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“lawrence p jackson”

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  • My Father's Name

    A Black Virginia Family after the Civil War

    by Lawrence P. Jackson ...
    An African American studies scholar traces his family lineage to a Black Virginia neighborhood in the era of Reconstruction in this historical memoir.As an expectant father, Lawrence P. Jackson decides to go looking for his late grandfather's home in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, an old house by the railroad tracks in Blairs. Armed with nothing but childhood memories, his journey evolves into a ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chester B. Himes

    A Biography

    by Lawrence P. Jackson ...
    **Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical WorkFinalist for the PEN America/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyThe definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally.**Chester B. Himes has been called “one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition” (Henry Louis Gates Jr.), “the best ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Hold It Real Still

    Clint Eastwood, Race, and the Cinema of the American West

    by Lawrence P. Jackson ...
    How did the American western feature film genre rebrand itself in the late seventies and respond to the fury of global and domestic political affairs?In Hold It Real Still, Lawrence Jackson examines Clint Eastwood's influence on the western film while also exploring how that genre continues to operate into the twenty-first century as an ideological channel for ideas about race and imperialism. ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • The Indignant Generation

    A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960

    by Lawrence P. Jackson ...
    Recovering the lost history of a crucial era in African American literatureThe Indignant Generation is the first narrative history of the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights era. The years between these two indispensable epochs saw the communal rise of Richard Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison, Lorraine Hansberry, ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • Audiobook

    Chester B. Himes

    by Lawrence P. Jackson ...
    Narrated by Ruffin Prentiss ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 30 min

    The definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally. In his Chester B. Himes (1909-1984), Lawrence P. Jackson depicts the improbable life of the controversial writer whose novels confront sexuality, racism, and social injustice. In absorbing detail, Jackson explores Chester Himes's middle-class origins, eight years in ... Read more

    $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II

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    Cedric J. Robinson offers a new understanding of race in America through his analysis of theater and film of the early twentieth century. He argues that economic, political, and cultural forces present in the eras of silent film and the early “talkies” firmly entrenched limited representations of African Americans.Robinson grounds his study in contexts that illuminate the parallel growth of racial ... Read more

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  • A History of American Working-Class Literature

    Edited by Nicholas Coles, Paul Lauter ...
    A History of American Working-Class Literature sheds light not only on the lived experience of class but the enormously varied creativity of working-class people throughout the history of what is now the United States. By charting a chronology of working-class experience, as the conditions of work have changed over time, this volume shows how the practice of organizing, economic competition, place ... Read more

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  • May We Forever Stand

    A History of the Black National Anthem

    by Imani Perry ...
    Series series The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
    The twin acts of singing and fighting for freedom have been inseparable in African American history. May We Forever Stand tells an essential part of that story. With lyrics penned by James Weldon Johnson and music composed by his brother Rosamond, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was embraced almost immediately as an anthem that captured the story and the aspirations of black Americans. Since the song ... Read more

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  • Four Hundred Souls

    A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

    Edited by Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A chorus of extraordinary voices tells the epic story of the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present—edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, and Keisha N. Blain, author of Set the World on Fire.FINALIST FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post, Town & Country, ... Read more

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  • The Wrath to Come

    Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells

    by Sarah Churchwell ...
    The history America never wanted you to read.'The narrative took my breath away' Philippe Sands'An extraordinarily and shockingly powerful read' Peter Frankopan'One of the must-reads of the year' Suzannah Lipscomb'Brilliant and provocative' Gavin EslerSarah Churchwell examines one of the most enduringly popular stories of all time, Gone with the Wind, to help explain the divi... ... Read more

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  • What Truth Sounds Like

    Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America

    by Michael Eric Dyson ...
    **Named a 2018 Notable Work of Nonfiction by The Washington PostNOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** • Winner, The 2018 Southern Book PrizeNAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY: Chicago Tribune • Time • Publisher's WeeklyA stunning follow up to New York Times bestse... ... Read more

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  • But Some of Us Are Brave

    Black Women's Studies

    by Brittney C. Cooper ...
    Published in 1982, But Some of Us Are Brave was the first-ever Black women's studies reader and a foundational text of contemporary feminism.Featuring writing from eminent scholars, activists, teachers, and writers, such as the Combahee River Collective and Alice Walker, All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Bravechallenges the absence of Black feminist thought in ... Read more

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