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    1. Black and green: Afro-Colombians, development, and nature in the Pacific lowlands

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Asher,Kiran (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2009
    Published:
    Durham: Duke University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    247 p, Argues that development processes and social movements shape each other in uneven and paradoxical ways. She bases her argument on ethnographic analysis of the black social movements that emerged from and interacted with political and economic changes in Colombia's Pacific lowlands, or Chocó region, in the 1990s.

    2. My song: A memoir

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Belafonte,Harry, (Author) and Shnayerson,Michael, (Collab.)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    01/01; 2011
    Published:
    New York: Alfred A. Knopf
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    A personal account of an era of enormous cultural and political change, which reveals Harry Belafonte as not only one of America's greatest entertainers, but also one of our most profoundly influential activists. Belafonte spent his childhood in both Harlem and Jamaica, where the toughness of the city and the resilient spirit of the Caribbean lifestyle instilled in him a tenacity to face the hurdles of life head-on and channel his anger into positive, life-affirming actions. He returned to New York City after serving in the Navy in World War II, and found his calling in the theater, before transitioning into a career as a singer and Hollywood leading man. During the 1960s civil rights movement, Belafonte became close friends with Martin Luther King, Jr., and used his celebrity as a platform for his activism in civil rights and countless other political and social causes. This book tells the inspiring story of an original and powerful entertainer who has always engaged fiercely with the issues of his day.