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Henry Louis Gates, Jr
A foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, by one of the nation's major literary critics
Distilled over many years from…
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Meg Greene
This full-length biography explores the multifaceted-and altogether fascinating-life, opinions, and accomplishments of African American scholar and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: A Biography is the first…
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Host of PBS's Finding Your Roots and famed Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discusses African-American immigration and ancestry in the context of the American political climate.
J P Miller
As a child, Henry was curious about his family tree. Who was his great-great-grandfather? Why were some things about his family unknown? Henry interviewed family members and discovered connections. When…
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A primer from one of America’s most esteemed and popular intellectuals
An affordable, compact primer on the artist who drastically shifted the course of late 20th-century art
This reader provides a concise introduction to the widely popular yet oft-misunderstood artist Jean-Michel…
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Explores the roots and identities of many of America’s most recognizable citizens
Dr. Nina Jablonski, Dr. Holly Y. McGee
Hi!! I'm Epi Dermis, but my friends just call me Skin!
Raise your hands if you sweat, tan, itch, have hair, or have freckles!
I've been feeling pretty sensitive lately…
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In 1739 Bordeaux's Royal Academy of Sciences held an essay contest seeking answers to a pressing question: What was the cause of Africans' black skin? Published here for the first…
Henry Louis Gates Jr
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America’s past and our nation’s attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War’s conclusion, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim…
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
An exploration of the cultural legacy left by African slaves in the Caribbean and Latin America
Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the hit…
The distinguished scholar examines the origins and history of African-American ancestry as he profiles nineteen noted African Americans and illuminates their individual family sagas throughout U.S. history.
The imaginative literature of African and Afro-American authors writing in Western languages has long been seen as standing outside the Western literary canon. In fact, however, black literature not only…
Renowned scholar and New York Times bestselling author Gates delivers a stirring and authoritative companion to the major new PBS documentary America Behind the Color Line. The book includes thought-provoking…
The celebrated African-American Harvard scholar offers a portrait of growing up in a West Virginia hill town, presenting a study of his family, his childhood icons, and the social institutions…
A leading Black scholar interviews famous African Americans, including Colin Powell, Louis Farrakhan, and Harry Belafonte, exploring their views on America and the significance of their lives in terms of…
From one of our premier writers, scholars, and public intellectuals: a surprising, inspiring, often boldly infuriating, highly instructive and entertaining compendium of curiosities regarding African Americans. In 1934, 100 Amazing…
A landmark collection documenting the social, political, and artistic lives of African American women throughout the tumultuous nineteenth century.
The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers is the most comprehensive…
Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.
The Crowley-Gates incident was a clash of absolutes, underscoring the tension between black and white, police and civilians, and the privileged and less privileged in modern America. Charles Ogletree uses…
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Stuart Hall
In this work drawn from lectures delivered in 1994 a founding figure of cultural studies reflects on the divisive, deadly consequences of our politics of identification. Stuart Hall untangles the…
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,Yacovone
Companion book to the Emmy Award-winning series as seen on Public TV –Cover.
Zora Neale Hurston
'One of the greatest writers of our time.' Toni Morrison
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,Cornel West
Draws on the ideas of W.E.B. Du Bois to study the hopes and fears of the African American community at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah,Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
A collection of 20 essays which discusses topics such as: gypsies in the Western imagination; the mobilization of the West in Chinese television; the lesbian identity and the woman’s gaze…
Adena Spingarn
This book tells the story of how Uncle Tom, the Christ-like protagonist of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, became a racial epithet and why Americans have been invoking this controversial figure for…
Rebecca Walker,Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Black Cool explores the ineffable state and aesthetic of Black Cool. From the effortless reserve of Miles Davis in khakis on an early album cover, to the shock of resistance…
Frederick Douglass
This edition of Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, the former slave’s 1881 autobiography encompasses Douglass’s entire life, from his early years living with his grandmother in Maryland to the…
Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates…
Stephen Tuck
Less than three months before he was assassinated, Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union the most prestigious student debating organization in the UK. Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the…
James Comer
Reclaiming the highly politicised exhortation to ‘leave no child behind’, Dr. James Comer here draws from his experience as the creator of the School Development Programme in America to show…
Henry Louis Gates Jr,Tonya Bolden
Multiple award-winning author Gates takes young readers on a journey through America’s past and our nation’s attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War’s conclusion, Reconstruction, and the…
Elliott Erwitt,Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
A unique opportunity to discover images of Cuba taken over 50 years apart by a photographic master. Text in English, French, and German.
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Martin Kilson
After Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves largely excluded from politics, higher education, and the professions. Martin Kilson explores how a modern African American intelligentsia developed amid institutionalized racism. He argues…
Charles Bonnet
For centuries, Egyptian civilization has been at the origin of the story we tell about the West. But Charles Bonnet’s archaeological excavations have unearthed extraordinary sites in modern Sudan that…
Gates,Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on the politics of multiculturalism. These essays touch upon the political, social and cultural dimensions of the canon issue , and illustrate how its ramifications extend…
Ellen Weiss,Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Robert R. Taylor and Tuskegee interweaves the life of the first academically trained African American architect with his lifes workthe campus of Booker T. Washingtons Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute…
Alexandre Popovic
Popovic’s book is a full-length study on the revolt of the Zanj. Scholars of slavery, the African diaspora and the Middle East have lauded Popovic’s work.
The Image of the Black in Latin American and Caribbean Art is the first comprehensive survey of the visual representation of people of African descent in the region. This first…
The Image of the Black in Latin American and Caribbean Art is the first comprehensive survey of the visual representation of people of African descent in the region. This second…
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.
The Harlem Renaissance is the best known and most widely studied cultural movement in African American history. Now, in Harlem Renaissance Lives, esteemed scholars Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Evelyn…
In 1739 Bordeaux’s Royal Academy of Sciences held an essay contest seeking answers to a pressing question: What was the cause of Africans’ black skin? Published here for the first…
Harlem: Found Ways burnishes Harlem’s luster but never attempts to smooth its rough edges. Multimedia works explore the invention of Harlem, and reinvent it. Vibrantly illustrated, the catalog features essays…
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Professor, Professor, Harvard University)
The Works of Alain Locke provides a definitive collection of writings by a towering figure in African American thought.
