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  • James Hudson

    Forgotten Forerunner in the Crusade for Civil Rights

    by Larry Omar Rivers ...
    Florida Historical Society Harry T. And Harriette V. Moore AwardA brilliant philosopher and his influence on the rise of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights MovementWhile intellectual histories of the civil rights movement often center Martin Luther King Jr.’s writings, author Larry Omar Rivers argues that this approach leaves out the scholar-activists who set the path for King. In this ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

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  • Becoming King

    Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader

    by Troy Jackson ...
    Series series Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
    This biography sheds new light on King's development as a civil rights leader in Montgomery among activists such as Rosa Parks, E.D. Nixon, and others.In Becoming King, Troy Jackson demonstrates how Martin Luther King's early years as a pastor and activist in Montgomery, Alabama, helped shape his identity as a civil rights leader. Using the sharp lens of Montgomery's struggle for racial equality ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Spirit of Justice

    True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance

    by Jemar Tisby ...
    The Black History You Never Knew: Uncovering Unsung Heroes in the Struggle for Racial Justice.The Spirit of Justice reveals the stories of the people who fought against racism and agitated for justice—and what we can learn from their example, their suffering, their methods, and their hope.How is it that people still work for change after continuously seeing the worst of humanity and experiencing ... Read more

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  • The Beloved Community

    How Faith Shapes Social Justice from the Civil Rights Movement to Today

    by Charles Marsh ...
    A noted theologian explains how the radical idea of Christian love animated the African American civil rights movement and how it can power today's social justice strugglesSpeaking to his supporters at the end of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1956, Martin Luther King, Jr., declared that their common goal was not simply the end of segregation as an institution. Rather, "the end is reconciliation, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The American South

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Charles Reagan Wilson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The American South is a distinctive place with a dramatic history, and has significance beyond its regional context in the twenty first century. The American South: A Very Short Introduction explores the history of the South as a cultural crossroads, a meeting place between western Europe and West Africa. The South's beginnings illuminate the expansion of Europe into the New World, creating a ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Singing in a Strange Land

    C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America

    by Nick Salvatore ...
    A prizewinning historian pens this biography of C.L. Franklin, the greatest African-American preacher of his generation, father of Aretha, and civil rights pioneer. ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Reverend Jennie Johnson and African Canadian History, 1868-1967

    by Nina Reid-Maroney ...
    After her conversion at a Baptist revival at sixteen, Jennie Johnson followed the call to preach. Raised in an African Canadian abolitionist community in Ontario, she immigrated to the United States to attend the African Methodist Episcopal Seminary at Wilberforce University. On an October evening in 1909 she stood before a group of Free Will Baptist preachers in the small town of Goblesville, ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • The Civil Rights Movement

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Thomas C. Holt ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Civil Rights Movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history. Not only did it decisively change the legal and political status of African Americans, but it prefigured as well the moral premises and methods of struggle for other historically oppressed groups seeking equal standing in ... Read more

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  • Groundwork

    Charles Hamilton Houston and the Struggle for Civil Rights

    by Genna Rae McNeil, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. ...
    "A classic. . . . [It] will make an extraordinary contribution to the improvement of race relations and the understanding of race and the American legal process."—Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., from the ForewordCharles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) left an indelible mark on American law and society. A brilliant lawyer and educator, he laid much of the legal foundation for the landmark civil ... Read more

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  • The Southern Diaspora

    How the Great Migrations of Black and White Southerners Transformed America

    by James N. Gregory ...
    Between 1900 and the 1970s, twenty million southerners migrated north and west. Weaving together for the first time the histories of these black and white migrants, James Gregory traces their paths and experiences in a comprehensive new study that demonstrates how this regional diaspora reshaped America by "southernizing" communities and transforming important cultural and political institutions ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Breaking White Supremacy

    Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel

    by Gary Dorrien ...
    The award–winning author of The New Abolition continues his history of black social gospel with this study of its influence on the Civil Rights movement.The civil rights movement was one of the most searing developments in modern American history. It abounded with noble visions, resounded with magnificent rhetoric, and ended in nightmarish despair. It won a few legislative victories and had a ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Introduction to Black Studies

    by Eric R. Jackson ...
    For years, the American public education system has neglected to fully examine and discuss the rich history of people of African descent, who have played a pivotal role in the transformation of the United States. The establishment of Black studies departments and programs represented a major victory for higher education and a vindication of Black scholars such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Nathan ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD