Award-Winning Books: African American Studies
African Intellectual Heritage
A Book of Sources
848 pages
7 x 10
PB: 978-1-56639-403-1 $46.95 Jun 96
Philadelphia Book Clinic Certificate of Award, 1997
Molefi Kete Asante, recipient of the 2019 Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Communication Association
The Afrocentric Idea
Revised and Expanded Edition
256 pages
5.5 x 8.2
PB: 978-1-56639-595-3 $28.95 Dec 97
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0562-3 $28.95 Dec 97
Molefi Kete Asante, recipient of the 2019 Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Communication Association
The Black Female Body
A Photographic History
240 pages
9 x 12
26 color illustrations, 185 duotones
HC: 978-1-56639-928-9 $64.00 Jan 02
Finalist for the Publishers Marketing Association's Ben Franklin Award, Reference Category, 2003
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2002
National Gold Ink Bronze Award, 2002
Black Identity Viewed from a Barber's Chair
Nigrescence and Eudaimonia
200 pages
5.5 x 8.25
4 tables, 2 figs.
PB: 978-1-4399-2106-7 $27.95 Jun 21
HC: 978-1-4399-2105-0 $74.50 Jun 21
Ebook: 978-1-4399-2107-4 $27.95 Jun 21
William E. Cross Jr., recipient of the 2020 Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Applications of Psychology, American Psychological Association
Black Theatre
Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora
432 pages
7 x 10
1 table
PB: 978-1-56639-944-9 $36.95 Nov 02
HC: 978-1-56639-943-2 $78.50 Nov 02
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0115-1 $36.95
Finalist for the George Freedley Memorial Award for an outstanding book in theatre or another area of live performance from the Theatre Library Association, 2002
Black Venus 2010
They Called Her "Hottentot"
288 pages
7 x 10
42 duotones
PB: 978-1-4399-0205-9 $38.95 Jan 10
HC: 978-1-4399-0204-2 $86.50 Jan 10
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0206-6 $38.95 Jan 10
Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in Women's Studies by the Popular Culture/American Culture Association, 2011
Body Language
Sisters in Shape, Black Women's Fitness, and Feminist Identity Politics
204 pages
5.5 x 8.25
PB: 978-1-4399-0309-4 $28.95 Aug 11
HC: 978-1-4399-0308-7 $81.50 Aug 11
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0310-0 $28.95 Aug 11
Elli Köngäs-Maranda Professional Prize, American Folklore Society, 2011
The City on the Hill from Below
The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics
250 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-0656-9 $30.95 Aug 12
HC: 978-1-4399-0655-2 $71.50 Jun 11
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0657-6 $30.95 Jun 11
American Political Science Association's Foundations of Political Theory First Book Award, 2012
A City within a City
The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan
248 pages
6 x 9
3 tables, 12 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-0922-5 $31.95 Dec 12
HC: 978-1-4399-0921-8 $91.50 Dec 12
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0923-2 $31.95 Dec 12
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2013
The Coolie Speaks
Chinese Indentured Laborers and African Slaves in Cuba
336 pages
6 x 9
6 tables, 3 figs., 1 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-582-0 $31.95 Feb 09
HC: 978-1-59213-581-3 $61.50 Feb 08
Ebook: 978-1-59213-583-7 $31.95 Feb 08
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2008
Critical White Studies
Looking Behind the Mirror
704 pages
7 x 10
PB: 978-1-56639-532-8 $51.95 Jun 97
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0151-9 $51.95 Jun 97
Honorable Mention for Outstanding Books Awards, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America, 1997
The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons
232 pages
5.5 x 8.25
3 tables
PB: 978-1-59213-185-3 $27.95 Jan 06
HC: 978-1-59213-184-6 $71.50 Jan 06
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0441-1 $27.95 Jan 06
Honorable Mention at the 2006 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards
The End of White World Supremacy
Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line
264 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-59213-573-8 $32.95 Jul 09
HC: 978-1-59213-572-1 $86.50 Jul 09
Ebook: 978-1-59213-574-5 $32.95 Jul 09
Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Award from the American Sociological Association conference, 2010
Envisioning Emancipation
Black Americans and the End of Slavery
240 pages
7 x 10
150 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-0986-7 $24.95 Feb 17
HC: 978-1-4399-0985-0 $59.50 Feb 13
Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Non-Fiction, 2014
One of the Top 25 Outstanding Academic Titles, Choice, 2013
From Black Power to Hip Hop
Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism
256 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-59213-092-4 $27.95 Jan 06
HC: 978-1-59213-091-7 $71.50 Jan 06
Ebook: 978-1-59213-790-9 $27.95 Jan 06
Honorable Mention at the 2006 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards
The Great Migration and the Democratic Party
Black Voters and the Realignment of American Politics in the 20th Century
214 pages
5.25 x 8.5
12 tables, 1 figs., 3 halftones, 1 maps
PB: 978-1-4399-1746-6 $27.95 Feb 20
HC: 978-1-4399-1745-9 $74.50 Feb 20
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1747-3 $27.95 Feb 20
W.E. B. DuBois Book Awardee, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 2021
A Life in the Struggle
Ivory Perry and the Culture of Opposition
320 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-56639-321-8 $32.95 May 89
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0775-7 $32.95 Feb 95
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Race Relations, 1989
The Man-Not
Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood
298 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-1486-1 $34.95 Jun 17
HC: 978-1-4399-1485-4 $99.50 Jun 17
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1487-8 $34.95 Jun 17
The Before Columbus Foundation 2018 Winner of the Thirty-Ninth Annual AMERICAN BOOK AWARD
No More Invisible Man
Race and Gender in Men's Work
212 pages
5.5 x 8.25
3 tables
PB: 978-1-4399-0973-7 $27.95 Dec 12
HC: 978-1-4399-0972-0 $81.50 Dec 12
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0974-4 $27.95 Dec 12
Distinguished Book Award from the American Sociological Association's section on Race, Gender and Class, 2014
Richard A. Lester Prize from the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University, 2014
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
How White People Profit from Identity Politics
Revised and Expanded Edition
312 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-59213-494-6 $31.95 Mar 06
HC: 978-1-59213-493-9 $91.50 Mar 06
Ebook: 978-1-59213-495-3 $31.95 Mar 06
Outstanding Books Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America, 1999
Savoring the Salt
The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara
320 pages
6 x 9
16 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-625-4 $31.95 Nov 07
HC: 978-1-59213-624-7 $86.50 Nov 07
Ebook: 978-1-59213-626-1 $31.95 Nov 07
Selected as “‘The Best of the Best’ from the University Presses” Books You Should Know About” for the ALA Annual Conference, 2008
Shades of Black
Diversity in African American Identity
296 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-0-87722-949-0 $33.95 Dec 91
HC: 978-0-87722-759-5 $49.95 Feb 91
William E. Cross Jr., recipient of the 2020 Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Applications of Psychology, American Psychological Association
Silent Gesture
The Autobiography of Tommie Smith
288 pages
6 x 9
16 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-640-7 $27.95 Apr 08
HC: 978-1-59213-639-1 $71.50 Jan 07
Ebook: 978-1-59213-641-4 $27.95 Jan 07
Author Tommie Smith received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs, 2008
Named one of two “Adult Nonfiction Honor Books” by The Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA)., 2008
Nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category “Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography”, 2008
Softly, with Feeling
Joe Wilder and the Breaking of Barriers in American Music
400 pages
6 x 9
1 tables, 35 halftones
HC: 978-1-4399-1127-3 $36.00 Apr 14
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1129-7 $36.00 Apr 14
Association for Recorded Sound Collections' Award for Excellence in the category of Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz, 2015
Swingin' at the Savoy
The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer
304 pages
6 x 9
1 figs., 52 halftones
PB: 978-1-56639-849-7 $31.95 Apr 01
Norma Miller is a recipient of the 2003 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowships
Unbought and Unbossed
Transgressive Black Women, Sexuality, and Representation
256 pages
5.5 x 8.5
5 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-1146-4 $27.95 Oct 14
HC: 978-1-4399-1145-7 $75.50 Oct 14
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1147-1 $27.95
College Language Association Creative Scholarship Book Award, 2016
Voice Over
The Making of Black Radio
334 pages
6 x 9
21 halftones
PB: 978-1-56639-667-7 $33.95 Dec 98
HC: 978-1-56639-666-0 $63.50 Dec 98
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0688-0 $33.95
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 1999
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