History & current affairs
På engelsk, emne: african-americans
På engelsk, emne: african-americans
6 b/w photos, 6 b/w illus & 1 chart...
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Reveals how the British Government of the 18th and 19th centuries banished to the end of the earth - Australia - political enemies viewed by authorities with the same alarm as today's 'terrorists': Ja...
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Relates the struggles, pains, and victories of black residents and entertainers during the most racially unjust period in the history of Las Vegas. The author narrates her Aunt Magnolia's life and tim...
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Explains the causes and consequences of "white flight" in Atlanta and elsewhere. Seeking to understand segregationists on their own terms, this book moves past stereotypes to explore the meaning of wh...
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Our Corner of the World is a detailed look at the lives of African American women migrating to Utah from the 1940s to the present. It is a great supplemental text for students in the fields of race, c...
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black & white illustrations...
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In 1964, an Urban League survey ranked Los Angeles as the most desirable city for African Americans to live in. In 1965, the city burst into flames during one of the worst race riots in the nation's h...
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The first book--length study of Cornel West, one of Americaa s foremost public intellectuals. Outlines the main themes of his thought and discusses all of his major works, which span philosophy, pol...
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The first book--length study of Cornel West, one of Americaa s foremost public intellectuals. Outlines the main themes of his thought and discusses all of his major works, which span philosophy, pol...
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Presents an account of Los Angeles' black community in the half century before World War II. This work details African American community life and political activism during the city's transformation f...
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Presents an account of Los Angeles' black community in the half century before World War II. This book details African American community life and political activism during the city's transformation f...
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Los Angeles has attracted intense attention as a 'world city' characterized by multiculturalism and globalization. This work highlights the role African Americans and Japanese Americans played in the ...
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This book examines the evolution of black leadership and politics since the Civil Rights Movement. It looks at the phenomenon of Barack Obama, from his striking emergence as a successful candidate for...
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This book examines the evolution of black leadership and politics since the Civil Rights Movement. It looks at the phenomenon of Barack Obama, from his striking emergence as a successful candidate for...
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Tells the story behind the Nazi saboteurs captured on Long Island in 1942, their betrayal by J Edgar Hoover, and the shameful secret behind the case the established the reputation of the FBI. b/w phot...
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8pp b&w photographs...
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18 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography...
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illustrations...
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Examines the role of African Americans in the largest abolitionist organization in the US, the American Missionary Association, and its precursor, the Union Missionary Society, during the generation b...
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