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"From the Thurber Prize-winning author of 'What doesn't kill you makes you Blacker' comes a pioneering collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work today . . . With words that roast, ignite, and burn while connecting to and coalescing around a singular thesis, 'That's how they get you' emphasizes how and why Black American humor is uniquely transfixing. This is a mixture of not just observational anxieties...

"The new book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Three Mothers. In Erased, Anna Malaika Tubbs recovers all that American patriarchy has tried to destroy. Across the world, patriarchy has oppressed women and denied their contributions, but every nation has its own unique gendered hierarchy. Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs applies her signature approachable yet rigorous analysis to define American patriarchy in this definitive and groundbreaking...

"A powerful read examining the lack of opportunity given to Black Americans due to structural racism, and how forgotten historical figures and the author's own family found a way to succeed despite the obstacles"-- Provided by publisher.

"As the United States wrestles with the rising tide of hate crimes, Asian Americans have been disproportionately victimized. From the infamous Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to contemporary attempts to restrict Asian land ownership, Asian Americans continue to be regarded as different, aliens in their own country. Why are they still regarded as outsiders, despite their scientific and cultural contributions to our society? The origin and current perceptions...

A sweeping chronicle placing race at the center of Native American U.S. history, from the award-winning author of This Land Is Their Land.

"DR. ELBERT NELSON: A Black doctor who came to Vietnam after watching TV footage of the Watts racial riot in Los Angeles, but soon found himself in the midst of Black Soldier protests; FRED CHERRY: Air Force pilot who became the first Black military officer captured by the North Vietnamese, becoming a hero to twenty million Black Americans; JOE ANDERSON: The first Black cinematic star of the war after his exploits in Vietnam inspired the academy award...

"As the civil rights movement blazed through America, more than 300,000 Black troops were drafted and sent to fight in the Vietnam War. These soldiers, often from disadvantaged backgrounds and subjected to the brutalities of racism back home, found themselves thrust onto the frontlines of a war many saw as unjust. On the homefront, Black antiwar activists faced another battle: Opposition to the Vietnam War, vilified by key allies in the media and...

Discusses discrimination and prejudice as experienced by various minority groups in the United States.

In the 16th century, the beginning of African enslavement in the Americas until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and emancipation in 1865, Africans were hunted like animals, captured, sold, tortured, and raped. They experienced the worst kind of physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual abuse. Given such history, isn't it likely that many of the enslaved were severely traumatized? And did the trauma and the effects of such horrific...

"When the No. 5 left Nashville, little did anyone know the events of February 10, 1912, would take an ugly turn. Three NC&St.L Railway employees brothers, Wat Greer and David Neal, and a third man, Charles Dane Bomar, would be charged with the murder of S. W. Everson, a railroad detective, and within two weeks, two of those three men would be dead at the hands of a lynch mob."--Page 4 of cover.