First published in 1903, this eloquent collection of essays exposed the magnitude of racism in our society. The book endures today as a classic document of American social and political history: a manifesto that has influenced generations with its transcendent vision for change..
Category: Gender & Race
Life of Her Own : The Transformation of a Countrywoman in 20th-Century France
Dorothy Parker : What Fresh Hell Is This?
Eleanor Roosevelt Vol. 1, Pt. 1 : 1884-1933
Cook hit a nerve with her portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt–the brave, fierce, passionate, political heroine of our century. A national bestseller, her authoritative biography has been celebrated by feminists, historians, politicians, potential first ladies, and by reviewers everywhere. Now this seminal work depicting the life and achievements of an inspiring First Lady is available in trade paperback. Photographs..
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Don’t Be Afraid Gringo
Trained by the Catholic Church to organize women’s groups to combat malnutrition, Alvarado, a woman with a second-grade education, began to question the wretched conditions she saw around her. She became one of her country’s leading political activists. 14 pages of halftones. PBS documentary scheduled for May..
Papa Jack Jack Johnson And The Era Of White Hopes
When Jack Johnson defeated white heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries in 1910, it was America’s notions of racial superiority that staggered under his blows. Amid riots and lynchings, the search began for the Great White Hope who could put the ‘uppity’ new champion in his place. Here is the startling true story of the most famous–and most hated–black American of his day. ‘Papa Jack’ takes us into a violent and sordid world. It is an astonishing tale of black defiance–and white retribution–set against the dramatic canvas of sports and spectacle in Jim Crow America..