Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University: Building a Legacy of Black History, Hardcover - Janet Sims-Wood

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By 1808, both Britain and the United States had passed laws outlawing the transatlantic slave trade. Yet the trade covertly carried on. In the summ...

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The Howard University protests from the perspective and worldview of its participants We Are Worth Fighting For is the first history of the 1989 Ho...

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This is the very first book-length biography of John Wesley Gilbert, a man famous as "the first black archaeologist." The book uses previously unst...

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The battles of Belleau Wood and Soissons in June and July of 1918 marked a turning point in World War I and in the stature of the US Marine Corps. ...

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Here is the first comprehensive survey of modern craft in the United States. Makers follows the development of studio craft--objects in fiber, clay...

This title tells the story of the Romany Gypsies in Britain. Where they came from, how they arrived. It explores their travelling way of life and t...

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A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy "Important reading for those who wa...

The history of footbinding is full of contradictions and unexpected turns. The practice originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court a...

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