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1	Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance more books like this by Barack Obama add to wishlist The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life and reconcile his divided ... see all copies from $3.32! new only from $8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Race, Class, & Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study more books like this by Paula S Rothenberg add to wishlist IN see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.94! \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Mercy more books like this by Toni Morrison add to wishlist Nobel Prize-winning author Morrison's latest "New York Times"-bestselling masterpiece centers on a powerful tragedy involving a mother and daughter, and reveals how acts of mercy have unforeseen consequences. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America more books like this by Nathan McCall add to wishlist An eloquent memoir, by a "Washington Post" reporter, that tells of his passage from the prison yards and streets to one of the most prestigious newspapers in the country. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son more books like this by Tim Wise add to wishlist Wise offers a highly personal examination of the ways in which racial privilege shapes the lives of most white Americans, overtly racist or not, to the detriment of people of color, themselves, and society. Using stories instead of stale statistics, Wise weaves a narrative that is at once readable yet scholarly, analytical, and accessible. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.17! \| SVS
6	War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War more books like this by John W Dower add to wishlist Now in paperback, this monumental history has been hailed by the New York Times as "one of the most important books ever written about World War II in the Pacific". 20 pages of illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools more books like this by Gary R Howard add to wishlist Once again, in this expanded Second Edition, Gary Howard outlines what good teachers know, what they do, and how they embrace culturally responsive teaching. Howard brings his bestselling book completely up to date with today's school reform efforts and includes a new introduction and a new chapter that speak directly to current issues such as ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Slam! more books like this by Walter Dean Myers add to wishlist Slam, a teenager living in Harlem, adapts to life in a new school as he dreams of becoming a professional basketball player. At his new school Slam begins to learn that if he truly plans to succeed in life, he must have the dedication to excel in all aspects of school--not just on the basketball court. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Culture of Make Believe more books like this by Derrick Jensen add to wishlist Interweaving political, historical, philosophical, and deeply personal perspectives, Jensen attempts to understand the atrocities that characterize so much of our culture, from lynchings in early 20th-century America to death squads in South America to the destruction of the natural world. Illustrations. see all copies from $3.74! new only from $9.57! \| signed copies
10	Generation Dead more books like this by Daniel Waters add to wishlist Goth girl Phoebe has never run with the popular crowd at school. However, no one can believe it when she falls for Tommy Williams, the leader of the dead kids--the literally dead, living-impaired kids who are doing their best to fit into a society that doesn't want them. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $4.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race more books like this by Judith Stone add to wishlist Sandra Laing was branded as black by the apartheid government in South Africa even though she was born to a white couple. In this memoir she recounts her struggles for a decent life, including her early elopement with a black man, her estrangement from her pro-apartheid parents, and the eventual harmony she found in her life once apartheid ended. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Assata: An Autobiography more books like this by Assata Shakur add to wishlist This book presents the life story of African American revolutionary, Shakur, previously known as JoAnne Chesimard. see all copies from $7.43! new only from $9.59! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Racial Contract more books like this by Charles Wade Mills add to wishlist The Racial Contract puts classic Western social contract theory, deadpan, to extraordinary radical use. With a sweeping look at the European expansionism and racism of the last five hundred years, Charles W. Mills demonstrates how this peculiar and unacknowledged "contract" has shaped a system of global European domination: how it brings into ... see all copies from $8.31! new only from $14.06! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama more books like this by Tim Wise add to wishlist Race is, and always has been, an explosive issue in the United States. In this timely new book, Tim Wise explores how Barack Obama's emergence as a political force is taking the race debate to new levels. According to Wise, for many white people, Obama's rise signifies the end of racism as a pervasive social force; they point to Obama not only as ... see all copies from $7.97! new only from $7.97! \| SVS
15 view cover	Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class: The Sociology of Group Conflict and Change more books like this by Dr. Joseph F Healey add to wishlist Authors purpose: This text is an introduction to the sociology of minority-dominant relations and was written for students who do not have extensive backgrounds in the social sciences. I have tried to make the subject matter coherent to these students, in part by applying a unified set of themes and concepts throughout the text. The analysis is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
16 view cover	Zipporah, Wife of Moses more books like this by Marek Halter add to wishlist Featuring a bold, spirited woman of color as its protagonist, "Zipporah," the story of the wife of Moses, will appeal to a wide range of readers and follows "Sarah" in Halter's Canaan Trilogy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Crayon Box That Talked more books like this by Shane Derolf add to wishlist In Shane DeRolf's deceptively simple poem, a child's box of crayons conveys the sublimely simple message that when we all work together, the results are much more interesting and colorful. Soon to be a nationally syndicated television show. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	No-No Boy more books like this by John Okada, Lawson Fusao Inada (Designer), Frank Chin (Designer) add to wishlist John Okada was born in Seattle, Washington in 1923. He attended the University of Washington and Columbia University. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, wrote one novel and died of a heart attack at the age of 47. John Okada died in obscurity believing that Asian America had rejected his work. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.69! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	A Friendship for Today more books like this by Patricia C McKissack add to wishlist The year is 1954, the place is Missouri, and twelve-year-old Rosemary Patterson is about to make history. She is one of the first African American students to enter the white school in her town. Headstrong, smart Rosemary welcomes the challenge, but starting this new school gets more daunting when her best friend is hospitalized for polio. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Romiette and Julio more books like this by Sharon Mills Draper add to wishlist Like Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers, Romiette Cappelle and Julio Montague face strong opposition to their budding romance. In their case, a dangerous gang's disapproval of their interracial relationship puts the two in mortal peril. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.19! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Hundred Dresses more books like this by Eleanor Estes add to wishlist A story about Wanda, who wore the same faded dress to school every day but claimed to have a hundred dresses at home. This tender and lovely story has beautiful full-color illustrations that brilliantly convey the feeling and overtones of the story. Newbery Honor Book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral more books like this by Jessie Redmon Fauset add to wishlist This 1929 novel by a writer of the Harlem Renaissance is about a young black Philadelphia girl who discovers she can pass for white. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.40! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Exterminate All the Brutes: One Man's Odyssey Into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide more books like this by Sven Lindqvist, Joan Tate (Translator) add to wishlist Sweden's Sven Lindqvist provides a unique study of Europe's dark history in Africa, written in the form of a travel diary. Lindqvist examines the legacy of European racism, setting Conrad's HEART OF DARKNESS in context and helping us to understand that most terrifying of Conrad's lines "Exterminate all the brutes". 9 illus. see all copies from $3.99! new only from $11.63! \| SVS
24 view cover	Outsider more books like this by Richard Wright add to wishlist Here is Wright's compelling story of a black man's attempt to escape his past. "The novel, which builds steadily to a clamorous denunciation of the rival totalitarianisms of Communism and Fascism, also offers a dire--and accurate--prediction of a world wide revival of religious fundamentalism in response to the spiritual gloom spawned by these ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Our Nig: Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black more books like this by Harriet E Wilson add to wishlist The first novel by an African-American woman, OUR NIG was published in 1859. It tells the story of a mulatto girl who, after the death of her mother, is exploited first in a terrifying northern family and then by an opportunistic husband. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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