African-American Studies Books


Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Best Price: $8.44 Very objective, almost arm's length narrative. While one wonders how any child can come through...	The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Best Price: $6.92 Although very well written, the book reads like a self congratulatory thesis. I wanted to learn...	The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition Best Price: $7.15 loved this book. my son is also bi-racial. i was born in 1956 and could really relate and...	Purple Panties: An Eroticanoir.com Anthology Best Price: $8.81 The book was great! It was a good book to snuggle up with your partner	Still Dirty: A Novel Best Price: $14.37 Doing a part 2 to any book is risky. You'll always be judge by the first one. With that said,...



"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity Best Price: $3.99 The work that she put together in the form of this book is chuck full of groundbreaking ideas....	Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny Best Price: $5.97 That one of favorite ACTORS, was not only a Brown and Harvard graduate but an awesome writer as...	The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves Best Price: $17.36 I had just finished reading Complicity (The North's involvment in the slave trade) when this...	The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley Best Price: $3.98 first off i want to thank malcolm x for his thoughts on race after visiting mecca.he saw that...	Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Best Price: $2.16 This is an excellent read for young adults onward. Interwoven in all of Dr. Carson's stories is...



There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America Best Price: $4.39 "There Are No Children Here" is an extraordinary book about living in the projects of...	Black Like Me Best Price: $7.45 Before there was comic "Soul Man" etc., there was this 50's investigative memoir about...	The Pact Best Price: $6.96 I picked up this book after my wife and I started a group reading with my son of the book;...	A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win Best Price: $4.79 Shelby Steele is among a long ago generation that prefers using old arguments to push back...	Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders Best Price: $25.71 This is a unique piece of literature that gives you a sense of pride for those unsung heroes of...

The Street Best Price: $5.00 This book makes me very, very angry. It's supposed to make us sympathetic to the wonderful,...	The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave Best Price: $1.75 We know that this book is a hoax. And while some may say "even if it is not true it is a...	Irresistible Forces (Kimani Romance) Best Price: $2.09 Because I am a huge fan of Ms. Jackson's, I have been purchasing her titles for a long, long...	Who's Loving You Best Price: $16.32 New York Times bestselling author Mary B. Morrison sizzles with her edgy, new novel Who's Loving...	Amazing Grace: Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation, The Best Price: $2.21 Kozol's Amazing Grace is a true eye-opener. After reading it, I feel that I had nothing close...

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (Barnes & Noble Classics Series): An American Slave (Barnes & Noble Classics) Best Price: $1.86 This is one of the most violent books (an autobiography!) I ever read. It illustrates...	Hiding in Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry--from Music to Hollywood Best Price: $13.99 I was in Houston visiting a friend when he pulled this book out. I was bored and started...	Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions) Best Price: $1.29 Concerning this edition (the book is a must read)... Dover's thrift editions are just...	The Color of Water Best Price: $8.75 I wanted to love this book. And I almost did. I was hooked at the beginning, but the further I...	Something on the Side Best Price: $10.00 This book had a lot of promise in the early chapters, but after awhile the choices that the...

Race Matters Best Price: $12.20 I didn't know Clarence Thomas was despised by many, until I read this book in 1997. I always...	Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others (Thrift Edition) Best Price: $1.24 I expected this book to be inspiring, since I have collected quotes from these speakers.... It...	Song Yet Sung Best Price: $12.64 Song Yet Sung is beautifully-written. It does an amazing job of bringing to life slavery, the...	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Dover Thrift Editions) Best Price: $0.01 87 years after the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted and...	Long Time Coming (Arabesque) Best Price: $3.24 This is the first time reading a book from this author. I loved this story and the...

Come on, People: On the Path from Victims to Victors Best Price: $0.86 I just bought this book off of the bargain table at a local book store. I am only a little ways...	In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement Best Price: $8.00 Of course I enjoyed the book, but I will admit, it's a book "study" in a sense. It's...	The Way to Rainy Mountain Best Price: $4.95 Mr. Momaday's voice in his collection of stories is priceless. He tells of the Kiowa's legends,...	The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children Best Price: $8.95 The author of Dreamkeepers makes the argument that African American children can be successful...	A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. Best Price: $12.30 I was totally humbled by this book. If it could be made manitory reading for all.....they should...

A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music Best Price: $23.09 George E Lewis has written a very readable account of this organisation and its history. Its a...	Coming of Age in Mississippi Best Price: $2.95 A must read for anyone interested in first hand accounts of the Civil Rights movement in the...	Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America Best Price: $3.98 The beginning - about Humphreys, Eads, Ellet is interesting; and you feel like it is all a...	Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America Best Price: $17.75 For 300 years the Atlantic Slave Trade brought 12 million people from Africa to the New World....	Destruction of Black Civilization : Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C to 2000 A.D. Best Price: $10.98 I just wanted to take a moment and applaud Mr. Williams for his work. I could tell there was so...

Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting Best Price: $5.75 If you want to enter a black hole of hopelessness, despair and grief, read this book. It is an...	The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions) Best Price: $0.07 In 1903, two years after Booker T. Washington's autobiography, "Up from Slavery",...	Midnight: A Gangster Love Story Best Price: $17.79	Manchild in the Promised Land Best Price: $5.55 Although this book was written in the 1960s, it is, still, very relevant today. This book was...	Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor Best Price: $17.43 Here in its fullest glory, we get to see both the geography and the calculus of living in the...

Them: A Novel Best Price: $5.76 With its corner store, house of ill-repute, and elder residents, the Old Fourth Ward is home to...	Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City Best Price: $7.00 I'm not normally a fan of nonfiction but I really couldn't put this book down! Every section was...	Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Best Price: $4.86 I read this book to do a critical analysis test in my Gender and Politics course. I went in to...	Cane Best Price: $7.00 This is the most amazing book. I am so sad that Jean Toomer did not write any other fiction.	Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 (America in the King Years) Best Price: $8.81 This book is even better than the glowing reviews suggested. It's simply a masterpiece of...

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Best Price: $2.50 I realize this is classic American literature, or at least modern classic, but I didn't like it....	Black Skin, White Masks Best Price: $11.20 If you want to understand racial identity, you should read Fanon's approach. The most...	Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching Best Price: $21.35 Giddings' biography presents the life of a woman whose courage and intelligence transcends the...	Stupid Black Men: How to Play the Race Card--and Lose Best Price: $11.95 Wow. La-La land has a new mayor. Okay, so let's summarize this book quickly: 1. All black...	Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It Best Price: $7.39 I have to say that I agreed with about 95% of what Juan Williams said, but I read very little in...

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