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English
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In an age of Black Lives Matter, James Baldwin's essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written. With documentaries like I Am Not Your Negro bringing renewed interest to Baldwin's life and work, Notes of a Native Son serves as a valuable introduction.
Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays...
Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays...
Author
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
William Hannibal Thomas (1843-1935) served with distinction in the U.S. Colored Troops in the Civil War (in which he lost an arm) and was a preacher, teacher, lawyer, state legislator, and journalist following Appomattox. In many publications up through the 1890s, Thomas espoused a critical though optimistic black nationalist ideology. After his mid-twenties, however, Thomas began exhibiting a self-destructive personality, one that kept him in constant...
10) A more unbending battle: the Harlem Hellfighters' struggle for freedom in WWI and equality at home
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English
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The night broke open in a storm of explosions and fire. The sound of shells whizzing overhead, screeching through the night like wounded pheasants, was terrifying. When the shells exploded prematurely overhead, a rain of shrapnel fell on the men below — better than when the shells exploded in the trenches . . .
In A More Unbending Battle, journalist and author Pete Nelson chronicles the little-known story of the 369th Infantry Regiment —...
In A More Unbending Battle, journalist and author Pete Nelson chronicles the little-known story of the 369th Infantry Regiment —...
12) Ida B. Wells
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Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Presents a biography of the Black woman who campaigned for civil rights and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. --
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Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Explores the period between 1929 and 1954 in African-American history, when the "New Negro" emerged, proud of his or her racial heritage and determined to topple the barriers to black advancement"--Provided by publisher.