African American Studies
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The Second Stop Is Jupiter
A calling into being of a surrealist African American poetic mythology.
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"No Equal Justice"
The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett Jr.
The story of a civil rights icon and Black lawyer who fought racism and political oppression with uncommon devotion.
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The Orchestra of Wind Chimes
Thought-provoking poems that challenge preconceptions of form and style while focusing on themes of everyday experience, class, politics, literature, and more.
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ISBN: 9780814350386
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ISBN: 9780814350393
House and Home
A collection of poems that intensely explore the beauty and wisdom to be found in what we commonly call "everyday" encounters, relationships, occurrences, and spaces.
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ISBN: 9780940713307
stilettos in a rifle range
Poems about the joys and struggles of complex, contemporary life—and heartbreak.
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ISBN: 9780814350188
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ISBN: 9780814350195
The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Second Edition
An explosive, award-winning novel in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a satire of the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black miltancy.
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ISBN: 9780814349571
The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Second Edition
An explosive, award-winning novel, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a 50-year-young classic that provides commentary on the racial inequities in the US in the late 1960s - and today.
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ISBN: 9780814349571
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ISBN: 9780814349977

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The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough
An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship
An important autobiography that reveals the story of William Sanders Scarborough who rose out of slavery to become a renowned classical philologist and African American icon.
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ISBN: 9780814332252
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ISBN: 9780814332245
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ISBN: 9780814348895

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How It Happens
Intergenerational story of three Black women and their struggle to stake their claim to the American dream.
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ISBN: 9780814348697
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ISBN: 9780814348703
Homicide: Life on the Street
Analysis of race, racism, and the criminal justice system on Homicide: Life on the Street.
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ISBN: 9780814348673
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ISBN: 9780814348680
Body Not My Own
A collection of tightly crafted poems of intense imagery, sharp cadence, and poignant emotional resonance, representing the African American experience of enslavement in the United States.
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ISBN: 9780940713291

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That They Lived
African Americans Who Changed the World
Biographies on African Americans who will inspire today’s youth.
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ISBN: 9780814347546
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ISBN: 9780814347553
You Are My Joy and Pain
Love Poems
A collection of lyrical love poems showing Detroit’s poet laureate at the peak of her career.
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ISBN: 9780814348017
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ISBN: 9780814348024
"Black People Are My Business"
Toni Cade Bambara's Practices of Liberation
Exploration of Bambara’s practices of liberation that encourage resistance to oppression and solidarity.
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ISBN: 9780814346075
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ISBN: 9780814344293
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ISBN: 9780814344316

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The Burden
African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery
Examines the continued emotional, economic, and cultural enslavement of African Americans in the twenty-first century.
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ISBN: 9780814348314
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ISBN: 9780814345153
Greening the Black Urban Regime
The Culture and Commerce of Sustainability in Detroit
Describes the struggle to shape green redevelopment in Detroit.
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ISBN: 9780814346501
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ISBN: 9780814346518
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ISBN: 9780814346525
am-phib-ian
Exploring the will to survive the existential disorientation and emotional loss resulting from fractured relationships with lovers and kin.
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ISBN: 9780940713284
The Shape of Regret
An authentic voice that is reflective of the author’s sincere appreciation for poetry.
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ISBN: 9780814347249
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ISBN: 9780814347256

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come see about me, marvin
An imagined personal exchange with Marvin Gaye, in verse, on life in Michigan.
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ISBN: 9780814347225
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ISBN: 9780814347232

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Shades
Detroit Love Stories
Interconnected stories exploring life, love, and passion in an ever-changing community.
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ISBN: 9780814346884
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ISBN: 9780814346891