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      Black in Blues

      Imani Perry

      A surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue--and its fascinating role in Black history and culture--from National Book Award winner Imani Perry

      Throughout history, the concept of Blackness has…

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      Black in Blues

      Imani Perry

      A surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue--and its fascinating role in Black history and culture--from National Book Award winner Imani Perry

      Throughout history, the concept of Blackness has…

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      South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

      Imani Perry

      INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

      An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South–and thus of America–by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals…

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      Breathe

      Imani Perry

      2020 Chautauqua Prize Finalist

      2020 NAACP Image Award Nominee - Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction)

      Best-of Lists- Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 (Kirkus Reviews) 25 Can't-Miss Books of 2019 (The Undefeated)

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      Black Majority

      Peter H. Wood

      Peter H. Wood's groundbreaking history of Blacks in colonial South Carolina, with a new foreword by National Book Award winner Imani Perry.

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      Ghosts of Segregation

      Richard Frishman, B Brian Foster

      From award-winning photojournalist Richard Frishman comes a collection of photographs documenting America's history of segregation, slavery, and institutional racism hidden in plain sight, accompanied by hard-hitting personal essays from University…

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      A Long Arc: Photography and the American South

      Collects over 175 years of key moments in the visual history of the Southern United States, with over two hundred and fifty photographs taken from 1845 to present.

      The South…

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      More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States

      Imani Perry

      Asserts that the U.S. is in a new and distinct phase of racism that is post-intentional, neither based on intentional discrimination nor drawing upon biological concepts of race

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      South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

      Imani Perry

      An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South–and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America –

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      More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States

      Imani Perry

      Asserts that the U.S. is in a new and distinct phase of racism that is post-intentional, neither based on intentional discrimination nor drawing upon biological concepts of race

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      Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop

      Imani Perry

      Focuses on the socially relevant aspects of Hip Hop music: its treatment of the identity of the black subject in a white society, new definitions of blackness and its commercialization.

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      Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation

      Imani Perry

      Imani Perry recenters patriarchy to contemporary discussions of feminism through a social and literary analysis of cultural artifacts-ranging from nineteenth-century slavery court cases and historical vignettes to literature and contemporary…

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      Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop

      Imani Perry

      Focuses on the socially relevant aspects of Hip Hop music: its treatment of the identity of the black subject in a white society, new definitions of blackness and its commercialization.

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      Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation

      Imani Perry

      Imani Perry recenters patriarchy to contemporary discussions of feminism through a social and literary analysis of cultural artifacts-ranging from nineteenth-century slavery court cases and historical vignettes to literature and contemporary…

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      Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry

      Imani Perry

      An intimate look into the life and writings of a young Black woman who altered the world

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      Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

      Imani Perry

      Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African-American sons in…

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      South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

      Imani Perry

      An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South–and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America –

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      May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem

      Imani Perry

      In this rich, poignant, and readable work, Imani Perry tells the story of the Black National Anthem as it traveled from South to North, from civil rights to black power…

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      Firms and Industrial Organization in Japan

      Imani Perry

      “Miwa is one of the leading young Japanese scholars debunking the myths - all too common in the west but eagerly promoted in Japan also - about the distinctive Japanese…

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      The Billboard

      Natalie Y. Moore

      As a play and book, The Billboard is a cultural force that treats abortion as more than pro-life or pro-choice.

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      The Billboard

      Natalie Y. Moore

      As a play and book, The Billboard is a cultural force that treats abortion as more than pro-life or pro-choice.

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      Sing a Black Girl’s Song

      Ntozake Shange

      GMA's 15 Spectacular New Books to Read in September

      Ms. Magazine's September 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us The Millions "Most Anticipated" Books of 2023 LitHub's Most Anticipated Books…

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      Omar Victor Diop

      Renee Mussai,Imani Perry,Marvin Adoul

      Stunning, colour-saturated, studio photographs by a Senegalese photographer whose costumed portraits and self-portraits reflect on the history of Black Africans and the African diaspora. Text in English and French.

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      Nothing Personal

      James Baldwin

      Baldwin’s critique of American society at the height of the civil rights movement brings his prescient thoughts on social isolation, race, and police brutality to a new generation of readers…

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      Mario Moore: The Work of Several Lifetimes

      The portraits by Mario Moore contribute to the empowerment of important figures who are often overlooked

      Over the years, artist and Detroit native Mario Moore (born 1987) has observed that…

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      Dawoud Bey: Two American Projects

      Corey Keller,Elisabeth Sherman

      Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Dawoud Bay: an American project held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, February 15-May 25, 2020; the High Museum of…

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      Being Somebody and Black Besides: An Untold Memoir of Midcentury Black Life

      George B Nesbitt

      An immersive multigenerational memoir that recounts the hopes, injustices, and triumphs of a Black family fighting for access to the American dream in the twentieth century.

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      Dawoud Bey: Elegy

      Valerie Cassel Oliver

      Dawoud Bey focuses on the landscape to create a portrait of the early African American presence in the United States.

      Renowned for his Harlem street scenes and expressive portraits, Dawoud…

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      Think in Public: A Public Books Reader

      Think in Public presents a selection of inspiring essays that exemplify the distinctive approach of the online magazine Public Books to public scholarship. Today’s leading thinkers offer a guide to…

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      Think in Public: A Public Books Reader

      Think in Public presents a selection of inspiring essays that exemplify the distinctive approach of the online magazine Public Books to public scholarship. Today’s leading thinkers offer a guide to…

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      Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic

      Valerie Boyd’s Bigger Than Bravery isn’t just an anthology; it is a survival guide.

      –Courtney B. Vance, Tony- and Emmy-winning actorAn anthology of Black resilience and reclamation, with contributions by…

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