Freedom Colonies: Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow, Paperback - Thad Sitton

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

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 ...

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

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

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DescriptionPaul Bontemps decided to move his family to Los Angeles from Louisiana in 1906 on the day he finally submitted to a strictly enforced So...

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...

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

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Reducere. DescriptionWinner, T. H. Fehrenbach Award, Texas Historical CommissionSawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Many s...

Reducere. A firsthand view of Texas farming life before World War II.

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'It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love'Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have ...

Sharks in the Time of Saviors is a groundbreaking debut novel that folds the legends of Hawai'ian gods into an engrossing family saga; a story of e...

If you are not saved or are not sure you are, then read the following verses and pray for salvation.For all have sinned, and come short of the glor...

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Reducere. This third novel in the popular Hobbs series tells the inspiring story of how a community of close friends deals with the pandemic. It's midwinter ...

Reducere. WINNER OF THE 2020 PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL. One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020. A finalist for the 2020 PEN/Jean Stein Book A...

Publisher: Brown Dog BooksIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 149 x 209 x 27Cover type...

Reducere. A poignant meditation on the nature of desire, and the enduring power of love, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera is translated f...

Explores how African American men have been marketed, embodied, and imaged for the purposes of racial advancement during the first half of the 20th...

** Richard Lloyd Parry is the winner of the 2018 Rathbones Folio Prize **In the last years of the twentieth century, Richard Lloyd Parry found hims...

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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. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific inform...

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Reducere. USA Today bestselling author Caroline Linden's third novel in her Scandalous series brings together a feisty heiress, a notorious rake, and a shock...

This Element offers a first-person phenomenological history of watching productions of Shakespeare during the pandemic year of 2020. It explores ho...

From a leading political thinker, this book is both an invaluable playbook for meeting our current moment and a stirring reflection on the future o...

How to continue to love in the face of pain and lossPublisher: Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyAuthor(s): Matthew McKayNumber of pages: 128Publica...

Kajri Jain examines how the monumental statues erected in India following its economic reforms in the 1990s became a favored religious and politica...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 24 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Tables, black and white; 24 Illustrations, black and whiteNumb...

Contributor(s): Author: Sarah Jane DowningThe broader Regency period 1795-1820 stands alone as an incredible moment in fashion history unlike anyth...