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2 NEW TITLES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MARCUS REDIKER The Amistad Rebellion An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom Though the Amistad rebellion has been celebrated in films and books, its story has largely been told through the eyes of white abolitionists. University of Pittsburgh historian Marcus Rediker turns the the lens on the Africans themselves in this captivating new history. Rediker takes a fresh approach to the Amistad rebellion by focusing on the Africans who revolted rather than on the American political and judicial response...recommended for anyone interested in African American history, the history of slavery, and American history. Library Journal VIKING HARDCOVER 304 PP $27.95 ALSO OF INTEREST: The Slave Ship $18.00 STEPHEN KANTROWITZ More Than Freedom Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic, PENGUIN HISTORY OF AMERICAN LIFE Tells the compelling story of black New Englanders distinctive and deeply American quest for belonging in the land of their birth. More Than Freedom sheds new light on the history of the abolition movement and on the greater meaning of citizenship, past and present. David W. Blight, Yale University PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 528 PP $36.00 IRA BERLIN The Making of African America The Four Great Migrations The University of Maryland professor challenges the traditional presentation of a linear, progressive history from slavery to freedom. Instead, Berlin argues that four great migrations, between the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries, lie at the heart of black American culture and its development. Berlin has redefined our understanding of American slavery. The New York Times PENGUIN PAPERBACK 320 PP $17.00 DANIEL J. SHARFSTEIN The Invisible Line Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White An original and often startling look at the vagaries of the color line and those who passed over it and those who hovered around it. Sharfstein shows that this line could be manipulated not only by individuals and families, but also by the legal and political institutions of the South. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. PENGUIN PAPERBACK 416 PP $17.00

3 NEW TITLES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MANNING MARABLE Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention [Marable s] long-awaited magisterial book on Malcolm X is the definitive treatment of the greatest black radical voice and figure of the mid-twentieth century. Cornel West, Princeton University Mr. Marable artfully strips away the layers and layers of myth that have been lacquered onto his subject s life first by Malcolm himself in that famous memoir, and later by both supporters and opponents after his assassination. The New York Times PENGUIN PAPERBACK 608 PP $18.00 WINNER OF THE 2012 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY Malcolm X Deluxe ebook Includes an interactive map of Malcolm s Harlem; video footage of Malcolm X; footage of author Manning Marable from his lectures on Malcolm X and from the short film Malcolmology (by Marable s stepson, Michael Tyner), and a documentary on the making of the biography, featuring interviews with Marable s family, students, and editors. AVAILABLE ON AMAZON FOR ios, APPLE S ibookstore FOR THE ipad, BARNES & NOBLE FOR THE NOOK COLOR AND NOOK TABLET, AND GOOGLE BOOKS FOR DESKTOPS $17.99 The Portable Malcolm X Reader EDITED BY MANNING MARABLE AND GARRETT FELBER Manning Marable s Pulitzer Prize winning biography has already begun to reshape perceptions of one of America s great revolutionary thinkers. This volume features never-before-published material, including articles from major newspapers and underground presses, oral histories, police reports, and FBI files, to shine a brighter light on Malcolm s life and times. Conceived as both a companion to the biography and a standalone volume, and assembled by Marable and his key researcher, Garrett Felber, prior to Marable s untimely death, The Portable Malcolm X Reader presents an invaluable portrait of Malcolm X. PENGUIN PAPERBACK 704 PP $22.00 Available February 2013 ALSO OF INTEREST: CIVIL RIGHTS BRUCE WATSON Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy PENGUIN PAPERBACK 384 PP $17.00 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Why We Can t Wait Afterword by Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. SIGNET CLASSICS PAPERBACK 240 PP $9.99 HUEY P. NEWTON Revolutionary Suicide Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Introduction by Fredrika Newton PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK 384 PP $16.00 DOUGLAS G. BRINKLEY Rosa Parks: A Life PENGUIN PAPERBACK 256 PP $13.00

4 AFRICAN AMERICAN PENGUIN CLASSICS SERIES HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., SERIES EDITOR SOLOMON NORTHUP Twelve Years a Slave INTRODUCTION BY IRA BERLIN Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Slave recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery. A moving, vital testament to one of slavery s many thousands gone who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation. It is also a chilling insight into the peculiar institution. The Saturday Review PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK 288 PP $16.00 JOHN THOMPSON The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave Containing His History of 25 Years in Bondage, and His Providential Escape EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILLIAM L. ANDREWS Originally published in 1856, The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave chronicles his enslavement, his escape, and his life in the North, where he lived as a free man until fear of recapture drove him to flee once again this time to sea aboard a whaling vessel. The only fugitive slave narrator to report a whaling voyage, Thompson crafted from his seafaring experience an allegorical sermon that caps his life and renders it a kind of African American Pilgrim s Progress, as well as a narrative of struggle with, escape from, and triumph over American slavery. PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK 144 PP $14.00 FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER Iola Leroy INTRODUCTION BY HOLLIS ROBBINS First published in 1892, this stirring novel by the great writer and activist Frances Harper tells the story of the young daughter of a wealthy Mississippi planter who travels to the North to attend school, only to be sold into slavery in the South when it is discovered that she has Negro blood. After she is freed by the Union army, she works to reunify her family and embrace her heritage, committing herself to improving the conditions for blacks in America. PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK 256 PP $15.00 ALSO OF INTEREST: JAMES WELDON JOHNSON God s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse Introduction by Maya Angelou PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK 96 PP $14.00 CHARLES W. CHESNUTT The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt Edited with an Introduction by William L. Andrews PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK 544 PP $18.00

5 NEW TITLES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES SAPPHIRE The Kid From the bestselling author of Push, a story of survival and awakening and one young man s remarkable strength. Once again, Sapphire employs a dreamy, engagingly unfiltered first-person narrative to take readers inside the mind of Abdul, who has inherited his mom's tough attitude and boundless curiosity. The Seattle Times PENGUIN PAPERBACK 400 PP $16.00 DANIELLE EVANS Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self In each of her stories, Danielle Evans explores the non-white American experience with honesty, wisdom, and humor. Evans s whipsmart first story collection charts the liminal years between childhood and the condition dubiously known as being a grown-up. The New York Times Examines the lives of young black people in contemporary America and does so with a ringing authenticity. Dallas Morning News RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK 240 PP $15.00 RALPH RICHARD BANKS Is Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone A distinguished Stanford law professor examines the steep decline in marriage rates among the African American middle class, and offers a paradoxical nearly incendiary solution. [A] rare piece of writing that takes a fresh look at a much-discussed problem and proposes some seemingly novel yet wholly commonsense solutions. San Francisco Chronicle PLUME PAPERBACK 304 PP $16.00 TANNER COLBY Some of My Best Friends Are Black The Strange Story of Integration in America Tanner Colby chronicles America s troubling relationship with race through four interrelated stories. Writing with a reporter s nose and a stylist s flair, Colby uncovers the deep emotional fault lines set trembling by race and takes an unflinching look at an America still struggling to reach the mountaintop. The sections of Colby s book examining Alabama schools, Louisiana churches and Madison Avenue employment are all worth reading. But no reader should enter those sections expecting optimism from the author about sincere racial integration occurring soon, if ever...his research, both historical and contemporary, is impressive. Kansas City Star VIKING HARDCOVER 320 PP $27.95

6 NEW TITLES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES RJ SMITH The One: The Life and Music of James Brown A comprehensive biography of James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, with fascinating findings on his life as a Civil Rights activist, an entrepreneur, and the most innovative musician of our time. The rhythm revolutionary who changed pop forever finally gets the bio he deserves...a biography as illuminating as it is definitive. Rolling Stone GOTHAM PAPERBACK 464 PP $18.00 THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS Losing My Cool Love, Literature, and a Black Man's Escape from the Crowd A pitch-perfect account of how hip-hop culture drew in the author and how his father drew him out again with love, perserverance, and fifteen thousand books. Presents a thorough and engaging examination of his own life, which acts as a microcosm for the lives of hundreds of thousands of other black children. San Francisco Chronicle This is more than a coming-of-age story; it is an awakening, as Williams blends Dostoyevsky and Jay-Z in a compelling memoir and analysis of urban youth culture. Booklist PENGUIN PAPERBACK 240 PP $15.00 STEVE STOUTE The Tanning of America How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy The business marketing genius at the forefront of today s entertainment marketing revolution helps corporate America get hip to today s new consumer the tan generation. Exploring how the tanning phenomenon raised a generation of black, Hispanic, white, and Asian consumers who have the same mental complexion based on shared experiences and values, Stoute argues that there is a language gap that must be bridged in order to engage the most powerful market force in the history of commerce. GOTHAM PAPERBACK 304 PP $16.00 DAN CHARNAS The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop On this four-decade-long journey from the studios where the first rap records were made to the boardrooms where the big deals were inked, The Big Payback tallies the list of who lost and who won. Renowned hip-hop journalist Dan Charnas provides a compelling, myth debunking view into the victories, defeats, corporate clashes, and street battles along the 40-year road to hip-hop s dominance. Stands out as a must-read for any fan or detractor of the [hip-hop] genre. Forbes NAL PAPERBACK 672 PP $16.00

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