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The New H.N.I.C. (Head Niggas in Charge) : The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop
Todd Boyd
Paperback - $44.95
Challenging conventional wisdom on a range of issues, Todd Boyd examines the debates over use of the "N-word" and the "get money" ethos of hip hop moguls like Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. He also looks at hip hop's impact on a diverse array of figures, fro ...
Young, Black, Rich, and Famous : The Rise of the NBA, the Hip Hop Invasion, and the Transformation of American Culture
Todd Boyd
Paperback - $27.95
Beyond the Down Low : Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America
Keith Boykin
Paperback - $24.95
Boykin, a former Clinton White House aide, syndicated columnist, and AIDS activist, breaks new ground by going beyond the media hype with the first responsible, eye-opening look at the down low sensation, referring to the secretive phenomenon of clos ...
Age Ain't Nothing But a Number : Black Women Explore Midlife
Carleen Brice
Paperback - $24.95
Forty-five black women writers--known and new--discuss midlife in the first anthology of its kind. "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" celebrates, considers, contemplates, even criticizes "midlife" from a black woman's point of view.
Naked : Black Women Bare All about Their Skin, Hair, Hips, Lips, and Other Parts
Ayana Byrd
Paperback - $26.95
In this collection of provocative essays on body image, black women bare all about their skin, hair, hips, lips, and other parts, and lay out their own paths to acceptance. Contributors include Jill Scott, Iyanla Vanzant, and Tracee Ellis Ross.
Hair Story : Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America
Ayana D. Byrd
Paperback - $24.95
This entertaining, historical, and anecdotal exploration of the history of black hair takes a chronological look at the culture and politics behind the ever-changing state of black hair from 15th-century Africa to the present-day United States. 50 ph ...
Race Men
Hazel V. Carby
Paperback - $52.95
Who are the "race men" standing for black America? It is a question Hazel Carby rejects, along with its long-standing assumption: that a particular type of black male can represent the race. A searing critique of definitions of black masculinity at w ...
Sugar in the Raw : Voices of Young Black Girls in America
Rebecca Carroll
Paperback - $23.95
With raw candor, elicited by Rebecca Carroll's perceptive questioning, 15 black women between the ages of 11 and 18, from places as diverse as Brooklyn and Seattle, Alabama and Vermont, speak out about their inner and outer lives. What they say about ...
