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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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Understanding James Baldwin
An analysis of the ground-breaking author's vision and thematic concernsThe Harlem-born son of a storefront preacher, JamesBaldwin died almost thirty years ago, but his spirit lives on…
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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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Descended
A mysterious name initiates a journey to discover one family's past, and reveals more than was expected It began with a name. Sancho. Gleaned from the memory of his oldest living relat…
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The Slow Undoing
A study of how South Carolina's federal district courts were central to achieving and solidifying gains during the civil rights movementAs the first comprehensive study of one state's…
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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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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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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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Understanding James Baldwin
An analysis of the ground-breaking author's vision and thematic concernsThe Harlem-born son of a storefront preacher, JamesBaldwin died almost thirty years ago, but his spirit lives on…
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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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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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