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"The companion book to Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s PBS series, And Still I Rise--a timeline and chronicle of the past fifty years of black history in the U.S. in more than 350 photos" -- provided by publisher. "Beginning with the assassination of Malcolm X in February 1965, And Still I Rise: From Black Power to the White House explores the last half-century of the African American experience. More than fifty years after the passage of the Civil Rights...

Provides a satirical look at race relations based on the interactions between black and white people.

Explores the history of the "black lives matter" movement, beginning with the Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Freddy Grey cases, the riots in Ferguson and Baltimore, and the activist messages passed around on Twitter. Explores the movement in the context of the history of the civil rights movement and the work of men like Martin Luther King, Jr.

Examines contemporary African American life, drawing on interviews, expert opinions, and research. Demonstrates how the current generation resists identification with the traditional black community and how young black persons define themselves in more diverse ways by personal interests, lifestyles, and points of view.

Describes life for African Americans after slavery ended. Discusses sharecropping, Jim Crow laws, racism, the Great Migration north, the Harlem Renaissance, and the civil rights movement. Includes a glossary, photographs, and a writing activity.

A collection of essays that blend the personal and the social, from the celebrated literary critic and novelist In these twenty-five essays, Darryl Pinckney has given us a view of our recent racial history that blends the social and the personal and wonders how we arrived at our current moment. Pinckney reminds us that ?white supremacy isnt back; it never went away.? It is this impulse to see historically that is at the core of Busted in New York...

"An irresistibly accessible yet startlingly bold book of short stories and a novella, inspired by Black lives in America and featuring the gripping eponymous work "My Monticello.""-- Provided by publisher. Johnson's characters traverse Virginia's landscapes, still stained by some of America's most heinous acts, in pursuit of a place to call home. In each story, she reveals intimate moments within the nation's multitudes, featuring unforgettable characters...

A look at the broad and long-lasting efforts by white Minnesotans to exclude African Americans from enjoying fundamental rights and opportunities in order to privilege certain citizens over others. "Minnesota is a paradox. Widely seen as a progressive stronghold of the Midwest, the state also has some of the greatest racial disparities in the nation. Those disparities have their roots in Minnesota's earliest days as a territory and in the decades...

Jam Donaldson, the creator of the web site hotghettomess.com, discusses current issues facing the black community.

Briefly examines the origins and history of the Great Migration of African Americans from southern to northern states between the years 1916 and 1970, a period characterized by harsh segregation laws and unequal rights for African Americans that slowly were overcome. Includes a timeline and glossary.