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Black History

9781932663204

Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968: We Shall Overcome, Some Day (2nd ed.)
by Mitch Yamasaki

Noted historian Mitch Yamasaki’s anthology features speeches, oral histories, and writing of political leaders, civil rights leaders, and many of the average citizens who fought…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-20-4 (2nd ed.)     Price: 7.95     102 pages, paperback

9781878668486

Colonial Triangular Trade: An Economy Based on Human Misery
by Phyllis Rabin Emert

By the 1780s, about 97,000 slaves a year were being sent to the Americas on more than 800 slave ships.  Most went from Africa to…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-48-6     Price: 7.95     63 pages, paperback

9781878668301

Pride and Promise: The Harlem Renaissance
by Kathryn Cryan-Hicks

This introduction to the age of the Harlem Renaissance includes documents highlighting Black migration to the North, excerpts from political speeches, essays of W.E.B. DuBois,…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-30-1     Price: 7.95     52 pages, paperback

9781932663-242

Reconstruction: Binding the Wounds
by Cheryl Edwards

This compelling anthology of primary sources describing the period of post-Civil War reconstruction focuses on problems facing the freed slaves, carpetbaggers, Presidential policy and Radical…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-24-2     Price: 7.95     68 pages, paperback

9781579600518

The Underground Railroad: Life on the Road to Freedom (2nd ed.)
by Pat Perrin

A fascinating collection of primary and secondary source materials from a variety of perspectives on this period in America’s history.  Excerpts include the dramatic escape…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-051-8     Price: 7.95     66 pages, paperback

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The Civil Rights Movement
by Pat Perrin

Set against the background of discrimination and violence against African-Americans in the early and middle 20th century, this volume introduces the ideas and people behind…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-081-5     Price: $8.95     Paperback, 56pp

9781579600689

Northern Migration and the Harlem Renaissance
by JoAnne Deitch

The migration of over six million Southern blacks to the Northeast and Midwest had a tremendous impact on life in the U.S. Leaving natural disasters,…
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ISBN: 978-157960-068-6     Price: $8.95     56 pages, paperback

9781579600727

Reconstruction
by JoAnne Deitch

This compilation of primary sources provides a detailed view of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, covering freed slaves, carpetbaggers, presidential policy, Radical Republicans, social and…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-072-3     Price: $8.95     56 pages, paperback

978157960062X

Slavery
by Pat Perrin

This volume introduces students to the institution of slavery through a compilation of slave narratives, government documents, songs, and other firsthand accounts of those involved…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-062-4     Price: $8.95     56 pages, paperback

A Dangerous Search: Black Patriots in the American Revolution. Book 1 – From Lexington to Bunker Hill
by Nancy I. Sanders

Based on actual events in the Revolutionary War and some of the African-American men who shaped those events, A Dangerous Search tells the story of…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-22-8     Price: 7.95     103 pages, paperback