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  • Recovering Five Generations Hence

    The Life and Writing of Lillian Jones Horace

    Series Book 120 - Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University
    Born in the 1880s in Jefferson, Texas, Lillian B. Jones Horace grew up in Fort Worth and dreamed of being a college-educated teacher, a goal she achieved. But life was hard for her and other blacks living and working in the Jim Crow South. Her struggles convinced her that education, particularly that involving the printed word, was the key to black liberation.In 1916, before Marcus Garvey gained ... Read more

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  • The Souls of White Folk

    African American Writers Theorize Whiteness

    Series series Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies
    The Souls of White Folk: African American Writers Theorize Whiteness is the first study to consider the substantial body of African American writing that critiques whiteness as social construction and racial identity. Arguing against the prevailing approach to these texts that says African American writers retreated from issues of "race" when they wrote about whiteness, Veronica T. Watson instead ... Read more

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  • The Souls of White Folk

    African American Writers Theorize Whiteness

    Series series Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies
    The Souls of White Folk: African American Writers Theorize Whiteness is the first study to consider the substantial body of African American writing that critiques whiteness as social construction and racial identity. Arguing against the prevailing approach to these texts that says African American writers retreated from issues of “race” when they wrote about whiteness, Veronica T. Watson instead ... Read more

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  • Roots of a Beating Heart

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    A Rhyme about an Electrical Advertising Sign (Unabridged)

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    Step into the vibrant chaos of early 20th century America with Vachel Lindsay's "A Rhyme About an Electrical Advertising Sign." This electrifying poem pulsates with the frenetic energy of city life. Lindsay's words paint a vivid picture of a dazzling electric sign, its harsh brilliance clashing with the starry night sky. But beneath the surface lies a deeper message. Is this dazzling display a ... Read more

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  • Unveiling Whiteness in the Twenty-First Century

    Global Manifestations, Transdisciplinary Interventions

    Unveiling Whiteness in the Twenty-First Century: Global Manifestations, Transdisciplinary Interventions is a tightly interconnected and richly collaborative book that will advance our understanding of why it is so difficult to re-form and reimagine whiteness in the twenty-first century. Composed after the election of the first black U.S. president, post-global financial crisis, more than a decade ... Read more

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  • The Short Stories of Frank Yerby

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    Frank Yerby’s first novel, The Foxes of Harrow, established him as a writer and launched a forty-nine-year career in which he published thirty-three novels. He also became the first African American writer to sell more than a million copies of his work and to have a book adapted into a movie by a Hollywood studio. He garnered legions of loyal fans of his writing. Yet, few know that Yerby began his ... Read more

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  • The Souls of Black Folk: A Quick Read edition

    Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 6 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 12 minutes"The Souls of Black Folk" is a book written by W.E.B. Du Bois that discusses the history of African Americans and their struggle for equality and justice. Du Bois ... Read more

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    "[A] passionate, compelling, and disturbing argument that the ills of democracy in the United States today arise from the default of its elites." —John Gray, New York Times Book Review (front-page review)In a front-page review in the Washington Post Book World, John Judis wrote: "Political analysts have been poring over exit polls and precinct-level votes to gauge the meaning of last November's ... Read more

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