Books like War! what is it good for? by Kimberley L. Phillips

Chris Hedges explores how the myth of war—presenting combat as noble and glorious—clashes with the brutal reality of war’s destructive impact on culture and humanity.

A compiled transcript of Raoul Peck’s documentary "I am Not Your Negro," featuring James Baldwin’s unpublished writings, interviews, and letters that examine racism in America.

Contains primary source material.

A comprehensive history of the Black Panther Party, featuring a new preface, and exploring key political questions and revealing the political dynamics that drove its explosive growth and eventual unraveling.

In this classic study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson deftly narrates the experience of blacks--former slaves and soldiers, preachers, visionaries, doctors, intellectuals, and common people--during the Civil War. Drawing on contemporary journalism, speeches, books, and letters, he presents an eclectic chronicle of their fears and hopes as well as their essential contributions to their own freedom. Through the words of these extraordinary participants, both Northern and Southern, McPherson captures African-American responses to emancipation, the shifting attitudes toward Lincoln and the life of black soldiers in the Union army. Above all, we are allowed to witness the dreams of a disenfranchised people eager to embrace the rights and the equality offered to them, finally, as citizens. From the Trade Paperback edition.

An account of the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. based on personal interviews, his personal papers, FBI documents, etc.

Profiles the 1960s endeavors of dedicated civil rights activist Hamer. Awards: Christopher.