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  • The Norton Anthology of African American Literature

    A comprehensive collection of African-American literature features more than 120 writers with works covering more than two hundred years and encompassing the genres of fiction, poetry, short stories, drama, autobiography, journals, and letters.
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    • ASIN: 0393040011
    • ASIN: 0393040011
    • ISBN: 0393040011
    • Manufacturer: W W Norton & Co Inc

  • A Boss Gave Me the Best Love 3

    Supreme has finally come head to head with his past, and he has no plans to back down or lose the war that has ensued. Will he finally get rid of the one person who is singlehandedly ruining his relationship, or will he be the one to take the fall?Sova has finally found the man of her dreams, and she refuses to allow anyone to get in their way. However, when that one person happens to be whom Supreme cherishes most, will Sova be able to hold on to her happily ever after?Mink has gone his entire life without allowing love to sneak up on him until he met Oma. When his old ways put her life on the line, he’s forced to do the same with his heart in order to win her back. Can he change his ways and become the man he needs to be for her, or will he succumb to his old habits?Savior knew that Ka... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: B07TLVVLC5
    • ASIN: B07TLVVLC5
    • Manufacturer: Leo Sullivan Presents

  • Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires

    “By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history.”—Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times Bestselling author of Hidden FiguresBetween the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of industrious, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success.Mary Ellen Pleasant, used her Gold Rush wealth to further the cause of abolitionist John Brown. Robert Reed Church, became the largest landowner in Tennessee. Hannah Elias, the mistress of a New York City millionaire, used the land her lover gave her to build an empire in Harlem. O... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 0062437607
    • ASIN: 0062437607
    • ISBN: 0062437607
    • Manufacturer: Amistad

  • The 100 Best African American Poems

    Hear voices contemporary and classic as selected by New York Times bestselling author Nikki Giovanni Award-winning poet and writer Nikki Giovanni takes on the impossible task of selecting the 100 best African American works from classic and contemporary poets. Out of necessity, Giovanni admits she cheats a little, selecting a larger, less round number. The result is this startlingly vibrant collection that spans from historic to modern, from structured to freeform, and reflects the rich roots and visionary future of African American verse. These magnetic poems are an exciting mix of most-loved classics and daring new writing. From Gwendolyn Brooks and Langston Hughes to Tupac Shakur, Natasha Trethewey, and many others, the voice of a culture comes through in this collection, one that is as... [Read More]
    Best African American Literature

    • ASIN: 1402221118
    • UPC: 760789225604
    • ASIN: 1402221118
    • ISBN: 9781402221118
    • Brand: Sourcebooks Mediafusion
    • Manufacturer: Sourcebooks MediaFusion

  • Official Guide to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

    This fully illustrated guide to the Smithsonian's newest museum takes visitors on a journey through the richness and diversity of African American culture and the history of a people whose struggles, aspirations, and achievements have shaped the nation. Opened in September 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture welcomes all visitors who seek to understand, remember, and celebrate this history. The guidebook provides a comprehensive tour of the museum, including its magnificent building and grounds and eleven permanent exhibition galleries dedicated to themes of history, community, and culture. Highlights from the museum's collection of artifacts and works of art are presented in full-color photographs, accompanied by evocative stories and voices that illuminate t... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 1588345939
    • ASIN: 1588345939
    • ISBN: 1588345939
    • Manufacturer: Smithsonian Books

  • The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (Third Edition) (Vol. 1)

    An exciting revision of the best-selling anthology for African American literary survey courses. The much-anticipated Third Edition brings together the work of 140 writers from 1746 to the present writing in all genres, as well as performers of vernacular forms―from spirituals and sermons to jazz and hip hop. Fresh scholarship, new visuals and media, and new selections―with an emphasis on contemporary writers―combine to make The Norton Anthology of African American Literature an even better teaching tool for instructors and an unmatched value for students.
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    • ASIN: 039392369X
    • ASIN: 039392369X
    • ISBN: 039392369X
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

  • Black American Short Stories: A Century of the Best (American Century Series)

    The success of John Henrik Clarke's American Negro Short Stories, first published in 1966, affirmed the vitality and importance of black fiction. Now this expanded edition of that best-selling book, with a new title, offers the reader thirty-one stories included in the original―from Charles W. Chesnutt and Paul Laurence Dunbar in the late nineteenth century to the rich and productive work of the Harlem Renaissance: writers like Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Richard Wright; the World War II accomplishments of Chester Himes, Frank Yerby, and many others; and the later fiction of James Baldwin, Paule Marshall, and LeRoi Jones (Imamu Amiri Baraka). Seven additional contributions round out a century of great stories with the work of Maya Angelou, Toni Cade Bambara, Eugenia Collier,... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 0374523541
    • ASIN: 0374523541
    • ISBN: 0374523541
    • Brand: Hill and Wang
    • Manufacturer: Hill and Wang

  • Man Down

    Keemie was the villain with a shrewd attitude. No one ever understood him and he preferred it that way. He had been different from birth with the knowledge of ten men, and with his unique qualities, he had piqued the interest of a well-known businessman. With an invitation into another realm, Keemie falls head first into a world that is dangerous but compelling at the same time. He knows this new lifestyle could potentially lead to disaster but he’s in way too deep with no interest of escaping.Pebbles craved normalcy but life had offered her everything but that. She had been placed in a strange situation during her childhood that one would consider a nightmare. Pebbles fought her way out of adversity, and attempted to live an average way of life. But her past has surfaced, prompting her ... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: B07WHLCRY6
    • ASIN: B07WHLCRY6
    • Manufacturer: It's Timeless Publications

  • The Norton Anthology of African American Literature

    Welcomed on publication as "brilliant, definitive, and a joy to teach from," The Norton Anthology of African American Literature was adopted at more than 1,275 colleges and universities worldwide. Now, the new Second Edition offers these highlights.
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    • ASIN: 0393977781
    • ASIN: 0393977781
    • ISBN: 0393977781
    • Brand: W.W. Norton & Co
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

  • An African American Cookbook, Revised and Updated: Traditional and Other Favorite Recipes

    An African American Cookbook: Traditional and Other Favorite Recipes is a bountiful collection of favorite foods and the memories that go with them. The traditional foods reflect the ingenious, resourceful, and imaginative Africans who made them. Woven among the four hundred recipes are rich historic anecdotes and sayings. They were discovered or lived by the cookbook’s contributors, many of whose ancestors participated in the Underground Railroad or lived near where it was active. This is a cookbook rich in history and rich in easy-to-prepare, wonderfully tasty food! Recipes include:• Collard greens with ham hocks• Cornbread sausage stuffing• Smoked turkey and black-eyed pees• Pan-fried okra• Fried green tomatoes• 14-day sweet pickles• Yogurt and chives biscuits• Sweet potato pi... [Read More]
    Best African American Literature

    • ASIN: 1680990543
    • ASIN: 1680990543
    • ISBN: 1680990543
    • Brand: Good Books
    • Manufacturer: Good Books

  • The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, Volume 1

    An exciting revision of the best-selling anthology for African American literary survey courses.
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    The much-anticipated Third Edition brings together the work of 140 writers from 1746 to the present writing in all genres, as well as performers of vernacular forms from spirituals and sermons to jazz and hip hop. Fresh scholarship, new visuals and media, and new selections with an emphasis on contemporary writers combine to make The Norton Anthology of African American Literature an even better teaching tool for instructors and an unmatched value for

    • UPC: 26791287
    • Rating: 3.0

  • 100 Best African American Poems, The

    Award-winning poet and writer Giovanni takes on the difficult task of selecting the 100 best African-American works from classic and contemporary
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    The 100 Best African American Poems

    • UPC: 12337656
    • Rating: 4.0

  • The Annotated African American Folktales

    These nearly 150 African American folktales animate our past and reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American
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    Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other volume. Following in the tradition of such classics as Arthur Huff Fauset's "Negro Folk Tales from the South" (1927), Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and Men (1935), and Virginia Hamilton's The People Could Fly (1985), acclaimed scholars Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar assemble a groundbreaking collection of folktales, myths, and legends that revitalizes a vibrant African American past to produce the most comprehensive and ambitious collection of African

    • UPC: 56045525

  • The Signifying Monkey : A Theory of African American Literary Criticism

    "First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1989"--Title page verso.
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    Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as "eclectic, exciting, convincing, provocative" and in The Washington Post Book World as "brilliantly original," Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s The Signifying Monkey is a groundbreaking work that illuminates the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature. It elaborates a new critical approach located within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Examining the ancient poetry and myths found in African, Latin American, and Caribbean culture, Gates uncovers a unique system for interpretation and a powerful vernacular tradition that black slaves brought with them to

    • UPC: 9910333

  • Wines in the Wilderness : Plays by African American Women from the Harlem Renaissance to the Present

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    For those whose familiarity with black women playwrights is limited to the works of Lorraine Hansberry and Ntozake Shange, this collection of 15 plays written between 1925 and 1985 by eight authors will be a revelation. They express a passionate longing for social justice and for a stable, nurturing relationship between black men and women. Introductions for each author provide biographical information and critical analyses. A useful bibliography of plays and secondary sources is also included. This anthology helps to fill a serious gap in the standard histories of American drama. Library JournalWines in the Wilderness brings together thirteen plays

    • UPC: 52840460

  • 5 African American Classics (Literature)

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    African American Books You Should Read!

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    TOP 20 FAVORITE BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS IN 2018

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