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The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Slavery Comes to the New World

Siyavush Saidian

Paperback (Lucent Books, Jan. 15, 2018)

Examines the history of the transatlantic slave trade, from how it began to its ramifications.

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African American Inventors: Overcoming Challenges to Change America

Sophie Washburne

Library Binding (Lucent Books, Aug. 15, 2017)

Details the lives and struggles of African American men and women whose inventions have helped shaped the modern world.

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Hidden No More: African American Women in STEM Careers

Caroline Kennon

Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 15, 2018)

In recent years, the stories of black women in scientific and mathematical fields have finally emerged from the shadows of history to inspire new generations of Americans. Through engaging main text filled with quotes from prominent figures, readers understand how black women who pursued careers in science and math helped shape the history of the world and continue to shape its future. Eye-catching photographs make this complex and influential topic easily relatable, while informative sidebars provide a thorough investigation of powerful women in powerful careers.

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The Black Arts Movement

David Robson

Library Binding (Lucent Books, Aug. 15, 2008)

A high-quality history series places important topics of the African-American experience in context so that readers will understand the connection between black history and the sweep of America's story.

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Reparations for Slavery: the Fight for Compensation

Sarah Goldy-brown

Paperback (Lucent Books, Jan. 15, 2018)

Presents information about the concept of reparations, examining slavery's effect on African Americans, the attempts at reparations over the years, and current controversies.

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The Harlem Renaissance

Andy Koopmans

Hardcover (Lucent, July 22, 2005)

Beginning at the end of World War I, the Harlem Renaissance was America's first African-American literary and artistic movement. Based in Harlem and lasting through the early 1930s, the movement gave voice to a small but gifted group of black writers and artists.

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The Atlantic Slave Trade

Don Nardo

Hardcover (Lucent Books, Dec. 14, 2007)

A high-quality history series places important topics of the African-American experience in context so that readers will understand the connection between black history and the sweep of America's story.

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A Dream Deferred

Anne Wallace Sharp

Library Binding (Lucent, July 15, 2005)

Discusses the racism that ran rampant in the United States after the Civil War, the Jim Crow laws that were instituted in the South as a reaction to this racism, and the fight against these laws and to end discrimination.