A historical examination of racial segregation activities in America throughout the past three hundred years charges that white Americans have consistently denied true equality to African Americans, describing such racial upheavals as the Civil War and the Reconstruction while citing backlash activities that have compromised civil rights progress. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

The well-known running back for the Detroit Lions and the NFL's 1989 Rookie of the Year shares the story of his life and career in words and pictures.

Argues that blacks continue to be treated as second-class citizens in the United States despite the Thirteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights movement, tracing majority attitudes and policies from the debates over slavery to New Federalism issues. (view table of contents)

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Explores the history of laughter, emphasizing the ways in which it has been used as a means of political subversion

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Explores the history of laughter, emphasizing the ways in which it has been used as a means of political subversion

Explains how the culture of electronic media is altering cognitive development and social interaction among today's youth, examining literacy in terms of the fundamental issues of personal identity and social alienation. 10,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Traces the historical evolution of written language, public literacy, and libraries; assesses the impact of the alphabet on thought processes and memory as well as society; and analyzes the potential effects of the current erosion of literacy on the future