Revealing a history that is deep, broad, and infuriating, The Black Tax casts a bold light on the racist practices long ......more
Separating "Old Florida" myths from realities in a tourist haven with a deep Indigenous past Themes of unspoiled paradis......more
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Memories and insights of a lifetime fighting for Black freedom and social justice Millicent E. Brown’s family home at 27......more
" We do not know how to commence farming, but we are all willing to try ."--Crow leader Iron Bull On May 7, 1868, the Tr......more
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A captivating exploration of Black American civil rights activism through the lens of sport. In Frontline Bodies, Nicola......more
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"Tracing one tribe’s fifty-year fight to recover and rewrite its history, Indigenous Archival Activism takes readers int......more
Frederick Douglass shares his harrowing journey from bondage to freedom, beginning with his earliest days as a slave, un......more
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A deeply personal memoir that unearths a family history of racism, slaveholding, and trauma as well as love and sparks o......more
Revealing the resiliency of Nahua culture and language while highlighting the adaptations and changes they have undergon......more
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Participation is a core value of the U.S.-American concept of the nation. The promise of participation encompasses full ......more
Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924 recodified the state’s long-standing racial hierarchy as a more rigid Black-whit......more
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One of The New Yorker’s Best Books of the Year Named one of the Most Memorable Music Books of the Year by No Depression:......more
Combining historical background with discussion of contemporary Native nations and their living cultures, this comprehen......more
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Changes at the global, federal, state, and municipal level are pushing forward the reparations movement for people of Af......more
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Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" (The New York T......more
A magisterial history of Indigenous North America that places the power of Native nations at its center, telling their s......more
From the United States’ earliest days, African Americans considered education essential for their freedom and progress. ......more
From the United States’ earliest days, African Americans considered education essential for their freedom and progress. ......more
Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" (The New York T......more
In this inaugural title, Bro. Cush Dey confronts the haunting words, "Come, let us cut them off from being a nation," de......more
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In this heterodox reading of Thomas Jefferson, Dean Caivano proposes a theory of democracy conceived through a politics ......more
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The Story of the Crow Indians is a comprehensive study of the history of the Crow people and their culture. Among the to......more
A comprehensive view of quarrying activities from three key regions in North America. This exciting new addition to the ......more
The early modern period opened a new era in the history of dermal marking. Intensifying global travel and trade, especia......more
The dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois’s reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I--and a new und......more
This collection of 80 dramatic firsthand writings by Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, and others brings to life the str......more
A panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking territory of the ......more
In the Fall of 1900, a young American anthropologist named John Swanton arrived in the Haida country, on the Northwest C......more
Americans often assume that slave societies had little use for prisons and police because slaveholders only ever inflict......more
Americans often assume that slave societies had little use for prisons and police because slaveholders only ever inflict......more
Society for American Archaeology Scholarly Book Award Collaborative archaeological projects focused on the Nipmuc people......more
Nearly twenty-five years ago, David Stuart published an article titled "The Arrival of Strangers," in which he proposed ......more
Being in Being contains three masterpieces by legendary Haida mythteller Skaay of the Qquuna Qiighawaay. The shortest re......more
Explores four centuries of colonization, land divisions, and urban development around this historic landmark neighborhoo......more
For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events that have ch......more
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Winner of the Frederick Jackson Turner Award Winner of James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize, SHEAR Winner of the Kem......more
This book is an attempt to reconstruct the history of the Yahi Indians of Northern California, a history the author feel......more
Throughout How We Made It Over, I assert that its writers collectively represent the sacred unity of bell hooks’ revolut......more
"Accomplish What You Will: One Woman’s Life Journey and Legacy" is a poignant and uplifting tale that follows the life o......more
Combining historical background with discussion of contemporary Native nations and their living cultures, this comprehen......more
Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council award for Excellence in Research in Using the Holdings of Archives The histo......more
The true story of how Detroit entrepreneurs created a thriving - if illegal - lottery system to support themselves and u......more
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As the cruel South Dakota winter thawed toward the end of February 1976, a rancher on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation disc......more
John Sherburne Sleeper (1794-1878) was an American sailor, ship master, novelist (who used the pseudonym of Hawser Marti......more
William Robert Shepherd (1871 in Charleston, South Carolina - 1934 in Berlin, Germany) was an American cartographer and ......more
Lucy Ann Delaney, born Lucy Berry (c. 1830 - after 1891), was an African-American author, and activist, a former slave n......more
Despite several decades of scholarship on African diasporic religion, Voodoo remains underexamined, and the few books pu......more
A family reunion gives way to an unforgettable genealogical quest as relatives reconnect across lines of color, culture,......more
"Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. Here, he returns with an intellectual and at times deeply personal meditation......more
When Shirley Chisholm was asked why she would dare run for president, her response was, why not her? Shirley Anita St. H......more
Rediscover the forgotten story of how President Lincoln welcomed African Americans to his White House during America’s m......more
Black Americans have arguably arrived at the height of their cultural prominence. In politics, entertainment, academia, ......more
"Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. Here, he returns with an intellectual and at times deeply personal meditation......more
A special Centennial Edition celebrating 100 years of Hollywood and indigenous filmmaking in the state of Utah. "Mr. D’A......more
"A unique social and economic history of the Seminoles and an insightful view of their cultural adaptation and cultural ......more
For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events that have ch......more
Apart from a handful of exotic--and almost completely unreliable--tales surrounding his life, Richard Potter is almost u......more
Broadly speaking, the traditionally conceptualized mid-twentieth-century Civil Rights Movement and the newer #BlackLives......more
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Thoughts upon slavery, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, ......more
Thoughts upon the African slave trade, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the......more
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On April 1, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee realized his Army of Northern Virginia cannot survive General Grant’......more
The history of national parks in the United States mirrors the fraught relations between the Department of the Interior ......more
The history of national parks in the United States mirrors the fraught relations between the Department of the Interior ......more
First published in 1825, this work represents one of the earliest attempts to reconstruct pre-contact Iroquois history. ......more
Residents of the Great Plains since the early 1500s, the Apache people were well acquainted with the native flora of the......more
New publication celebrates the dynamic tradition of narrative art among Native nations of the American Great Plains. Unb......more
Cardinal Dreams revitalizes the legacy of Charlie Peete, a key figure in integrating the minor leagues with the breakout......more
A new concept for understanding the history of the American popular music industry. Blacksound explores the sonic histor......more
A new concept for understanding the history of the American popular music industry. Blacksound explores the sonic histor......more
Following the horrific massacre of Sand Creek in 1864, the Arapaho and Cheyenne, along with bands of Northern Cheyenne, ......more
From the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt (now an Apple TV+ series) and in the tradition of Empire of the Su......more
I Dare Say: A Gerald Horne Reader is a timely and essential collection of the many works of Professor Gerald Horne--a hi......more
Thirty Years on the Frontier, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human hi......more
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In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Moon comes a spellbinding account of a forgotten ......more
Black History Facts You Didn’t Learn in School is your historical guide on the accomplishments, contributions, and strug......more
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Empowering Indigenous Communities in the Digital Age is a groundbreaking exploration of the......more
The Punitive Turn explores the historical, political, economic, and sociocultural roots of mass incarceration, as well a......more
The Key to the Door frames and highlights the stories of some of the first black students at the University of Virginia.......more
The San Juan River Navajos--residing in the vicinity of Aneth, Montezuma Creek, Bluff, and Tódahidíkáanii--have a fas......more