Books from the EWU Library
A different mirror : a history of multicultural America by
Ronald Takaki's beloved classic is a "brilliant revisionist history of America" (Publishers Weekly) that dramatically retells our nation's story from the perspective of minorities. Upon its first publication, A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics everywhere as a dramatic new retelling of our nation's past. Beginning with the colonization of the New World, it recounted the history of America in the voice of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States--Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and others--groups who helped create this country's rich mosaic culture. Now, Ronald Takaki has revised his landmark work and made it even more relevant and important. Among the new additions to the book are: The role of black soldiers in preserving the Union The history of Chinese Americans from 1900-1941 An investigation into the hot-button issue of "illegal" immigrants from Mexico A look at the sudden visibility of Muslim refugees from Afghanistan. This new edition of A Different Mirror is a remarkable achievement that grapples with the raw truth of American history and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American.
Call Number: EWU-Cheney Upper Level Book Stacks E184.A1 T335 2008ISBN: 9780316022361Publication Date: 2008
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history : the black experience in the Americas by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 9780028660714Publication Date: 2006
Encyclopedia of African American society by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 0761927646Publication Date: 2005
Black Is beautiful: a philosophy of black aesthetics by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 1405150637Publication Date: 2016
Black Beauty: Aesthetics, Stylization, Politics by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 1138266191Publication Date: 2009
Stylin' : African-American expressive culture, from its beginnings to the zoot suit by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 0801431794Publication Date: 2018
Pageants, parlors, and pretty women: race and beauty in the twentieth-century South by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 9781469614205Publication Date: 2014
Liberated threads: black women, style, and the global politics of soul by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 1469625156Publication Date: 2015
Hair raising : beauty, culture, and African American women by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 0585098271Publication Date: 1996
Hair matters : beauty, power, and black women's consciousness by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 0814739458Publication Date: 2000
Hair story : untangling the roots of Black hair in America by Call Number: EWU-Cheney Upper Level Book Stacks E185.86 .B96 2001ISBN: 0312265999Publication Date: 2001
Skin deep : how race and complexion matter in the "color-blind" era by Call Number: EWU-Cheney Upper Level Book Stacks HT1521 .H43 2004ISBN: 1929011261Publication Date: 2004
The power of Black music : interpreting its history from Africa to the United States by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 9780195109757Publication Date: 1995
Emerald street : a history of hip hop in Seattle by Call Number: EWU-Cheney Main Level New Books ML3531 .A244 2020ISBN: 9780295747576Publication Date: 2020
Sisters of the yam: black women and self-recovery by Call Number: e-bookISBN: 9781317588313Publication Date: 2014
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks PS3557.I55 A6 2003bISBN: 0060541334Publication Date: 2003
Digging: the Afro-American soul of American classical music by Call Number: e-bookISBN: 0520943090Publication Date: 2009
Black History at EWU
These online resources provide some information about the history of Black students and the Africana Studies program from 1969-2009. Please note that Eastern's Black history runs much longer as its first African American student was Marjorie Boyd Wellington, who graduated in 1935.
- Dr. John Hardin speaking at Kwanzaa event, 1991Photograph of EWU history professor John Hardin speaking at a campus event.
- Dr. Felix Boateng speaking at Black History Month event, 1991Black Education Program director Felix Boateng speaks at Black history event held at Cavanaugh's Inn at the Park in Spokane.
- Gangan newsletter, 1973-1974Black Education Program newsletter containing short student literary works.
- The Master Drummer newsletter, February 1989Newsletter for EWU's Black Education Program.
- Easterner, February 19, 1969, EWU's 1st Black WeekEastern’s first Black Week celebration, with photographs of Black Week fashion show on last page.
- EWU Africana Studies publications, 1973-2009Just in case we missed anything important, here is the digital collection of Africana Studies publications held by the EWU Archives. Enjoy!
Streaming Videos available through the EWU Library
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Are We Different?
Shades of Black: Diversity in African-American Identity
Cultural Identity Theory : Origins, Current Status and the Future
Good Hair and Other Dubious Distinctions
A Question of Color
One Drop Rule
Our Great Day : A Bond with Houston Blues
Brooklyn Boheme
Subject Experts
Qing Stellwagen/Librarian for Diversity & Inclusion Studies and Economics
Contact: qstellwagen@ewu.edu (509) 359-2403
Steven Bingo/Acting University Archivist
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