The Black Classic Press Contemporary Lecture Series begins with Dr. John Henrik Clarke's African People in World History. The ideas voiced by notable modern intellectuals and essayists are published in this series. Dr. Clarke is both of these things. He is a Hunter College Professor Emeritus in African World History. He has committed his life as a historian, educator, and…
The terrible image of JoAnne Chesimard long portrayed by the media and the state is belied by her highly personal and political narrative. Assata Shakur describes the events that drove her to action, as well as the strengths, flaws, and final collapse of Black and White revolutionary groups at the hands of government authorities, with wit and candor. The outcome…
Throughout Marcus Garvey's struggle, Amy Jacques Garvey worked closely with him. She provides an insider's view of Garvey, Garveyism, and the embryonic phase of Black nationalism in this book. Marcus Garvey, like all great visionaries and planners, imagined and planned ahead of his time and the ability of his people to comprehend the significance of his life's work. This dreamer's…
After ten years of introspection following his formal liberation in 1846 and his separation with his mentor William Lloyd Garrison, ex-slave Frederick Douglass's second autobiography thrust him into the international limelight as the leading advocate for American blacks, both free and slave. My Bondage and My Freedom was written during Frederick Douglass' illustrious career as a speaker and newspaper editor,…
Florence Tate's memoir, Sometimes Farmgirls Become Revolutionaries, details her political work and career, from her early days as one of the first black reporters at the Dayton Daily News to her current position as communications director for political organizations such as the ALDCC (African Liberation Day Coordinating Committee) and the National Urban Coalition. Her time as Marion Barry's communications director…
This is the classic history of African peoples in Africa and the New World, a debunking of the erroneous post-Civil War assumption that Africans had no civilization beyond the one imposed on them by their slave traders. DuBois, one of America's greatest writers, lays out in easy-to-read, nonacademic prose the striking and illustrious story of Africa's complex history and varied…
"Up From Slavery" is an autobiography of Booker T. Washington's life and accomplishments, which has inspired all Americans. As he moves from ex-slave to teacher and creator of one of the most prominent institutions for African Americans in the south, The Tuskegee Industrial Institute, Washington expresses his innermost feelings.
Nobody predicted George Washington Carver's success when he was born in Missouri in the 1860s. Slaves were not permitted to attend school.Carver returned to school after the Civil War and excelled as a student. He was the first black student and later the first black professor at Iowa State Agricultural College. He went on to Tuskegee Institute, where he studied…
Ida Bell Wells was born into slavery in 1862 and was released in 1865 as a consequence of the Emancipation Proclamation. Despite this, she could see how unfair the society she lived in was. This inspired her to pursue a career as a writer and activist. She campaigned against discrimination and for African-American equality throughout her life. Ida B. Wells…
