

Reducere. Early twentieth-century African American men in northern urban centers like New York faced economic isolation, segregation, a biased criminal justi...

Reducere. DescriptionThis particular Oregon history is about African American loggers during the Great Migration of more than six million African Americans f...

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DescriptionIn an age when world affairs are powerfully driven by personality, politics require an understanding of what motivates political leaders...

DescriptionThe story of racial hierarchy in the American film industry The #OscarsSoWhite campaign, and the content of the leaked Sony emails which...

Reducere. In The Other American Dilemma, Rubén Donato and Jarrod Hanson examine the experiences of Mexican immigrants, Mexican Americans, and Hispanos/as in ...

Reducere. As Southern California was reimagining leisure and positioning it at the center of the American Dream, African American Californians were working t...

Reducere. While Jackie Robinson is justly famous for breaking the color line in major league baseball in 1947, other young African American players, among th...

Reducere. As Southern California was reimagining leisure and positioning it at the center of the American Dream, African American Californians were working t...

Reducere. "Alex Heard has crafted a memorable narrative of a civil rights case that deserves a larger place in American memory." --Jon Meacham In this grippi...

DescriptionAmerica's research universities consistently dominate global rankings but may be entrenched in a model that no longer accomplishes their...

DescriptionThis is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring a...

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Reducere. DescriptionIn the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries imprisoned black women faced wrenching forms of gendered racial terror and heinous ...

Reducere. The Cycles of American History, Paperback

Reducere. An explosive, long-forgotten story of police violence that exposes the historical roots of today's criminal justice crisis A deeply researched and ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe decisive victories in the fight for racial equality in America were not easily won, much less inevitable; they were achieved through...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the case *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of...

Reducere. In recent years, the debate over the future of Confederate monuments has taken center stage and caused bitter clashes in communities throughout the...

Reducere. Entering World War I in 1917, a burst of patriotism in New Orleans collided with civil liberties. The city, due to its French heritage, shared a st...

DescriptionFrightened by their new teacher, Ava, Ellie and Griffin are not excited about the new school year. Their fear is replaced with curiosity...

Reducere. DescriptionA tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller--"one of the most influential books of the past decade, " according to the Chronicl...

The second in Barry's Hutchison's very funny series about Denzel and his unusual friend, Smithy, full of ghouls, magic and outrageous battles. Soon...