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BLACK THOUGHT

Welcome to Black Thought, a curated list of books that delve into the insightful perspectives of Black psychologists, sociologists, therapists, and psychiatrists. At the Black Dot Cultural Center, we celebrate the intellectual contributions and thought leadership of Black professionals in the fields of psychology and sociology.

Our collection offers a rich selection of books that explore the diverse dimensions of the Black experience through the lens of these esteemed experts. From groundbreaking research on mental health disparities to profound sociological analyses of systemic racism and social inequality, our curated list illuminates the profound insights and unique perspectives that arise from Black scholars and practitioners.

Delve into our collection and discover thought-provoking works that challenge conventional narratives, uplift marginalized voices, and offer empowering approaches to mental health and social well-being. From pioneering psychologists who have reshaped our understanding of the human mind to sociologists who shed light on the dynamics of race, class, and identity, our collection embraces the breadth and depth of Black thought.

To further enhance your exploration, our search feature enables you to uncover specific titles and authors that resonate with your interests and curiosity. Engage with books and audiobooks that amplify the voices of Black psychologists, sociologists, therapists, and psychiatrists, and gain valuable insights into the complexities of the human experience from diverse cultural perspectives.

Welcome to the Black Dot Cultural Center, where Black Thought thrives. Explore our collection, search for books and audiobooks that expand your intellectual horizons, and immerse yourself in the profound wisdom and perspectives of Black professionals in psychology, sociology, therapy, and psychiatry. Together, let us celebrate the power of knowledge and the transformative impact of Black Thought.

Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau, A. M. Lukondo-Wamba
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Carter Godwin Woodson
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In 1933, American historian and educator Carter Woodson (1875-1950) delivered a powerful and prophetic denouncement of "Euro-centric"school curricula that still rings true. Woodson inspired black Americans to demand relevant learning opportunities that were inclusive of their own culture and heritag ... Read More about
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Frances C. Welsing
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During the course of the struggle of African people against European racism, brutality and domination, many innovative thinkers have risen from our ranks . The greatest and most courageous scholars have devoted their lives to the pursuit of an explanation for the virtually inherent animosity most wh ... Read More about
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Black on Black violence: The psychodynamics of Black self-annihilation in the Service of White Domination represents a distinct milestone in criminology and Afrikan Studies. Its explanatory perspectives on the socio-psychological and politico-economic causes of Black on Black violence are exceptiona ... Read More about
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In two masterful lectures contained within the pages of this modest text, Dr. Wilson challenges the all too pervasive assumption and false perception that the “New World Order” is somehow ordained-that if Afrikan people are to progress, they have no other alternative but to remain colonized by White ... Read More about
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[Exposes] the role Eurocentric history-writing plays in rationalizing European oppression of Afrikan peoples and in the falsification of Afrikan consciousness ... [and contends] that the alleged mental and behavioral maladaptiveness of oppressed Afrikan peoples is a political-economic necessity for ... Read More about
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Amos T. Wilson
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The first of a UBCS series of books dealing with the growth, development, and education of the black child; the first book which deals exclusively with the physical and psychosocial development of the black child, in a scholarly but readily understandable way, forthrightly confronts these and other ... Read More about
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Bobby E. Wright
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Presents a thought-provoking examination of the group personality of Europeans, as manifest in their behavior towards Black people. In the essay "The Psychopathic Racial Personality," Dr. Bobby Wright contends that viewing white behavior towards nonwhites as psychopathic provides a new lens through ... Read More about
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Ani's 1994 work, Yurugu: An Afrikan-Centered Critique of European Cultural Thought and Behavior, examined the influence of European culture on the formation of modern institutional frameworks, through colonialism and imperialism, from an African perspective. Described by the author as an "intentiona ... Read More about
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If the "World" is down today, it is directly because it has put the "Woman" down. How can the world expect to be uplifted, if it continually casts down "the doorway" through which all the world has come, and will come? (Stop-Think.)  -Blackwoman, do you really know who "you" are? -Do you know what i ... Read More about
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George G. M. James
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George James was a professor at a small black college in Arkansas during the 1950s when he wrote this book. Originally from Guyana, he was an intellectual who studied African and European classics. He soon realized something was wrong with the way the history of philosophy had been documented by Wes ... Read More about
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2022 Hardcover Reprint of the Two Volume Edition, First Published from 1923 to 1926. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with OCR. This collection of Garvey's writing remains the most famous collection of Garvey's speeches and essays. Marcus Garvey and the "Universal Negro Improve ... Read More about
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Charles V. Hamilton, Kwame Ture
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An eloquent document of the civil rights movement that remains a work of profound social relevance 50 years after it was first published.A revolutionary work since its publication, Black Power exposed the depths of systemic racism in this country and provided a radical political framework for reform ... Read More about
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Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
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In the speeches and articles collected in this book, the black activist, organizer, and freedom fighter Stokely Carmichael traces the dramatic changes in his own consciousness and that of black Americans that took place during the evolving movements of Civil Rights, Black Power, and Pan-Africanism. ... Read More about
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Frantz Fanon
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Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. Fanon's masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers ... Read More about
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Frantz Fanon
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The sixtieth anniversary edition of Frantz Fanon's landmark text, now with a new introduction by Cornel West First published in 1961, and reissued in this sixtieth anniversary edition with a powerful new introduction by Cornel West, Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth is a masterfuland timeles ... Read More about
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Frantz Fanon's psychiatric career was crucial to his thinking as an anti-colonialist writer and activist. Much of his iconic work was shaped by his experiences working in hospitals in France, Algeria and Tunisia. The writing collected here was written from 1951 to 1960 in tandem with his political w ... Read More about
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Ngugi describes this book as 'a summary of some of the issues in which I have been passionately involved for the last twenty years of my practice in fiction, theatre, criticism and in teaching of literature. North America: Heinemann; Kenya: EAEP. ... Read More about
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“Black people are not dark-skinned white people,” says advertising visionary Tom Burrell. In fact, they are a lot more. They are survivors of the Middle Passage and centuries of humiliation and deprivation, who have excelled against the odds, constantly making a way out of “no way!” At this point in ... Read More about
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Edward Bruce Bynum, Ph.D., ABPP
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Reveals how spirituality and the collective unconscious of all of humanity originated in Africa  • Examines the Oldawan, the Ancient Soul of Africa, and its correlation with what modern psychologists have defined as the collective unconscious • Draws on archaeology, DNA research, history, and depth ... Read More about
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Walter Rodney
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"I have sat on a little oil drum, rusty and in the midst of garbage, and some black brothers and I have grounded together." - Walter Rodney In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movemen ... Read More about
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Kwame 1909-1972 Nkrumah
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"Any kind of movement for freedom of Black people based solely within the confines of America is absolutely doomed to fail. "Speeches and interviews from the last two years of his life. ... Read More about
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