Word, Like Fire : Maria Stewart, the Bible, and the Rights of African Americans 9780813932071, 9780813931883

The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible 9780300137873

A striking narrative of the Bible’s central role in African-American history from the early days of slavery to the prese

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Becoming American under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship during the Civil War Era 9780801463761

In Becoming American under Fire, Christian G. Samito provides a rich account of how African American and Irish American

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Cultural Moves: African Americans and the Politics of Representation 9780520937871

Herman Gray takes a sweeping look at black popular culture over the past decade to explore culture's role in the pu

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Prisoners of Freedom: Human Rights and the African Poor 9780520940093

In this vivid ethnography, Harri Englund investigates how ideas of freedom impede struggles against poverty and injustic

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Caribbean Crossing: African Americans and the Haitian Emigration Movement 9780814760086

Shortly after winning its independence in 1804, Haiti’s leaders realized that if their nation was to survive, it needed

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African Americans of Tampa 9781467112741, 9781439648575, 1467112747

"Tampa has a ... past that has been [well] documented with one exception: African Americans ... Tampa's popula

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African Americans in the Performing Arts, Revised Edition (A to Z of African Americans) [Revised] 0816078386, 9780816078387, 143812855X, 9781438128559

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A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood: The Bible and the American Civil War 0190902795, 9780190902797

In his Second Inaugural Address, delivered as the nation was in the throes of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed

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The Price of Liberty: African Americans and the Making of Liberia [pbk ed.] 0807855162, 9780807855164

In nineteenth-century America, the belief that blacks and whites could not live in social harmony and political equality

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The Hero's Fight: African Americans in West Baltimore and the Shadow of the State 1400883563, 9781400883561

A richly textured account of what it means to be poor in America Baltimore was once a vibrant manufacturing town, but t

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