Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America, Hardcover - Candacy Taylor

The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists Published from 1936 to 1966...

Reducere. A young reader's edition of Candacy Taylor's acclaimed book about the history of the Green Book, the guide for Black travelers Overground Railroad ...

This book tells the remarkable story of Robert F. Williams--one of the most influential black activists of the generation that toppled Jim Crow and...

Reducere. DescriptionThis classic book tells the remarkable story of Robert F. Williams (1925-1996), one of the most influential black activists of the gener...

Reducere. Ramsey tells the story of one black family's trip from Chicago to Alabama by car in the late 1940s. Along the way they encounter prejudice, but the...

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Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Underground Railroad, then keep reading...The Underground Railroad wasn't underground. Nor w...

Reducere. DescriptionTraditional schooling systems are proving to be suboptimal learning environments for many students of color. Black parents bear witness ...

Reducere. America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line--the first American railroad--in the 1830s sparked a national revolutio...

Reducere. The Roots of Violent Crime in America is criminologist Barry Latzer's comprehensive analysis of crimes of violence--including murder, assault, and ...

Reducere. As runaway slaves fled from the South to escape bondage, slave catchers followed in their wake. The arrival of fugitives and slave catchers in the ...

How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the...

Reducere. Award NamePROSEAward categoryMusic/Performing ArtsBorn into poverty in Mississippi at the close of the nineteenth century, Charley Patton and Jimmi...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Christopher BlattmanNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 223 x 40Cover type: Hardback...

Reducere. Early readers are introduced to the color green. Simple sentences accompany engaging pictures.

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Reducere. With a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events, this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted th...

An engaging and meticulously researched history of Texas Populism and its contributions to modern American liberalism

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Aviva ChomskyNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 131 x 209 x 28Cover type: Paperback / softback...

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/ ...

Philosopher, psychologist and linguist are all concerned with natural language. Accordingly, in seeking a unified view, David Braine draws on insig...

Reducere. All of western religion springs from the veneration of a bi-gender entity, known to the ancient world as the Gynomorph. The first western god was b...

Reducere. Selected as one of the best books of the year by: Uprooted Music RevueEngine 145Uncut "Calling Me Home is about just that: a land that always becko...

Why the future of great power politics is likely to resemble its dismal past Can great powers be confident that their peers have benign intentions?...

Reducere. Hinduism has two major roots. The more familiar is the religion brought to South Asia in the second millennium BCE by speakers of Aryan or Indo-Ira...

Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle...

The first monograph to examine Walter Salles' The Motorcycle Diaries, this book explains the significance of Salles' film with respect to the speci...

Reducere. With the Supreme Court likely to reverse Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion decision, American debate appears fixated on clashing rights. The first...

The Green Book contains the thoughts and political ideas of the late Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi about the organization of human societies, an...

One of Rolling Stone's Best Music Books of 2015From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop...

A wonderfully vivid history of Islam after Muhammad's death - and the sequel to Rogerson's acclaimed THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD

How the immigration courts became part of the nation's law enforcement agency--and how to reshape them. During the Trump administration, the immigr...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Alison PeckIllustration(s): 1 tableNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x ...