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Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America / Ibram X. Kendi.
In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. Stamped from the Beginning uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to offer a window into the contentious debates between assimilationists and segregationists and between racists and antiracists. From Puritan minister Cotton Mather to Thomas Jefferson, from fiery abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison to brilliant scholar W.E.B. Du Bois to legendary anti-prison activist Angela Davis, Kendi shows how and why some of our leading proslavery and pro-civil rights thinkers have challenged or helped cement racist ideas in America.
Record details
- ISBN: 1568584636
- ISBN: 9781568584638
- ISBN: 9781568585987
- ISBN: 1568585985
- Physical Description: 582 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Perseus Books Group, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Cotton Mather -- Human hierarchy -- Origins of racist ideas -- Coming to America -- Saving souls, not bodies -- Black hunts -- Great awakening -- Part II. Thomas Jefferson -- Enlightenment -- Black exhibit -- Created equal -- Uplift suasion -- Big bottoms -- Colonization -- Part III. William Lloyd Garrison -- Gradual equality -- Imbruted or civilized -- Soul -- The impending crisis -- History's emancipator -- Ready for freedom? -- Reconstructing slavery -- Reconstructing blame -- Part IV. W.E.B. Du Bois -- Renewing the south -- Southern horrors -- Black Judases -- Great white hopes -- The Birth of a Nation -- Media suasion -- Old deal -- Freedom brand -- Massive resistance -- Part V. Angela Davis -- The act of civil rights -- Black power -- Law and order -- Reagan's drugs -- New Democrats -- New Republicans -- 99.9 percent the same -- The extraordinary Negro -- Epilogue. |
| Awards Note: | National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2016. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Racism > United States > History. United States > Race relations. |
Available copies
- 16 of 17 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Cass County.
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- 1 current hold with 17 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | 305.8 KEN 2017 (Text) | 0002205639012 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | 305.8 KEN 2017 (Text) | 0002205639020 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
