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Martin Luther King Jr. may be America's most revered political figure, commemorated in statues, celebrations, and street names around the world. But despite his stature, the significance of King's writings and political thought remains underappreciated. In To Shape a New World, Tommie Shelby and Brandon Terry state that the marginalization of King's ideas reflects a romantic consensus history that renders the civil rights movement inherently conservative - an effort not at radical reform but at "living up to" enduring ideals laid down by the nation's founders.

The first comprehensive collection of writings by the Black Panther Party founder and revolutionary icon of the Black liberation era, The Huey P. Newton Reader combines now-classic texts ranging in topic from the formation of the Black Panthers, African Americans and armed self-defense, and FBI infiltration of civil rights groups with never-before-published writings from the Black Panther Party archives and Newton’s private collection, including articles on President Nixon, prison martyr George Jackson, Pan-Africanism, affirmative action, Cuba, and more.

Marcel vokser op i New Orleans i første halvdel af 1800-tallet som søn af en rig slaveejer og hans sorte elskerinde. Marcel er måske nok fri, men som mulat er hans muligheder meget begrænsede på trods af hans fine opvækst. Den unge mand kan ikke finde sig til rette i det stærkt racistiske New Orleans, og han bliver hurtigt blandet ind i den voldsomme konflikt mellem de priviligerede hvide og de undertrykte sorte - selv er han fanget et sted midt imellem. Den amerikanske bestsellerforfatter Anne Rice (f.

It is the end of days. A nuclear strike hits New York. Alfie, a young black male, survives but with no memory of what has happened. The only thing he can remember with any clarity is how to play his guitar and a few snatches of old blues and folk songs. Another survivor, Meg, has taken refuge in the hills of Vermont, and she, too, is the victim of near absolute amnesia. Her only hope is to survive these darkest of days.