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The Souls Of Black Folk
Author: W.E.B. Dubois
ISBN-10: 1930097131
ISBN-13: 9781930097131
Published: 2000-03-06
Publisher: Lushena Books
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Herein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being Black here at the dawning of the Twentieth Century. This meaning is not without interest to you, Gentle Reader; for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line." Thus speaks W.E.B. DuBois in The Soulsof Black Folk, one of the most prophetic and influential works in american literature. in this eloquent collection of essays, first published in 1903, Dubois dares as no one had before to describe the maginitude of american racism and demand an end to it. he draws on his own life for illustration, from his early experiences teaching in the hills of tennesee to the death of his infant son and his historic break with the concilliatory position of Booker T. Washington.
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The New Jim Crow
Author: Michelle Alexander
ISBN-10: 1595586431
ISBN-13: 9781595586438
Published: 2012-01-16
Publisher: New Press, The
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The New Jim Crow was initially published with a modest first printing and reasonable expectations for a hard-hitting book on a tough topic. Now, ten-plus printings later, the long-awaited paperback version of the book Lani Guinier calls “brave and bold,” and Pulitzer Prize–winner David Levering Lewis calls “stunning,” will at last be available.In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. Yet, as legal star Michelle Alexander reveals, today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against convicted criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans. Once you’re labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination—employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial of educational opportunity, denial of food stamps and other public benefits, and exclusion from jury service—are suddenly legal.Featured on The Tavis Smiley Show, Bill Moyers Journal, Democracy Now, and C-Span’s Washington Journal, The New Jim Crow has become an overnight phenomenon, sparking a much-needed conversation—including a recent mention by Cornel West on Real Time with Bill Maher&mdas;about ways in which our system of mass incarceration has come to resemble systems of racial control from a different era.
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FREAKONOMICS: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything ( Penguin Culture )
Author: Steven D. & Dubner, Stephen J. Levitt
ISBN-10: 0141019018
ISBN-13: 9780141019017
Published: 2006
Publisher: Penguin
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The Diary Of Anne Frank
Author: Anne Frank
ISBN-10: 0330107372
ISBN-13: 9780330107372
Published: 1968
Publisher: Pan Books
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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Author: Vincent Bugliosi
ISBN-10: 0393322238
ISBN-13: 9780393322231
Published: 2001-12
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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A national bestseller—over 7 million copies sold. "[A] social document of rare importance."—The New RepublicProsecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Here is the gripping story of this famous and haunting crime. Both Helter Skelter and Vincent Bugliosi's subsequent Till Death Us Do Part won Edgar Allan Poe Awards for best true-crime book of the year. 50 pages of black-and-white photographs
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In Cold Blood
Author: Truman Capote
ISBN-10: 0451154460
ISBN-13: 9780451154460
Published: 1967-10-01
Publisher: Signet
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An account of the senseless murder of a Kansas farm family and the search for the killers.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Author: John Berendt
ISBN-10: 0099276852
ISBN-13: 9780099276852
Published: 1998-04-02
Publisher: Vintage
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
Author: John Grisham
ISBN-10: 1844137902
ISBN-13: 9781844137909
Published: 2006
Publisher: Doubleday
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
Author: Dave Grossman
ISBN-10: 0316040932
ISBN-13: 9780316040938
Published: 2009-06-22
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. And contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army's conditioning techniques, and, according to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's thesis, is responsible for our rising rate of murder among the young.Upon its initial publication, ON KILLING was hailed as a landmark study of the techniques the military uses to overcome the powerful reluctance to kill, of how killing affects soldiers, and of the societal implications of escalating violence. Now, Grossman has updated this classic work to include information on 21st-century military conflicts, recent trends in crime, suicide bombings, school shootings, and more. The result is a work certain to be relevant and important for decades to come.
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Thunderstruck
Author: Erik Larson
ISBN-10: 0739483331
ISBN-13: 9780739483336
Published: 2006
Publisher: Doubleday
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