African History – Bücher, CDs, DVDs und mehr, Seite 8

César Brioso

Havana Hardball

1947 Cuba, where the most memorable season in the history of the Cuban League coincided with Jackie Robinson's spring training on the island before he made his major-league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers

Brian Kwoba

Hubert Harrison

"The significance of Hubert Henry Harrison (1883-1927) -as a journalist, activist, and educator- lies in his innovation of radical solutions to grave injustices, especially the staggering luxury for …

Teresa Zackodnik

Great Thinkers and Doers

A corrective history of the essential role that Black women played in the early Black press.In Great Thinkers and Doers, Teresa Zackodnik looks at the vital--and largely overlooked--role of Black women re…

Korey Garibaldi

Impermanent Blackness

Revisiting an almost-forgotten American interracial literary culture that advanced racial pluralism in the decades before the 1960sIn Impermanent Blackness , Korey Garibaldi explores interracial collabora…

Barnaby Phillips

The African Kingdom of Gold

Empire. Plunder. Resistance.The forgotten history of Britain and the Asante gold.'A fascinating and timely book... brilliant.' William Boyd on LootKumasi, the Asante capital, burns. British soldiers prowl…

A'Lelia Bundles

Joy Goddess

"Raucously immersive...An intimate portrait of Black opulence in the early 20th century." ---Oprah DailyA "scintillating, vibrant" ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) and deeply rese…

Ousseynou Wade, Célestin Koffi Yao,

More Than Meets the Eye

Discover a century of African art, from its emergence to today's global success, driven by an ancestral vision and modern expression.The Swiss family-owned banking group CBH Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique …

David Greenberg

John Lewis

New York Times Book ReviewTop 100 Books of 2024Explore the "comprehensive and compelling" (Jon Meacham) biography of civil rights leader John Lewis, celebrated as "the conscience of Congres…

We Rode the Rhythms as One

We Rode the Rhythms as One offers readers an immersive journey into the life and legacy of one of America's most unorthodox and inspiring poets. More than just a literary analysis, this book captures the …

Kim Chandler Vaccaro

Mura Dehn

This book tells the relatively unknown story of Mura Dehn (1902- 1987) a white, Jewish dancer from Russia, once deemed among the most beautiful classical dancers in Europe, who emigrated to the United Sta…

Kim Chandler Vaccaro

Mura Dehn

This book tells the relatively unknown story of Mura Dehn (1902- 1987) a white, Jewish dancer from Russia, once deemed among the most beautiful classical dancers in Europe, who emigrated to the United Sta…

Marlee S Bunch

Unlearning the Hush

Listening to Black women share their life experiences as educatorsDespite significant challenges and historical opposition, Black female teachers stood at the forefront of advocating for and providing edu…

Ma Carmen África Vidal Claramonte

Translating His-Stories

Following Hayden White and the critical historiography of the 1960s, the idea underlying this Element is that a historical text is a translation of past events. This implies that retelling stories can var…

History Of American Fol

World Without End

Geboren in Sklaverei wurde der George Washington Carver zu einem der angesehendsten Agrar-Wissenschaftler seiner Zeit Die interdisziplinäre Publikation zeigt seine Errungenschaften und bedeutenden Beiträg…

Race and Resistance in Boston

Race and Resistance in Boston reconstructs the history of Black sport in Boston, from amateur to professional, reimagining the crucial role it played in shaping the city's racial identity.

Morris MacGregor

The Emergence of a Black Catholic Community

Since the early days of the Republic, Washington has nurtured an increasingly prosperous and articulate community of black Catholics. For much of that time the spiritual welfare of these citizens as well …

Eisa Davis

The Essentialisn't

Can you be Black and not perform?This is the question of The Essentialisn't, a conceptual art installation with award-winning writer and performer Eisa Davis singing for her life in a tank of water, or at…

Ma Carmen África Vidal Claramonte

Translating His-Stories

Following Hayden White and the critical historiography of the 1960s, the idea underlying this Element is that a historical text is a translation of past events. This implies that retelling stories can var…