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English
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"Alvin Hall set out to revisit the world of the Green Book to instruct us all on the real history of the guide that saved many lives. With his friend Janée Woods Weber, he drove from New York to Detroit to New Orleans, visiting motels, restaurants, shops, and stores where Black Americans once found a friendly welcome. They explored historical and cultural landmarks, from the theatres and clubs where stars like Duke Ellington and Lena Horne performed...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xix, 447 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A stunning history of the first national anti-terrorist campaign waged on American soil-when Ulysses S. Grant wielded the power of the federal government in an attempt to dismantle the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan, which celebrated historian Fergus Bordewich defines as "the first organized terrorist movement in American history," rose from the ashes of the Civil War. At its peak in the early 1870s, the Klan boasted many tens of thousands of members,...
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xv, 335 pages : illustrations and maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Populism has become a global movement associated with nationalism and strong-man politicians, but its root causes remain elusive. Mud, Blood, and Ghosts exposes one deep root in the soil of the American Great Plains. Julie Carr traces her own family's history through archival documents to draw connections between U.S. agrarian populism, spiritualism, and eugenics, helping readers to understand populism's tendency toward racism and exclusion. Carr...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xv, 554 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This wide-ranging overview of the turbulent and little-known history of the diverse Latino experience in America is based on hundreds of interviews and research about the fastest-growing minority in America.
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xxii, 342 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"Jenn M. Jackson has been known to bring deep historical acuity to some of the most controversial topics in America today. Now, in their first book, Jackson applies their critical analysis to the questions that have long energized their work: Why has Black women's freedom fighting been so overlooked throughout history, and what has our society lost in the meantime? A love letter to those who have been minimized and forgotten, this collection repositions...
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
379 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Told through a series of 248 notes, this volume explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Black life that emerge in the wake of it, touching upon such themes as language, beauty, memory, history and literature.
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