Jazz divides into cool and hot, traditional and modern, inthe decade after World War II.

"To discover the truth behind her mother's mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights"--

"A profound new rendering of the struggle by African-Americans for equality after the Civil War and the violent counter-revolution that resubjugated them, as seen through the prism of the war of images and ideas that have left an enduring racist stain on the American mind. The abolition of slavery in the aftermath of the Civil War is a familiar story, as is the civil rights revolution that transformed the nation after World War II. But the century...

"Travel back in time to the 1920s and 1930s to the sounds of jazz in nightclubs and the 24-hours-a-day bustle of the famous Black neighborhood of Harlem in uptown Manhattan. It was a dazzling time when there was an outpouring of the arts of African Americans--the poetry of Langston Hughes, the novels of Zora Neale Hurston, the sculptures of Augusta Savage, and that brand-new music called jazz as only Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong could play it....

During World War II, swing becomes a symbol of democracy and freedom and on the home front, established musicians make way for a new musical style, bebop.

"The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism-now fully revised and updated Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling...

Tells the story of America's first black paratroopers during World War II.

Condoleezza Rice recounts how her parents, a minister and a teacher, helped her learn the value of faith in times of hardship, instilled a love of sports and politics, and encouraged her to rise above the prejudices and obstacles that stood in front of her, with personal stories of her family life.

"When Jackie Robinson first put on a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform in 1947, he knew he was facing one of the toughest tests of his life ... Faced with hateful insults from the public and even some from his teammates, could Jackie rise to the challenge? Could he prove that his skills on the field, not the color of his skin, was what matter most?--P. [4] of cover.

Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned across the years to save him. After this first summons, Dana is drawn back, again and again, to the plantation to protect Rufus and ensure that he will grow to manhood and father...