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Describes the various forms of resistance to slavery, including rebellion, sabotage, the rise of the abolitionist movement, fugitive slaves and the Underground Railroad, and the role of former slaves in the Union Army.
By Judith Edwards and Henry Louis Gates (foreword by)

Library:

9780766021556 | Enslow Pub Inc, May 1, 2004, cover price $27.94 | About this edition: Describes the various forms of resistance to slavery, including rebellion, sabotage, the rise of the abolitionist movement, fugitive slaves and the Underground Railroad, and the role of former slaves in the Union Army.

Product Description: One hundred original profiles of the most influential African-Americans of the twentieth century.Without Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis, we would not have jazz. Without Toni Morrison or Ralph Ellison, we would miss some of our greatest novels...read more

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9780606242400, titled "African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country" | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $24.96 | About this edition: One hundred original profiles of the most influential African-Americans of the twentieth century.

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A definitive biographical resource provides up-to-date, authoritative portraits of some six hundred noteworthy African Americans representing a wide variety of fields of endeavor, including slaves and abolitionists, writers, politicians, artists, business leaders, musicians, performers, athletes, journalists, and other historical figures.

Hardcover:

9780195160246 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 29, 2004, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: Features portraits of some six hundred noteworthy African Americans representing a wide variety of fields of endeavor.

Paperback:

9780465000722 | Basic Books, November 30, 2005, cover price $10.01

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Product Description: Based on the encyclopedia of the African-American experience by Harvard professors Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., this calendar is a testament to the remarkable legacy of Africa and the African Diaspora. Packed with photographs, maps, and other ephemera, the calendar offers a year's worth of fascinating historical information, celebrating the rich history of African-American literature, music, art, and culture...read more

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9780789307033 | Egmt edition (Universe Pub, September 1, 2002), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Based on the encyclopedia of the African-American experience by Harvard professors Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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By Kwame Anthony Appiah (editor) and Henry Louis Gates (editor)

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9780762420421 | Running Pr Book Pub, January 2, 2005, cover price $16.95

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Provides alphabetically arranged entries on people and events important to the civil rights struggle.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah (editor) and Henry Louis Gates (editor)

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9780762419586 | Running Pr Book Pub, January 2, 2005, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Provides alphabetically arranged entries on people and events important to the civil rights struggle.

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By Kwame Anthony Appiah (editor) and Henry Louis Gates (editor)

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9780195223293 | 2nd edition (Oxford Univ Pr, February 1, 2006), cover price $55.01
9780195223255 | 2nd edition (Oxford Univ Pr, February 1, 2005), cover price $55.01
9780195223262 | 2nd edition (Oxford Univ Pr, February 1, 2005), cover price $55.01
9780195223279 | 2nd edition (Oxford Univ Pr, February 1, 2005), cover price $55.01
9780195223286 | 2nd edition (Oxford Univ Pr, February 1, 2005), cover price $55.01

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A guide to the history and current state of Africa and African American heritage includes entries on topics ranging from affirmative action to zydeco.

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9780762416424 | Running Pr Book Pub, November 26, 2003, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: A guide to the history and current state of Africa and African American heritage includes entries on topics ranging from affirmative action to zydeco.

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Reviews and essays offer critical examinations of Alice Walker's works and the manner in which they address the struggles of Black women
By Kwame Anthony Appiah (editor) and Henry Louis Gates (editor)

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9781567430134 | Amistad Pr, February 1, 1993, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Reviews and essays offer critical examinations of Alice Walker's works and the manner in which they address the struggles of Black women

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Examines four different elements of the African American experience as well as the legacy of the Civil Rights movement, in a collection of essays based on interviews with Colin Powell, Morgan Freeman, Vernon Jordan, and other notables.

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9780446532730 | Grand Central Pub, January 1, 2004, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Examines four different elements of the African American experience as well as the legacy of the Civil Rights movement, in a collection of essays based on interviews with Colin Powell, Morgan Freeman, Vernon Jordan, and other notables.

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9780446693905 | Reprint edition (Grand Central Pub, January 1, 2005), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Examines four different elements of the African American experience as well as the legacy of the Civil Rights movement, in a collection of essays based on interviews with Colin Powell, Morgan Freeman, Vernon Jordan, and other notables.

Miscellaneous:

9780446533904 | Grand Central Pub, October 15, 2007, cover price $11.99

By Henry Louis Gates (editor)

Hardcover:

9781567430547 | Amistad Pr, November 1, 1996, cover price $24.95

Paperback:

9781567430608 | Amistad Pr, June 1, 1998, cover price $14.95

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An interpretation of the American classic refutes statements about the work's dehumanizing qualities as cited by James Baldwin in 1955, explaining how it served to raise period awareness about slavery and abolitionism and continues to provide insight into modern race relations and other social issues. 30,000 first printing.

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9780393059465 | 1 edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, November 1, 2006), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: An interpretation of the American classic refutes statements about the work's dehumanizing qualities as cited by James Baldwin in 1955, explaining how it served to raise period awareness about slavery and abolitionism and continues to provide insight into modern race relations and other social issues.

Product Description: This special issue of Transition includes the following essays:--The Dalai Lama is a spiritual icon, a Hollywood hero, and the world’s most famous pacifist—so why are his people dreaming of guerilla war? Meenakshi Ganguly goes underground with Tibet’s youth of today...read more

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9780822365143 | Duke Univ Pr, April 1, 2002, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: This special issue of Transition includes the following essays:--The Dalai Lama is a spiritual icon, a Hollywood hero, and the world’s most famous pacifist—so why are his people dreaming of guerilla war?

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A collection of memoirs written by Black scholars, politicians, creative writers, and journalists offers insight to the African-American experience in twentieth-century American society
By Henry Louis Gates (editor)

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9780679735205 | Pantheon Books, June 1, 1991, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A collection of memoirs written by Black scholars, politicians, creative writers, and journalists offers insight to the African-American experience in twentieth-century American society

By Maria Diedrich (editor), Henry Louis Gates (editor) and Carl Pedersen (editor)

Hardcover:

9780195126402 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, October 21, 1999, cover price $160.00

Paperback:

9780195126419 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, August 19, 1999, cover price $56.00

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Product Description: ""Black Literature and Literary Theory" is of the first importance, not only for scholars of black literature, but also for literary critics and theorists in the traditional fields of Western literature."--W. Mitchell, University of Chicago
By Sunday Ogbonna Anozie (editor) and Henry Louis Gates (editor)

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9780415903349 | Reprint edition (Routledge, January 1, 1990), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: ""Black Literature and Literary Theory" is of the first importance, not only for scholars of black literature, but also for literary critics and theorists in the traditional fields of Western literature.

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Written in the 1850s by a runaway slave, this historically significant and riveting novel follows a young slave on an affluent North Carolina plantation as she flees to the North to fight for her freedom, and, after being pursued by slave hunters, ensnared by a brutal captor, and forced to serve a difficult new mistress, finally obtains freedom in New Jersey. 200,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780446530088 | Grand Central Pub, April 1, 2002, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A novel written in the 1850s by a runaway slave follows a young slave from a North Carolina plantation as she flees to the North and, after being pursued by slave hunters and forced to serve a difficult new mistress, finally obtains freedom in New Jersey.
9789990081060 | Varsitybooks.Com, April 1, 2002, cover price $0.02 | also contains The Bondwoman's Narrative, The Bondwoman's Narrative, The Bondwoman's Narrative, The Bondwoman's Narrative

Miscellaneous:

9780759566859 | Grand Central Pub, April 2, 2002, cover price $9.99 | also contains The Bondwoman's Narrative, The Bondwoman's Narrative, The Bondwoman's Narrative, The Bondwoman's Narrative | About this edition: Written in the 1850s by a runaway slave, this historically significant and riveting novel follows a young slave on an affluent North Carolina plantation as she flees to the North to fight for her freedom, and, after being pursued by slave hunters, ensnared by a brutal captor, and forced to serve a difficult new mistress, finally obtains freedom in New Jersey.
9780759527645 | Grand Central Pub, April 2, 2002, cover price $9.99 | also contains The Bondwoman's Narrative, The Bondwoman's Narrative, The Bondwoman's Narrative, The Bondwoman's Narrative

Hardcover:

9781567430530 | Amistad Pr, November 1, 1997, cover price $24.95

Paperback:

9781567430592, titled "Chinua Achebe: Critical Perspectives Past & Present" | Amistad Pr, May 1, 1997, cover price $14.95

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