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Social Determinants of Health Among African-American Men (Paperback)

This groundbreaking book applies the concept of social determinants of health to the health of African- American men. While there have been significant efforts in recent years to eliminate health disparities serious disparities continue to exist... more

Fraser Hill Farm African American Dancing Mrs. Claus w/ Apron & Cookies Figurine 58.0 H x 21.0 W x 15.0 D in red/white | Wayfair FMC058-2RD2-AA

Who's helping Santa and dancing along the way? Mrs. Claus, that's who! Our African American dancing Mrs. Claus, from Fraser Hill Farm, will dance right into your heart as she helps you greet your family, guests, or customers. Standing 58 inches tall... more

Fraser Hill Farm African American Dancing Mrs. Claus w/ Hooded Cloak & Basket Figurine 58.0 H x 21.0 W x 15.0 D in brown/red/white | Wayfair

Who's helping Santa and dancing along the way? Mrs. Claus, that's who! Our African American dancing Mrs. Claus, from Fraser Hill Farm, will dance right into your heart as she helps you greet your family, guests, or customers. Standing 58 inches tall... more

Alcott Hill® Washington In the Indian Council by Junius Brutus Stearns | Framed Print whitePaper | 25" H x 36" W | Wayfair

Washington In the Indian Council is a remarkable 1867 historical painting by Junius Brutus Stearns, depicting a pivotal moment in American history. In this captivating work of art, General George Washington, dressed in his military uniform, sits among... more

Quality of Life Among African American Women and HIV (Paperback)

The purpose of this study was to examine African American women who are HIV positive and their perception of everyday life as it relates to their overall quality of life. Within the social service community there is a need to examine this particular... more

The John Hope Franklin African American History and Culture: Not Straight Not White: Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis (Paperback)

This compelling book recounts the history of black gay men from the 1950s to the 1990s tracing how the major movements of the times--from civil rights to black power to gay liberation to AIDS activism--helped shape the cultural stigmas that surrounded... more

Pre-Owned Introduction to Black Studies 100: Readings in African American Cultural Pluralism (Paperback) by Michael Washington

CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more

Standing the Test of Time : Love Stories of African American Elders

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Pre-Owned Los Angeles--Struggles Toward Multiethnic Community: Asian American African American and Latino Perspectives (Paperback) 0295973757 9780295973753

CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more

Pre-Owned Lay My Burden Down: Suicide and the Mental Health Crisis Among African-Americans (Hardcover 9780807009604) by Alvin F Poussaint Amy Alexander

9780807009604. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. REV and Thumb Indexed and Updated to Include New Develop and. Language: English. Pages: 194. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 194 p. A prominent African-American psychiatrist and an award-winning... more

American Society of Missiology Monograph: Hybridizing Mission (Paperback)

This qualitative study explores intercultural social dynamics among international Christian workers who are part of multicultural teams engaged in Christian ministries in a North African country. It seeks to understand these workers lived realities at... more

Religion and American Culture Faith in Their Own Color: Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City (Paperback)

On a September afternoon in 1853 three African American men from St. Philip s Church walked into the Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and took their seats among five hundred wealthy and powerful white church leaders. Ultimately and with... more

Pre-Owned American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us (Paperback 9781416566731) by Robert D Putnam Professor David E Campbell

American Grace is perhaps the most sweeping look yet at contemporary American religion. It lays out the broad trends of the past fifty years assesses their sociological causes and then does a bit of fortune-telling (The Washington Post). Unique among... more

American Imperialist : Cruelty and Consequence in the Scramble for Africa (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

This biography of African explorer Richard Dorsey Mohun written by one of his descendants reveals how American greed and state power helped shape the new imperial order in Africa. Richard Dorsey Mohun spent his career circulating among the eastern... more

Snow-Storm in August: Snow-Storm in August: The Struggle for American Freedom and Washington s Race Riot of 1835 (Paperback)

In 1835 the city of Washington simmered with racial tension as newly freed African Americans from the South poured in outnumbering slaves for the first time. Among the enslaved was nineteen-year-old Arthur Bowen who stumbled home drunkenly one night... more

African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision (Edition 2) (Hardcover)

The first African American fraternities and sororities were established at the turn of the twentieth century to encourage leadership racial pride and academic excellence among black college students confronting the legacy of slavery and the indignities... more

Exploring Racism in the Lives of African American Boys (Paperback)

The experience of racism is a complex phenomenon that has been found to have negative outcomes among African American adults. There has been a gap in the empirical literature regarding the effects that racism may have on children s psychological... more

Pre-Owned These Truly Are the Brave: An Anthology of African American Writings on War and (Paperback 9780813060224) by Jimoh A. Y. Françoise N. Hamlin

9780813060224. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. Language: English. Contains: Unspecified. Includes unspecified. From enslaved people who joined Washington s Continental Army and Buffalo Soldiers in the Indian Wars to the Tuskegee Airmen of World... more

Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone (Paperback)

A distinguished Stanford law professor examines the steep decline in marriage rates among the African American middle class and offers a paradoxical-nearly incendiary-solution. Black women are three times as likely as white women to never marry. That... more

Pre-Owned Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone (Hardcover) 0525952012 9780525952015

A distinguished Stanford law professor examines the steep decline in marriage rates among the African American middle class and offers a paradoxical-nearly incendiary-solution. Black women are three times as likely as white women to never marry. That... more

Pre-Owned Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone (Paperback) by Ralph Richard Banks

9780452297531. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 304. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. A distinguished Stanford law professor examines the steep decline in marriage rates among the African American middle... more

These Truly Are the Brave: An Anthology of African American Writings on War and Citizenship (Paperback)

QBR Phillis Wheatley Book Award in Nonfiction - Finalilst From enslaved people who joined Washington s Continental Army to Buffalo Soldiers in the Indian Wars from the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II to black men and women serving in Iraq and... more

Pre-Owned Travels with Tooy: History Memory and the African American Imagination (Hardcover 9780226680583) by Richard Price

9780226680583. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 448. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 448 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white Maps. Thirty-five years into his research among the descendants of rebel slaves living in... more

Pre-Owned I Love Myself When I Am Laughing And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean & Impressive Hurston Zora Neale; Walker Alice and Washington Mary Helen

The most prolific African-American woman author from 1920 to 1950 Hurston was praised for her writing and condemned for her independence arrogance and audaciousness. This unique anthology with fourteen superb examples of her fiction journalism folklore... more

Afro-American Tales and Games

A jingle of African bells a dramatic call of Sto-ry! Sto-rytelling ti-me! Ie yie yie yie yie and the journey begins! Linda Goss award-winning Traveling Storyteller enchants children with African tales and games (and American storytelling too). Among... more

Reading Africa Into American Literature: Epics Fables and Gothic Tales (Paperback)

The literature often considered the most American is rooted not only in European and Western culture but also in African and American Creole cultures. Keith Cartwright places the literary texts of such noted authors as George Washington Cable W.E.B.... more

Pre-Owned A Hunger So Wide and Deep: American Women Speak Out on Eating Problems (Hardcover) 0816624348 9780816624348

This work challenges the popular notion that eating disorders occur only among white well-to-do heterosexual women. Based on in-depth life history interviews with African-American Latina and lesbian women this book chronicles the effects of racism... more

Pre-Owned Afro-American Writers 1940-1955 9780810345546

Among the African-American writers featured in this volume are Gwendolyn Brooks Ralph Ellison Naomi Long Madgett Ann Petry Dorothy West and Richard Wright. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage... more

Justice Peace and the Future of the Police: How to Dig Deep and Do What s Right - from the Inside (Hardcover)

I am an African American woman a veteran of the Washington State Patrol and the Executive Director of the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission. I probably look very good on paper. The irony is that for the same reasons I look good on... more

Made in Michigan Writers: Booker T & Them: A Blues (Paperback)

A poetic reimagining of the life of Booker T. Washington that explores issues of being an African American male of note at the beginning of the twentieth century. The early 1900s was a dangerous time for African American men whether famous or nameless.... more

Page-Barbour Lectures: Dialect Diversity in America : The Politics of Language Change (Paperback)

The sociolinguist William Labov has worked for decades on change in progress in American dialects and on African American Vernacular English (AAVE). In Dialect Diversity in America Labov examines the diversity among American dialects and presents the... more

Pre-Owned Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey 9780486437873

This anthology contains some of the African-American rights advocate s most noted writings and speeches among them Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World and Africa for the Africans. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or... more

Critical Companions to Popular Contempor Toni Morrison: A Critical Companion (Hardcover)

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 Toni Morrison is among our most distinguished contemporary novelists. Morrison describes herself as a black woman novelist and all her novels deal with African American characters and communities.... more

Richard Wright: A Documented Chronology 1908-1960 (Paperback)

In this minutely detailed comprehensive chronology Toru Kiuchi and Yoshinobu Hakutani document the life in letters of the greatest African American writer of the twentieth century. The author of Black Boy and Native Son among other works Wright wrote... more

Black Woman Redefined : Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama (Paperback)

It s time for a REDEFINITION among black women in America. In its 2011 hardcover release Black Woman Redefined was a top-selling book and took home a 2011 Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award from the African American Literary Awards. Author Sophia... more

American Coin Treasures Last Year of Issue Quarters Decorative Coin 6.25 H x 4.56 W x 1.25 D in black/yellow in Matte | Wayfair 13940

The last year of issue silver quarter set includes a silver barber quarter, a silver standing liberty quarter and a silver Washington quarter. The silver barber quarter, officially the liberty head is composed of .900 silver and designed by Charles e.... more