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An expert in Gullah culture introducesthe rich history of black Charlestonians through a series of local walking tours plus a sightseeing drive.
The Gullah people of the Lowcountry South are famous for their cuisine, Creole language, and exquisite crafts-yet there is so much more to this unique culture than most people realize. Alphonso Brown, the owner and operator of Gullah Tours, Inc., guides readers through the history and lore of this storied...
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A surge of African American enrolment and student activism brought Black Studies to many US campuses in the 1960s. Sixty years later, Black Studies programmes are taught at more than 1,300 universities worldwide. This book is the first history of how that happened.
Black Studies founder and movement veteran Abdul Alkalimat offers a comprehensive history of the discipline that will become a key reference for generations to come. Structured in three...
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"The first 150 years of one of the British Army's most renowned regiments
Archibald Forbes was a notable author, journalist and special correspondent during the British colonial wars of the Victorian era, so he was well positioned by personal experience to pen this history of a famous Scottish Highland regiment. 'The Black Watch, ' 'The Forty-Twa, ' the '42nd Regiment of Foot, ' 'The Royal Highlanders'-First to come, Last to go. The titles of this...
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Learn About Amazing Black Heroes That Shaped History (Ages 8–12)
A fun book for children with moving stories about Black trailblazers who persevered through adversity to inspire generations to come.
Inspirational stories of Black heroes. Discover how Black heroes have overcome adversity, from the story of writer and activist Maya Angelou, to the less known tale of Nance Legins-Costley, a slave whose freedom was won in a supreme court case by a...
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This book has 38 rounds of wide-ranging information about Black history, sports, entertainment, business, education, politics, and many other things with African Americans and Black people worldwide. You can do the 800 multiple-choice trivia by yourself to see how much you know. Or do this activity with others to see how much they know.
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Yolanda is the business owner of Keytrucking LLC out of Kinsey Al. She is a three time self publishing author. Her books are, Weakflesh, My Name Is Ma' Niyah, and Life After Physical Slavery. Yolanda finds time to write to relieve her of stressful life situations when she is out on the road. Yolanda is married to Mr. Kelvin Wilson, and they have been together for quite some time. She is a grandmother of six wonderful grandchildren that she loves dearly....
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An intimate look at Juneteenth, this story is a warm look at a family and a community.
Juneteenth is the smell of brisket filling the air. Juneteenth is the sounds of music, dancing, and cheering ringing from the parade outside. It is love. It is prayer. It is friends and relatives coming together to commemorate freedom, hope for tomorrow, and one another.
This book is an ode to the history of the Black community in the United States, a tribute...
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Discover Incredible Inventions by Black People (Ages 8-12)
#1 New Release in Children's Inventors Books
Young Trailblazers: The Book of Black Inventors and Scientists is a fun new book for children that teaches kids about inventions by Black people that have impacted the world through their ingenuity and trailblazing innovation.
From Black Inventors to Black Scientists. Take your child on an adventure and travel through time to meet famous...
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This work is concerned with "the Great Black Man" theory of history. This theory presents history, specifically black history, as a mural of achievements by prominent black people. He devoted a significant amount of his professional life to unearthing facts about people of African ancestry, intending these findings to be a refutation of contemporary racist beliefs about the inferiority of blacks. Books such as 100 Amazing Facts about the Negro, Sex...
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Paul S Hickman was born in Tullahassee, Oklahoma - a small rural African-American township. He attended a rural elementary school and graduated from the academic Manual. Training High School in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
During his 26 years of military service, he concurrently completed four college degrees; a post-graduate degree from Vanderbilt University - a graduate degree from Claremont Graduate University - a graduate degree from Golden Gate,...
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"From Philip K. Dick Award finalist Elwin Cotman, an irresistibly unnerving collection of stories that explore the anxieties of living while Black--a high-wire act of literary-fantastical hybrid fiction. A rural town finds itself under the authoritarian sway of a tree that punishes children. A pair of old friends navigate their fraught history as strange happenings escalate in a Mexican restaurant. A pair of narcissistic friends wreak havoc on an...
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Bones of ruin volume 3
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The elite Enlightenment Committee, faces a world-ending threat as Hiva, once believed to be an apocalyptic force, is revealed to be a person, Iris Marlow, an immortal African tightrope dancer seeking revenge after her murder by her own friends, while another Hiva emerges with a destructive agenda, marking the beginning of the Cataclysm.
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"In The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic, acclaimed historian Manisha Sinha expands our view beyond the accepted temporal and spatial bounds of Reconstruction, which is customarily said to have begun in 1865 with the end of the war, and to have come to a close when the 'corrupt bargain' of 1877 put Rutherford B. Hayes in the White House in exchange for the fall of the last southern Reconstruction state governments. Sinha's startlingly...
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"A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical profession, from a leading Ob/Gyn and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health. The medical system today is increasingly complicated and impersonal, and unfortunately, it is not going to be less so in the future. The rules of engagement have changed in medicine, but no one has bothered to inform patients. Much is written about Black women...
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