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Once again, the poet casts her spell as she resumes one of the greatest personal narratives of our time. In this continuation, Angelou relates how she joins a "colony" of Black American expatriates in Ghana--only to discover no one ever goes home again...

Back to Black seeks to show us the long, powerful and painful history of Black radical politics. Born out of resistance to slavery and colonialism, its rich past encompasses figures such as Marcus Garvey, Angela Davis, the Black Panthers and the Black Lives Matter activists of today. At its core, the book argues that racism is inexorably embedded in the fabric of society, and that it can never be overcome unless by enacting change outside of this suffocating system.

The vibrant, funny, and heartwarming story of an outcast who becomes an odd man in If you have ever felt like a misfit in school or been paralyzed by your family’s imposing expectations, if you have ever obsessed about your appearance or panicked about choosing a career path, if you have...

Más allá de la historiografía tradicional, nos encontramos con grandes poetas, intelectuales o cientí ficos homosexuales cuyos deseos han sido borrados. Es momento de sacarlos del armario. Desde Alejandro Magno o Leonardo da Vinci hasta Isaac Newton o Miguel de Cervantes, este libro desvela, de una manera desenfadada y a través de una profunda investigación, los grandes personajes homosexuales que han cambiado—pese a los prejuicios y las dificultades de su época—la historia de la humanidad.

Producto de una década de investigación, Fernando del Collado reconstruye, con ternura y valentía, buena parte de los casos que evidencian el rostro intolerante y homófobo del odio. Relata el sinsentido de más de cien asesinatos.

""Not unlike some of Ralph Ellison’s or Richard Wright’s best work. White Guilt, a serious meditation on vital issues, deserves a wide readership.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer In 1955 the killers of Emmett Till, a black Mississippi youth, were acquitted because they were white. Forty years...

Khalida Popal, de aanvoerder en medeoprichter van het team, kwam al eerder met de Taliban in aanraking. Bij haar terugkeer in Afghanistan in 2007 richtte ze het vrouwenelftal op, dat haar een gevoel van macht, vrijheid en kameraadschap gaf. Na de val van Kabul in de zomer van 2021 is Khalida veilig, maar haar achtergebleven teamgenoten niet. Samen met een klein maar machtig netwerk van bondgenoten orkestreert ze een evacuatieactie om haar team in veiligheid te brengen.

From the New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello comes a groundbreaking collection of Thomas Jefferson’s writings on race.

Oliver no se dio cuenta de quién era hasta que fue adulto. Ocupó un rol impuesto por un cuerpo que no era suyo y aprendió a fingir. Sufrió bullying, discriminación, miedo y dolor. Mientras tanto, algo en su interior luchaba por salir. Con confusión, pero determinado, comenzó a vivir como lo que siempre fue: un varón.

""[An] intriguing philosophical journey into a critical issue within evolutionary theory that for too long has remained unresolved."" —Wall Street Journal Matt Ridley is one of our finest science writers. This book is a treat for bird lovers and evolutionary biologists alike.” —Richard...

In the critical essays collected in Black Looks, bell hooks interrogates old narratives and argues for alternative ways to look at blackness, black subjectivity, and whiteness. Her focus is on spectatorship—in particular, the way blackness and black people are experienced in literature, music, television, and especially film—and her aim is to create a radical intervention into the way we talk about race and representation. As she describes: "the essays in Black Looks are meant to challenge and unsettle, to disrupt and subvert."

Eine deutsche Umweltschützerin entscheidet sich für die Liebe zu einem Massai – und für ein Leben in einer der patriarchalsten Kulturen der Welt. Auf einem Forschungsaufenthalt in Afrika begegnet die Biologin Stephanie Fuchs Sokoine, einem traditionell lebenden Massai. Die beiden verlieben sich, doch die Hürden sind groß, die ihrer Beziehung im Wege stehen. Schließlich geben sie ihrer Liebe eine Chance und Stephanie Fuchs zieht nach Tansania in Sokoines Dorf. Bald schon steht sie vor großen Herausforderungen: Sie muss ihren Platz in der traditionell lebenden Dorfgemeinschaft erst finden.

Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonial frontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what became the southwestern United States. Shaped by their Indian and Spanish ancestors, deeply influenced by Catholicism, and often struggling to respond to political and economic precarity, Mexicans play an important role in United States society even as the dominant Anglo culture strives to assimilate them.

From his enslavement to freedom, Frederick Douglass was one of America's most extraordinary champions of liberty and equality. Throughout his long life, Douglass was also a man of profound religious conviction. In this concise and original biography, D. H. Dilbeck offers a provocative interpretation of Douglass's life through the lens of his faith. In an era when the role of religion in public life is as contentious as ever, Dilbeck provides essential new perspective on Douglass's place in American history.

You probably know the story of the late Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to serve as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. You might not recognize the name of her husband, Charlie Soap, yet his role as a Native community organizer is no less significant. Last One Walking charts for the first time the life and work of this influential Cherokee.

If you’re a survivor of sexual harm, recovering your sexuality is possible. You are worthy of good care. The toxic effects of sexual trauma and abuse can be devastating and lasting. Victims’ ability to experience healthy sexuality, even if they free themselves from the abuse, is often shattered. If sexual abuse, violence, or coercive control is part of your story, certified sex addiction therapist (CSAT) and trauma specialist Tabitha Westbrook wants you to know: you are not alone, and healing is possible.

How much do you know about the lives of bisexual men who are married to women? Bisexual people make up a majority of the LGBT+ community, but they are still relatively hidden and misunderstood. Robert Brooks Cohen aims to address this invisibility by sharing a collection of interviews with Bi+ men who are or were married to women, helping listeners find connection, understanding, and community.

An Instant New York Times Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. As Indigenous scientist and author of...

Through her own – often bloody-minded – determination and the medical skill of others, April Ashley became the woman she had always believed herself to be. And for half a dozen decades she soared around, over and above momentous and turbulent times, difficult, and changing times when, finally, who you wanted to be and who you could be became the cultural topic of the day. She overcame opprobrium and penury and became renowned and celebrated for one specific achievement: being April Ashley.

For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition...