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W. E. B. Du Bois
An American Intellectual and Activist
Av Shawn Leigh Alexander, John David Smith
Inbunden, 2015
624 kr
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W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the most prolific African American authors, scholars, and leaders of the twentieth century, but none of his previous biographies have so practically and comprehensively introduced the man and his impact on American history as noted historian Shawn Alexander's W. E. B. Du …
W. E. B. Du Bois
An American Intellectual and Activist
Av Shawn Leigh Alexander, John David Smith
Häftad, 2017
387 kr
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W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the most prolific African American authors, scholars, and leaders of the twentieth century, but none of his previous biographies have so practically and comprehensively introduced the man and his impact on American history as noted historian Shawn Alexander's W. E. B. Du …
Paul Robeson
A Life of Activism and Art
Av Lindsey R. Swindall, John David Smith
Inbunden, 2013
910 kr
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Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art is the biography of an African American icon and a demonstration of historian Lindsey R. Swindall's knack for thorough, detailed research and reflection. Paul Robeson was, at points in his life, an actor, singer, football player, political activist and …
Paul Robeson
A Life of Activism and Art
Av Lindsey R. Swindall, John David Smith
Häftad, 2015
233 kr
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Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art is the biography of an African American icon and a demonstration of historian Lindsey R. Swindall's knack for thorough, detailed research and reflection. Paul Robeson was, at points in his life, an actor, singer, football player, political activist and …
Ella Baker
Community Organizer of the Civil Rights Movement
Av J. Todd Moye, John David Smith
Inbunden, 2013
685 kr
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Ella Josephine Baker (1903-1986) was among the most influential strategists of the most important social movement in modern US history, the Civil Rights Movement, yet most Americans have never heard of her. Behind the scenes, she organized on behalf of the major civil rights organizations of her …
Ella Baker
Community Organizer of the Civil Rights Movement
Av J. Todd Moye, John David Smith
Häftad, 2015
486 kr
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Ella Josephine Baker (1903-1986) was among the most influential strategists of the most important social movement in modern US history, the Civil Rights Movement, yet most Americans have never heard of her. Behind the scenes, she organized on behalf of the major civil rights organizations of her …
Ella Baker
Community Organizer of the Civil Rights Movement
Av J. Todd Moye
E-bok, 2013
518 kr
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Ella Josephine Baker (1903-1986) was among the most influential strategists of the most important social movement in modern US history, the Civil Rights Movement, yet most Americans have never heard of her. Behind the scenes, she organized on behalf of the major civil rights organizations of her …
Louis Armstrong
The Soundtrack of the American Experience
Av David Stricklin, John David Smith
Häftad, 2015
399 kr
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In the twentieth century, African Americans not only helped make popular music the soundtrack of the American experience, they advanced American music as one of the preeminent shapers of the world's popular culture. Vast numbers of black American musicians deserve credit for this remarkable turn of …
Madam C. J. Walker
The Making of an American Icon
Av Erica L. Ball, John David Smith
Inbunden, 2021
459 kr
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"[An] exhaustively detailed account of the life of Madam C.J. Walker." Booklist, Starred Review Madam C. J. Walker—reputed to be America’s first self-made woman millionaire—has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. Born to former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in the aftermath of the …
Madam C. J. Walker
The Making of an American Icon
E-bok, 2021
331 kr
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"[An] exhaustively detailed account of the life of Madam C.J. Walker." Booklist , Starred Review Madam C. J. Walker—reputed to be America’s first self-made woman millionaire—has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. Born to former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in the aftermath of the …
Jackie Robinson
An Integrated Life
Av J. Christopher Schutz, John David Smith
Häftad, 2018
233 kr
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Jackie Robinson’s story is not only a compelling drama of heroism, but also as a template of the African American freedom struggle. A towering athletic talent, Robinson’s greater impact was on preparing the way for the civil rights reform wave following WWII. But Robinson’s story has always been …
Martin Luther King
A Religious Life
Av Paul Harvey, John David Smith
Inbunden, 2021
459 kr
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"[Sh]ould take a prominent place on the shelf of literature about the man who changed 20th century America." Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewIn this new biography, distinguished historian Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King’s life through his complex, emerging religious lives. Harvey …
Martin Luther King
A Religious Life
Av Paul Harvey
E-bok, 2021
331 kr
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"[Sh]ould take a prominent place on the shelf of literature about the man who changed 20th century America." Publishers Weekly , Starred Review In this new biography, distinguished historian Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King’s life through his complex, emerging religious lives. Harvey …
Fannie Lou Hamer
America's Freedom Fighting Woman
Av Maegan Parker Brooks, John David Smith
Inbunden, 2020
489 kr
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"[T]his is a testimonial to a courageous woman and her deep commitment to human rights." Booklist, Starred Review • An accessible biography of Fannie Lou Hamer that reveals pivotal moments within a remarkable life that spanned 59 tumultuous years in the history of American race relations. In 1964, …
Charles Chesnutt
Crossing the Color Line
Av Paula Gallant Eckard, John David Smith
Inbunden, 2027
386 kr
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Charles Waddell Chesnutt was an African American educator, businessman, lawyer, author, social reformer, and activist. He was one of the first African American writers to cross the color line into the Anglo American publishing world. A pioneering author of African American fiction, Chesnutt is …
Booker T. Washington
Black Leadership in the Age of Jim Crow
Av Raymond W. Smock, John David Smith
Inbunden, 2009
308 kr
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From the time of his famous Atlanta address in 1895 until his death in 1915, Booker T. Washington was the preeminent African-American educator and race leader. But to historians and biographers of the last hundred years, Washington has often been described as an enigma, a man who rose to prominence …
Walter White
The Dilemma of Black Identity in America
Av Thomas Dyja
E-bok, 2008
199 kr
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The day Walter White was buried in 1955 the New York Times called him "the nearest approach to a national leader of American Negroes since Booker T. Washington." For more than two decades, White, as secretary of the NAACP, was perhaps the nation''s most visible and most powerful African-American …
Louis Armstrong
The Soundtrack of the American Experience
Av David Stricklin, John David Smith
Inbunden, 2010
308 kr
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In the twentieth century, African Americans not only helped make popular music the soundtrack of the American experience, they advanced American music as one of the preeminent shapers of the world's popular culture. Vast numbers of black American musicians deserve credit for this remarkable turn of …
Walter White
The Dilemma of Black Identity in America
Av Thomas Dyja, John David Smith
Häftad, 2010
188 kr
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The day Walter White was buried in 1955 the New York Times called him "the nearest approach to a national leader of American Negroes since Booker T. Washington." For more than two decades, White, as secretary of the NAACP, was perhaps the nation's most visible and most powerful African-American …
Booker T. Washington
Black Leadership in the Age of Jim Crow
Av Raymond W. Smock, John David Smith
Häftad, 2010
188 kr
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From the time of his famous Atlanta address in 1895 until his death in 1915, Booker T. Washington was the preeminent African-American educator and race leader. But to historians and biographers of the last hundred years, Washington has often been described as an enigma, a man who rose to prominence …
Louis Armstrong
The Soundtrack of the American Experience
E-bok, 2010
322 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In the twentieth century, African Americans not only helped make popular music the soundtrack of the American experience, they advanced American music as one of the preeminent shapers of the world''s popular culture. Vast numbers of black American musicians deserve credit for this remarkable turn …
Booker T. Washington
Black Leadership in the Age of Jim Crow
E-bok, 2009
195 kr
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From the time of his famous Atlanta address in 1895 until his death in 1915, Booker T. Washington was the preeminent African-American educator and race leader. But to historians and biographers of the last hundred years, Washington has often been described as an enigma, a man who rose to prominence …
Madam C. J. Walker
The Making of an American Icon
Av Erica L. Ball, John David Smith
Häftad, 2024
298 kr
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"[An] exhaustively detailed account of the life of Madam C.J. Walker." Booklist, Starred Review Madam C. J. Walker—reputed to be America’s first self-made woman millionaire—has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. Born to former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in the aftermath of the …
Martin Luther King
A Religious Life
Av Paul Harvey, John David Smith
Häftad, 2024
307 kr
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"[Sh]ould take a prominent place on the shelf of literature about the man who changed 20th century America." Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewIn this new biography, distinguished historian Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King’s life through his complex, emerging religious lives. Harvey …
Fannie Lou Hamer
America's Freedom Fighting Woman
Av Maegan Parker Brooks, John David Smith
Häftad, 2024
307 kr
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"[T]his is a testimonial to a courageous woman and her deep commitment to human rights." Booklist, Starred Review • An accessible biography of Fannie Lou Hamer that reveals pivotal moments within a remarkable life that spanned 59 tumultuous years in the history of American race relations. In 1964, …
Richard Wright
From Black Boy to World Citizen
Inbunden, 2010
292 kr
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Upon meeting thirty-three-year-old Richard Wright in 1941, the renowned sociologist Robert Park famously demanded, "How in hell did you happen?" Having been born into poverty in a sharecropper's cabin in 1908, Wright managed to complete only an eighth-grade education. Yet by the time he met Park he …
