Trefferliste "African Autobiography" - alle Bücher, CDs und LPs

Shirley Chisholm,

Shirley Chisholm in Her Own Words

"Shirley Chisholm In Her Own Words: Speeches and Writings is a timely, detailed, and inspiring book that helps maintain the intellectual legacy of Shirley Chisholm. The book reveals new dimensions of…

Ashley Walters

Always Winning

FROM THE STAR OF THE PHENOMENAL NETFLIX SHOW, ADOLESCENCE, COMES A POWERFUL MEMOIR, PACKED WITH INSPIRING STORIES AND HARD-EARNED WISDOM FOR LIFE'S MOST CHALLENGING MOMENTS. 'A raw and inspiring testament…

Derrick Barnes, Christian Gregory,

Seven Million Steps

From award-winning creators, Derrick Barnes, Frank Morrison, and Dr. Christian Gregory comes the true story of comedian and activist Dick Gregory's remarkable Food Run of 1976.1 man. 1,011 hours. 3,200 mi…

Adolph L. Reed

The South

The last generation of Americans with a living memory of Jim Crow will soon disappear. They leave behind a collective memory of segregation shaped increasingly by its horrors and heroic defeat but not a n…

Ashley D Farmer

Queen Mother

From an award-winning historian of Black radical politics comes the definitive biography of Queen Mother Audley Moore---mother of modern Black Nationalism and trailblazer in the fight for reparations &quo…

Neneh Cherry

A Thousand Threads

"In A Thousand Threads, Neneh takes readers from the charming old schoolhouse in the woods of Sweden where she grew up, to the village in Sierra Leone that was birthplace of her biological father, to…

Rita Omokha

Resist

"The story of young Black activists at the helm of fighting injustice over the last century, from the 1920s to the Trayvon generation, and how they transformed America and left an indelible mark on h…

Paul Alexander

Bitter Crop

A revelatory look at the tumultuous life of a jazz legend and American cultural icon "A book written as only one artist could view another, with insight and sincere compassion." ---Sandra Cisner…

A'Lelia Bundles

Joy Goddess

"Dubbed the "joy goddess of Harlem's 1920s" by poet Langston Hughes, A'Lelia Walker, daughter of millionaire entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker and the author's great-grandmother and namesake, …

Jaleel White

Growing Up Urkel

An incisive and insightful memoir by one of the most beloved icons of 90s television.

Daria Peoples,

Be the Light

"A biography of the Civil Rights icon, activist, and scholar Angela Davis"--

George E Johnson

Afro Sheen

"You might already be familiar with Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen, but have you heard of the man behind the company that produced these products? In [this book], George Ellis Johnson, the acclaimed self…

Erika J Simpson

This Is Your Mother

"Growing up, Erika Simpson's mother loomed large, almost biblical in her life. A daughter of sharecroppers, middle child of ten, her origin story served as a kind of Genesis. Her departure from home …

Anthony Walton

The End of Respectability

"Author of Mississippi: An American Journey"--Dust jacket.

Jay Ellis

Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?

Jay Ellis, star of HBO's Insecure, tells the story of growing up with an imaginary best friend you will never forget---part Dwayne Wayne from A Different World, part Will Smith from The Fresh Prince of Be…

Kehinde Andrews

Nobody Can Give You Freedom

A "provocative, insightful, and urgent" (Peniel E. Joseph) new examination of Malcolm X that shows how the iconic figure was always dedicated to a global movement for Black liberationMalcolm X i…

Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) (geb. 1934)

Autobiography

Malcolm Jenkins

What Winners Won't Tell You

As a two-time Super Bowl champion, three-time Pro-Bowler, first-round draft pick, and former Jim Thorpe Award recipient, Malcolm Jenkins knows a thing or two about winning.Over the course of his thirteen-…

Sarah Labrie

No One Gets to Fall Apart

"From television writer and producer Sarah LaBrie, comes a poignant memoir about the love and resilience of a mother and daughter in the midst of mental illness"--