A call to arms for the churches, Franklin's book urges direct engagement by African American and other churches with regard to America's mounting social problems. Bringing informed and astute analysis of the urban scene, the national picture, and the ways of black churches, he details programs that really work to salvage the "wasted treasures" of ......
"I am Black," Jane Lazarre's son tells her. "I have a Jewish mother, but I am not 'biracial.' That term is meaningless to me." She understands, she says-but he tells her, gently, that he doesn't think so, that she can't understand this completely because she is white. Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness is Jane Lazarre's memoir of coming to terms ......
The mythic figure of Malcolm X conjures up a variety of images - black nationalist, extremist, civil rights leader, hero. But how often is Malcolm X understood as a religious leader, a man profoundly affected by his relationship with Allah? This title offers the book length religious treatment of Malcolm X.
Professor Singh shows that the organization has successfully articulated the concerns of African America ns, but has only had a marginal impact on public policy. He demonstrates that the increased membership of the caucus has added internal obstacles. '
Race, Reaction, and the Paranoid Style in American Politics
Offering a critical analysis of Louis Farrakhan's ascent to national influence, the author argues that the minister's rise to prominence is a function of race and reaction in contemporary America. He probes the origins and significance of Farrakhan in American politics.
Oral narrative researchers from a range of disciplines present their personal portraits on the methodological strategies they have found useful in bringing the experiences of African and African American women into full view. The contributors explore: how new information about African women is being created; the strengths of oral narrative research for expanding and transforming knowledge about Black women; and how carrying out oral history research has affected the researchers' personal and professional lives.
Tracing the origins of the black rage defence back through American history, this work recreates many dramatic legal trials. The author distinguishes between applying an environmental defence and simply blaming society, in the abstract, for individual crimes.
Focusing on a much-neglected area of film experience in America, Black Cinema Treasures furthers the preservation of America's cultural and historic heritage, especially its African-American heritage as seen through the eyes of the African-American independent filmmakers of the 1920s through the 1950s. Ossie Davis says that the collection is one ......
