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Afro-american Rezumate de cărți

Red Summer
de Cameron McWhirter • 2011
The bloodiest American racial violence did not break Black communities. It organized them.
4.20
500+
Red Summer Rezumat
Red Summer
The bloodiest American racial violence did not break Black communities. It organized them.
de Cameron McWhirter 2011 272 pagini
4.20
500+ evaluări
The Wrath to Come
de Sarah Churchwell • 2022
Thirty million copies of a single novel taught America to love a lie. The lost cause won.
4.22
500+
The Wrath to Come Rezumat
The Wrath to Come
Thirty million copies of a single novel taught America to love a lie. The lost cause won.
de Sarah Churchwell 2022 464 pagini
4.22
500+ evaluări
Stony the Road
de Henry Louis Gates Jr. • 2019
Jim Crow was not a backlash. It was a rebranding of white supremacy, using science and stereotypes.
4.16
4.000+
Stony the Road Rezumat
Stony the Road
Jim Crow was not a backlash. It was a rebranding of white supremacy, using science and stereotypes.
de Henry Louis Gates Jr. 2019 296 pagini
4.16
4.000+ evaluări
The Development Psychology of the Black Child
de Amos N. Wilson • 1978
Black infants outpace white infants on every measure. Then racism becomes neurological.
4.61
89
The Development Psychology of the Black Child Rezumat
The Development Psychology of the Black Child
Black infants outpace white infants on every measure. Then racism becomes neurological.
de Amos N. Wilson 1978 296 pagini
4.61
89 evaluări
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913
de C. Vann Woodward • 1951
After 1877 the South was remade: industrialists allied with the North and made racial exclusion law
4.11
240
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 Rezumat
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913
After 1877 the South was remade: industrialists allied with the North and made racial exclusion law
de C. Vann Woodward 1951 656 pagini
4.11
240 evaluări
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
de Harriet Ann Jacobs • 1861
To keep her children, an enslaved mother hides seven years in a cramped garret.
4.18
58.000+
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Rezumat
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
To keep her children, an enslaved mother hides seven years in a cramped garret.
de Harriet Ann Jacobs 1861 176 pagini
4.18
58.000+ evaluări
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM
de Steven Hahn • 1985
Before Populism, Georgia's yeomen lost their land and independence to merchants, cotton, and debt.
3.78
74
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM Rezumat
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM
Before Populism, Georgia's yeomen lost their land and independence to merchants, cotton, and debt.
de Steven Hahn 1985 373 pagini
3.78
74 evaluări
Racial Innocence
de Tanya Katerí Hernández • 2022
Latinos claim immunity from racism. The evidence on housing, jobs, and violence shows otherwise.
4.32
332
Racial Innocence Rezumat
Racial Innocence
Latinos claim immunity from racism. The evidence on housing, jobs, and violence shows otherwise.
de Tanya Katerí Hernández 2022 208 pagini
4.32
332 evaluări
Freedom’s Dominion
de Jefferson R. Cowie • 2022
One Alabama county's 'freedom' meant the right to dominate. The history and the national fallout.
4.50
500+
Freedom’s Dominion Rezumat
Freedom’s Dominion
One Alabama county's 'freedom' meant the right to dominate. The history and the national fallout.
de Jefferson R. Cowie 2022 512 pagini
4.50
500+ evaluări
Love & Whiskey
de Fawn Weaver • 2024
Jack Daniel's teacher was enslaved. One woman uncovered his story and built a whiskey empire.
3.87
1.000+
Love & Whiskey Rezumat
Love & Whiskey
Jack Daniel's teacher was enslaved. One woman uncovered his story and built a whiskey empire.
de Fawn Weaver 2024 376 pagini
3.87
1.000+ evaluări
Negro President
de Garry Wills • 2003
The math that made Jefferson president: electoral votes from people who could not vote.
3.76
285
Negro President Rezumat
Negro President
The math that made Jefferson president: electoral votes from people who could not vote.
de Garry Wills 2003
3.76
285 evaluări
The Good Lord Bird
de James McBride • 2013
An enslaved boy mistaken for a girl joins John Brown's doomed holy war against slavery.
3.96
38.000+
The Good Lord Bird Rezumat
The Good Lord Bird
An enslaved boy mistaken for a girl joins John Brown's doomed holy war against slavery.
de James McBride 2013 417 pagini
3.96
38.000+ evaluări
This Vast Southern Empire
de Matthew Karp • 2016
Why the slaveholding South pushed for a powerful state: to protect and project slavery worldwide.
4.28
500+
This Vast Southern Empire Rezumat
This Vast Southern Empire
Why the slaveholding South pushed for a powerful state: to protect and project slavery worldwide.
de Matthew Karp 2016 368 pagini
4.28
500+ evaluări
Black Psychology
de Reginald Lanier Jones • 2002
Psychology was made for white people. Its tests, theories, diagnoses all misread Black minds.
4.62
13
Black Psychology Rezumat
Black Psychology
Psychology was made for white people. Its tests, theories, diagnoses all misread Black minds.
de Reginald Lanier Jones 2002 744 pagini
4.62
13 evaluări
The Color of Welfare
de Jill Quadagno • 1994
Racial backlash, not liberal ideals, unraveled the American welfare state, program by program.
4.16
90
The Color of Welfare Rezumat
The Color of Welfare
Racial backlash, not liberal ideals, unraveled the American welfare state, program by program.
de Jill Quadagno 1994 272 pagini
4.16
90 evaluări
A Different Mirror
de Ronald Takaki • 1993
The standard American story is a white invention. The real one includes the people it erased.
4.18
5.000+
A Different Mirror Rezumat
A Different Mirror
The standard American story is a white invention. The real one includes the people it erased.
de Ronald Takaki 1993 508 pagini
4.18
5.000+ evaluări
Klan-destine Relationships
de Daryl Davis • 1997
Alone and unarmed, a Black pianist walks into a KKK motel room. The handshake changes everything.
4.20
168
Klan-destine Relationships Rezumat
Klan-destine Relationships
Alone and unarmed, a Black pianist walks into a KKK motel room. The handshake changes everything.
de Daryl Davis 1997 315 pagini
4.20
168 evaluări
Slavery and the Founders
de Paul Finkelman • 1995
The Constitution was built to protect slavery. The founders' ideals were the alibi, not the plan.
3.85
54
Slavery and the Founders Rezumat
Slavery and the Founders
The Constitution was built to protect slavery. The founders' ideals were the alibi, not the plan.
de Paul Finkelman 1995 272 pagini
3.85
54 evaluări
Slave Country
de Adam Rothman • 2005
The founders thought slavery would die. Their policies built a slave empire from Georgia to Texas.
3.73
169
Slave Country Rezumat
Slave Country
The founders thought slavery would die. Their policies built a slave empire from Georgia to Texas.
de Adam Rothman 2005 312 pagini
3.73
169 evaluări
Home and Away
de Rochelle Alers • 2024
Shut out of sportswriting, a journalist writes her great-grandfather's Negro Leagues story instead.
4.05
389
Home and Away Rezumat
Home and Away
Shut out of sportswriting, a journalist writes her great-grandfather's Negro Leagues story instead.
de Rochelle Alers 2024 368 pagini
4.05
389 evaluări
Paths Out of Dixie
de Robert Mickey • 2015
The Jim Crow South was authoritarian, not democratic. It fell along three distinct paths.
4.36
39
Paths Out of Dixie Rezumat
Paths Out of Dixie
The Jim Crow South was authoritarian, not democratic. It fell along three distinct paths.
de Robert Mickey 2015 584 pagini
4.36
39 evaluări
The Ground Breaking
de Scott Ellsworth • 2021
Tulsa destroyed Black Wall Street in 1921, then spent a century burying the crime.
4.19
1.000+
The Ground Breaking Rezumat
The Ground Breaking
Tulsa destroyed Black Wall Street in 1921, then spent a century burying the crime.
de Scott Ellsworth 2021 323 pagini
4.19
1.000+ evaluări
Negro League Baseball
de Neil Lanctot • 2004
Jackie Robinson's triumph was a death sentence for the Black-owned baseball world that produced him.
3.94
82
Negro League Baseball Rezumat
Negro League Baseball
Jackie Robinson's triumph was a death sentence for the Black-owned baseball world that produced him.
de Neil Lanctot 2004 512 pagini
3.94
82 evaluări
A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877
de Eric Foner • 1990
After the Civil War, America built an interracial democracy, then destroyed it.
4.04
2.000+
A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877 Rezumat
A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877
After the Civil War, America built an interracial democracy, then destroyed it.
de Eric Foner 1990 297 pagini
4.04
2.000+ evaluări
Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)]
de Lawrence W. Levine • 1977
White listeners heard contentment in the spirituals. They missed the coded defiance entirely.
4.21
470
Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)] Rezumat
Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)]
White listeners heard contentment in the spirituals. They missed the coded defiance entirely.
de Lawrence W. Levine 1977
4.21
470 evaluări
The Bloody Shirt
de Stephen Budiansky • 2008
Emancipation was overthrown by a targeted campaign of terror. The nation was too tired to stop it.
3.85
354
The Bloody Shirt Rezumat
The Bloody Shirt
Emancipation was overthrown by a targeted campaign of terror. The nation was too tired to stop it.
de Stephen Budiansky 2008 336 pagini
3.85
354 evaluări
White Supremacy
de George M. Fredrickson • 1981
Same racial logic, different regimes: why America built Jim Crow and South Africa built apartheid.
3.88
113
White Supremacy Rezumat
White Supremacy
Same racial logic, different regimes: why America built Jim Crow and South Africa built apartheid.
de George M. Fredrickson 1981 384 pagini
3.88
113 evaluări
A Nation Without Borders
de Steven Hahn • 2016
The United States was an empire before it was a nation. Slavery, rebellion, and conquest built it.
4.00
332
A Nation Without Borders Rezumat
A Nation Without Borders
The United States was an empire before it was a nation. Slavery, rebellion, and conquest built it.
de Steven Hahn 2016 608 pagini
4.00
332 evaluări
Black Power
de Stokely Carmichael • 1967
Racism isn't prejudice. It's a colonial system, and the only cure is politics by the colonized.
4.37
2.000+
Black Power Rezumat
Black Power
Racism isn't prejudice. It's a colonial system, and the only cure is politics by the colonized.
de Stokely Carmichael 1967 256 pagini
4.37
2.000+ evaluări
The Promised Land
de Nicholas Lemann • 1991
The mechanical cotton picker displaced millions, and the cities they fled to were never the same.
4.24
500+
The Promised Land Rezumat
The Promised Land
The mechanical cotton picker displaced millions, and the cities they fled to were never the same.
de Nicholas Lemann 1991 416 pagini
4.24
500+ evaluări
A Nation Under Our Feet
de Steven Hahn • 2003
Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.
4.11
500+
A Nation Under Our Feet Rezumat
A Nation Under Our Feet
Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.
de Steven Hahn 2003 624 pagini
4.11
500+ evaluări
The Common Cause
de Robert G. Parkinson • 2016
Racial fear united the colonies. The propaganda outlasted the war to define American citizenship.
4.10
49
The Common Cause Rezumat
The Common Cause
Racial fear united the colonies. The propaganda outlasted the war to define American citizenship.
de Robert G. Parkinson 2016 742 pagini
4.10
49 evaluări
Slave Nation
de Alfred W. Blumrosen • 2005
The American Revolution was not about taxes. It began when a British judge ruled slavery illegal.
4.02
113
Slave Nation Rezumat
Slave Nation
The American Revolution was not about taxes. It began when a British judge ruled slavery illegal.
de Alfred W. Blumrosen 2005 304 pagini
4.02
113 evaluări
The Black Imagination
de Sandra Jackson • 2010
Science fiction erased Black futures. This collection recovers them from 1887 to Wakanda and beyond.
4.33
12
The Black Imagination Rezumat
The Black Imagination
Science fiction erased Black futures. This collection recovers them from 1887 to Wakanda and beyond.
de Sandra Jackson 2010 237 pagini
4.33
12 evaluări
Inharmonious
de Tammye Huf • 2025
A Black soldier passes as white while his sister builds the home America denies them.
4.41
500+
Inharmonious Rezumat
Inharmonious
A Black soldier passes as white while his sister builds the home America denies them.
de Tammye Huf 2025 360 pagini
4.41
500+ evaluări
Algorithms of Oppression
de Safiya Umoja Noble • 2018
The search results you trust are shaped by profit, not truth, and they quietly reinforce racism.
3.89
3.000+
Algorithms of Oppression Rezumat
Algorithms of Oppression
The search results you trust are shaped by profit, not truth, and they quietly reinforce racism.
de Safiya Umoja Noble 2018 248 pagini
3.89
3.000+ evaluări
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
de Gerald Horne • 2018
Slavery, white supremacy, and capitalism: fused in the 1600s, they still power the modern world.
4.26
189
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism Rezumat
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
Slavery, white supremacy, and capitalism: fused in the 1600s, they still power the modern world.
de Gerald Horne 2018 280 pagini
4.26
189 evaluări
Racial Realignment
de Eric Schickler • 2016
Labor unions and state parties, not presidents, drove the Democratic turn toward civil rights.
4.24
46
Racial Realignment Rezumat
Racial Realignment
Labor unions and state parties, not presidents, drove the Democratic turn toward civil rights.
de Eric Schickler 2016 384 pagini
4.24
46 evaluări
Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up
de Charish Reid • 2023
A struggling adjunct takes a bar job, not knowing her grumpy boss will be her student.
3.91
3.000+
Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up Rezumat
Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up
A struggling adjunct takes a bar job, not knowing her grumpy boss will be her student.
de Charish Reid 2023 320 pagini
3.91
3.000+ evaluări
Separate and Unequal
de Steven M. Gillon • 2018
LBJ's riot commission was a stalling tactic. It blamed the nation, and he buried it.
3.97
95
Separate and Unequal Rezumat
Separate and Unequal
LBJ's riot commission was a stalling tactic. It blamed the nation, and he buried it.
de Steven M. Gillon 2018 400 pagini
3.97
95 evaluări
Cry Like a Man
de Jason Wilson • 2019
Real men don't cry. He believed the lie until faith and trauma forced him to break.
4.16
1.000+
Cry Like a Man Rezumat
Cry Like a Man
Real men don't cry. He believed the lie until faith and trauma forced him to break.
de Jason Wilson 2019 224 pagini
4.16
1.000+ evaluări
Workers on Arrival
de Joe William Trotter Jr. • 2019
America was built on Black labor, then spent four centuries finding new ways to steal it.
4.20
41
Workers on Arrival Rezumat
Workers on Arrival
America was built on Black labor, then spent four centuries finding new ways to steal it.
de Joe William Trotter Jr. 2019 328 pagini
4.20
41 evaluări
Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion
de Herbert Aptheker • 1966
A solar eclipse, a prophet's vision, and 40 hours that forced the South to defend slavery openly.
3.55
64
Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion Rezumat
Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion
A solar eclipse, a prophet's vision, and 40 hours that forced the South to defend slavery openly.
de Herbert Aptheker 1966 176 pagini
3.55
64 evaluări
Southern Nation
de David A. Bateman • 2018
After Reconstruction, the white South ran Congress and built white supremacy into American law.
3.38
13
Southern Nation Rezumat
Southern Nation
After Reconstruction, the white South ran Congress and built white supremacy into American law.
de David A. Bateman 2018 488 pagini
3.38
13 evaluări
Last Night in Brooklyn
de Xóchitl González • 2026
A woman caught between old Brooklyn and new follows a fashion designer's IPO into glamour and ruin.
3.65
4.000+
Last Night in Brooklyn Rezumat
Last Night in Brooklyn
A woman caught between old Brooklyn and new follows a fashion designer's IPO into glamour and ruin.
de Xóchitl González 2026 256 pagini
3.65
4.000+ evaluări
Sacred Woman
de Queen Afua • 2000
Your womb stores every wound. Ancient African practices to release pain and reclaim your power.
4.29
1.000+
Sacred Woman Rezumat
Sacred Woman
Your womb stores every wound. Ancient African practices to release pain and reclaim your power.
de Queen Afua 2000 496 pagini
4.29
1.000+ evaluări
Southern Politics In State and Nation
de V.O. Key Jr. • 1949
One party masks a hundred factions; the only unity is Black voter suppression.
4.32
100
Southern Politics In State and Nation Rezumat
Southern Politics In State and Nation
One party masks a hundred factions; the only unity is Black voter suppression.
de V.O. Key Jr. 1949 752 pagini
4.32
100 evaluări
The Neighbor Favor
de Kristina Forest • 2023
The author who ghosted her is now her neighbor, coaching her in love.
3.83
36.000+
The Neighbor Favor Rezumat
The Neighbor Favor
The author who ghosted her is now her neighbor, coaching her in love.
de Kristina Forest 2023 416 pagini
3.83
36.000+ evaluări
Uneasy Alliances
de Paul Frymer • 1999
The two-party system sidelines race by design, taking its most loyal voters for granted.
3.85
33
Uneasy Alliances Rezumat
Uneasy Alliances
The two-party system sidelines race by design, taking its most loyal voters for granted.
de Paul Frymer 1999 224 pagini
3.85
33 evaluări
The Black Messiah
de Albert B. Cleage Jr. • 1989
Jesus was a Black revolutionary. Paul built a slave religion on his grave.
4.35
17
The Black Messiah Rezumat
The Black Messiah
Jesus was a Black revolutionary. Paul built a slave religion on his grave.
de Albert B. Cleage Jr. 1989 278 pagini
4.35
17 evaluări
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