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Pub. Date
[c1972]
Description
"Foster is perhaps the last personal friend of Lawrence to write a book about him. He has given us not only an unforgettable picture of Lawrence himself - but also vivid portraits of Frieda Lawrence, Mabel and Tony Luhan, Dorothy Brett, Witter Bynner, and Spud Johnson, as well as a score of others who were a part of Lawrence's circle in Taos." Dust jacket. "Includes many rare photographs."
Author
Pub. Date
[1959]
Description
Controversial upon publication in 1946, Memoirs of Hecate County remained banned for more than a decade before being reissued.
A favorite among his own books, Edmund Wilson's erotic and devestating portrait of the upper middle class still holds up today as a corrosive indictment of the adultery and intellectual posturing that lie at the heart of suburban America.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"In the wake of the Civil War, Daniel Murray, born free and educated in Baltimore, was in the vanguard of Washington, D.C.'s black upper class. Appointed Assistant Librarian at the Library of Congress, at a time when government appointments were the most prestigious positions available for blacks, Murray became wealthy through his business as a construction contractor and married a college-educated socialite. The Murray's social circles included some...
27) Thinkers
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Series
Pub. Date
1992
Description
Biographical capsules of significant individuals who have influenced the world of ideas, from Plato to Nelson Mandela.
30) W.E.B. Du Bois
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Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"In this in-depth biography, readers will learn all about W. E. B. Du Bois and his life's work to fight for racial equality. They'll discover the roles he played in the Niagara Movement and the NAACP and understand how his ideas sometimes put him at odds with other reformers of the day. An informative timeline offers insight into the context of Du Bois' life and work. Eye-catching photographs bring the information to life and fascinating sidebars...
31) Ancient Greece
Author
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Text and color illustrations present background information on the ancient Greeks, a time line, glossary, pronunciation guide, and further-reading list, and profiles of nine significant Greeks such as Socrates and Sappho.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Description
"When President Theodore Roosevelt welcomed the country's most visible Black man, Booker T. Washington, into his circle of counselors in 1901, the two confronted a shocking and violent wave of racist outrage. In the previous decade, Jim Crow laws had legalized discrimination in the South, eroding social and economic gains for former slaves. Lynching was on the rise, and Black Americans faced new barriers to voting. Slavery had been abolished, but...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
The extraordinary life of Pauli Murray, activist, poet, teacher, priest and "firebrand" for all seasons, is beautifully detailed in Patricia Bell-Scott's book. Pauli clearly won the heart of Eleanor Roosevelt as both women sought to advance the cause of Negro rights--indeed all human rights---during their lives. Their history together reverberates today as the fight for equality continues, making this book important reading for all of us."Jane Alexander,...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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"A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation of young artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawrence and call them the New Negro--the creative African Americans whose art, literature, music, and drama would inspire Black people to greatness. In The New Negro : The Life of Alain Locke, Jeffrey C. Stewart offers the definitive biography of the father...