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Here I Stand
Written by Paul Robeson
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: January 1, 1998
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-6445-0 (0-8070-6445-9)
Robeson’s international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day, but his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African independence, and his fascination with the Soviet Union placed him under... Read more >
Written by Paul Robeson
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: January 1, 1998
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-6445-0 (0-8070-6445-9)
Robeson’s international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day, but his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African independence, and his fascination with the Soviet Union placed him under... Read more >
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Barbara Jordan
American Hero
Written by Mary Beth Rogers
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: January 4, 2000
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-38066-8 (0-553-38066-4)
This seminal biography chronicles the life of the first black woman elected to the Texas State Senate and the first black woman from the South in the United States Congress. One of the most influential women of the 20th century, Barbara Jordan held an unwavering faith in the American people and... Read more >
American Hero
Written by Mary Beth Rogers
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: January 4, 2000
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-38066-8 (0-553-38066-4)
This seminal biography chronicles the life of the first black woman elected to the Texas State Senate and the first black woman from the South in the United States Congress. One of the most influential women of the 20th century, Barbara Jordan held an unwavering faith in the American people and... Read more >
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Raceball
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-4807-8 (0-8070-4807-0)
From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League Baseball
After peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men’s pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded... Read more >
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-4807-8 (0-8070-4807-0)
From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League Baseball
After peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men’s pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded... Read more >
Song for my Fathers
Written by Tom Sancton
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Other Press
On Sale: April 20, 2010
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-59051-376-7 (1-59051-376-2)
Song for My Fathers is the story of a young white boy driven by a consuming passion to learn the music and ways of a group of aging black jazzmen in the twilight years of the segregation era. Contemporaries of Louis Armstrong, most of them had played in local obscurity until... Read more >
Written by Tom Sancton
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Other Press
On Sale: April 20, 2010
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-59051-376-7 (1-59051-376-2)
Song for My Fathers is the story of a young white boy driven by a consuming passion to learn the music and ways of a group of aging black jazzmen in the twilight years of the segregation era. Contemporaries of Louis Armstrong, most of them had played in local obscurity until... Read more >
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Hellhound On His Trail
The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt In American History
Written by Hampton Sides
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-38743-1 (0-307-38743-7)
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself Eric Galt, this nondescript thief and con man–whose real name was James Earl Ray–drifted through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he was galvanized by George Wallace’s racist... Read more >
The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt In American History
Written by Hampton Sides
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-38743-1 (0-307-38743-7)
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself Eric Galt, this nondescript thief and con man–whose real name was James Earl Ray–drifted through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he was galvanized by George Wallace’s racist... Read more >
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Hellhound On His Trail
The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
Written by Hampton Sides
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-52392-9 (0-385-52392-0)
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself Eric Galt, this nondescript thief and con man—whose real name was James Earl Ray—drifted through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he was galvanized by George Wallace’s racist... Read more >
The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
Written by Hampton Sides
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-52392-9 (0-385-52392-0)
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself Eric Galt, this nondescript thief and con man—whose real name was James Earl Ray—drifted through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he was galvanized by George Wallace’s racist... Read more >
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Written by Rebecca Skloot
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-5218-9 (1-4000-5218-1)
Winner of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine’s Communication Award for Best Book
Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction
Winner of the Wellcome Trust Book Prize
Named by more than 60 critics as one of the best books of 2010, including:
Best Book of... Read more >
Written by Rebecca Skloot
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-5218-9 (1-4000-5218-1)
Winner of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine’s Communication Award for Best Book
Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction
Winner of the Wellcome Trust Book Prize
Named by more than 60 critics as one of the best books of 2010, including:
Best Book of... Read more >
Doing What's Right
How to Fight for What You Believe--And Make a Difference
Written by Tavis Smiley
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 26, 2000
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-49931-6 (0-385-49931-0)
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... Read more >
How to Fight for What You Believe--And Make a Difference
Written by Tavis Smiley
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 26, 2000
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-49931-6 (0-385-49931-0)
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... Read more >
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Showdown
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0082-3 (0-8070-0082-5)
A classic NFL/civil rights story–the showdown between the Washington Redskins and the Kennedy White House
In Showdown, sports historian Thomas G. Smith captures a striking moment, one that held sweeping implications not only for one team’s racist policy but also for a sharply segregated city and for the nation as a... Read more >
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0082-3 (0-8070-0082-5)
A classic NFL/civil rights story–the showdown between the Washington Redskins and the Kennedy White House
In Showdown, sports historian Thomas G. Smith captures a striking moment, one that held sweeping implications not only for one team’s racist policy but also for a sharply segregated city and for the nation as a... Read more >
Showdown
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas G. Smith
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0074-8 (0-8070-0074-4)
A classic NFL/civil rights story--the showdown between the Washington Redskins and the Kennedy White House.
In the 1960s, America hummed with tension as professional football leagues and civil rights advocates struggled to level their respective playing fields. For the Washington Redskins--the last NFL team to integrate and the only one to have... Read more >
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas G. Smith
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0074-8 (0-8070-0074-4)
A classic NFL/civil rights story--the showdown between the Washington Redskins and the Kennedy White House.
In the 1960s, America hummed with tension as professional football leagues and civil rights advocates struggled to level their respective playing fields. For the Washington Redskins--the last NFL team to integrate and the only one to have... Read more >
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There Goes My Everything
White Southerners in the Age of Civil Rights, 1945-1975
Written by Jason Sokol
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-27550-9 (0-307-27550-7)
During the civil rights movement, epic battles for justice were fought in the streets, at lunch counters, and in the classrooms of the American South. Just as many battles were waged, however, in the hearts and minds of ordinary white southerners whose world became unrecognizable to them. Jason Sokol’s vivid and... Read more >
White Southerners in the Age of Civil Rights, 1945-1975
Written by Jason Sokol
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-27550-9 (0-307-27550-7)
During the civil rights movement, epic battles for justice were fought in the streets, at lunch counters, and in the classrooms of the American South. Just as many battles were waged, however, in the hearts and minds of ordinary white southerners whose world became unrecognizable to them. Jason Sokol’s vivid and... Read more >
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Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power
Community Organizing in Radical Times
Written by Amy Sonnie and James Tracy
Introduction by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Melville House
On Sale: September 16, 2011
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-935554-66-0 (1-935554-66-2)
The story of some of the 1960s’ most important activists–JOIN, the Young Patriots, Rising Up Angry, White Lightning, and the October 4th Organization–in a deeply sourced narrative history
The historians of the late 1960s have emphasized the work of a small group of white college activists as well as the Black Panthers... Read more >
Community Organizing in Radical Times
Written by Amy Sonnie and James Tracy
Introduction by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Melville House
On Sale: September 16, 2011
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-935554-66-0 (1-935554-66-2)
The story of some of the 1960s’ most important activists–JOIN, the Young Patriots, Rising Up Angry, White Lightning, and the October 4th Organization–in a deeply sourced narrative history
The historians of the late 1960s have emphasized the work of a small group of white college activists as well as the Black Panthers... Read more >
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Peculiar Institution
Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South
Written by Kenneth M. Stampp
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: December 17, 1989
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-72307-3 (0-679-72307-2)
Winner of the Lincoln Prize
Stampp’s classic study of American slavery as a deliberately chosen, practical system of controlling and exploiting labor is one of the most important and influential works of American history written in our time.
“A thoughtful and deeply moving book. . . . Mr. Stampp wants to show... Read more >
Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South
Written by Kenneth M. Stampp
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: December 17, 1989
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-72307-3 (0-679-72307-2)
Winner of the Lincoln Prize
Stampp’s classic study of American slavery as a deliberately chosen, practical system of controlling and exploiting labor is one of the most important and influential works of American history written in our time.
“A thoughtful and deeply moving book. . . . Mr. Stampp wants to show... Read more >
Slave and Citizen
The Classic Comparative Study of Race Relations in the Americas
Written by Frank Tannenbaum
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: February 10, 1992
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0913-0 (0-8070-0913-X)
Originally published in 1947, Slave and Citizen is a classic in the field of comparative slave history and race relations.
“A significant historiographic milestone in the study of American slave systems. It has been a point of departure for most studies done on slavery and race relations since World War II.’ -Franklin... Read more >
The Classic Comparative Study of Race Relations in the Americas
Written by Frank Tannenbaum
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: February 10, 1992
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0913-0 (0-8070-0913-X)
Originally published in 1947, Slave and Citizen is a classic in the field of comparative slave history and race relations.
“A significant historiographic milestone in the study of American slave systems. It has been a point of departure for most studies done on slavery and race relations since World War II.’ -Franklin... Read more >
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IndiVisible
African-Native American Lives in the Americas
Edited by Gabrielle Tayac
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: October 26, 2009
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-271-3 (1-58834-271-9)
Throughout American history, people of combined African and Native American descent have often struggled for acceptance, not only from dominant cultures but also from their own communities. In this collection of twenty-seven groundbreaking essays, authors from across the Americas explore the complex personal histories and contemporary lives of people with a... Read more >
African-Native American Lives in the Americas
Edited by Gabrielle Tayac
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: October 26, 2009
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-271-3 (1-58834-271-9)
Throughout American history, people of combined African and Native American descent have often struggled for acceptance, not only from dominant cultures but also from their own communities. In this collection of twenty-seven groundbreaking essays, authors from across the Americas explore the complex personal histories and contemporary lives of people with a... Read more >
Bloods
Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History
Written by Wallace Terry
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Presidio Press
On Sale: July 12, 1985
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-31197-9 (0-345-31197-3)
This is Terry's acclaimed chronicle of the unique experience of African American soldiers fighting in Indochina.
"An invaluable addition to the expanding legion of histories about the Vietnam War...a graphically illuminating but disquieting collection of 20 personal accounts reflecting the black military experience in Vietnam...Through their recollections of war, we see America's... Read more >
Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History
Written by Wallace Terry
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Presidio Press
On Sale: July 12, 1985
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-31197-9 (0-345-31197-3)
This is Terry's acclaimed chronicle of the unique experience of African American soldiers fighting in Indochina.
"An invaluable addition to the expanding legion of histories about the Vietnam War...a graphically illuminating but disquieting collection of 20 personal accounts reflecting the black military experience in Vietnam...Through their recollections of war, we see America's... Read more >
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Captive Passage
The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas
Edited by The Mariners Museum
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: April 17, 2002
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-017-7 (1-58834-017-1)
This important book considers a number of different aspects of the slave trade: its social and economic basis, why many African leaders facilitated the slave trade, and how enslaved African Americans forged their own cultures and forever changed the Americas. The physical, social, and enduring emotional meaning of the Middle Passage... Read more >
The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas
Edited by The Mariners Museum
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: April 17, 2002
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-017-7 (1-58834-017-1)
This important book considers a number of different aspects of the slave trade: its social and economic basis, why many African leaders facilitated the slave trade, and how enslaved African Americans forged their own cultures and forever changed the Americas. The physical, social, and enduring emotional meaning of the Middle Passage... Read more >
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Written by Jeanne Theoharis
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-0-8070-5047-7 (0-8070-5047-4)
The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement.
Presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the quiet seamstress who, with a single act, birthed the modern civil rights movement, Theoharis... Read more >
Written by Jeanne Theoharis
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-0-8070-5047-7 (0-8070-5047-4)
The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement.
Presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the quiet seamstress who, with a single act, birthed the modern civil rights movement, Theoharis... Read more >
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Flash of the Spirit
African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy
Written by Robert Farris Thompson
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 12, 1984
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-394-72369-3 (0-394-72369-4)
This landmark book shows how five African civilizations—Yoruba, Kongo, Ejagham, Mande, and Cross River—have informed and are reflected in aesthetic, social, and metaphysical traditions (music, sculpture, textiles, architecture, religion, idiogrammatic writing) in the United States, the Caribbean, and South America.
“A wonderfully enthusiastic book.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Centuries of racist assumptions... Read more >
African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy
Written by Robert Farris Thompson
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 12, 1984
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-394-72369-3 (0-394-72369-4)
This landmark book shows how five African civilizations—Yoruba, Kongo, Ejagham, Mande, and Cross River—have informed and are reflected in aesthetic, social, and metaphysical traditions (music, sculpture, textiles, architecture, religion, idiogrammatic writing) in the United States, the Caribbean, and South America.
“A wonderfully enthusiastic book.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Centuries of racist assumptions... Read more >
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Death of Innocence
The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
Written by Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: One World/Ballantine
On Sale: December 28, 2004
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7047-0 (0-8129-7047-0)
In Death of Innocence, Mamie Till-Mobley tells the tragic story of her son, Emmett Till -- an innocent, fourteen-year-old African-American boy who was murdered -- and of her subsequent actions which helped to galvanize the civil rights movement, leaving an indelible mark on American racial consciousness.
Mamie Carthan was an ordinary... Read more >
The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
Written by Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: One World/Ballantine
On Sale: December 28, 2004
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7047-0 (0-8129-7047-0)
In Death of Innocence, Mamie Till-Mobley tells the tragic story of her son, Emmett Till -- an innocent, fourteen-year-old African-American boy who was murdered -- and of her subsequent actions which helped to galvanize the civil rights movement, leaving an indelible mark on American racial consciousness.
Mamie Carthan was an ordinary... Read more >
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Satchel
The Life and Times of an American Legend
Written by Larry Tye
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7797-4 (0-8129-7797-1)
A 2009 New York Times Notable Book
A 2009 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
He is that rare American icon who has never been captured in a biography worthy of him. Now, at last, here is the superbly researched, spellbindingly told story of athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary breaker Leroy “Satchel” Paige.
Few reliable records... Read more >
The Life and Times of an American Legend
Written by Larry Tye
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7797-4 (0-8129-7797-1)
A 2009 New York Times Notable Book
A 2009 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
He is that rare American icon who has never been captured in a biography worthy of him. Now, at last, here is the superbly researched, spellbindingly told story of athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary breaker Leroy “Satchel” Paige.
Few reliable records... Read more >
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Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Written by Gayle Wald
Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0985-7 (0-8070-0985-7)
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Pick
Long before “women in rock” became a media catchphrase, African American guitar virtuoso Rosetta Tharpe proved in spectacular fashion that women could rock. Born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, in 1915, Tharpe was gospel’s first superstar and the preeminent crossover figure of its golden age... Read more >
The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Written by Gayle Wald
Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0985-7 (0-8070-0985-7)
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Pick
Long before “women in rock” became a media catchphrase, African American guitar virtuoso Rosetta Tharpe proved in spectacular fashion that women could rock. Born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, in 1915, Tharpe was gospel’s first superstar and the preeminent crossover figure of its golden age... Read more >
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Mississippi
An American Journey
Written by Anthony Walton
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 28, 1997
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77741-0 (0-679-77741-5)
Raised in suburban Illinois in the 60s, a gifted student and athlete, Anthony Walton went on to Notre Dame and Brown, and into a career in journalism--all the while convinced that racism, insofar as it still existed, was on the way out. Covering the racial flash points in New York in the... Read more >
An American Journey
Written by Anthony Walton
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 28, 1997
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77741-0 (0-679-77741-5)
Raised in suburban Illinois in the 60s, a gifted student and athlete, Anthony Walton went on to Notre Dame and Brown, and into a career in journalism--all the while convinced that racism, insofar as it still existed, was on the way out. Covering the racial flash points in New York in the... Read more >
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Jazz
A History of America's Music
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76539-4 (0-679-76539-5)
The companion volume to the ten-part PBS TV series by the team responsible for The Civil War and Baseball.
Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed works, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns vividly bring to life the story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century... Read more >
A History of America's Music
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76539-4 (0-679-76539-5)
The companion volume to the ten-part PBS TV series by the team responsible for The Civil War and Baseball.
Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed works, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns vividly bring to life the story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century... Read more >
Jazz
A History of America's Music
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 7, 2000
Price: $80.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-44551-7 (0-679-44551-X)
Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century New Orleans but played from the beginning by musicians of every color, jazz celebrates all Americans at their best. Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music.
Louis Armstrong, the fatherless waif whose unrivaled genius helped turn jazz into... Read more >
A History of America's Music
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 7, 2000
Price: $80.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-44551-7 (0-679-44551-X)
Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century New Orleans but played from the beginning by musicians of every color, jazz celebrates all Americans at their best. Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music.
Louis Armstrong, the fatherless waif whose unrivaled genius helped turn jazz into... Read more >
