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34 Publications from Basic Civitas Books an Imprint of Perseus Books

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Book Cover Stokely: A Life by Peniel E. Joseph

Stokely

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Book Cover Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists And Progressive Politics During World War Ii by Farah Jasmine Griffin

Harlem Nocturne

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Book Cover Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power To Barack Obama by Peniel E. Joseph

Dark Days, Bright Nights

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Book Cover The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader

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Book Cover In Defense of Taboos by Stanley Crouch

In Defense of Taboos

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Book Cover Triangular Road: A Memoir by Paule Marshall

Triangular Road

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Book Cover Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas’s Illmatic by Michael Eric Dyson

Born to Use Mics

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Book Cover Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, And Insight Of Michael Eric Dyson by Michael Eric Dyson

Can You Hear Me Now?

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Book Cover Something Torn And New: An African Renaissance by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Something Torn And New

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Book Cover The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow by Walter Mosley

The Right Mistake

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Book Cover April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death And How It Changed America by Michael Eric Dyson

April 4, 1968

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Book Cover Party Crashing: How The Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence by Keli Goff

Party Crashing

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Book Cover Know What I Mean?  Reflections on Hip-Hop by Michael Eric Dyson

Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip-Hop

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Book Cover An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President by Randall Robinson

An Unbroken Agony

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Book Cover Considering Genius: Writings On Jazz by Stanley Crouch

Considering Genius

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Book Cover Debating Race: with Michael Eric Dyson by Michael Eric Dyson

Debating Race

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Book Cover Total Chaos: The Art And Aesthetics Of Hip-Hop by Jeff Chang

Total Chaos

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Book Cover My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots by Thulani Davis

My Confederate Kinfolk

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Book Cover Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster by Michael Eric Dyson

Come Hell or High Water

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Book Cover Living Black History: How Reimagining the African-American Past Can Remake America’s Racial Future by Manning Marable

Living Black History

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Book Cover The Artificial White Man: Essays On Authenticity by Stanley Crouch

The Artificial White Man

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Book Cover Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America by Bakari Kitwana

Why White Kids Love Hip Hop

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Book Cover Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? by Michael Eric Dyson

Is Bill Cosby Right?

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Book Cover Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye by Michael Eric Dyson

Mercy, Mercy Me

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Book Cover The Great Wells Of Democracy: The Meaning Of Race In American Life by Manning Marable

The Great Wells Of Democracy

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Book Cover The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture by Bakari Kitwana

The Hip-Hop Generation

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Book Cover Some Of Us Did Not Die: New And Selected Essays (New And And Selected Essays) by June Jordan

Some Of Us Did Not Die

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Book Cover Why I Love Black Women by Michael Eric Dyson

Why I Love Black Women

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Book Cover Open Mike by Michael Eric Dyson

Open Mike

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Book Cover Out There by Darryl Pinckney

Out There

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Book Cover Holler If You Hear Me: Searching For Tupac Shakur by Michael Eric Dyson

Holler If You Hear Me

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Book Cover Soldier: A Poet’s Childhood by June Jordan

Soldier

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Book Cover The Cornel West Reader by Cornel West

The Cornel West Reader

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Book Cover Africana by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Africana

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