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  • America Is Not Post-Racial: Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Racism, and the 44th President

    This book is the first in-depth examination of the 25 million Americans with the most intense hatred of President Obama—arguably the most Republican-friendly of recent Democratic presidents—and what the mindsets of these “Obama Haters” teach us about race and ethnicity in America today.

  • Demonizing a President: The “Foreignization” of Barack Obama

    Demonizing a President: The “Foreignization” of Barack Obama Praeger August 2014 253 pages 6.125 x 9.25 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4408-3055-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4408-3056-3 Martin A. Parlett This groundbreaking political exposé scrutinizes the motivations behind the unparalleled attacks on President Barack Obama that attempt to undermine his eligibility to lead the country. The ascendancy of the first…

  • Color Stories: Black Women and Colorism in the 21st Century

    Color Stories: Black Women and Colorism in the 21st Century Praeger October 2015 198 pages 6.125 x 9.25 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4408-3109-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4408-3110-2 JeffriAnne Wilder, Associate Professor of Sociology University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida Colorism continues to impact women of African descent in a new generation and century. This book offers an in-depth…

  • Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles

    Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles Scarecrow Press (an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) January 1998 298 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-57886-001-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4617-0708-0 James Overmyer, Member Negro Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research The first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, there was no…

  • Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave

    The first fugitive slave narrative in American history

  • Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, 7th Edition

    Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, 7th Edition Wiley December 2015 832 pages 7.2 x 1.7 x 9.6 inches Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1119084303 Derald Wing Sue, Professor of Psychology and Education Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York David Sue, Professor Emeritus of Psychology Western Washington University, Bellingham,…

  • The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome

    The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome Beacon Press 2016-01-12 216pages 6 x 9 Inches Cloth ISBN: 978-080703301-2 Alondra Nelson, Dean of Social Science; Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Columbia University, New York, New York The unexpected story of how genetic testing is affecting race in America We know…

  • Race, Power, and the Obama Legacy

    This book critically examines Obama’s presidency and legacy, especially in regard to race, inequality, education, and political power.

  • President Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union

    Barack Obama’s “improbable quest” has become a fact of American life and a benchmark in American history. Striving now toward “a more perfect union,” Obama and the nation confront obstacles unforeseen at the outset of the 2008 electoral campaign. John K. Wilson tracks the sweep of this progress from the beginning of Obama’s political career…

  • Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams: The Age of Obama and Beyond

    “Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams” is a moral call, a harkening and quickening of the spirit, a demand for recognition for those whose voices are whispered. Julius Bailey straddles the fence of social-science research and philosophy, using empirical data and current affairs to direct his empathy-laced discourse. He turns his eye to President Obama and…