Black Perspectives Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality
Tomiko Brown-NaginBlack PerspectivesWe conclude our forum on "Black women and the Brown decision" with an excerpt from Tomiko Brown-Nagin's new book, Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality (@penguinrandom/ 2022). She uplifts Motley as "a vital team member"-https://t.co/5GCrnL7n7b https://t.co/tAjaGpN7Qj
Paperback, 2023
$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States
Leslie M. AlexanderBlack PerspectivesToday at @BlkPerspectives: Lauren T. Rorie interviews @lesliemalex about her book Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States (@IllinoisPress). Read the full interview 👉https://t.co/xNgyIRjCO3. https://t.co/URlQwyXWO2
Hardcover, 2022
$125.00Member price:$125.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Panama in Black: Afro-Caribbean World Making in the Twentieth Century
Kaysha CorinealdiBlack Perspectives"My hope is that you see the book as an offering and an opportunity to think about what it means for Black people to dare to dream, in imperfect but poignant ways..." writes @KCorinealdi in response to this week's roundtable on her book Panama in Black. https://t.co/15xLvVHUbv https://t.co/eODiMporon
Paperback, 2022
$26.95Member price:$25.60 + Free shipping5% off
We Testify with Our Lives: How Religion Transformed Radical Thought from Black Power to Black Lives Matter
Terrence L. JohnsonBlack Perspectives@JRWinters77 reviews @tljohn44's "We Testify with Our Lives" (@ColumbiaUP): "In this well-researched and beautifully-written text, Johnson...demonstrate[s] how radical Black thought refuses narrow conceptions of the political..." Read Full Review → https://t.co/Qi62dEZWxn https://t.co/CJ7zPLl8T1
Paperback, 2021
$30.00Member price:$30.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Proving Pregnancy: Gender, Law, and Medical Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century America
Felicity M. TurnerBlack PerspectivesRebekka Michaelsen reviews Felicity M. Turner’s Proving Pregnancy: Gender, Law, and Medical Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century America (@UNC_Press)—https://t.co/BnxWMk9SyV https://t.co/WAeuvMvolu
Paperback, 2022
$32.50Member price:$30.88 + Free shipping5% off
Jesus and the Disinherited
Howard ThurmanBlack PerspectivesEva Bohler reviews Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited (1949): This work "offers some important implications for the civil rights movement. Love as a foundation for liberation is one of the ethics of the movement..."—https://t.co/qPEtO2IYPh https://t.co/mRN4314z6j
Paperback, 1996
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Soul Is a Witness: The Traumatic Afterlife of Lynching
Mari N. CrabtreeBlack PerspectivesToday at @BlkPerspectives, read part 2 of @Philadelphian91's interview with Mari N. Crabtree about her latest book, My Soul Is a Witness: The Traumatic Afterlife of Lynching (@yalepress). https://t.co/iW6wDar2mw https://t.co/fG1l6j7ZG1
Hardcover, 2023
$32.50Member price:$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
African Kings and Black Slaves: Sovereignty and Dispossession in the Early Modern Atlantic
Herman L. BennettBlack PerspectivesToday on @BlkPerspectives, Nancy A. Andoh reviews @HermanBennett1’s African Kings and Black Slaves: Sovereignty and Dispossession in the Early Modern Atlantic (@PennPress). Read the entire review 👉 https://t.co/DtkugmCXVK https://t.co/1IAT3c1JDo
Paperback, 2020
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Critical Race Theory in Education: A Scholar's Journey
Gloria Ladson-BillingsBlack PerspectivesHappy Friday! We are ending the week with Lisa A. Monroe's (@nowrisebooks) review of Gloria Ladson-Billings' new book, "Critical Race Theory in Education" (@TeachersCollege/2021). Learn more with the link below: https://t.co/3JjRgqAeuZ @GloriaLadson @AAIHS #CRT https://t.co/t3Dfc4vwci
Hardcover, 2021
$111.00Member price:$111.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Juneteenth
Ralph EllisonBlack PerspectivesBenji de la Piedra writes: "[Ralph Ellison's #Juneteenth] is a text that all Americans should read (aloud, if possible) every Juneteenth." @BlkPerspectives https://t.co/6rujhK27OF https://t.co/OH5bweRam9
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