Black Spark White Fire

Author : Richard Poe
Publisher : Prima Lifestyles
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0761521631

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Black Spark, White Fire by Richard Poe Pdf

Columbus Discovered America . . . But Who Discovered Europe? Were the ancient Egyptians black? Did Egyptian explorers land in Greece some 4,000 years ago? Did they plant colonies, establish royal houses, and bring civilization to Europe's savage tribes? Did the secret rites of their temple cults later resurface among the Knights Templar and the Freemasons? In "Black Spark, White Fire," Richard Poe provides startling answers to these questions and more. "Brilliant. . . . Poe has produced a classic volume . . . splendid in its conception and powerful in its execution--a major work."--Molefi Kete Asante, author of "The Afrocentric Idea" "Superb. . . . I am convinced that within 20 years Richard Poe's views will be seen as closer to the historical truth than those of the present defenders of the status quo. The book is clear, well-written, and hard to put down. While we disagree on a number of issues, "Black Spark, White Fire" is the popular book that I am incapable of writing."--Martin Bernal, author of "Black Athena" "It is refreshing to hear the Afrocentric theory of ancient Egypt argued so persuasively, from a viewpoint that is neither liberal nor conservative, black nor white."--Armstrong Williams, syndicated columnist and TV talk show host

Author : Randall Robinson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0452282101

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The Debt by Randall Robinson Pdf

Both an unflinching indictment of past wrongs and an impassioned call to America to educate its citizens about the history of Africa and its people, The Debt says in no uncertain terms what white America owes blacks—and what blacks owe themselves. In this powerful and controversial book, distinguished African-American political leader and thinker Randall Robinson argues for the restoration of the rich history that slavery and segregation severed. Drawing from research and personal experience, he shows that only by reclaiming their lost past and proud heritage can blacks lay the foundation for their future. And white Americans can begin making reparations for slavery and the century of racial discrimination that followed with monetary restitution, educational programs, and the kinds of equal opportunities that will ensure the social and economic success of all citizens. “Engaging...Robinson continues an important conversation...His anecdotes support his attempts to reclaim African American heritage and empower African Americans.”—The Washington Post

Author : Greg Walker
Publisher : Seker Nefer Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780966237436

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Shades of Memnon Book 3 by Greg Walker Pdf

"The African hero of the Trojan War and the keys to ancient world civilization"--P. facing T.p.

Author : Kenneth N. Addison
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761843313

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'We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident...' by Kenneth N. Addison Pdf

'We hold these truths to be self evident_' An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Roots of Racism and Slavery in America delves into the philosophical, historical, socio/cultural and political evolution of racism and slavery in America. The premise of this work is that racism and slavery in America are the result of an unintentional historical intertwining of various Western philosophical, religious, cultural, social, economic, and political strands of thought that date back to the Classical Era. These strands have become tangled in a Gordian knot, which can only be unraveled through the bold application of a variety of multidisciplinary tools. By doing so, this book is intended help the reader understand how the United States, a nation that claims 'all men are created equal,' could be responsible for slavery and the intractable threads of racism and inequality that have become woven into its cultural the fabric.

Author : Ooko John
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781477140550

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Reflecting on America's First Black President by Ooko John Pdf

In highlighting the political and economic progress of African Americans while pinpointing the historical success of Barack Obama in the last presidential election, the book covers the history of the African peoples in the principal regions of Africa, the Caribbean, North America and South America. In reporting and acutely analyzing the same events of human history spanning over 1500 years, it initially delves into the reactions from the political order in the form of the Tea Party Movement following Obama’s victory. Totalling over 500 pages, the book then takes the reader on a trip down memory lane, covering events as the slave trade, discrimination and colonization that pitted Africans and their diasporic descendants against Europeans, and later Americans. After covering the critical stages of African Americans’ economic and political development following the Civil War to present day, the book crosses the Atlantic Ocean to cover the major failures of political events after independence on the African continent. Two specific chapters in the book analyze the events under feudal Europe that led to the enslavement of Africans while another does the same on the system of capitalism. The final four chapters report and analyze Africa’s present challenges and possible solutions.

Author : Robert Carr
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822383888

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Black Nationalism in the New World by Robert Carr Pdf

From nineteenth-century black nationalist writer Martin Delany through the rise of Jim Crow, the 1937 riots in Trinidad, and the achievement of Independence in the West Indies, up to the present era of globalization, Black Nationalism in the New World explores the paths taken by black nationalism in the United States and the Caribbean. Bringing to bear a comparative, diasporic perspective, Robert Carr examines the complex roles race, gender, sexuality, and history have played in the formation of black national identities in the U. S. and Caribbean—particularly in Jamaica, Trinidad, and Guyana—over the past two centuries. He shows how nationalism begins as an impulse emanating "upwards" from the bottom of the social and economic spectrum and discusses the implications of this phenomenon for understanding democracy and nationalism. Black Nationalism in the New World combines geography, political economy, and subaltern studies in readings of noncanonical literary works, which in turn illuminate debates over African-American and West Indian culture, identity, and politics. In addition to Martin Delany’s Blake, or the Huts of America, Carr focuses on Pauline Hopkins’s Contending Forces; Crown Jewel, R. A. C. de Boissière’s novel of the Trinidadian revolt against British rule; Wilson Harris’s Guyana Quartet; the writings of the Oakland Black Panthers—particularly Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, and Eldridge Cleaver; the gay novella Just Being Guys Together; and Lionheart Gal, a collection of patois testimonials assembled by Sistren, a radical Jamaican women’s theater group active in the ‘80s. With its comparative approach, broad historical sweep, and use of texts not well known in the United States, Black Nationalism in the New World extends the work of such theorists as Homi Bhabha, Paul Gilroy, and Nell Irwin Painter. It will be necessary reading for those interested in African American studies, Caribbean studies, cultural studies, women’s studies, and American studies.

Author : Molefi Kete Asante,Maulana Karenga
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761928409

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Handbook of Black Studies by Molefi Kete Asante,Maulana Karenga Pdf

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Author : Seon M. Lewis
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781304549518

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From Mythology to Reality: Moving Beyond Rastafari by Seon M. Lewis Pdf

Author : Martin Bernal
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0822327171

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Black Athena Writes Back by Martin Bernal Pdf

DIVThis book is Bernal’s response to criticisms to his 1987 book, BLACK ATHENA, which argued for an Afro-Asiatic origin for Greek civilization./div

Author : Anna Stubblefield
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501717703

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Ethics along the Color Line by Anna Stubblefield Pdf

What is "race"? What role, if any, should race play in our moral obligations to others and to ourselves? Ethics along the Color Line addresses the question of whether black Americans should think of each other as members of an extended racial family and base their treatment of each other on this consideration, or eschew racial identity and envision the day when people do not think in terms of race. Anna Stubblefield suggests furthermore that white Americans should consider the same issues. She argues, finally, that for both black and white Americans, thinking of races as families is crucial in helping to combat anti-black oppression.Stubblefield is concerned that the philosophical debate—argued notably between Kwame Anthony Appiah and Lucius Outlaw—over whether or not we should strongly identify in terms of race, and whether or not we should take race into account when we decide how to treat each other, has stalled. Drawing on black feminist scholarship about the moral importance of thinking and acting in terms of community and extended family, the author finds that strong racial identification, if based on appropriate ideals, is morally sound and even necessary to end white supremacy.

Author : Ronald L. Jackson II,Elaine B. Richardson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136727290

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Understanding African American Rhetoric by Ronald L. Jackson II,Elaine B. Richardson Pdf

This is an extraordinarily well-balanced collection of essays focused on varied expressions of African American Rhetoric; it also is a critical antidote to a preoccupation with Western Rhetoric as the arbiter of what counts for effective rhetoric. Rather than impose Western terminology on African and African American rhetoric, the essays in this volume seek to illumine rhetoric from within its own cultural expression, thereby creating an understanding grounded in the culture's values. The consequence is a richly detailed and well-researched set of essays. The contribution of African American rhetoric can no longer be rendered invisible through neglect of its tradition. The essays in this volume neither seek to displace Western Rhetoric, nor function as an uncritical paen to Afrocentricity and Africology. This volume is both timely and essential; timely in advancing a better understanding of the richly textured history that is expressed through African American discourse, and essential as a counterpoint to the hegemonic influence of Greek and Roman rhetoric as the origin of rhetorical theory and practice. Written in the spirit of a critical rhetoric, this collection eschews traditional focus on public address and instead offers a rich array of texts, in musical and other forms, that address publics.

Author : Emory Elliott,Louis Freitas Caton,Jeffrey Rhyne
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Aesthetics, American
ISBN : 9780195146325

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Aesthetics in a Multicultural Age by Emory Elliott,Louis Freitas Caton,Jeffrey Rhyne Pdf

Papers from conference titled "Aesthetics and Difference," held October 22-24, 1998 by the Center for Ideas and Society at the University of California, Riverside.

Author : Everett C. Borders
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453559406

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Apart Type Screenplay by Everett C. Borders Pdf

Apart Type a book screenplay An extreme close looks at the real origins of mankind & that path of conveyance. The story & content is extremely revealing & enlightening to some and controversial to others. This story borders on the crest of biblical & factual reality.

Author : Ronald H. Fritze
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781861896742

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Invented Knowledge by Ronald H. Fritze Pdf

This incredible exploration of the murky world of pseudo-history reveals the mix of proven facts, informed speculation, and pure fiction behind lost continents, ancient super-civilizations, and conspiratorial cover-ups—as well as the revisionist historical foundations of religions such as the Nation of Islam and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Drawing on the best scholarship available, Ronald H. Fritze shows that in spite of strong, mainstream historical evidence to the contrary, many of these ideas have proved durable and gained widespread acceptance. As the examples in Invented Knowledge reveal, pseudo-historians capitalize on and exploit anomalies in evidence to support their claims, rather than examining the preponderance of research as a whole.

Author : Kwame Botwe-Asamoah
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781134000180

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Kwame Nkrumah's Politico-Cultural Thought and Politics by Kwame Botwe-Asamoah Pdf

This study critically synthesizes and analyses the relationship between Kwame Nkrumah's politico-cultural philosophy and policies as an African-centered paradigm for the post-independence African revolution. It also argues for the relevance of his theories and politics in today's Africa.