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  • - Community Organizer of the Civil Rights Movement
    af J. Todd Moye
    429,95 - 690,95 kr.

    Ella Josephine Baker was among the most influential strategists of the most important social movement in modern US history, the civil rights movement. In this book, historian J. Todd Moye masterfully reconstructs Baker's life and contribution for a new generation of readers.

  • - An American Intellectual and Activist
    af Shawn Leigh Alexander
    403,95 - 410,95 kr.

    W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the most prolific African-American authors, scholars, and leaders of the twentieth century. In this book, Alexander's traces the development of Du Bois' thought over time.

  • - A Life of Activism and Art
    af Lindsey R. Swindall
    169,95 - 888,95 kr.

    Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art is the biography of an African American icon and a demonstration of historian Lindsey R. Swindall's knack for thorough, detailed research and reflection.

  • - Black Leadership in the Age of Jim Crow
    af Raymond W. Smock
    168,95 - 218,95 kr.

  • - The Dilemma of Black Identity in America
    af Thomas Dyja
    168,95 kr.

  • - The Soundtrack of the American Experience
    af David Stricklin
    372,95 kr.

    In the twentieth century, African Americans not only helped make popular music the soundtrack of the American experience, they advanced American music as one of the preeminent shapers of the world's popular culture. Vast numbers of black American musicians deserve credit for this remarkable turn of events, but a few stand out as true giants. David Stricklin's superb new biography explores the life of one of them, Louis Armstrong. Mr. Stricklin concentrates on Armstrong's musical talent, something many observers called a thing of genius. But he also pays special attention to Armstrong's identity a black man in America and the ways in which he triumphed over the mistreatment and disrespect dealt countless people like him.

  • - The Making of an American Icon
    af Erica L. Ball
    466,95 kr.

    Madam C. J. Walker-reputed to be America's first self-made woman millionaire-has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. In this biography, Erica Ball places this remarkable and largely forgotten life story in the context of Walker's times.

  • - An Integrated Life
    af J. Christopher Schutz
    188,95 - 433,95 kr.

    J. Christopher Schutz reveals the real Jackie Robinson, as a more defiant, combative spirit than simply the "turn the other cheek" compliant "credit to his race." Examining this key figure at the crossroads of baseball and civil rights histories, Schutz provides a cohesive exploration of the man and the times that made him great.

  • - America's Freedom Fighting Woman
    af Maegan Parker Brooks
    484,95 kr.

    Fannie Lou Hamer leapt to America's attention in 1964 when she delivered a stinging indictment of the American promise to the Democratic National Convention. This accessible biography underscores that Hamer's testimony was but one moment within a remarkable life that spanned fifty-nine tumultuous years in the history of American race relations.

  • - A Religious Life
    af Paul Harvey
    471,95 kr.

    In the first biography of Martin Luther King to look at his life through the prism of his evolving faith, distinguished historian Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King's life through his complex, emerging, religious lives. Harvey's concise biography will allow readers to see King anew in the context of his time and today.