First published in 1901, Up From Slavery is one of the classic books from the era of American slavery. In it, Booker T. Washington details his rise from a child born into slavery to a free man with a college education.

In the tenth anniversary edition of this award-winning work, Patricia Hill Collins expands the basic arguments of the first edition by adding several important new themes.

Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.

This book is a sober challenge to those who argue that race is of declining significance in the United States today.

"This is a highly significant--one might argue revolutionary--book.

This work catapults Gordon-Reed into the very first rank of historians of slavery.

Senator Obama's vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems.

Ward Churchill has achieved an unparalleled reputation as a scholar-activist and analyst of indigenous issues in North America.

bell hooks writes about the meaning of feminist consciousness in daily life and about self-recovery, about overcoming white and male supremacy, and about intimate relationships, exploring the point where the public and private meet.

In this book, the attorney for the men describes the background of the Study, the investigation and the lawsuit, the events leading up to the Presidential apology, and the ongoing efforts to see that out of this painful and tragic episode ...