African-American Philosophers brings into conversation seventeen of the foremost thinkers of color to discuss issues
such as Black existentialism, racism, Black women philosophers within the academy, affirmative action and the conceptual parameters of African-American philosophy.
AMERICAN FAMILY is Tom Gannon's confession--a story of secrets and sins, set in 1950's America.
Haunted by memories of his heroic father, Joe; his complicated grandfather, Hank; his stoic mother, Mary; and his boldly courageous sister, Liz, he weaves an ...
Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham is Carla Peterson's riveting account
of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her nineteenth-century ancestors. As she shares their stories and those of their friends, neighbors, and business associates, ...
This work examines African-American fiction, discussing how African-American novelists worked with the same mythic materials
as their white counterparts, but inverted Anglo-American constructions. Relating the novel to history, it shows how they refuted Anglo-Americans' record of history.
Marcus Martin, Hansen and Fairs Advertising Inc.’s newest junior copywriter, is finally getting his life
going in the right direction after he gets rejected by the NBA. But amidst his recent success and his high hopes for a grand future, ...
Gale Researcher Guide for: Slavery and the Origins of African American Fiction in the Writings
of William Wells Brown is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding ...
Growing Up Ethnic examines the presence of literary similarities between African American and Jewish American
coming-of-age stories in the first half of the twentieth century; often these similarities exceed what could be explained by sociohistorical correspondences alone. Martin Japtok argues ...
In this revised and expanded second edition of Hush Hush, DeShannon Bowens revisits her insightful
interviews with the Peterson family. Bowens makes a compelling case that intergenerational healing from sexual abuse cannot happen in Black communities without releasing shame based ...
