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	ADAMS, RUSSELL L.; WINSLOW, EUGENE (ILLUSTRATIONS); ROSS, JR., DAVID P. (EDITOR). Great Negroes: Past And Present. Afro-Am Publishing Company, Chicago: 1964. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Good condition. Library discard. Presents a popular rendering of historical source material on the American Negro. The swift tide of events incidental to the black revolution on civil rights, and the suden transformation of colonial Africa into imposing independent states create greater urgency for the need for comprehensive information on the Negro. Includes an Index. ¶ 182 pages. USD 15.55 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1372] Book number: 34632X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	ANDEBRSON, CAROL. Eyes Off The Prize: The United Nations And The African American Struggle For Human Rights, 1944-1955. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2003. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Brand new book. As World War II drew to a close and the world awakened to the horror wrought by white supremacists in Nazi Germany, African American leaders, led by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), sensed the opportunity to launch an offensive against the conditions of segregation and inequality in America. The 'prize' they sought was not civil rights, but human rights. Only the human rights lexicon, shaped by the Holocaust and articulated by the United Nations, contained the language and the moral power to address not only the political and legal inequality but also the education, health care, housing, and employment needs that haunted the black community. But the onset of the Cold War and rising anti-communism allowed powerful Southerners to cast those rights as Soviet-inspired. Thus the Civil Rights Movement was launched with neither the language nor the mission it needed to truly achieve black equality. This a well-researched addition to the history of American foreign relations. Defines the struggle for black equality as a human rights, not a civil rights issue. Compels re-evaluation of Harry Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt and the NAACP. The books contents are as follows: Introduction: the struggle for black equality; 1. Beyond Civil Rights: the NAACP, the United Nations, and redefining the struggle for black equality; 2. The struggle for human rights: African Americans petition the United Nations; 3. Things fall apart; 4. Bleached souls and red negroes; 5. The mirage of victory; Epilogue: the prize. Includes an Index. É compelling É Eyes off the Prize bravely punctures the reputations of some usually unimpeachable figures in the freedom pantheon. It also uncovers some less familiar examples of the brutality meted out against blacks in the postwar period É Anderson's work deserves the widest possible audience. Journal of American Studies ¶ 314 pages. USD 69.50 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 \| £UK 42 \| JP¥ 6134] Book number: 38740X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	ANDERSON, CAROL. Eyes Off The Prize: The United Nations And The African American Struggle For Human Rights, 1944-1955. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2006. Softcover. Brand new book. As World War II drew to a close and the world awakened to the horror wrought by white supremacists in Nazi Germany, African American leaders, led by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), sensed the opportunity to launch an offensive against the conditions of segregation and inequality in America. The 'prize' they sought was not civil rights, but human rights. Only the human rights lexicon, shaped by the Holocaust and articulated by the United Nations, contained the language and the moral power to address not only the political and legal inequality but also the education, health care, housing, and employment needs that haunted the black community. But the onset of the Cold War and rising anti-communism allowed powerful Southerners to cast those rights as Soviet-inspired. Thus the Civil Rights Movement was launched with neither the language nor the mission it needed to truly achieve black equality. This a well-researched addition to the history of American foreign relations. Defines the struggle for black equality as a human rights, not a civil rights issue. Compels re-evaluation of Harry Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt and the NAACP. The books contents are as follows: Introduction: the struggle for black equality; 1. Beyond Civil Rights: the NAACP, the United Nations, and redefining the struggle for black equality; 2. The struggle for human rights: African Americans petition the United Nations; 3. Things fall apart; 4. Bleached souls and red negroes; 5. The mirage of victory; Epilogue: the prize. Includes an Index. É compelling É Eyes off the Prize bravely punctures the reputations of some usually unimpeachable figures in the freedom pantheon. It also uncovers some less familiar examples of the brutality meted out against blacks in the postwar period É Anderson's work deserves the widest possible audience. Journal of American Studies ¶ 302 pages. USD 29.70 [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2621] Book number: 36943X2 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	ANDERSON, CAROL. Eyes Off The Prize: The United Nations And The African American Struggle For Human Rights, 1944-1955. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2006. Softcover. Brand new book. As World War II drew to a close and the world awakened to the horror wrought by white supremacists in Nazi Germany, African American leaders, led by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), sensed the opportunity to launch an offensive against the conditions of segregation and inequality in America. The 'prize' they sought was not civil rights, but human rights. Only the human rights lexicon, shaped by the Holocaust and articulated by the United Nations, contained the language and the moral power to address not only the political and legal inequality but also the education, health care, housing, and employment needs that haunted the black community. But the onset of the Cold War and rising anti-communism allowed powerful Southerners to cast those rights as Soviet-inspired. Thus the Civil Rights Movement was launched with neither the language nor the mission it needed to truly achieve black equality. This a well-researched addition to the history of American foreign relations. Defines the struggle for black equality as a human rights, not a civil rights issue. Compels re-evaluation of Harry Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt and the NAACP. The books contents are as follows: Introduction: the struggle for black equality; 1. Beyond Civil Rights: the NAACP, the United Nations, and redefining the struggle for black equality; 2. The struggle for human rights: African Americans petition the United Nations; 3. Things fall apart; 4. Bleached souls and red negroes; 5. The mirage of victory; Epilogue: the prize. Includes an Index. É compelling É Eyes off the Prize bravely punctures the reputations of some usually unimpeachable figures in the freedom pantheon. It also uncovers some less familiar examples of the brutality meted out against blacks in the postwar period É Anderson's work deserves the widest possible audience. Journal of American Studies ¶ 302 pages. USD 30.70 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 \| £UK 18.5 \| JP¥ 2710] Book number: 36943X3 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	APTHEKER, HERBERT (EDITOR); DUBOIS, W. E. B. (PREFACE). A Documentary History Of The Negro People In The United States From Colonial Times Through The Civil War - Volume I. The Citadel Press, New York: 1971. Hardcover with dustjacket. Reading copy. Here are 450 documents to make an authentic record and picture of what it meant to be a slave in the Land of the Free, and what it meant to be free after the Emancipation Proclamation. This is a work which rescues from oblivion and loss, the very words and thoughts of scores of American Negroes who lived slavery, serfdom and quasi-freedom in the United States from the seventeenth to the midnineteenth century. ¶ 532 pages. USD 26.99 [Appr.: EURO 18.25 \| £UK 16.25 \| JP¥ 2382] Book number: 42620X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BAUMAN, ROBERT. Race And The War On Poverty: From Watts To East L.a. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2008. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The dynamics of race in Los Angeles viewed through the prism of the War on Poverty. President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty did more than offer aid to needy Americans; in some cities, it also sparked both racial conflict and cooperation. Race and the War on Poverty examines the African American and Mexican American community organizations in Los Angeles that emerged to implement War on Poverty programs. It explores how organizers applied democratic vision and political savvy to community action, and how the ongoing African American, Chicano, and feminist movements in turn shaped the contours of the War on Poverty's goals, programs, and cultural identity. Robert Bauman describes how the Watts riots of 1965 accelerated the creation of a black community-controlled agency, the Watts Labor Community Action Committee. The example of the WLCAC, combined with a burgeoning Chicano movement, inspired Mexican Americans to create The East Los Angeles Community Union (TELACU) and the Chicana Service Action Center. Bauman explores the connections that wove together the War on Poverty, the Watts revolt, and local movements in ways that empowered the participants economically, culturally, and politically. Although heated battles over race and other cultural issues sometimes derailed the programs, these organizations produced lasting positive effects for the communities they touched. Despite Nixon-era budget cuts and the nation's turn toward conservatism, the War on Poverty continues to be fought today as these agencies embrace the changing politics, economics, and demographics of Los Angeles. Race and the War on Poverty shows how the struggle to end poverty evolved in ways that would have surprised its planners, supporters, and detractorsÑand that what began as a grand vision at the national level continues to thrive on the streets of the community. Robert Bauman is Associate Professor of History at Washington State University, Tri-Cities. He lives in Richland, Washington. ¶ 192 pages. USD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3085] Book number: 63315X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	DU BOIS, W. E. B. The Souls Of Black Folk. Dover Publications, Inc., New York: 1994. Softcover. Good condition. This landmark book is a founding work in the literature of black protest. W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) played a key role in developing the strategy and program that dominated early 20th-century black protest in America. In this collection of essays, first published together in 1903, he eloquently affirms that it is beneath the dignity of a human being to beg for those rights that belong inherently to all mankind. ¶ 165 pages. USD 4.95 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3 \| JP¥ 437] Book number: 50915X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BROWN, LARISSA. Africans In The New World, 1493-1834. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 1988. Softcover. Brand new book. Exhibition catalogue describing 81 items related to the slave trade and Afro-American culture in the New World. Titles in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English are included. ¶ 61 pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 58425X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	CARROLL, REBECCA. I Know What The Red Clay Looks Like: The Voice And Vision Of Black Women Writers. Crown Publishers, New York: 1994. Softcover. Very good condition. Fifteen black women writers are skillfully interviewed about race, gender, and their craft. Each interview is accompanied by an excerpt from the author's work. With eloquence and candor, these women - Davida Adedjouma, Tina McElroy Ansa, Lorene Cary, Pearl Cleage, J. California Cooper, Rita Dove, Gloria Wade-Gaylers, Nikki Giovanni, Marita Golden, June Jordan, Gloria Naylor, Barbara Neely, Gwendolyn M. Parker, Charlotte Watson Sherman, and Barbara Summers - tell their stories. A stunning achievement - Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ¶ 246 pages. USD 8.70 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 768] Book number: 45491X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	COLEMAN, ANITA SCOTT; DAVIS, CYNTHIA & MITCHELL, VERNER D. (EDITORS). Western Echoes Of The Harlem Renaissance: The Life And Writings Of Anita Scott Coleman. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2008. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Recovers Coleman's life and literary legacy. One of the most distinctive and prolific writers of the Harlem Renaissance, Anita Scott Coleman (1890-1960) found popular and critical success in the flourishing African American press of the early twentieth century. Yet unlike many of her New York-based contemporaries, Coleman lived her life in the American West, first in New Mexico and later in California. Her work thus offers a rare view of African American life in that region. Broader in scope than any previous anthology of Coleman's writings, this volume collects the author's finest stories, essays, and poems, including many not published since they first appeared in African American newspapers during the 1920s, '30s, and '40's. Editors Cynthia Davis and Verner D. Mitchell introduce these writings with an in-depth biographical essay that places Coleman in the context of the Harlem Renaissance movement. The volume also features vintage family photographs, a detailed chronology, and a genealogical tree covering five generations of the Coleman family. Based on extensive research and written with the full cooperation of the Coleman family, Western Echoes of the Harlem Renaissance gives readers new understanding of this overlooked writer's life and literary accomplishments. Cynthia Davis is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, University College. She is coauthor of Dynamic Communication for Engineers. Verner D. Mitchell is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in English at the University of Memphis. He is the author of This Waiting for Love: Helene Johnson, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance and, with Cynthia Davis, editor of Dorothy West: Where the Wild Grape Grows. ¶ 240 pages. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 63308X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	COLEMAN, ANITA SCOTT; DAVIS, CYNTHIA & MITCHELL, VERNER D. (EDITORS). Western Echoes Of The Harlem Renaissance: The Life And Writings Of Anita Scott Coleman. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2008. Softcover. Brand new book. Recovers Coleman's life and literary legacy. One of the most distinctive and prolific writers of the Harlem Renaissance, Anita Scott Coleman (1890-1960) found popular and critical success in the flourishing African American press of the early twentieth century. Yet unlike many of her New York-based contemporaries, Coleman lived her life in the American West, first in New Mexico and later in California. Her work thus offers a rare view of African American life in that region. Broader in scope than any previous anthology of Coleman's writings, this volume collects the author's finest stories, essays, and poems, including many not published since they first appeared in African American newspapers during the 1920s, '30s, and '40's. Editors Cynthia Davis and Verner D. Mitchell introduce these writings with an in-depth biographical essay that places Coleman in the context of the Harlem Renaissance movement. The volume also features vintage family photographs, a detailed chronology, and a genealogical tree covering five generations of the Coleman family. Based on extensive research and written with the full cooperation of the Coleman family, Western Echoes of the Harlem Renaissance gives readers new understanding of this overlooked writer's life and literary accomplishments. Cynthia Davis is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, University College. She is coauthor of Dynamic Communication for Engineers. Verner D. Mitchell is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in English at the University of Memphis. He is the author of This Waiting for Love: Helene Johnson, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance and, with Cynthia Davis, editor of Dorothy West: Where the Wild Grape Grows. ¶ 240 pages. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 63309X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	DUNAWAY, WILMA A. Slavery In The American Mountain South. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2003. Softcover. Brand new book. Breaks new ground by focusing on slave experiences on small plantations in the Upper South. By drawing on a massive statistical database derived from antebellum census manuscripts and the tax records of 215 counties in nine states, on a vast array of slaveholder manuscripts, and on regional slave narratives, Wilma Dunaway pinpoints several indicators that distinguished Mountain South from Lower South enslavement. ¶ 352 pages. USD 34.65 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 \| £UK 21 \| JP¥ 3058] Book number: 35921X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	DUNAWAY, WILMA A. Slavery In The American Mountain South. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2003 Softcover. Brand new book. Breaks new ground by focusing on slave experiences on small plantations in the Upper South. By drawing on a massive statistical database derived from antebellum census manuscripts and the tax records of 215 counties in nine states, on a vast array of slaveholder manuscripts, and on regional slave narratives, Wilma Dunaway pinpoints several indicators that distinguished Mountain South from Lower South enslavement. ¶ 352 pages. USD 22.20 [Appr.: EURO 15 \| £UK 13.5 \| JP¥ 1959] Book number: 35921X2 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	DYSON, MICHAEL ERIC. Why I Love Black Women. Basic Civitas Books, New York: 2003. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Inscribed by author. Son and husband, soulmate and teacher, Michael Eric Dyson owes his success to the love and support of the black women in his life. Yet too often, he warns, African-American women are the victims of negative stereotypes that dominate the larger culture and even many quarers of black America. Now, with Why I Love Black Women, Dyson celebrates the strength and beauty of Afican-American women in all their glorious diversity. ¶ 314 pages. USD 25.75 [Appr.: EURO 17.25 \| £UK 15.5 \| JP¥ 2273] Book number: 29412X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION. The Negro In American History, Curriculum Bulletin, 1964-65 Series, No. 4. Board of Education, NEW YORK CITY: 1964. Softcover. Very good reading copy. ¶ 158 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 40762X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	GOMEZ, MICHAEL A. Black Crescent: The Experience And Legacy Of African Muslims In The Americas. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2005. Softcover. Brand new book. Beginning with Latin America in the fifteenth century, this book gives a social history of the expeeriences of African Muslims and their desceendants throughout the Americas, including the Caribbean. It examines the record under slavery and the posyslavery period into the twentieth century. Includes an Index. ¶ 385 pages. USD 32.85 [Appr.: EURO 22 \| £UK 19.75 \| JP¥ 2899] Book number: 34516X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	GOMEZ, MICHAEL A. Reversing Sail: A History Of The African Diaspora. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2006. Softcover. Brand new book. The experiences of Africans in the Old World -- the Mediterranean and Islamic worlds, is followed by their movement into the New, where their plight in lands claimed by Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, French and English colonial powers is analyzed from enslavement through the Cold War. Particular attention is paid to the everyday lives of the working classes and their cultural development. Their exploits, challenges, and struggles are covered over a broad time frame that links as well as differentiates past and present circumstances. The contents of this book is as follows: Part I. 'Old' World Dimensions: 1. Antiquity; 2. Africans and the Bible; 3. Africans and the Islamic world; Part II. 'New' World Realities: 4. Transatlantic movement; 5. Enslavement; 6. Asserting the right to be; 7. Reconnecting; 8. Movement of peoples. Includes an Index. An outstanding synthesis of the history of the African diaspora. Well conceived, argued, and written in an engaging style, Reversing Sail will be indispensable in courses on the peoples of Africa and its diaspora. Specialists, students, and the general reader will find this book intellectually stimulating and enlightening. - Colin Palmer, Dodge Professor of History, Princeton University ¶ 236 pages. USD 25.99 [Appr.: EURO 17.5 \| £UK 15.75 \| JP¥ 2294] Book number: 44173X5 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	GOMEZ, MICHAEL A. Reversing Sail: A History Of The African Diaspora. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2004. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The experiences of Africans in the Old World -- the Mediterranean and Islamic worlds, is followed by their movement into the New, where their plight in lands claimed by Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, French and English colonial powers is analyzed from enslavement through the Cold War. Particular attention is paid to the everyday lives of the working classes and their cultural development. Their exploits, challenges, and struggles are covered over a broad time frame that links as well as differentiates past and present circumstances. The contents of this book is as follows: Part I. 'Old' World Dimensions: 1. Antiquity; 2. Africans and the Bible; 3. Africans and the Islamic world; Part II. 'New' World Realities: 4. Transatlantic movement; 5. Enslavement; 6. Asserting the right to be; 7. Reconnecting; 8. Movement of peoples. Includes an Index. An outstanding synthesis of the history of the African diaspora. Well conceived, argued, and written in an engaging style, Reversing Sail will be indispensable in courses on the peoples of Africa and its diaspora. Specialists, students, and the general reader will find this book intellectually stimulating and enlightening. - Colin Palmer, Dodge Professor of History, Princeton University ¶ 236 pages. USD 68.00 [Appr.: EURO 45.5 \| £UK 41 \| JP¥ 6002] Book number: 63524X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	GRIFFIN, JOHN HOWARD. Black Like Me: Updated With A New Epilogue By The Author. Penguin Group, New York: 1976. Softcover. Reading copy. What was it like to be a black in the Deep South? Novelist John Howard Griffith darkened his skin and set out to discover by personal experience the night side of American life. This is his startling report. ¶ 188 pages. USD 7.20 [Appr.: EURO 5 \| £UK 4.5 \| JP¥ 635] Book number: 32369X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	HARRIS, FREDERICK C.; SINCLAIR-CHAPMAN, VALERIA & MCKENZIE, BRIAN D. Countervailing Forces In African-american Civic Activism, 1973-1994. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2006. Softcover. Brand new book. In a first-ever study assessing black civic participation after the civil rights movement, Fredrick C. Harris, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman and Brian D. McKenzie demonstrate that the changes in black activism since the civil rights movement is characterized by a tug-of-war between black political power on one side and economic conditions in black communities on the other. As blacks gain greater access and influence within the political system, black participation in political activities increases while downward turns in the economic conditions of black communities produce less civic involvement in black communities. Examining changes in black activism from the early 1970s to the 1990s, this tug-of-war demonstrates that the quest for black political empowerment and the realities of economic and social life act as countervailing forces, in which negative economic and social conditions in black communities weaken the capacity of blacks to organize so that their political voices can be heard. The contents of this book is as follows: 1. Introduction; 2. Good times and bad: trends in the economic, social, and political conditions of African Americans in the post-civil rights era; 3. Studying group activism: toward a macro approach to black civic participation; 4. Echoes of black civic activism: historical foundations and longitudinal considerations; 5. Shifting forces: modeling changes in post-civil rights black activism; 6. From margin to center: bringing structural forces into focus in the analysis of black activism. Includes an Index. ¶ 176 pages. USD 20.99 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 \| £UK 12.75 \| JP¥ 1853] Book number: 40509X3 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	HARRIS, FREDERICK C.; SINCLAIR-CHAPMAN, VALERIA & MCKENZIE, BRIAN D. Countervailing Forces In African-american Civic Activism, 1973-1994. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2006. Softcover. Brand new book. In a first-ever study assessing black civic participation after the civil rights movement, Fredrick C. Harris, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman and Brian D. McKenzie demonstrate that the changes in black activism since the civil rights movement is characterized by a tug-of-war between black political power on one side and economic conditions in black communities on the other. As blacks gain greater access and influence within the political system, black participation in political activities increases while downward turns in the economic conditions of black communities produce less civic involvement in black communities. Examining changes in black activism from the early 1970s to the 1990s, this tug-of-war demonstrates that the quest for black political empowerment and the realities of economic and social life act as countervailing forces, in which negative economic and social conditions in black communities weaken the capacity of blacks to organize so that their political voices can be heard. The contents of this book is as follows: 1. Introduction; 2. Good times and bad: trends in the economic, social, and political conditions of African Americans in the post-civil rights era; 3. Studying group activism: toward a macro approach to black civic participation; 4. Echoes of black civic activism: historical foundations and longitudinal considerations; 5. Shifting forces: modeling changes in post-civil rights black activism; 6. From margin to center: bringing structural forces into focus in the analysis of black activism. Includes an Index. ¶ 176 pages. USD 63.00 [Appr.: EURO 42.25 \| £UK 38 \| JP¥ 5560] Book number: 63302X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	JORDAN, DENISE M. Julian Bond: Civil Rights Activist And Chairman Of The Naacp. Enslow Publishers, Inc., Berkeley Heights / Hants: 2001. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Brand new book. We believed we could change the world, said Julian Bond of his activism in the 1960s. Bond has been on the cutting edge of social change ever since. Drawing from extensive personal interviews, Denise M. Jordan reveals a man of grit and determination whose story is filled with the crises and controversies of the civil rights movement. Includes an Index. ¶ 128 pages. USD 26.20 [Appr.: EURO 17.5 \| £UK 15.75 \| JP¥ 2312] Book number: 44945X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	JOYNER, CHARLES. Down By The Riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community. University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago: 1984. Softcover. Like New. The finest work ever written on American slavery. -George P. Rawick, Editor of The American Slave ¶ 345 pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 60377X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	JOYNER, CHARLES. Down By The Riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community. University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago: 1984. Softcover. Like New. The finest work ever written on American slavery. -George P. Rawick, editor of The American Slave ¶ pages. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 60380X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	KANE, SHARYN & KEETON, RICHARD. In Those Days: African-american Life Near The Savannah River. National Park Service - Southeast Region, Atlanta: 1994. Softcover. Very good condition. A presentation for a general audience of archival and oral history research conducted in the Richard B. Russell Multiple Resource Area in the early 1980s. Includes an Index. ¶ 91 pages. USD 22.40 [Appr.: EURO 15 \| £UK 13.5 \| JP¥ 1977] Book number: 29441X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.

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	ADAMS, RUSSELL L.; WINSLOW, EUGENE (ILLUSTRATIONS); ROSS, JR., DAVID P. (EDITOR). Great Negroes: Past And Present. Afro-Am Publishing Company, Chicago: 1964. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Good condition. Library discard. Presents a popular rendering of historical source material on the American Negro. The swift tide of events incidental to the black revolution on civil rights, and the suden transformation of colonial Africa into imposing independent states create greater urgency for the need for comprehensive information on the Negro. Includes an Index. ¶ 182 pages. USD 15.55 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1372] Book number: 34632X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	ANDEBRSON, CAROL. Eyes Off The Prize: The United Nations And The African American Struggle For Human Rights, 1944-1955. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2003. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Brand new book. As World War II drew to a close and the world awakened to the horror wrought by white supremacists in Nazi Germany, African American leaders, led by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), sensed the opportunity to launch an offensive against the conditions of segregation and inequality in America. The 'prize' they sought was not civil rights, but human rights. Only the human rights lexicon, shaped by the Holocaust and articulated by the United Nations, contained the language and the moral power to address not only the political and legal inequality but also the education, health care, housing, and employment needs that haunted the black community. But the onset of the Cold War and rising anti-communism allowed powerful Southerners to cast those rights as Soviet-inspired. Thus the Civil Rights Movement was launched with neither the language nor the mission it needed to truly achieve black equality. This a well-researched addition to the history of American foreign relations. Defines the struggle for black equality as a human rights, not a civil rights issue. Compels re-evaluation of Harry Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt and the NAACP. The books contents are as follows: Introduction: the struggle for black equality; 1. Beyond Civil Rights: the NAACP, the United Nations, and redefining the struggle for black equality; 2. The struggle for human rights: African Americans petition the United Nations; 3. Things fall apart; 4. Bleached souls and red negroes; 5. The mirage of victory; Epilogue: the prize. Includes an Index. É compelling É Eyes off the Prize bravely punctures the reputations of some usually unimpeachable figures in the freedom pantheon. It also uncovers some less familiar examples of the brutality meted out against blacks in the postwar period É Anderson's work deserves the widest possible audience. Journal of American Studies ¶ 314 pages. USD 69.50 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 \| £UK 42 \| JP¥ 6134] Book number: 38740X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	ANDERSON, CAROL. Eyes Off The Prize: The United Nations And The African American Struggle For Human Rights, 1944-1955. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2006. Softcover. Brand new book. As World War II drew to a close and the world awakened to the horror wrought by white supremacists in Nazi Germany, African American leaders, led by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), sensed the opportunity to launch an offensive against the conditions of segregation and inequality in America. The 'prize' they sought was not civil rights, but human rights. Only the human rights lexicon, shaped by the Holocaust and articulated by the United Nations, contained the language and the moral power to address not only the political and legal inequality but also the education, health care, housing, and employment needs that haunted the black community. But the onset of the Cold War and rising anti-communism allowed powerful Southerners to cast those rights as Soviet-inspired. Thus the Civil Rights Movement was launched with neither the language nor the mission it needed to truly achieve black equality. This a well-researched addition to the history of American foreign relations. Defines the struggle for black equality as a human rights, not a civil rights issue. Compels re-evaluation of Harry Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt and the NAACP. The books contents are as follows: Introduction: the struggle for black equality; 1. Beyond Civil Rights: the NAACP, the United Nations, and redefining the struggle for black equality; 2. The struggle for human rights: African Americans petition the United Nations; 3. Things fall apart; 4. Bleached souls and red negroes; 5. The mirage of victory; Epilogue: the prize. Includes an Index. É compelling É Eyes off the Prize bravely punctures the reputations of some usually unimpeachable figures in the freedom pantheon. It also uncovers some less familiar examples of the brutality meted out against blacks in the postwar period É Anderson's work deserves the widest possible audience. Journal of American Studies ¶ 302 pages. USD 29.70 [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2621] Book number: 36943X2 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	ANDERSON, CAROL. Eyes Off The Prize: The United Nations And The African American Struggle For Human Rights, 1944-1955. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2006. Softcover. Brand new book. As World War II drew to a close and the world awakened to the horror wrought by white supremacists in Nazi Germany, African American leaders, led by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), sensed the opportunity to launch an offensive against the conditions of segregation and inequality in America. The 'prize' they sought was not civil rights, but human rights. Only the human rights lexicon, shaped by the Holocaust and articulated by the United Nations, contained the language and the moral power to address not only the political and legal inequality but also the education, health care, housing, and employment needs that haunted the black community. But the onset of the Cold War and rising anti-communism allowed powerful Southerners to cast those rights as Soviet-inspired. Thus the Civil Rights Movement was launched with neither the language nor the mission it needed to truly achieve black equality. This a well-researched addition to the history of American foreign relations. Defines the struggle for black equality as a human rights, not a civil rights issue. Compels re-evaluation of Harry Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt and the NAACP. The books contents are as follows: Introduction: the struggle for black equality; 1. Beyond Civil Rights: the NAACP, the United Nations, and redefining the struggle for black equality; 2. The struggle for human rights: African Americans petition the United Nations; 3. Things fall apart; 4. Bleached souls and red negroes; 5. The mirage of victory; Epilogue: the prize. Includes an Index. É compelling É Eyes off the Prize bravely punctures the reputations of some usually unimpeachable figures in the freedom pantheon. It also uncovers some less familiar examples of the brutality meted out against blacks in the postwar period É Anderson's work deserves the widest possible audience. Journal of American Studies ¶ 302 pages. USD 30.70 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 \| £UK 18.5 \| JP¥ 2710] Book number: 36943X3 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	APTHEKER, HERBERT (EDITOR); DUBOIS, W. E. B. (PREFACE). A Documentary History Of The Negro People In The United States From Colonial Times Through The Civil War - Volume I. The Citadel Press, New York: 1971. Hardcover with dustjacket. Reading copy. Here are 450 documents to make an authentic record and picture of what it meant to be a slave in the Land of the Free, and what it meant to be free after the Emancipation Proclamation. This is a work which rescues from oblivion and loss, the very words and thoughts of scores of American Negroes who lived slavery, serfdom and quasi-freedom in the United States from the seventeenth to the midnineteenth century. ¶ 532 pages. USD 26.99 [Appr.: EURO 18.25 \| £UK 16.25 \| JP¥ 2382] Book number: 42620X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BAUMAN, ROBERT. Race And The War On Poverty: From Watts To East L.a. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2008. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The dynamics of race in Los Angeles viewed through the prism of the War on Poverty. President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty did more than offer aid to needy Americans; in some cities, it also sparked both racial conflict and cooperation. Race and the War on Poverty examines the African American and Mexican American community organizations in Los Angeles that emerged to implement War on Poverty programs. It explores how organizers applied democratic vision and political savvy to community action, and how the ongoing African American, Chicano, and feminist movements in turn shaped the contours of the War on Poverty's goals, programs, and cultural identity. Robert Bauman describes how the Watts riots of 1965 accelerated the creation of a black community-controlled agency, the Watts Labor Community Action Committee. The example of the WLCAC, combined with a burgeoning Chicano movement, inspired Mexican Americans to create The East Los Angeles Community Union (TELACU) and the Chicana Service Action Center. Bauman explores the connections that wove together the War on Poverty, the Watts revolt, and local movements in ways that empowered the participants economically, culturally, and politically. Although heated battles over race and other cultural issues sometimes derailed the programs, these organizations produced lasting positive effects for the communities they touched. Despite Nixon-era budget cuts and the nation's turn toward conservatism, the War on Poverty continues to be fought today as these agencies embrace the changing politics, economics, and demographics of Los Angeles. Race and the War on Poverty shows how the struggle to end poverty evolved in ways that would have surprised its planners, supporters, and detractorsÑand that what began as a grand vision at the national level continues to thrive on the streets of the community. Robert Bauman is Associate Professor of History at Washington State University, Tri-Cities. He lives in Richland, Washington. ¶ 192 pages. USD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3085] Book number: 63315X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	DU BOIS, W. E. B. The Souls Of Black Folk. Dover Publications, Inc., New York: 1994. Softcover. Good condition. This landmark book is a founding work in the literature of black protest. W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) played a key role in developing the strategy and program that dominated early 20th-century black protest in America. In this collection of essays, first published together in 1903, he eloquently affirms that it is beneath the dignity of a human being to beg for those rights that belong inherently to all mankind. ¶ 165 pages. USD 4.95 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3 \| JP¥ 437] Book number: 50915X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	BROWN, LARISSA. Africans In The New World, 1493-1834. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 1988. Softcover. Brand new book. Exhibition catalogue describing 81 items related to the slave trade and Afro-American culture in the New World. Titles in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English are included. ¶ 61 pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 58425X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	CARROLL, REBECCA. I Know What The Red Clay Looks Like: The Voice And Vision Of Black Women Writers. Crown Publishers, New York: 1994. Softcover. Very good condition. Fifteen black women writers are skillfully interviewed about race, gender, and their craft. Each interview is accompanied by an excerpt from the author's work. With eloquence and candor, these women - Davida Adedjouma, Tina McElroy Ansa, Lorene Cary, Pearl Cleage, J. California Cooper, Rita Dove, Gloria Wade-Gaylers, Nikki Giovanni, Marita Golden, June Jordan, Gloria Naylor, Barbara Neely, Gwendolyn M. Parker, Charlotte Watson Sherman, and Barbara Summers - tell their stories. A stunning achievement - Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ¶ 246 pages. USD 8.70 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 768] Book number: 45491X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	COLEMAN, ANITA SCOTT; DAVIS, CYNTHIA & MITCHELL, VERNER D. (EDITORS). Western Echoes Of The Harlem Renaissance: The Life And Writings Of Anita Scott Coleman. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2008. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Recovers Coleman's life and literary legacy. One of the most distinctive and prolific writers of the Harlem Renaissance, Anita Scott Coleman (1890-1960) found popular and critical success in the flourishing African American press of the early twentieth century. Yet unlike many of her New York-based contemporaries, Coleman lived her life in the American West, first in New Mexico and later in California. Her work thus offers a rare view of African American life in that region. Broader in scope than any previous anthology of Coleman's writings, this volume collects the author's finest stories, essays, and poems, including many not published since they first appeared in African American newspapers during the 1920s, '30s, and '40's. Editors Cynthia Davis and Verner D. Mitchell introduce these writings with an in-depth biographical essay that places Coleman in the context of the Harlem Renaissance movement. The volume also features vintage family photographs, a detailed chronology, and a genealogical tree covering five generations of the Coleman family. Based on extensive research and written with the full cooperation of the Coleman family, Western Echoes of the Harlem Renaissance gives readers new understanding of this overlooked writer's life and literary accomplishments. Cynthia Davis is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, University College. She is coauthor of Dynamic Communication for Engineers. Verner D. Mitchell is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in English at the University of Memphis. He is the author of This Waiting for Love: Helene Johnson, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance and, with Cynthia Davis, editor of Dorothy West: Where the Wild Grape Grows. ¶ 240 pages. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 63308X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	COLEMAN, ANITA SCOTT; DAVIS, CYNTHIA & MITCHELL, VERNER D. (EDITORS). Western Echoes Of The Harlem Renaissance: The Life And Writings Of Anita Scott Coleman. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2008. Softcover. Brand new book. Recovers Coleman's life and literary legacy. One of the most distinctive and prolific writers of the Harlem Renaissance, Anita Scott Coleman (1890-1960) found popular and critical success in the flourishing African American press of the early twentieth century. Yet unlike many of her New York-based contemporaries, Coleman lived her life in the American West, first in New Mexico and later in California. Her work thus offers a rare view of African American life in that region. Broader in scope than any previous anthology of Coleman's writings, this volume collects the author's finest stories, essays, and poems, including many not published since they first appeared in African American newspapers during the 1920s, '30s, and '40's. Editors Cynthia Davis and Verner D. Mitchell introduce these writings with an in-depth biographical essay that places Coleman in the context of the Harlem Renaissance movement. The volume also features vintage family photographs, a detailed chronology, and a genealogical tree covering five generations of the Coleman family. Based on extensive research and written with the full cooperation of the Coleman family, Western Echoes of the Harlem Renaissance gives readers new understanding of this overlooked writer's life and literary accomplishments. Cynthia Davis is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, University College. She is coauthor of Dynamic Communication for Engineers. Verner D. Mitchell is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in English at the University of Memphis. He is the author of This Waiting for Love: Helene Johnson, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance and, with Cynthia Davis, editor of Dorothy West: Where the Wild Grape Grows. ¶ 240 pages. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 63309X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	DUNAWAY, WILMA A. Slavery In The American Mountain South. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2003. Softcover. Brand new book. Breaks new ground by focusing on slave experiences on small plantations in the Upper South. By drawing on a massive statistical database derived from antebellum census manuscripts and the tax records of 215 counties in nine states, on a vast array of slaveholder manuscripts, and on regional slave narratives, Wilma Dunaway pinpoints several indicators that distinguished Mountain South from Lower South enslavement. ¶ 352 pages. USD 34.65 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 \| £UK 21 \| JP¥ 3058] Book number: 35921X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	DUNAWAY, WILMA A. Slavery In The American Mountain South. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2003 Softcover. Brand new book. Breaks new ground by focusing on slave experiences on small plantations in the Upper South. By drawing on a massive statistical database derived from antebellum census manuscripts and the tax records of 215 counties in nine states, on a vast array of slaveholder manuscripts, and on regional slave narratives, Wilma Dunaway pinpoints several indicators that distinguished Mountain South from Lower South enslavement. ¶ 352 pages. USD 22.20 [Appr.: EURO 15 \| £UK 13.5 \| JP¥ 1959] Book number: 35921X2 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	DYSON, MICHAEL ERIC. Why I Love Black Women. Basic Civitas Books, New York: 2003. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Inscribed by author. Son and husband, soulmate and teacher, Michael Eric Dyson owes his success to the love and support of the black women in his life. Yet too often, he warns, African-American women are the victims of negative stereotypes that dominate the larger culture and even many quarers of black America. Now, with Why I Love Black Women, Dyson celebrates the strength and beauty of Afican-American women in all their glorious diversity. ¶ 314 pages. USD 25.75 [Appr.: EURO 17.25 \| £UK 15.5 \| JP¥ 2273] Book number: 29412X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION. The Negro In American History, Curriculum Bulletin, 1964-65 Series, No. 4. Board of Education, NEW YORK CITY: 1964. Softcover. Very good reading copy. ¶ 158 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 40762X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	GOMEZ, MICHAEL A. Black Crescent: The Experience And Legacy Of African Muslims In The Americas. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2005. Softcover. Brand new book. Beginning with Latin America in the fifteenth century, this book gives a social history of the expeeriences of African Muslims and their desceendants throughout the Americas, including the Caribbean. It examines the record under slavery and the posyslavery period into the twentieth century. Includes an Index. ¶ 385 pages. USD 32.85 [Appr.: EURO 22 \| £UK 19.75 \| JP¥ 2899] Book number: 34516X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	GOMEZ, MICHAEL A. Reversing Sail: A History Of The African Diaspora. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2006. Softcover. Brand new book. The experiences of Africans in the Old World -- the Mediterranean and Islamic worlds, is followed by their movement into the New, where their plight in lands claimed by Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, French and English colonial powers is analyzed from enslavement through the Cold War. Particular attention is paid to the everyday lives of the working classes and their cultural development. Their exploits, challenges, and struggles are covered over a broad time frame that links as well as differentiates past and present circumstances. The contents of this book is as follows: Part I. 'Old' World Dimensions: 1. Antiquity; 2. Africans and the Bible; 3. Africans and the Islamic world; Part II. 'New' World Realities: 4. Transatlantic movement; 5. Enslavement; 6. Asserting the right to be; 7. Reconnecting; 8. Movement of peoples. Includes an Index. An outstanding synthesis of the history of the African diaspora. Well conceived, argued, and written in an engaging style, Reversing Sail will be indispensable in courses on the peoples of Africa and its diaspora. Specialists, students, and the general reader will find this book intellectually stimulating and enlightening. - Colin Palmer, Dodge Professor of History, Princeton University ¶ 236 pages. USD 25.99 [Appr.: EURO 17.5 \| £UK 15.75 \| JP¥ 2294] Book number: 44173X5 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	GOMEZ, MICHAEL A. Reversing Sail: A History Of The African Diaspora. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2004. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The experiences of Africans in the Old World -- the Mediterranean and Islamic worlds, is followed by their movement into the New, where their plight in lands claimed by Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, French and English colonial powers is analyzed from enslavement through the Cold War. Particular attention is paid to the everyday lives of the working classes and their cultural development. Their exploits, challenges, and struggles are covered over a broad time frame that links as well as differentiates past and present circumstances. The contents of this book is as follows: Part I. 'Old' World Dimensions: 1. Antiquity; 2. Africans and the Bible; 3. Africans and the Islamic world; Part II. 'New' World Realities: 4. Transatlantic movement; 5. Enslavement; 6. Asserting the right to be; 7. Reconnecting; 8. Movement of peoples. Includes an Index. An outstanding synthesis of the history of the African diaspora. Well conceived, argued, and written in an engaging style, Reversing Sail will be indispensable in courses on the peoples of Africa and its diaspora. Specialists, students, and the general reader will find this book intellectually stimulating and enlightening. - Colin Palmer, Dodge Professor of History, Princeton University ¶ 236 pages. USD 68.00 [Appr.: EURO 45.5 \| £UK 41 \| JP¥ 6002] Book number: 63524X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	GRIFFIN, JOHN HOWARD. Black Like Me: Updated With A New Epilogue By The Author. Penguin Group, New York: 1976. Softcover. Reading copy. What was it like to be a black in the Deep South? Novelist John Howard Griffith darkened his skin and set out to discover by personal experience the night side of American life. This is his startling report. ¶ 188 pages. USD 7.20 [Appr.: EURO 5 \| £UK 4.5 \| JP¥ 635] Book number: 32369X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	HARRIS, FREDERICK C.; SINCLAIR-CHAPMAN, VALERIA & MCKENZIE, BRIAN D. Countervailing Forces In African-american Civic Activism, 1973-1994. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2006. Softcover. Brand new book. In a first-ever study assessing black civic participation after the civil rights movement, Fredrick C. Harris, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman and Brian D. McKenzie demonstrate that the changes in black activism since the civil rights movement is characterized by a tug-of-war between black political power on one side and economic conditions in black communities on the other. As blacks gain greater access and influence within the political system, black participation in political activities increases while downward turns in the economic conditions of black communities produce less civic involvement in black communities. Examining changes in black activism from the early 1970s to the 1990s, this tug-of-war demonstrates that the quest for black political empowerment and the realities of economic and social life act as countervailing forces, in which negative economic and social conditions in black communities weaken the capacity of blacks to organize so that their political voices can be heard. The contents of this book is as follows: 1. Introduction; 2. Good times and bad: trends in the economic, social, and political conditions of African Americans in the post-civil rights era; 3. Studying group activism: toward a macro approach to black civic participation; 4. Echoes of black civic activism: historical foundations and longitudinal considerations; 5. Shifting forces: modeling changes in post-civil rights black activism; 6. From margin to center: bringing structural forces into focus in the analysis of black activism. Includes an Index. ¶ 176 pages. USD 20.99 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 \| £UK 12.75 \| JP¥ 1853] Book number: 40509X3 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	HARRIS, FREDERICK C.; SINCLAIR-CHAPMAN, VALERIA & MCKENZIE, BRIAN D. Countervailing Forces In African-american Civic Activism, 1973-1994. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2006. Softcover. Brand new book. In a first-ever study assessing black civic participation after the civil rights movement, Fredrick C. Harris, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman and Brian D. McKenzie demonstrate that the changes in black activism since the civil rights movement is characterized by a tug-of-war between black political power on one side and economic conditions in black communities on the other. As blacks gain greater access and influence within the political system, black participation in political activities increases while downward turns in the economic conditions of black communities produce less civic involvement in black communities. Examining changes in black activism from the early 1970s to the 1990s, this tug-of-war demonstrates that the quest for black political empowerment and the realities of economic and social life act as countervailing forces, in which negative economic and social conditions in black communities weaken the capacity of blacks to organize so that their political voices can be heard. The contents of this book is as follows: 1. Introduction; 2. Good times and bad: trends in the economic, social, and political conditions of African Americans in the post-civil rights era; 3. Studying group activism: toward a macro approach to black civic participation; 4. Echoes of black civic activism: historical foundations and longitudinal considerations; 5. Shifting forces: modeling changes in post-civil rights black activism; 6. From margin to center: bringing structural forces into focus in the analysis of black activism. Includes an Index. ¶ 176 pages. USD 63.00 [Appr.: EURO 42.25 \| £UK 38 \| JP¥ 5560] Book number: 63302X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	JORDAN, DENISE M. Julian Bond: Civil Rights Activist And Chairman Of The Naacp. Enslow Publishers, Inc., Berkeley Heights / Hants: 2001. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Brand new book. We believed we could change the world, said Julian Bond of his activism in the 1960s. Bond has been on the cutting edge of social change ever since. Drawing from extensive personal interviews, Denise M. Jordan reveals a man of grit and determination whose story is filled with the crises and controversies of the civil rights movement. Includes an Index. ¶ 128 pages. USD 26.20 [Appr.: EURO 17.5 \| £UK 15.75 \| JP¥ 2312] Book number: 44945X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	JOYNER, CHARLES. Down By The Riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community. University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago: 1984. Softcover. Like New. The finest work ever written on American slavery. -George P. Rawick, Editor of The American Slave ¶ 345 pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 60377X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	JOYNER, CHARLES. Down By The Riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community. University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago: 1984. Softcover. Like New. The finest work ever written on American slavery. -George P. Rawick, editor of The American Slave ¶ pages. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 60380X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.
	KANE, SHARYN & KEETON, RICHARD. In Those Days: African-american Life Near The Savannah River. National Park Service - Southeast Region, Atlanta: 1994. Softcover. Very good condition. A presentation for a general audience of archival and oral history research conducted in the Richard B. Russell Multiple Resource Area in the early 1980s. Includes an Index. ¶ 91 pages. USD 22.40 [Appr.: EURO 15 \| £UK 13.5 \| JP¥ 1977] Book number: 29441X1 Click here to order or inquire at Ad Infinitum Books.