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Hurricane Katrina

Author
First Name: 
Jeremy I.
Last Name: 
Levitt
Collaborators: 
Matthew C. Whitaker
Subtitle: 
America's Unnatural Disaster
Publish City: 
Nebraska
Publish Company: 
University of Nebraska Press
ISSN/ISBN: 
803217609
Language: 
English
Medium: 
Textual
Month: 
April
Day: 
1
Year: 
2009

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Mississippi. The storm devastated the region and its citizens. But its devastation did not reach across racial and class lines equally.

Pages: 
336
Amazon url: 
http://www.amazon.com/Hurricane-Katrina-Americas-Unnatural-Disaster/dp/0803217609/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286378039&sr=1-1


Everything But the Burden

Author
First Name: 
Greg
Last Name: 
Tate
Subtitle: 
What White People are Taking from Black Culture
Publish City: 
New York
Publish Company: 
Broadway Books
ISSN/ISBN: 
76791497
Language: 
English
Medium: 
Textual
Year: 
2003

White kids from the 'burbs are throwing up gang signs. The 2001 Grammy winner for best rap artist was as white as rice. And blond-haired sorority sisters are sporting FUBU gear.

Pages: 
260
Amazon url: 
http://www.amazon.com/Everything-But-Burden-People-Culture/dp/076791497X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228163654&sr=1-1
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The Hip Hop tree

Author
First Name: 
Damien Ty.
Last Name: 
Jackson
Subtitle: 
Seeds, Essays and Thoughts
Publish City: 
New York
Publish Company: 
iUniverse
ISSN/ISBN: 
595295088
Language: 
English
Medium: 
Textual
Year: 
2003

Combining a rich blend of essays and poems by representatives from the fields of journalism, activism, theater, film, science, art, law and the spoken word, The Hip Hop Tree offers a provocative take on a contemporary social expression in need of a larger perspective.

Pages: 
87
Amazon url: 
http://www.amazon.com/Hip-Hop-Tree-Essays-Thoughts/dp/0595295088/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226525147&sr=1-1
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Flyboy in the ButterMilk

Author
First Name: 
Greg
Last Name: 
Tate
Subtitle: 
Essays on Contemporary America
Publish City: 
New York
Publish Company: 
Pluto Press
ISSN/ISBN: 
671729659
Language: 
English
Medium: 
Textual
Year: 
1992

From Publishers Weekly This collection of 40 essays on music, literature, art and politics confirms Tate's role as a chief progenitor of a New Black Aesthetic, what Gates calls "a body of creativity unfettered by the constraints of a nationalist party line." Consistently interesting, often brilliant, Tate--a staff writer for the Village Voice --modulates funkadelic street argot with a fi

Pages: 
283
Amazon url: 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671729659/qid=1147809970/sr=1-26/ref=sr_1_26/104-4800545-2071111?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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