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  Nigger - The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word

  by Randall Kennedy

  It’s “the nuclear bomb of racial epithets,” a word that whites have employed to wound and degrade African Americans for three centuries. Paradoxically, among many black people it has become a term of affection and even empowerment. The word, of course, is nigger , and in this candid, lucidly argued book the distinguished legal scholar Randall Kennedy traces its origins, maps its multifarious connotations, and... (more)
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  Don't Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African Americans

  by Farai Chideya

  For those wishing to fight ignorance with intelligence and racism with facts, information from government sources and published studies point out discrepancies in assumed beliefs--such as that blacks are the main welfare recipients and drug users--and major fallacies.
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  Exposed: An African-American Novel of Ideas

  by Maurice Glenn

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  No Secrets No Lies: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse

  by Robin D. Stone

  Two years ago, Robin Stone wrote an article for Essenc e magazine revealing the sexual abuse that had haunted her journey from childhood to womanhood. Response to the article was tremendous, and many readers asked her for guidance in coping with their own similar experiences. For the millions of African-American survivors of sexual abuse, No Secrets No Lies provides much needed healing.Addressing sexual... (more)
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  Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)

  by Stokely Carmichael

  By any measure, Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) fundamentally altered the course of history. Published at the fifth anniversary of Carmichael's death, this long-awaited autobiography fills a yawning gap in the American historical record as it chronicles the legendary civil rights leader's work as chairman of SNCC, patriarch of Black Power, Pan-African activist, and social revolutionary. It is an unflinching,... (more)
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  We Shall Overcome: The History of the Civil Rights Movement As It Happened (Book with 2 Audio CDs)

  by Herb Boyd

  In words, photos and on two audio CDs, witness the courageous and controversial stories that defined America’s civil rights movement An entire generation of Americans faced the lynching of teenager Emmett Till, the murder of four girls at church, and the denial of basic liberties like voting rights, equal education and political representation. This is their story. We Shall Overcome is a gripping chronicle... (more)
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  Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown

  by Tony Brown

  PBS television commentator and syndicated radio talk-show host Tony Brown has been called an "out-of-the-box thinker" and, less delicately, and "equal opportunity ass kicker." Those who attempt to pigeonhole him do so at their own peril. This journalist, media commentator, self-help advocate, entrepreneur, public speaker, film director, and author is a hard man to pin a label on -- and an even more difficult man... (more)
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  Doing What's Right: How to Fight for What You Believe--And Make a Difference

  by Tavis Smiley

  In Doing What's Right , Tavis Smiley shows how each one of us can battle complacency and fight for the causes we support. Smiley is the host of "Black Entertainment Television Tonight with Tavis Smiley," a one-hour nightly talk show that reaches fifty-five million households, and his political and social commentary is heard daily on "The Tom Joyner Morning Show," a national radio program with a listenership of... (more)
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  Hung: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in America

  by Scott Poulson-Bryant

  Following in the footsteps of such bestselling, taboo-breaking books as Randall Kennedy’s Nigger and J. L. King’s On the Down Low , Hung brings a topic previously discussed only in intimate settings out into the open. In a brilliant, multilayered look at the pervasive belief that African American men are prodigiously endowed, Scott Poulson-Bryant interweaves his own experiences as a black man in America... (more)
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  Al on America

  by Al Sharpton, Karen Hunter

  "I am running to take out the DLC, which I call the Democratic Leisure Class, because that's who it serves-the leisure class and the wealthy," professes the ubiquitous and controversial reverend. In keeping with this theme, Sharpton's 2004 presidential campaign platform is an uneven political manifesto that concentrates more on race relations than on the complexities of foreign policy. Unfocused sections on the... (more)
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  Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption

  by Randall Kennedy

  In Interracial Intimacies , Randall Kennedy hits a nerve at the center of American society: race relations and our most intimate ties to each other. Writing with the same piercing intelligence he brought to his national bestseller Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word , Kennedy here challenges us to examine how prejudices and biases still fuel fears and inform our sexual, marital, and family choices. ... (more)
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  How Race Is Lived in America: Pulling Together, Pulling Apart

  by Correspondents of The New York Times

  Whether it's the merger of a white church with a black church in the South, the hip-hop dreams of a suburban white teenager, or the struggles of a biracial partnership in a high-tech start-up, race relations continue to permeate American lives. Powerful yet intimate, the stories in this volume present the real voices of America speaking out on the impact of race in their daily lives. The result of a virtually... (more)
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  Quitting America

  by Randall Robinson

  Randall Robinson is quitting America, and this book charts his journey from the most powerful nation on earth to the tiny tropical island where his wife was born. His search for a more peaceful and hospitable place grew out of the disappointment and increasing sense of abandonment he felt in the land of his own birth—an America that has sapped the creative energies of his race and has "transfigured... (more)
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  Black Power Inc.: The New Voice of Success

  by Cora Daniels

  Examining the struggle for racial equality as it moves from the street to the executive suite Black Power Inc. explores the emergence of a new black professional that sees business and economics as the true base of American power, rather than politics. Instead of mobilizing voters, they are storming boardrooms across the country and establishing themselves in positions of real influence. Fortune... (more)
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  The Secret Epidemic: The Story of AIDS and Black America

  by Jacob Levenson

  Half the people in the United States who are diagnosed with HIV are now African American. Through the eyes of those on the front lines of the crisis, journalist Jacob Levenson tells a story of race and public health that spans fifty years and reveals how AIDS has become one of the leading killers of young black men and women. Medical researcher Mindy Fullilove investigates the epidemic’s links to crack cocaine,... (more)
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  Off the Record: A Reporter Unveils the Celebrity Worlds of Hollywood, Hip-hop, and Sports

  by Allison Samuels

  A collection of offbeat, funny, and often moving backstories of the many entertainers and athletes covered by award-winning Newsweek journalist Allison Samuels, Off the Record reveals the inner worlds of today's A-list black celebrities. With anecdotes on everyone from Snoop Dogg, Shaquille O'Neal, Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy, and Whitney Houston, this "all-access" book is filled with insightful stories... (more)
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  Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away

  by June Cross

  June Cross was born in 1954 to Norma Booth, a glamorous, aspiring white actress, and James "Stump" Cross, a well-known black comedian. Sent by her mother to be raised by black friends when she was four years old and could no longer pass as white, June was plunged into the pain and confusion of a family divided by race. Secret Daughter tells her story of survival. It traces June’s astonishing discoveries... (more)
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  24 Reasons Why African Americans Suffer

  by Jimmy Dumas

  Those who work with youth are perplexed about the hip-hop culture's influence on today's African American teens. This book provides an in-depth look at this culture, its values, fashion trends, music, secularity, and view of the future. Implications of hip-hop on academic achievement, family stability, and youth's involvement in the marketplace are explored.