Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
Anzaldua, a Chicana native of Texas, explores in prose and poetry the murky, precarious existence of those living on the frontier between cultures and languages Writing in a lyrical mixture of Spanish and English that is her unique heritage, she meditates on the condition of Chicanos in Anglo cultu
The Souls of Black Folk
This landmark book is a founding work in the literature of black protest W E B Du Bois 1868 1963 played a key role in developing the strategy and program that dominated early 20th century black protest in America In this collection of essays, first published together in 1903, he eloquently af
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
This groundbreaking collection reflects an uncompromised definition of feminism by women of color Through personal essays, criticism, interviews, testimonials, poetry, and visual art, the collection explores, as coeditor Cherr e Moraga writes, the complex confluence of identities race, class, gend
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Jarvious Cotton s great great grandfather could not vote as a slave His great grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests Today, Cotton cannot vo
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells taken without her knowledge became one of the most important tools in medicine The first immortal human cells grown in culture, they
Black Skin, White Masks
A major influence on civil rights, anti colonial, and black consciousness movements around the world, Black Skin, White Masks is the unsurpassed study of the black psyche in a white world Hailed for its scientific analysis and poetic grace when it was first published in 1952, the book remains a vit
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688 n nThrough a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century In this riveting account, he tells of his journey from a prison cell to Mecca, describing his transition from hoodlum to Muslim minister Here, th
"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity
The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism now fully revised and updated Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups Is this self segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy Beverly Daniel Tatum,
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
A Different Mirror is a dramatic new retelling of our nation s history, a powerful larger narrative of the many different peoples who together compose the United States of America In a lively account filled with the stories and voices of people previously left out of the historical canon, Ronald
The Wretched of the Earth
A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Frantz Fanon was one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history Fanon s masterwork is a classic alongside Edward Said s Orientalism or The A
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples n nToday in the United States, there are than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited t
Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1990s
First published in 1986, Racial Formation in the United States is now considered a classic in the literature on race and ethnicity n nThis second edition builds upon and updates Omi and Winant s groundbreaking research In addition to a preface to the new edition, the book provides a detailed a
A People's History of the United States
Library Journal calls Howard Zinn s iconic A People s History of the United States a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories Packed with vivid details and telling quotations, Zinn s award winning
Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America
This book traces the origins of the illegal alien in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S immigration policy a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century n n