Rhett Samuel Price
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Winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award
An award–winning constitutional law historian examines case–based evidence of the court's longstanding racial bias (often under the guise of "states rights") to reveal how that prejudice has allowed the court to solidify its position as arguably the most powerful branch of the federal government.
One promise of democracy is the right of every citizen to vote. And yet,...
An award–winning constitutional law historian examines case–based evidence of the court's longstanding racial bias (often under the guise of "states rights") to reveal how that prejudice has allowed the court to solidify its position as arguably the most powerful branch of the federal government.
One promise of democracy is the right of every citizen to vote. And yet,...
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Duke Classics invites you to kick back, relax, and sway along to The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes. It was Hughes's first published collection, but its value to literature made sure that it wasn't his last. A deep reflection on the Black American experience, Hughes reminds readers that equality is part of the American Dream that remains unfulfilled.
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2023.
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viii, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
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"A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own freedom, led hundreds out of slavery, and popularized the term "underground railroad," from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, Scott Shane. Flee North tells the story for the first time of an American hero all but lost to history. Born into slavery, Thomas Smallwood was free, self-educated, and working as a shoemaker a short...
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If you've always wanted to learn more about yourself and other people in your life, then pay attention... This audiobook, Enneagram: An Essential Guide to Unlocking the 9 Personality Types to Increase Your Self-Awareness and Understand Other Personalities So You Can Build Better Relationships and Improve Communication , gives you clear strategies to use the Enneagram for self-insight and a happier, fuller life. By exploring the types and the different...
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Alligator, Bear, Cougar, Deer, Eagle
They found each other by accident. They became a team for life.
When a string of small campsite robberies hits close to home, Ray Thomas "Art" Crawford, of Bag It and Tag It Excursions, is asked to help FBI Agent and friend, Billie Crowne, investigate the possibility of drug runners. At the most recent site, it doesn't take Art long to spot something suspicious--paw prints. Big ones.
Soon, reports of a black leopard...
9) Sea Lords
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The earth is being destroyed, and the mortal population decimated, all in an attempt for the old gods to become relevant again. Eons ago, Zeus and the gods captured the four demi-gods of the elements-air, earth, fire and water. Now the minor gods have been let loose and are being forced to wreak havoc on the planet.
Meris, half-god of the water, doesn't enjoy throwing tsunamis and flooding coastal towns and villages, destroying islands and taking...
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A stunning feat of original storytelling from the recipient of the 2018 John Steptoe New Talent Author Award In a boldly transportive original tale, David Barclay Moore infuses history with wry folk wisdom, metaphorical power, and a splash of magic. The Civil War may be over, but times are not substantially improved for the freed Black citizens of Walkerton, Georgia, who are shunned by the white folks of the surrounding towns. One day, though, ol'...
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Ever wonder how legendary linebacker Bobby Wagner applies Jay-Z's entrepreneurial lessons to his football career? Or what studying the music business taught graffiti pioneer Fab 5 Freddy about distributing his art? Any entrepreneur or professional can gain a greater understanding of what's happening in the world-from trends like NFTs to changes in the broader business climate-by observing what has happened to (and because of) musicians. Doing so offers...
12) Pimp My Airship
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Warning: Don't Believe the Hype!
All the poet called Sleepy wants to do is spit his verses, smoke chiba, and stay off the COP's radar-all of which becomes impossible once he encounters a professional protestor known as (120 Degrees of) Knowledge Allah. They soon find themselves on the wrong side of local authorities and have to elude the powers that be.
When young heiress Sophine Jefferson's father is murdered, the careful life she'd been constructing...
13) BloodLight
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An African-American teenager's alienation is taken to the extreme in this cross-genre prequel to the Eve of Light series. An utterly surreal and bizarre work of Dark Metaphysical Fantasy.
Deep down, Robert Goldner knows he's a mistake. His mother told him so when he was just five years old. But he never found the courage to ask just what she meant before she was murdered under mysterious circumstances on his eleventh birthday.
Now, on the eve of...
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A single dad, a matchmaking eight-year-old daughter, and a sexy new third grade teacher is an explosive combination in this holiday romance.
On the second anniversary of her mom's death eight-year-old Alyssa ditches Scouts to take some time for herself to remember her mom. When her dad, Hank, finally finds her after a hectic search, she is convinced it's time for him to remarry. And she thinks her new third grade teacher would be perfect.
Hank Jefferson...