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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
DescriptionHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists recognize her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken not including her knowledge—became one of the much important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead ...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: Written by Himself
DescriptionPresents the memoirs of the famed abolitionist and statesman who escaped to the North afterwards years of enslavement and who became a champion of human rights.
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Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
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A dangerous, homeless drifter who grew up picking cotton in virtual slavery.

An upscale art dealer accustomed to the world of Armani and Chanel.

A gutsy woman together with a stubborn dream.

A story so incredible no novelist would dare dream it.

It begins outside a burning plantation hut in Louisiana . . . and an ...

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Edison, His Life and Inventions
DescriptionPRIOR to this, no complete, authentic, and authorized record of the work of Mr. Edison, during an active life, has been given to the world. This life, if there is anything in heredity, is very far from finished; and while it continues there will be new achievement.
An insistently expressed desire on the part of the public for a definitive ...
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Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White
DescriptionEnvironment the Record Straight is a distinctive view of the religious and moral heritage of black Americans, together with an emphasis on the untold yet significant stories from our rich political history. The material presented is ground-breaking and revolutionary, leaving viewers amazed and inspired.
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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln - Volume 2; 1843-1858
DescriptionThe book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can pick and choose from extra than a million books not including charge. Subjects: American literature; Literary Collections / American / General; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / American / General; Literary ...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions)
DescriptionThis autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman. Written and published in 1861, it brings a great, unflinching portrayal of the brutality of slave life. Jacobs speaks frankly of her master's abuse and her eventual escape, in an amazing and inspirational account of one woman's dauntless ...
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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
DescriptionTwo children together with the same name lived in the same decaying city. One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is providing a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.
 
In December 2000, the Baltimore Sun ran a small piece ...
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Coming of Age in Mississippi
DescriptionBorn to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived throughout some of the much dangerous days of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The week before she began high school came the news of Emmet Till’s lynching. Before then, she had "known the fear of hunger, hell, and the Devil. But now there was…the ...
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Up from Slavery: with Related Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
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Up From Slaveryis one of the much widely read African American autobiographies in the English language. It details how prominent African American leader Booker T. Washington rose from slavery to become one of the nation’s much prominent orators and educators at the turn of the 20th century. This reprint of the original 1901 edition is ...
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