race identity

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Ida B. Wells and the reconstruction of race
2007
Profiles the first thirty years of the life of Ida B. Wells, describing her aggressive fight against segregation and racism in the South, and her outspoken manner against the lynching of African-Americans.

Crazy like us

the globalization of the American psyche
2010
Journalist Ethan Watters argues that Western concepts of mental illness, from clinical depression to anorexia and schizophrenia, have impacted cultures around the world, covering American culture's "export" of mental health treatments and classifications, and theories of the human psyche, into places such as Hong Kong, Zanzibar, and Sri Lanka.

American skin

pop culture, big business, and the end of white America
2002
Presents a look at American race relations and cultural diversity, arguing that cultural forces, led by big business, are responsible for a transformation in American identity from white to transracial.

Mulatto America

at the crossroads of black and white culture : a social history
2003
Chronicles the mixing of white and African-American culture throughout American history, discussing religion, art, music, sports, and interracial couples, and examining the attraction each group holds for the other.

The invisible line

a secret history of race in America
2012
Draws on the stories of three diverse families to explore the complexities of race in the United States and demonstrate the need to rethink basic assumptions.

Photography on the color line

W.E.B. Du Bois, race, and visual culture
2004
Examines W.E.B. Du Bois's photographs that were on display at the 1900 Paris Exposition, discussing the antiracist message Du Bois conveyed in his exhibition of them, and their connection to his critical thought.

Walking on water

Black American lives at the turn of the twenty-first century
1999
Examines the lives, thoughts, and feelings of African-Americans in the post-Civil Rights era of the 1990s, based on interviews with approximately two hundred men and women conducted throughout the country over the course of six years.

The color of water

a black man's tribute to his white mother
1997
An African-American male tells of his mother, a white woman, who refused to admit her true identity.

The color of water

a black man's tribute to his white mother
2006
James McBride shares the story of his mother's life and complicated racial identity which he only learned after becoming an adult. He tells of her infancy in Poland as the daughter of an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, her childhood in small-town Virginia, her move to Harlem at the age of eighteen, her marriage to an African-American man, her achievements as a wife and mother to twelve children, and her refusal to ever admit she is white.

Malcolm X and black pride

2010
This book tells of the life of Malcolm X, from his tragic childhood to his break with the Nation of Islam to his pilgrimage to Mecca and his consideration of cooperating with the civil rights movement in an effort to speed up the movement toward black freedom.

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