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Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? 88 reviews
Michael Eric Dyson
Basic Civitas Books, 2006
on the fence
I couldn't take it anymore. I dropped the book halfway into the 2nd chapter. This is a personal attack on the messenger, not the message. Sure, the "Hood" lacks discipline, parenting and strong male role models; and Cosby brings light to these situations. Dyson's stance is that how can a:
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Kill Them Before They Grow: Misdiagnosis of African American Boys in American Classrooms 12 reviews
Michael Porter
African American Images, 1998
A Must Read For All Educators And Parents!
+ a quick read that needs to be read
+ Excellent service
+ TRUTH
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Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery20 reviews
Na'im Akbar
Mind Productions & Associates, 1996
CHeck it OUT for some Clarity
+ What's Really Going On?
+ Don't be a victim
+ Outstanding
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Blood in My Eye7 reviews
George L. Jackson
Black Classic Press, 1996
Prison Praxis and Radical Political Philosophy
+ Should be required reading...
+ Very Informative
The life praxis of assassinated prison intellectual and revolutionary George Jackson embodies much of the radical possibility embodied by the work of radical prisoners. Incarcerated in 1960 at the age of eighteen for a $70 gas station robbery, Jackson was given an indeterminate sentence of one ...
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Bill Cosby Is Right: Silent Genocide 2 reviews
John A Maxwell
iUniverse, Inc., 2008
An Uplifting Book
+ Speaking Truthfully
This is a well-written book. The stories are very touching and provide great examples of life choices destined for difficulties. Blacks have to ask more substances from their leaders.
Bill Cosby has been a champion in the black community. I don't see how "thinking black people" can love ...
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Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors82 reviews
Bill Cosby, Alvin F. Poussaint
Thomas Nelson, 2007
Everyone black and white shoud read this book.
+ Its a book ?
+ Come on Bill!!
+ fresh perspective from inside the community
+ He's preaching. Who's listening?
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Still Black, Still Strong 5 reviews
Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Assata Shakur, ...
Semiotext(e), 1993
Rare Insights Into American History
+ Voices Of Black Power
+ Any Connection with Tupac?????
+ I own the book
+ I own the book
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Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster24 reviews
Michael Eric Dyson
Basic Civitas Books, 2007
A compelling and descriptive audio about Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath
+ Bad Planning; Worse Response
+ A message sure to resonate with readers of all races.
Here is a compelling and descriptive audio about Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath. Professor Michael Eric Dyson points out that the majority of the people most affected were black and poor, and sees the problem as more than just a simple emergency response failure. He provides background ...
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Know What I Mean? : Reflections on Hip-Hop8 reviews
Michael Eric Dyson
Basic Civitas Books, 2007
Understanding A Portion of the Younger Black Culture.
+ An Important Book
+ Hard to put down.... Preach on Dyson!!
+ Ground breaking text
+ ***BAM
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Why I Love Black Women18 reviews
Michael Eric Dyson
Basic Civitas Books, 2004
The best book I've ever read in my life
+ Great read
+ LOVE is all you need
This book taught me more about loving my black women than anything. It also taught me to appreciate all the positive ones that have been in my life. The strongest human being I have ever met in my life is my mother, and I know plenty of men who feel the same way. There have been all types of women ...
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The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality 660 reviews
Jerome R. Corsi
Threshold Editions, 2008
A Must Read for every American...A++
+ A Barack Obama You Do Not Often See, Hear, or Read About
+ Obama Nation
This book is a great read, well-researched and detail-oriented, Corsi is not hesitant to discuss many issues the media steers away from and offers an in depth analysis of Obama's past decisions and affiliations.
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The Top 25 Things Black Folks Do That We Need to STOP!!! A Breakdown and Analysis of 25 Self-Perpetuated ...
Demico Boothe
Full Surface Publishing LLC, 2009
THE TOP 25 THINGS BLACK FOLKS DO THAT WE NEED TO STOP!!! is a compilation of acute intellectual censure of certain new and longstanding belief systems, traditions, and activities that many African-Americans hold and practice. In this critically profound thesis, the authors specify and expound upon 25 problematic issues that are adversely affecting Blacks in America.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God405 reviews
Zora Neale Hurston
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Southern Florida in the early 20th century and one black woman's story
+ Among the Most Influential African-American Novels of the 20th Century
+ Dreamy little novel
+ An Amazing Book
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Why Are So Many Black Men in Prison? A Comprehensive Account of How and Why the Prison Industry Has Become a ...27 reviews
Demico Boothe
Full Surface Publishing, 2007
A vital and necessary work
+ Very Good Read.....Teaching From it Now........
+ why are so many black men is prison
+ TRULY A MUST READ.....................
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Origins of the Civil Rights Movements2 reviews
Aldon D. Morris
Free Press, 1986
Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
+ Very, Very Helpful
Articulate and provocative, Aldon Morris' study of the American Civil Rights Movement is a comprehensive and comprehensible analysis of a strategic struggle for human survival and essential dignity. Emphasizing that African Americans have rarely accepted the subordinate position forced upon ...
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Zora Neale Hurston : Novels and Stories : Jonah's Gourd Vine / Their Eyes Were Watching God / Moses, Man of ...2 reviews
Zora Neale Hurston
Library of America, 1995
Inspired
+ BUY THIS BOOK!
If Ms Hurston finally gets the readers she deserves, she will take her place among America's finest writers of the 20th Century. She is a joy to read and repays second and third perusals. The oral narrative quality of her writing places her squarely in the company of the best of her Southern ...
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Die Nigger Die!: A Political Autobiography of Jamil Abdullah al-Amin4 reviews
H. Rap Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin)
Lawrence Hill Books, 2002
A classic on Black liberation
+ Powerful and Bold; Raw yet Fresh
+ Richard Pryor meets Malcolm X
When H.Rap Brown's classic autobiography was first published, he was former chair of SNCC, the leading Black liberation group in the United States. Back then, I used this book as an introduction to the Black Power movement. Rap Brown was a grassroots leader, and he spoke the language of the ...
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The Michael Eric Dyson Reader7 reviews
Michael Eric Dyson
Basic Civitas Books, 2004
Speaking Power to Racism?
+ Excellent book!
+ Don Quixote American Style
+ Where is the Authentic Black Male Voice?
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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the ...38 reviews
Harriet A. Washington
Harlem Moon, 2008
It's always useful to be reminded...
+ What I Didn't Know
+ Interesting book,
+ Painful Truth
+ Presumed Consent - De Corpe Gettin' de Shaft - Grave Robbing!
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II42 reviews
Douglas A. Blackmon
Doubleday, 2008
Very quick delivery!
+ Good conditon but took long to get here
+ Only one small complaint
+ Slavery by Another Name
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