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African American History and Culture

Florida State College at Jacksonville

Achieving the Dream 2021

This textbook covers a variety of topics related to African American History and culture, from African Origins to the Reconstruction era.

Our Lives: An Ethnic Studies Primer

Rowena Bermio, Vera Kennedy

Hancock College 2022

Content focuses on major concepts, theories, perspectives, and voices in ethnic studies with research from anthropology, history, political science, psychology, and sociology to offer an inclusive approach for critical inquiry. Modules include learning objectives, a list of key terms and concepts, applications (exercises), biological reflections (stories), summary, and review questions.

Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.: An Intersectional Approach

Carlos Ramos, Janet Hund, et al

LibreTexts 2022

With an eye on social justice and intersectionality, the text provides a sociological analysis of the history, demographics, and contemporary experiences of the following race-ethnic groups: African Americans, Asian American Pacific Islanders, Euro Americans, Latinx, Native Americans, Middle Eastern Americans, and immigrants.

Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience (Second Edition)

Gwendolyn Graham, Joshua Farrington, et al

Eastern Kentucky Univ. 2022

Gives instructors, students, and general readers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of African Americans’ cultural and political history, economic development, artistic expressiveness, and religious and philosophical worldviews in a critical framework.

An Introduction to African and Afro-Diasporic Peoples and Influences in British Literature and Culture before the Industrial Revolution

Jenny Halpin, Jonathan Elmore

Univ. System of Georgia 2022

Corrects, expands, and celebrates the presence of the African Diaspora in the study of British Literature, undoing some of the anti-Black history of British studies.