A complete guide to the history, development, people, events, and ideas of Hip Hop music and culture.

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This book investigates the role, duties, and obligations of leaders and citizens through examining post–Civil Rights Black leaders and the patterns of behavior within the ...

Describes the introduction of an Afrocentric curriculum into an Oakland, California, high school during the 1990s.

From one of the most important writers of his generation (Charles Fuller) comes this bold look at the rise of a new post hip hop generation. 30 b&w photos throughout.

The Black Power movement represented a key turning point in American politics. Disenchanted by the hollow progress of federal desegregation during the 1960s, many black ...

This study examines the gulf between the history and mythology that has grown up around different aspects of the 1960s, ranging from the counterculture to gay rights, to the ...

In the 1992 presidential election only 50% of the voting-age population voted. Biennial congressional races are even worse with voting-age participation rates typically in the ...