Posted by admin | Posted in Bestsellers | Posted on 20-07-2008
Tags: biographies, black, blackhistory, black_history, history
Where I can find a biography of Julia Hammond? (African American inventor)?
I have to do some research on it and according to my teacher was an African American inventor.
I think some of Ameria inventor michael jorden Africa. Are invented slums – wet!
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African Americans Placemat $2.99 A delightful way for children to master new subjects and for adults to brush up on old ones. Each is brightly colored, measures a full 12″ x 17.5″ and is custom laminated with a non-glare laminate on the front and a write-on/wipe-off laminate on the back…. |
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Racial/moses Roper/slave Photo Mugs Moses Roper, a slave who escaped and wrote his autobiography …. |
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Title page to ‘The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, written by himself’, published 1789 (print) by English School – Mug – Standard Size $14.50 This mug is created using the finest dye sublimation techniques and creates a stunning dishwasher safe finish. Great as a gift, or for promotional items. Each of our mugs come individually boxed for protection in transit…. |
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Endurance [VHS] $14.99 This film about Ethiopian distance runner Haile Gebrsellasie, who won gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and is considered one of the greatest runners of all time, is a dramatization that often appears to be a documentary. Beautifully photographed, the footage shot in Haile’s native land is often spectacular enough to make you think you’re watching a National Geographic special. Haile’s young life,… |
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Solomon Northup’s Odyssey – (aka Half Slave, Half Free) [VHS] $19.95 Based on the autobiography My Twelve Years as a Slave. To be a free man and a man with a trade was a lot for a Black man to be proud in 19th-century America. This is the true story of how Northrup was kidnapped and carried off into slavery for twelve years. Starring Avery Brooks. c)1994, 113 minutes. Not Rated, grades 9-12…. |
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Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100 [VHS] In this charming documentary, Ruth Ellis, a 100-year-old African American lesbian, recounts her life. As a lesbian academic interviewed in the documentary puts it, “Ruth is a gift to us” as she is able to tell what it was like to suffer “triple oppression, being a woman, being black, and being a lesbian.” Ellis tells about discovering her sexuality some 80 years ago, and when discussing her romant… |
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The Blind Side $6.06 The life story of Baltimore Ravens left tackle Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is told in this stirring drama. Lifted out of the poverty of a Memphis ghetto by his talent on the gridiron, the withdrawn teen finds acceptance and a chance to better himself when he’s taken in by sassy socialite Leigh Anne Touhy (Best Actress Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock) and her loving family while he attends college. Ba… |
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Up From Slavery $4.38 With the American promise of individual freedom still being withheld from over four million slaves, the nation entered a devastating civil war in 1861. This sprawling, seven-part documentary program explores the complex and moving journey the country took to eradicate slavery from the land since it was introduced on the continent centuries earlier, featuring lively re-enactments, intimate profiles… |
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Something the Lord Made $4.07 Something the Lord Made recounts the relationship between Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and Vivian Thomas (Mos Def). It begins in 1930s Nashville when imperious cardiac surgeon Blalock hires Thomas, an African American carpenter, as his janitor. When the latter reveals a passion for medicine and facility with surgical instruments, Blalock promotes him to lab tech. Thomas isn’t given a raise, w… |
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Title page to ‘The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, written by himself’, published 1789 (print) by English School – iPad Cover (Protective Sleeve) – Art247 – IPads 1 And 2 $32.00 Fits iPads 1 & 2Finest NeopreneThis is an automated preview only. Actual iPad Covers design may vary. All products are hand finished by our expert manufacturers and the best crop available will always be selected…. |
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African American biographies, by Globe Fearon $1.5 This book is in Used condition |
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Black american biographies $45 From the abolitionists and civil rights leaders who struggled to secure basic freedoms to the scientists, entertainers, and public servants who have nurtured innovation in their respective fields, African Americans have broken critical barriers for every American. This volume profiles many of those individuals—from Frederick Douglass to Oprah Winfrey to Barack Obama—whose efforts and ideas continue to enrich the foundations of the nation. |
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African American Lives $39.95 African American Lives offers up-to-date, authoritative biographies of some 600 noteworthy African Americans. These 1,000-3,000 word biographies, selected from over five thousand entries in the forthcoming eight-volume African American National Biography, illuminate African-American history through the immediacy of individual experience. From Esteban, the earliest known African to set foot in North America in 1528, right up to the continuing careers of Venus and Serena Williams, these stories of the renowned and the near forgotten give us a new view of American history. Our past is revealed from personal perspectives that in turn inspire, move, entertain, and even infuriate the reader. Subjects include slaves and abolitionists, writers, politicians, and business people, musicians and dancers, artists and athletes, victims of injustice and the lawyers, journalists, and civil rights leaders who gave them a voice. Their experiences and accomplishments combine to expose the complexity of race as an overriding issue in America's past and present. African American Lives features frequent cross-references among related entries, over 300 illustrations, and a general index, supplemented by indexes organized by chronology, occupation or area of renown, and winners of particular honors such as the Spingarn Medal, Nobel Prize, and Pulitzer Prize. |
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The African American Religious Experience in America $81 Most who think about African American religion limit themselves to black churches, or perhaps to aspects of Islamic thought and practice. But a close look at the religious landscape of African American communities presents a much more complex, thick, and layered religious reality comprising many competing faiths and practices. The African American Religious Experience in America provides readers with an introduction to the tremendous religious diversity of African American communities in the United States, with snapshots of 11 religious traditions practiced by African Americansfrom Buddhism to Catholicism, from Judaism to Voodoo. Each snapshot provides readers a better understanding of how African Americans practice their faiths in the United States. The African American Religious Experience in America provides resources for students taking classes on the history of American religion, African American Studies, and on American Studies. In addition to the in-depth discussion of the varieties of African American Religion, the volume includes a historical introduction to the development of African American Religion, a glossary of terms, a timeline of important events, a series of short biographies of important figures in the history of African American religion and a bibliography of sources for further study. Finally, the book includes a series of primary source documents that will provide students with first-person accounts of how religion is practiced in the African American community both today and in the past. |
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African American Almanac $19.99 The most complete and affordable single-volume reference of African American culture available today, this almanac is a unique and valuable resource devoted to illustrating and demystifying the moving, difficult, and often lost history of black life in America. A legacy of pride, struggle, and triumph spanning more than 400 years is presented through a fascinating mix of biographies—including more than 750 influential figures—little-known or misunderstood historical facts, enlightening essays on significant legislation and movements, and 445 rare photographs and illustrations. Covering events surrounding the civil rights movement; African American literature, art, and music; religion within the black community; and advances in science and medicine, this reference connects history to the issues currently facing the African American community and provides a range of information on society and culture. |