About the Section Editors |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Part I African American Rhetoric-definitions And Understanding |
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Introduction: African American Rhetoric: What It Be, What It Do |
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Volume Editors: Vershawn Ashanti Young And Michelle Bachelor Robinson |
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1 African American Rhetorical Theory |
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Edited By Vershawn Ashanti Young And Michelle Bachelor Robinson |
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Markings Of An African Concept Of Rhetoric |
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Talkin And Testifyin: The Language Of Black America |
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16 | (8) |
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Introduction: Aspects Of African American Rhetoric As A Field |
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24 | (11) |
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35 | (1) |
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Part II The Blackest Hours-origins And Histories Of African American Rhetoric |
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37 | (276) |
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Introduction: "Coming Out Of The Dark": The Beginnings Of African American Rhetoric |
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39 | (2) |
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Edited And With An Introduction By Michelle Bachelor Robinson |
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2 Nobody Knows Our Name: African Orature In The American Diaspora |
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Edited And With An Introduction By Kermit E. Campbell |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (4) |
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50 | (7) |
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57 | (6) |
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Why Negroes Are Black And Ole Massa And John Who Wanted To Go To Heaven |
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63 | (3) |
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The Dozens: A History Of Rap's Mama |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (5) |
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73 | (4) |
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The Rise Of Black Appeal Radio |
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77 | (13) |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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3 Religion And Spirituality/transportations And Transformations Of Spirituality And Identity In The New World |
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91 | (72) |
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Edited And With An Introduction By Kameelah Martin And Elizabeth West |
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The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African |
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93 | (6) |
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Article I. Our Wretchedness In Consequence Of Slavery |
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99 | (7) |
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"Oh Ye Americans": The Autobiography Of Omar Ibn Said |
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The Life, Experience, And Gospel Labours Of The Rt. Rev. Richard Allen. To Which Is Annexed The Rise And Progress Of The African Methodist Episcopal Church In The United States Of America. Containing A Narrative Of The Yellow Fever In The Year Of Our Lord 1793: With An Address To The People Of Colour In The United States |
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110 | (10) |
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120 | (9) |
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129 | (1) |
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Philosophy And Opinions Of Marcus Garvey |
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130 | (5) |
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Open Letter To The Born Again |
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135 | (3) |
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God, Dr. Buzzard, And The Bolito Man: A Saltwater Geechee Talks About Life On Sapelo Island |
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138 | (6) |
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The Third Revolution: A New Spirituality Arises |
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144 | (14) |
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A Mother's Prayer For Her Unborn Child |
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158 | (1) |
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Transcript Of Rev. Lowery's Inaugural Benediction |
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160 | (2) |
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4 Language, Literacy, And Education |
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Edited And With An Introduction By Valerie Kinloch And Donja Thomas |
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Article II. Our Wretchedness In Consequence Of Ignorance |
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166 | (8) |
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174 | (17) |
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The Struggle For An Education |
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191 | (7) |
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198 | (12) |
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How It Feels To Be Colored Me |
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210 | (3) |
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Nobody Mean More To Me Than You And The Future Life Of Willie Jordan |
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213 | (12) |
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225 | (5) |
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Reading The World Of School Literacy: Contextualizing The Experience Of A Young African American Male |
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230 | (17) |
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Freedom For Literacy And Literacy For Freedom: The African-American Philosophy Of Education |
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247 | (6) |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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5 Black Presence: African American Political Rhetoric |
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255 | (58) |
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Edited And With An Introduction By Michelle Bachelor Robinson And Khirsten L. Echols With Vorris L. Nunley |
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A Letter To Thomas Jefferson |
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258 | (3) |
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"Love Of God, Love Of Man, Love Of Country" Or "If I Had A Country, I Should Be A Patriot" |
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261 | (6) |
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267 | (6) |
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The Awakening Of The Afro-American Woman |
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273 | (5) |
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Mob Murder In A Christian Nation |
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278 | (3) |
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281 | (5) |
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Statement To The Judiciary Committee |
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286 | (1) |
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Masked Racism: Reflections On The Prison Industrial Complex |
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287 | (4) |
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Address To Congress Over Hip-Hop Lyrics |
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291 | (3) |
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The Transformation Of Silence Into Language And Action (Excerpt) |
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294 | (2) |
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296 | (10) |
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Address On The 50th Anniversary Of The Selma, Alabama March |
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306 | (6) |
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312 | (1) |
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Part III Discourses On Black Bodies |
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313 | (222) |
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Introduction: Genders And Sexualities |
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315 | (3) |
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6 Race Women And Black Feminisms |
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318 | (56) |
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Edited And With An Introduction By Joy James |
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320 | (3) |
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323 | (3) |
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326 | (7) |
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In Union There Is Strength |
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333 | (4) |
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We Seek Full Equality For Women |
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337 | (4) |
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"Bigger Than A Hamburger" |
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341 | (2) |
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Testimony Before The Credentials Committee, Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 22, 1964 |
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343 | (3) |
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For The Equal Rights Amendment (10 August 1970), Washington D.C., Congress |
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346 | (4) |
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Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm |
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"Welfare Is A Women's Issue" |
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350 | (2) |
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The Combahee River Collective Statement |
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352 | (7) |
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Combahee River Collective |
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"Ain't She Still A Woman?" |
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359 | (2) |
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Conversation With Professor Imani Perry |
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361 | (3) |
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"The Role Of Allies In 2013" |
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364 | (7) |
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National Book Awards Acceptance Speech, November 16, 2011, New York |
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371 | (1) |
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372 | (1) |
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373 | (1) |
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374 | (75) |
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Edited And With An Introduction By Vershawn Ashanti Young |
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A Memorial To The South Carolina Senate |
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376 | (2) |
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Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl Written By Herself |
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378 | (5) |
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383 | (2) |
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Jefferson Davis As A Representative Of Civilization |
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385 | (3) |
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388 | (6) |
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394 | (4) |
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A Raisin In The Sun, Act III |
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398 | (7) |
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405 | (2) |
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Black Macho And The Myth Of The Super Woman |
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407 | (8) |
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415 | (2) |
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Dreams From My Father, Chapter Four |
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417 | (10) |
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Scenes Of Instruction, Section II: Are You Man Enough? |
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427 | (5) |
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432 | (7) |
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Straight Black Queer: Obama, Code-Switching, And The Gender Anxiety Of African American Men |
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439 | (7) |
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Black Dads Are Doing Best Of All |
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446 | (2) |
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448 | (1) |
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448 | (1) |
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449 | (86) |
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Edited And With An Introduction By Jeffrey McCune |
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The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African |
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451 | (2) |
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453 | (4) |
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457 | (3) |
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460 | (4) |
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On The Women's And Gay Liberation Movements |
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464 | (2) |
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466 | (3) |
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Can The Queen Speak?: Racial Essentialism, Sexuality And The Problem Of Authority |
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469 | (14) |
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"Quare" Studies, Or (Almost) Everything I Know About Queer Studies I Learned From My Grandmother |
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483 | (22) |
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505 | (3) |
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The Black Dick As A Weapon Of Mass Destruction: George Bush, Oprah Winfrey, "Down Low," And The Politics Of HIV Blame |
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508 | (4) |
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Hip-Hop Honeys And Da Hustlaz: Black Sexualities In The New Hip-Hop Pornography |
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512 | (20) |
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532 | (1) |
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533 | (1) |
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534 | (1) |
Part IV The New Blackness: Multiple Cultures, Multiple Modes |
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535 | (302) |
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Introductions: Courageous Rhetoric: Caribbean Foundations, New Media, And Black Aesthetics |
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537 | (2) |
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Everyday Rhetoric: Rhetoric Everyday |
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539 | (1) |
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Michelle Bachelor Robinson |
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9 Caribbean Thought And Its Critique Of Subjugation |
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540 | (80) |
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Edited And With An Introduction By Aaron Kamugisha And Yanique Hume |
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Liberty Or Death: Proclamation |
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543 | (10) |
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553 | (2) |
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555 | (2) |
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An End To The Neglect Of The Problems Of Negro Women! |
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557 | (10) |
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567 | (9) |
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Black Power-its Relevance To The West Indies |
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576 | (7) |
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583 | (5) |
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The Transformation Of Silence Into Language And Action |
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588 | (3) |
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Articulating A Caribbean Aesthetic: The Revolution Of Self-Perception |
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591 | (10) |
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601 | (5) |
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The Odd And The Ordinary: Haiti, The Caribbean, And The World |
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606 | (7) |
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We Are Ugly, But We Are Here |
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613 | (3) |
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Unsettling The Coloniality Of Being/power/truth/freedom: Towards The Human, After Man, Its Overrepresentation-an Argument |
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616 | (2) |
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618 | (1) |
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619 | (1) |
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10 Black Technocultural Expressivity |
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620 | (91) |
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Edited And With An Introduction By Dara N. Byrne |
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624 | (2) |
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626 | (4) |
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Microphones In The Riot Zones |
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630 | (8) |
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eBlack: A 21st Century Challenge |
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638 | (8) |
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The Race For Cyberspace: Information Technology In The Black Diaspora |
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646 | (7) |
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Introduction To "Future Texts" |
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653 | (10) |
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Integrating The Histories Of Race And Technology |
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663 | (11) |
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"Your Own White Privilege": The Ethics Of Play |
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674 | (9) |
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Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud: African Americans, American Artifactual Culture, And Black Vernacular Technological Creativity |
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683 | (7) |
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Public Discourse, Community Concerns, And Civic Engagement: Exploring Black Social Networking Traditions On Blackplanet.com |
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690 | (12) |
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Fade: Notes Toward An African American Rhetoric 2.0 |
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702 | (6) |
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708 | (2) |
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710 | (1) |
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11 Beat Rebels Corrupting Youth Against Babylon |
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711 | (74) |
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Edited And With An Introduction By Greg Thomas |
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Afrika Bambaataa & The Mighty Zulu Nation |
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714 | (4) |
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718 | (6) |
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Hybridity, Rap, And Pedagogy For The 1990s: A Black Studies Sounding Of Form |
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724 | (4) |
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Crimes Of Style: Aesthetics Of Authority |
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728 | (3) |
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"Waack And Breakin'," "Rap Dancing," And "What Hip Hop Dance Says" |
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731 | (6) |
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We Real Cool?: On Hip-Hop, Asian-Americans, Black Folks, And Appropriation |
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737 | (5) |
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Palestinian And Palestinian American Hip Hop |
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742 | (2) |
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B-Boys In "Les Banlieues": Hip Hop Culture In France |
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744 | (3) |
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"Rap COINTELPRO Part V...The NYPD Zeros In On Hip-Hop" |
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747 | (2) |
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Poetry In Motion: Mind = Body = Soul |
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749 | (2) |
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Homohop's Role Within Hip-Hop: Juba Kalamka Interview |
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751 | (3) |
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Bitch: The Death Of Wifeable Women And A Queer Intervention |
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754 | (7) |
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Orals ... Head ... Genius: The Power, Knowledge, And Pleasure Of Hard Core |
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761 | (9) |
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The Africanist Aesthetic In Global Hip-Hop Power Moves |
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770 | (10) |
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Hip Hop As Contemporary Ontology Of Blackness |
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780 | (2) |
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782 | (2) |
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784 | (1) |
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784 | (1) |
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12 Black Arts: Black Argument |
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785 | (52) |
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Edited And With An Introduction By Michelle Bachelor Robinson |
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To S.M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works |
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786 | (2) |
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Excerpt From The Preface Of Our Nig |
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788 | (1) |
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The National Emancipation Exposition |
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789 | (4) |
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Harriet Powers Pictorial Quilt |
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793 | (2) |
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Introduction To Blues People |
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795 | (10) |
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805 | (5) |
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810 | (6) |
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Report From Part One: An Autobiography |
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816 | (4) |
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820 | (5) |
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The 1970s: Is There A Woman's Art? |
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825 | (5) |
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830 | (5) |
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835 | (1) |
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