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African American Studies



link to catalog page WEAVER, Medical Revolutionaries

Medical Revolutionaries

The Enslaved Healers of Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue

Author: Karol K. Weaver
Pub Date: September 2006

How slave healers inspired the Haitian Revolution, toppled the slave system in Saint Domingue, and led to the loss of France’s most productive New World colony   learn more...

link to catalog page STEPHENS, The Plays of Georgia Douglas Johnson

The Plays of Georgia Douglas Johnson

From the New Negro Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement

Author: Edited and with an Introduction by Judith L. Stephens
Pub Date: March 2006

Recovering the stage work of one of America's finest black female writers   learn more...

link to catalog page YOUNG, Race and the Foundations of Knowledge

Race and the Foundations of Knowledge

Cultural Amnesia in the Academy

Author: Edited by Joseph Young and Jana Evans Braziel
Pub Date: June 2006

The hidden impact of race on modern ideals   learn more...

link to catalog page STROMQUIST, Reinventing “The People”

Reinventing “The People”

The Progressive Movement, the Class Problem, and the Origins of Modern Liberalism

Author: Shelton Stromquist
Pub Date: January 2006

On the Progressive myth of a classless society   learn more...

link to catalog page PFEIFER, Rough Justice

Rough Justice

Lynching and American Society, 1874-1947

Author: Michael J. Pfeifer
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2006

The history of lynching’s transformation from collective, popular violence to state-sanctioned, sanitized execution   learn more...

link to catalog page SALVATORE, Singing in a Strange Land

Singing in a Strange Land

C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America

Author: Nick Salvatore
Pub Date: 2006

The remarkable biography of a magnetic leader, a very human man, and the father of “the Queen of Soul”   learn more...

link to catalog page WILLIAMS, The Social Sciences and Theories of Race Author: Vernon J. Williams Jr.
Pub Date: August 2006

The secret battles over the values influencing social sciences   learn more...

link to catalog page DONOVAN, White Slave Crusades

White Slave Crusades

Race, Gender, and Anti-vice Activism, 1887-1917

Author: Brian Donovan
Pub Date: December 2006

Forced prostitution, moralism, and the narratives of prejudice   learn more...

link to catalog page KLEINBERG, Widows and Orphans First

Widows and Orphans First

The Family Economy and Social Welfare Policy, 1880-1939

Author: S. J. Kleinberg
Pub Date: December 2006

The impact of surprisingly varied local attitudes towards widows and their children   learn more...

link to catalog page JELKS, African Americans in the Furniture City

African Americans in the Furniture City

The Struggle for Civil Rights in Grand Rapids

Author: Randal Maurice Jelks
Pub Date: March 2005

The formation of a northern African American community and its struggle for civil rights   learn more...

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