Trefferliste "African Autobiography" - alle Bücher, CDs und LPs

Geri Cohen Biddy

Muse

Muse: Brown Skin - A Dangerous Kind of Love is an emotionally charged and poetically written memoir that explores the raw, complicated, and sensual experience of being someone's inspiration, but never the…

W Robert Beckman, Sharon S MacDonald

Carrying the Colors

An Escaped Slave who Fought for the Union and Whose Wartime Heroism was Finally Recognized with the Nation's Highest Honor for Military ValorIn 1862, Andrew "Andy" Jackson Smith, son of a white …

Matthew Ruddick

Funkiest Man Alive

The lively story of the rise of R&B in Memphis through the eyes of one of its powerhouses

Rachel Laryea

Black Capitalists

Examines "how Black visionaries--from Wall Street to Lagos and beyond--are reimagining capitalism to benefit the needs of Black people and, ultimately, everyone"--Provided by publisher.

Mahmood Mamdani

Slow Poison

Idi Amin's crimes on behalf of Black empowerment in Uganda made him a monster in the world's eyes. Yet Yoweri Museveni has enjoyed decades of Western support in exchange for adopting neoliberal policies a…

Isabelle Boni-Claverie,

Too Black to Be French

Unraveling the Complexities of Identity in a World of Racial PrejudicesWinner, Grand Prize, French Voices Award"This book is one of the greatest pleas against exclusions that have so far prevented Fr…

Jennifer Jones

Becoming Spectacular

The first African American Rockette Jennifer Jones charts her journey to one of the world's most celebrated dance troupes in this memoir that, for the first time, goes behind the velvet curtains at Radio …

Jennifer Jones

Becoming Spectacular

The first African American Rockette charts her journey to one of the world's most celebrated dance troupes in this gripping memoir that, for the first time, goes behind the velvet curtains at Radio City's…

Imani Perry

Black in Blues

"Throughout history, the concept of Blackness has been remarkably intertwined with another color: blue. In daily life, it is evoked in countless ways. Blue skies and blue water offer hope for that wh…

Every Tone A Testimony: An African American Aural History

R Renee Hess

Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her

From the founder of Black Girl Hockey Club, a collection of deeply insightful and piercing essays shedding light on the history of Black excellence in hockey, the future of Black joy within the sport, and…

Marion Orr

House of Diggs

At the height of the civil rights movement, Charles C. Diggs Jr. (1922-1998) was the consummate power broker. In a political career spanning 1951 to 1980, Diggs, Michigan's first Black member of Congress,…

Martin Luther Agwai, Akinbode Fasakin

Peacekeeping in Darfur

In 2007, Martin Luther Agwai was deployed to Darfur as Force Commander of UNAMID, which, as the first African Union-UN hybrid mission, was to become the largest peacekeeping operation in the world. Four y…

Larry Tye

The Jazzmen

From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz---Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie---who, born w…

Martin Luther Agwai, Akinbode Fasakin

Peacekeeping in Darfur

In 2007, Martin Luther Agwai was deployed to Darfur as Force Commander of UNAMID, which, as the first African Union-UN hybrid mission, was to become the largest peacekeeping operation in the world. Four y…

Robin Givhan

Make It Ours

"An illuminating . . . biography and cultural history" (The New York Times) of Virgil Abloh's iconic rise to the top of the fashion industry, which embodied a groundbreaking transformation of th…

Daniel L Schafer

Zephaniah Kingsley Jr. and the Atlantic World

This biography tells the story of Zephaniah Kingsley Jr., a controversial figure who owned a Florida plantation in the early American Republic

Craig Thompson Friend

Becoming Lunsford Lane

Discover a biography for our times: a man searching to define life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in a changing American society marred by loss of political rights, and racial violence.

Nicole D Yadon

The Politics of Skin Tone

"A nuanced examination of the salience of skin tone within African American politics. Research shows that skin tone is associated with significant differences in life experiences. On average, African…