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"A manual for fixing our culture...In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, [hooks] gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to process."—Black Issues Book Review
New York Times bestselling author, acclaimed visionary and cultural critic bell hooks continues her exploration of the meaning of love in contemporary American society, offering groundbreaking,
...5) A dialogue
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Publisher
Lippincott
Pub. Date
[1973]
Edition
[first edition].
Physical Desc
112 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
10) Within our gates
Publisher
Alpha Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (77 minutes) : silent, black & white ; 12 cm
Language
English
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Created as a response to The Birth of a Nation which depicted southern whites in need of the Ku Klux Klan to protect them from blood thirsty blacks, Micheaux shows the reality of Dixie racism in 1920, where a black man could be lynched for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
12) "Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about race
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English
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"Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides. These topics have only become more urgent...
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Gotham Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
viii, 434 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Four decades after the great victories of the Civil Rights Movement secured equal rights for African-Americans, black America is in crisis. Indeed, by most measurable standards, conditions for many blacks have grown worse since 1965: desperate poverty, incarceration rates, teenage pregnancy and out-of- wedlock births, and educational failures. For years, pundits have blamed these problems on forces outside the black community. But now, in a broad-ranging...
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Free Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Free Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the age of Obama, racial attitudes have become more complicated and nuanced than ever before. Inspired by a president who is unlike any Black man ever seen on our national stage, we are searching for new ways of understanding Blackness. In this book, the author, a commentator and journalist tackles what it means to be Black in America today. He begins by examining the concept of "Post-Blackness, " a term that defines artists who are proud to be...
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
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xxiii, 261 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Lewis-Giggetts wrote a piece on Black joy as a form of resistance for The Washington Post, she had no idea just how much or how widely it would resonate with parents across America. With this book she shows how joy has evolved, even in the midst of trauma, in her own life, and then details these instances of joy in the context of Black culture. - adapted from jacket
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