History

"Why Do People Treat Me The Way They Do?," is the autobiography of Jefferson Evans, the very first black graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. It is also so much more. It is a look at the life of a legendary chef and man. It is the perspective...

This work, by a colleague of Nelson Mandela, reveals the richness of Africa's peoples, traditions, and cultures - and why that is good news for the world. It portrays a breathtaking as well as heartbreaking continent whose peoples possess both tremendous...

Outspoken, accomplished, and frequently controversial, Bermudian physician and political leader Ewart Brown, MD, has been a longtime champion of racial equality, human rights, and economic and social justice. In this event-filled memoir, he shares the...

"A timely and thoughtful discussion about the intersection of gender and White privilege." -Kirkus ReviewsSelected by the editors of Kirkus Reviews as one of the featured Indie titles in their 11/15/20 magazine issue, a recognition extended to less than...

Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans in the Virginia colony. Reprint of the edition published by the University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, in series: Richard lectures for 1970-71.

Are you looking for information about the history of black community civil rights in America?Would you like a book that contains all the most important facts?Then keep reading...While this book is in print, there is an unprecedented protest in the United...

On May 30, 1967, Biafra declared its independence from Nigeria. On July 6th Nigeria's military attacked Biafra, touching off over two years of a vicious civil war in which over 2 million people died. 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Ahiara...

A fascinating tale of two cities told through the rise of two of Atlanta's most illustrious political families...highly significant in what it reveals about ambition, hard work, success, and race relations.--David Levering Lewis.

A vibrant, revealing memoir about the cultural and familial pressures that shaped George Elliott Clarke's early life in the Black Canadian community that he calls Africadia, centred in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As a boy, George Elliott Clarke knew that a...

When Freedom Would Triumph recalls the most significant and inspiring legislative battle of the twentieth century -- the two decades of struggle in the halls of Congress that resulted in civil rights for the descendants of American slaves. Robert Mann's...

In this "penetrating new analysis" (New York Times Book Review) Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of twentieth-century American history and demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the...

For nearly a century, blacks and Jews were allies in the struggle for civil rights and equality in America. Sometimes risking their lives, they waged battle in the courts, at lunch counters, and in the academy, advancing the cause of all minorities...