Black Towns, Black Futures: The Enduring Allure of a Black Place in the American West, Paperback - Karla Slocum

Reducere. Some know Oklahoma's Black towns as historic communities that thrived during the Jim Crow era--this is only part of the story. In this book, Karla ...

Unpicking the ever-changing myth of the West in photography, from the 19th century to nowPublished for an exhibition at the Figge Art Museum in Dav...

Reducere. Who were the black cowboys? They were drovers, foremen, fiddlers, cowpunchers, cattle rustlers, cooks, and singers. They worked as wranglers, rider...

The first book to comprehensively examine how the Black Panther Party has directly shaped the practices and ideas that have animated grassroots act...

Reducere. Most Americans familiar with General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing know him as the commander of American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during the ...

The first book to comprehensively examine how the Black Panther Party has directly shaped the practices and ideas that have animated grassroots act...

In 1997 Gary Younge explored the American South by retracing the route of the original Freedom Riders of the 1960s. His road trip was a remarkable ...

Reducere. "(D)on't think for one minute that Black Imagination is easy. As you will read here, it is hard-earned and sometimes dangerous, but it's necessary,...

Reducere. In 1927, Beatrice Cannady succeeded in removing racist language from the Oregon Constitution. During World War II, Rowena Moore fought for the righ...

Reducere. Originally published in 1967, William H. Leckie's The Buffalo Soldiers was the first book of its kind to recognize the importance of African Americ...

Publisher: Nieswand-Verlag GmbH.Author(s): Karl-Heinz SchmittIllustration(s): colour & b/w photosNumber of pages: 100Publication date: 2000Dimensio...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Rafael (University of St Andrews, UK) TorrubiaNumber of pages: 376Publication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

Reducere. Beulah Land. Paradise. Shangri-la. Oklahoma seemed to be all of these in the hostile, racist, post-Civil War South. Seeking both refuge and respect...

Reducere. DescriptionThe black community is often thought of as an ongoing saga of reliance, incredible strength, and perseverance, in spite of a brutally ha...

Reducere. While Washington, D.C., is still often referred to as "Chocolate City, " it has undergone significant demographic, political, and economic change i...

Reducere. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST is a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic Emmy Award-winning Western series that turned the genre inside out, featurin...

Reducere. They ride horses, rope calves, buck broncos, ride and fight bulls, and even wrestle steers. They are Black cowboys, and the legacies of their pursu...

Reducere. The Doctor's Black bag chronicles Doctor Elwood L Schmidt's journey from college through general practice in small towns in Texas, New Mexico, Ariz...

Reducere. At a young age, Sara knew she wanted to be free from slavery. She attempted many times to run away. On one of these attempts, she was caught by ano...

Reducere. There are private schools all across the country, places with better resources, better teachers, better budgets. By definition, these schools are n...

Reducere. In the middle of the Great Depression, Montana native Julia Bennett arrived in New York City with no money and an audacious business plan: to ident...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Jeremy BlackNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 148 x 224 x 24Cover type: HardbackRedes...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Based on new research conducted in courthouse basements and storage sheds in rural Mississippi and Louisiana, Kimberly Welch draws on over 1, 000 e...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the introduction: A cursory review of modern history will show that very rarely will a group/community/country achieve sustainable ...

DescriptionThis story, set in 1920, revolves around Charles "Charlie" Jackson, a twelve-and-a-half-year-old from Boley, Oklahoma, one of America's ...

Reducere. Mustang is the sweeping story of the wild horse in the culture, history, and popular imagination of the American West. It follows the wild horse ac...

Veronica knows the monsters aren't "just in her head", but no one listens to the headstrong ten-year-old as they tie her to a hospital bed every ni...

Reducere. The dark arts of satanic black metal have always fascinated, both by the music and the blasphemous imagery. In his novel "Black Metal Blasphemy: A ...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. From sapphire, mammy, and jezebel, to the angry black woman, baby mama, and nappy-headed ho, black female iconography has had a long and tortured h...

Allison Davis (1902-83), a preeminent black scholar and social science pioneer, is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking investigations into in...

Publisher: Poetry Wales PressAuthor(s): Tamar YoseloffNumber of pages: 64Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 12Cover type: Paperback / so...

Reducere. This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and inve...

Warren C Coleman, a son of Concord, N.C., was born a slave, like so many former slaves, born in the South, destined to do nothing but survive and/ ...

Reducere. Black Americans have been among the hardest hit by the rapid deindustrialization and accompanying economic decline that have become so synonymous w...

Publisher: Chronicle BooksAuthor(s): Frederick L. McKissack Jr.Number of pages: 136Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 154 x 211 x 13Cover type: Pape...

The Expanse meets the Battle Room in Ender's Game as K. B. Wagers brings us the rollicking first entry in a unique science fiction series that intr...

Publisher: Chronicle BooksAuthor(s): Gabriela HasbunIllustration(s): Hardcover, 60 full-color photographsNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2022...

A short, compelling history of Black Britons during the First World War, for readers aged 8 to 12Publisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Stephen...

DescriptionIn this edited collection, Gioia Woods and her contributors bring together histories, biographies, close readings, and theories about th...

An Eater Best Cookbook of Fall 2020 - This groundbreaking new cookbook from chef, bestselling author, and TV star Marcus Samuelsson celebrates cont...

Reducere. The sequel to Pendleton's acclaimed Black Dada Reader, compiling an anti-canon of radical experimentation and thoughtIn 2011, artist Adam Pendleton...

What do you think of when you hear about an African American Republican? Are they heroes fighting against the expectation that all blacks must vote...

Reducere. "Frenchmen were far ahead of Englishmen in the early Far West, not only prior in time but greater in numbers and in historical importance, " writes...

Black Georgetown Remembered is a journey through more than two hundred years of history. This one-of-a-kind book invites readers to consider how th...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Lynn ShepherdNumber of pages: 400Collection: Detective Charles MaddoxPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 28Co...

Black Sea Sketches is a portrait of some of the diverse musical cultures surrounding the Black Sea and in its hinterlands.Publisher: Taylor & Franc...