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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Hyperion Press, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Coffee Will Make You Black, Sinclair's bestselling debut novel, introduced Stevie, a tough-talking, irresistible African-American girl growing up on Chicago's South Side during the time of the civil rights movement. In her second novel, Ain't Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice, Stevie, an immensely appealing young African-American woman, is just graduating from college and is ready to expand her horizons. She goes to San Francisco with two friends as a post-graduation trip, and decides to stay when she realizes the city holds more promise for her than returning to her cramped room in her parents' house on Chicago's South Side. It .324 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Riverhead Books, 2001. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black, White, and Jewish is the story of a child's unique struggle for identity and home when nothing in her world told her who she was or where she belonged. Poetic reflections on memory, time, and identity punctuate this gritty exploration of race and sexuality. Rebecca Walker has taken up the lineage of her mother, Alice, whose last name she chose to carry, and has written a lucid and inventive memoir that marks the launch of a major new literary talent. Bottom right corner of front cover and 1st few pages curled up a little. Top & bottom of spine slightly rubbed. 322 pages..

Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1996. Comprehensive and balanced, THE COLOR OF JUSTICE is the definitive book on current research and theories of racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination within America's criminal justice system. The authors synthesize the best and the most recent research on patterns of criminal behavior and victimization, police practices, court processing and sentencing, the death penalty, and correctional programs giving your students the facts and theoretical foundation they need to make their own informed decisions about discrimination in the system. 244 pages. The two top outside corner tips are slightly bent up, the front bottom outside corner of cover has 1" light crease across it and it bent up a little, bottom of spine slight bumped. Some underlining on some pages.. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY: Signet, 1968. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Turner's Rebellion took place in the long hot summer of 1831, in the state of Virginia. When it was over, 59 white people were dead; the insurgents were rounded up and either hanged or worse; and Nat Turner, a preacher, confessed to his part in the only effective revolt in the annals of American Negro slavery. 'This is a stunningly intense and powerful novel. The novel is written as the final confession of Nat Turner following his brutally violent slave revolt of 1831. The account is fictionalized though relies heavily on historical facts for its basis. The novel is painfully tragic as Styron masterfully portrays Turner's existence within the deep south during slavery. Styron's novel is filled with many tragic ironies that mirror the strange logic of slavery and oppression. Turner is initially uplifted by the power of religion, but eventually uses the Bible and bizarre… Read More

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division, 2000. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hurricane recounts the harrowing, inspiring odyssey of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a black boxer wrongly convicted of three murders, from fierce despair to freedom and enlightenment. "On June 17, 1966, two black men strode into the Lafayette Grill, a white redoubt in racially mixed Paterson, New Jersey, and shot three people to death. Rubin Carter and his young acquaintance John Artis were not those men, but they were convicted of the murders in a highly publicized and racially charged trial. "Over the next decade, Carter amassed convincing evidence of his innocence and the vocal support of numerous celebrities (Bob Dylan's song "Hurricane" was but one example). He was freed pending a new trial, only to lose his appeal - to the astonishment of many - and land back in prison. He avoided almost all human contact, until he… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1994. Trade Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An explosive, true-life Native Son for the 1990s--a black Washington Post reporter who served time recounts his life and brilliantly shows why prison has become a rite of passage for many young black men. McCall's accounts of the hidden prejudice encountered in seemingly liberal, integrated bastions of the newsroom are eye-opening. In this "honest and searching look at the perils of growing up a black male in urban America" (San Francisco Chronicle), Washington Post reporter Nathan McCall tells the story of his passage from the street and the prison yard to the newsroom of one of America's most prestigious papers. "A stirring tale of transformation." Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The New Yorker. McCall pulls out all the stops to tell the story of his rise from poverty to success as a journalist at the Washington Post . He uses graphic language,… Read More

New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1993. Mass Market Paperback. As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The "Restored Text" by the Library of America. With an introduction by Arnold Rampersad. NATIVE SON was originally published in 1940. "Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. He was a "nigger" in a white man's world, and his crimes upset the whole of Chicago. He killed his first young victim in an unpremeditated moment of panic-and found himself caught up by forces outside of his control and understanding. But at least he felt alive. He felt a sense of freedom and identity in his acts of violence that neither his woman, Bessie, with her whiskey, nor his mother, with her religion, had been able to give him.".

Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.: Zondervan, 1996. Trade Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "One of our main problems as black people is that we really don't know who we are," says Dr. Jefferson Edwards. "We have a tremendous need to restore to black people a sense of identity that brings with it self-worth, self-esteem, and purpose." To reclaim that identity, Dr. Edwards emphasizes that all races are made in the image and likeness of God. Including black people. To Christians, both black and white, Edwards says, "Racism is alive and well in the church because church members did not speak out and put this immorality to death long ago. If there is ever to be unity and reconciliation among the races, white people must see black people as equal. But more importantly, black people must see themselves as equal. Only then will we be ready to start the much-needed reconciliation process between the races and between individuals." 160 pages..