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Stories of Struggle
In this pioneering study of the long and arduous struggle for civil rights in South Carolina, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson details the lynchings, beatings, bombings, cross burning…
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Gullah Spirit
A celebration of the life and culture of the Gullah people of the South Carolina Lowcountry in 179 new paintingsJonathan Green is best known for his vibrant depictions of the Gullah li…
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They Stole Him Out of Jail
The most comprehensive account of the horrific lynching of Willie EarleBefore daybreak on February 17, 1947, twenty-four-year-old Willie Earle, an African American man arrested for the…
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Children's Biographies of African American Women
A study of how rhetoric has shaped the life stories of African American role models in children's literatureIn Children's Biographies of African American Women: Rhetoric, Public Memory…
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A Place to Worship
A chronicle of the historically rich spiritual gatherings so vital to rural African American lifeCamp meetings—also called revivals—originated with circuit-riding Methodist preachers w…
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South Carolina State University
The turbulent history of one of South Carolina's historically black colleges and its significant role in the civil rights movementSince its founding in 1896, South Carolina State Unive…
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Claiming Freedom
An exploration of the political and social experiences of African Americans in transition from enslaved to citizenClaiming Freedom is a noteworthy and dynamic analysis of the transitio…
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The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls
The true story of an enslaved African American man who escaped to freedom and became a military and political leaderRobert Smalls, born a slave in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, gai…
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The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, Volume 4
The mid-twentieth-century writings of a pioneering voice for social justiceThe Papers of Howard Washington Thurman is a multivolume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanni…
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The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, Volume 5
The twentieth-century writings of a pioneering voice for social justiceThe Papers of Howard Washington Thurman is a five-volume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanning t…
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The Grim Years
A striking account of South Carolina's tumultuous beginningsThe Grim Years: Settling South Carolina, 1670-1720 is a graphic account of South Carolina's tumultuous beginnings, when cala…
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Howard Thurman
Although he is best known as a mentor to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Howard Thurman (1900-1981) was an exceptional philosopher and public intellectual in his own right. In Howard Thu…
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White Lawyer, Black Power
Inspired by a colleague's involvement in the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, Wall Street attorney Donald A. Jelinek traveled to the Deep South to volunteer as a civil rights lawyer during…
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Crossings and Encounters
A collection of essays detailing how individuals remapped race, gender, and sexuality through their lived experiences and in the cultural imaginationFor centuries the Atlantic world ha…
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A True Likeness
Extraordinary photos that reveal the social, economic, and cultural realities of the Black SouthA True Likeness showcases the extraordinary photography of Richard Samuel Roberts (1880-…
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Understanding Randall Kenan
The first book-length study of the life and writings of the critically acclaimed Southern writerRandall Kenan is an American author best known for his novel A Visitation of Spirits and…
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The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, Volume 5
The twentieth-century writings of a pioneering voice for social justiceThe Papers of Howard Washington Thurman is a five-volume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanning t…
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They Stole Him Out of Jail
The most comprehensive account of the horrific lynching of Willie EarleBefore daybreak on February 17, 1947, twenty-four-year-old Willie Earle, an African American man arrested for the…
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Children's Biographies of African American Women
A study of how rhetoric has shaped the life stories of African American role models in children's literatureIn Children's Biographies of African American Women: Rhetoric, Public Memory…
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Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery
Prior to the abolition of slavery, thousands of African-descended people in the Americas lived in freedom. Their efforts to navigate daily life and negotiate the boundaries of racial differenc…
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