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How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation HOPE, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor. If we give poor communities the right tools, policies, and inspiration, he argues, they will be able to lift themselves up into the middle class and become a new generation of customers and entrepreneurs.
More info →American Revolution of 1800
In this brilliant historical classic, Dan Sisson argues that Thomas Jefferson thought democratic revolutions would be necessary from time to time to break the grip of autocratic factions on the government. That is how Jefferson saw the election of 1800—and the lessons for today couldn’t be more obvious.
More info →Death of a King
Smiley's DEATH OF A KING paints a portrait of a leader and visionary in a narrative different from all that have come before. Here is an exceptional glimpse into King's life -- one that adds both nuance and gravitas to his legacy as an American hero.
More info →Mulattoes in the Postbellum South and Beyond
Carlton Dubois McClain’s ancestral pedigree is put into perspective within the context of the historical circumstances relevant to those various unions that occurred between Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans in his lineage.
More info →A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers.
More info →In Every Tongue
The Racial & Ethnic Diversity of the Jewish People.
More info →Soaring on the Wings of a Dream
The Untold Story of America's First Black Astronaut Candidate
More info →Democratic Destiny and the District of Columbia
Federal Politics and Public Policy
More info →Collecting African American Art
Works on Paper and Canvas
More info →The Colfax Massacre
The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, and the Death of Reconstruction.
More info →Classifying Evil
Bush Administration Rhetoric and Policy Toward Rogue
More info →The Black Church
The Root of the Problems.
More info →People’s History of Sports in the United States
250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play.
More info →Lose Your Mother
A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
More info →Lift Every Voice
The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement.
More info →Legacy Secrecy
The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination
More info →Legacy on the Land
A Black Couple Discovers Our National Inheritance and Tells Why Every American Should Care.
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