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Books in the African American Life Series series

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  • by Richard L. Allen
    £40.99

  • by Keith Gilyard
    £34.49

  • - Contemporary Gospel Music
    by Deborah Smith Pollard
    £26.49

    Assesses contemporary gospel music as the genre enters the twenty-first century. Suitable for Scholars of music and African American cultural studies, this work offers a comprehensive picture of the history and future of contemporary gospel music. It also includes interviews with contemporary gospel artists, allowing them to explain why they rap.

  • - An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship
     
    £35.99

    This autobiography traces Scarborough's path out of slavery in Macon, Georgia, to a prolific scholarly career that culminated with his presidency of Wilberforce University.

  • - Anglophone Caribbeans in the Harlem Renaissance
     
    £31.49

    Interdisciplinary in scope, this anthology redresses the neglect of Anglophone Caribbeans - almost 25 percent of the black population in Harlem in 1920 - and their pivotal role in the literary, cultural, and political events shaping the Harlem Renaissance.

  • - Toni Cade Bambara's Practices of Liberation
    by Thabiti Lewis
    £23.99 - 82.49

    Studies the works of Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995), an author, documentary filmmaker, social activist, and professor. Thabiti Lewis's analysis serves as a cultural biography, examining the liberation impulses in Bambara's writing.

  • by Robert F. Williams
    £13.49

    Examining events surrounding the test case of the right of Blacks to armed self-defense in the 1960s, this book tells the story of a Southern Black community's struggle to defend themselves against the Ku Klux Klan and other racists. This book heavily influenced the leader of the Black Panthers.

  • by Elaine Moon
    £32.99

  • - An Analysis of Modern Afrocentric Political Movements
    by Ronald W. Walters
    £31.49

    This work analyses Black political movements since the 1960s in which African-American societies forged connections with others in the Diaspora, looking at their impact on the African-American community.

  • by Dudley Randall
    £29.49

    Dudley Randall was one of the foremost voices in African American literature during the twentieth century, best known for his poetry and his work as the editor and publisher of Broadside Press in Detroit. Roses and Revolutions brings together his most popular poems with his lesser-known short stories.

  • - Letters Between Chester Himes and John A. Williams
     
    £28.99

    Chester Himes and John A Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves.

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