African History – Bücher, CDs, DVDs und mehr, Seite 8

Patricia Williams Dockery

Abolition and the African American Story

Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: how Abraham Lincoln defeated the Confederacy to end slavery, but the truth involves a vast network of abolitionists who would keep fighting for freedom …

David Greenberg

John Lewis

New York Times Book ReviewTop 100 Books of 2024Explore the "comprehensive and compelling" (Jon Meacham) biography of civil rights leader John Lewis, celebrated as "the conscience of Congres…

Ousseynou Wade, Célestin Koffi Yao,

More Than Meets the Eye

Discover a century of African art, from its emergence to today's global success, driven by an ancestral vision and modern expression.The Swiss family-owned banking group CBH Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique …

A'Lelia Bundles

Joy Goddess

"Raucously immersive...An intimate portrait of Black opulence in the early 20th century." ---Oprah DailyA "scintillating, vibrant" ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) and deeply rese…

We Rode the Rhythms as One

We Rode the Rhythms as One offers readers an immersive journey into the life and legacy of one of America's most unorthodox and inspiring poets. More than just a literary analysis, this book captures the …

Kim Chandler Vaccaro

Mura Dehn

This book tells the relatively unknown story of Mura Dehn (1902- 1987) a white, Jewish dancer from Russia, once deemed among the most beautiful classical dancers in Europe, who emigrated to the United Sta…

Kim Chandler Vaccaro

Mura Dehn

This book tells the relatively unknown story of Mura Dehn (1902- 1987) a white, Jewish dancer from Russia, once deemed among the most beautiful classical dancers in Europe, who emigrated to the United Sta…

Marlee S Bunch

Unlearning the Hush

Listening to Black women share their life experiences as educatorsDespite significant challenges and historical opposition, Black female teachers stood at the forefront of advocating for and providing edu…

Ma Carmen África Vidal Claramonte

Translating His-Stories

Following Hayden White and the critical historiography of the 1960s, the idea underlying this Element is that a historical text is a translation of past events. This implies that retelling stories can var…

Barnaby Phillips

The African Kingdom of Gold

Power. Empire. Plunder. The forgotten history of Britain and the Asante gold.Kumasi is burning. British soldiers prowl the streets, stoking the fires. The royal palace is filled with explosives and razed,…

Race and Resistance in Boston

Race and Resistance in Boston reconstructs the history of Black sport in Boston, from amateur to professional, reimagining the crucial role it played in shaping the city's racial identity.

World Without End

Geboren in Sklaverei wurde der George Washington Carver zu einem der angesehendsten Agrar-Wissenschaftler seiner Zeit Die interdisziplinäre Publikation zeigt seine Errungenschaften und bedeutenden Beiträg…

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Morris MacGregor

The Emergence of a Black Catholic Community

Since the early days of the Republic, Washington has nurtured an increasingly prosperous and articulate community of black Catholics. For much of that time the spiritual welfare of these citizens as well …

American History X (Blu-ray)

Nach der Ermordung seines Vaters sucht Derek Vergeltung, er beteiligt sich an rassistischen Anschlägen. Eines Tages enden diese mit einem brutalen Mord. Derek kommt für drei Jahre ins Gefängnis, als er en…

Eisa Davis

The Essentialisn't

Can you be Black and not perform?This is the question of The Essentialisn't, a conceptual art installation with award-winning writer and performer Eisa Davis singing for her life in a tank of water, or at…

Jason Allen-Paisant

The Possibility of Tenderness

Finalist for the 2025 Wainwright Prize in Nature Writing"Extraordinary . . . Surprising at every turn and rewarding in ways you never expect." --Marlon James"An extraordinary, necessary boo…

Maurice J Hobson, Eddie R Cole, Jim C Harper, Derrick P Alridge

With Faith in God and Heart and Mind

When Edgar A. Love, Oscar J. Cooper, Frank Coleman, and Ernest Everett Just founded the historically Black fraternity Omega Psi Phi on November 7, 1911, at Howard University, they could not have known how…

Grace Elizabeth Hale

In the Pines

Winner of the Mississippi Historical Society Book of the Year Award In this "courageous and compelling ... essential and critically important" book (Bryan Stevenson), an award-winning scholar of…