A Book of Sources
edited by Molefi Kete Asante and Abu S. Abarry
This comprehensive volume brings together documents from the richly textured intellectual history of Africa and the diaspora
848 pages
| 7 x 10
Revised and Expanded Edition
Molefi Kete Asante
Asante's spirited engagement with culture warriors, neocons, and postmodernists updates this classic
256 pages
| 5.5 x 8.2
A Photographic History
Deborah Willis and Carla Williams
Recovering a photographic legacy
240 pages
| 9 x 12
| 26 color illustrations, 185 duotones
Nigrescence and Eudaimonia
William E. Cross Jr.
On Blackness, identity formation, and the deconstruction of the deficit perspective on Black life
200 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 4 tables, 2 figures
Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora
edited by Paul Carter Harrison, Victor Leo Walker II and Gus Edwards
An insider's view of Black theatres of the world and how they reflect their culture, concerns, and history
432 pages
| 7 x 10
| 1 table
They Called Her "Hottentot"
Edited by Deborah Willis
Analyzing contemporaneous and contemporary works that re-imagine the “Hottentot Venus”
288 pages
| 7 x 10
| 42 duotones
Sisters in Shape, Black Women's Fitness, and Feminist Identity Politics
Kimberly J. Lau
How Black women's engagement in improving health and fitness raises questions about feminism and the construction of black female identity
204 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics
Stephen H. Marshall
A compelling conversation between African American political intellectuals and the canon of western political philosophy
250 pages
| 6 x 9
The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Todd E Robinson
A view of the civil rights movement in the crucible of the North
248 pages
| 6 x 9
| 3 tables, 12 halftones
Chinese Indentured Laborers and African Slaves in Cuba
Lisa Yun
A remarkable examination of bondage in Cuba that probes questions of slavery, freedom, and race
336 pages
| 6 x 9
| 6 tables, 3 figures, 1 halftone
Looking Behind the Mirror
Edited by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic
Over 100 closely edited selections critically examine the notion of whiteness and its relation to social power
704 pages
| 7 x 10
Elizabeth A. Hull
A thought-provoking look at one population's loss of voting rights in the United States
232 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 3 tables
Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line
Roderick D. Bush
How the marginalization of African Americans turned into a social phenomenon for the nation and world
264 pages
| 6 x 9
Black Americans and the End of Slavery
Deborah Willis and Barbara Krauthamer
What freedom looked like for black Americans in the Civil War era
240 pages
| 7 x 10
| 150 halftones
Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism
Patricia Hill Collins
A provocative analysis of the new contours of black nationalism and feminism in America
256 pages
| 6 x 9
Black Voters and the Realignment of American Politics in the 20th Century
Keneshia N. Grant
Examining the political impact of Black migration on politics in three northern cities from 1915 to 1965
214 pages
| 5.25 x 8.5
| 12 tables, 1 figures, 3 halftones, 1 map
Picking Up the Baton of Athlete Activism
David Steele
Examining American athletes' activism for racial and social justice, on and off the field
218 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
Ivory Perry and the Culture of Opposition
George Lipsitz
The life story of a grassroots, civil rights activist
320 pages
| 6 x 9
Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood
Tommy J. Curry
Introduces the conceptual foundations for Black Male Studies, going beyond gender theories that cast the Black Male as a pathological aspiring patriarch
298 pages
| 6 x 9
Race and Gender in Men's Work
Adia Harvey Wingfield
Making visible the experiences of black professional men in white male-dominated occupations
212 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 3 tables
The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara
Edited by Linda Janet Holmes and Cheryl A. Wall
An anthology that celebrates the life and work of a major African American writer
320 pages
| 6 x 9
| 16 halftones
Diversity in African American Identity
William E. Cross, Jr.
Presents the diversity that has always been the hallmark of Black psychology, exploding the myth that self-hatred is the dominant theme in Black identity
296 pages
| 6 x 9
The Autobiography of Tommie Smith
Tommie Smith and David Steele
The story of the most famous protest in sports history, written by one of the men who staged it
288 pages
| 6 x 9
| 16 halftones
Joe Wilder and the Breaking of Barriers in American Music
Edward Berger
The story of Joe Wilder, who broke musical and racial barriers
400 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table, 35 halftones
The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer
Norma Miller and Evette Jensen
A celebration of a life of dancing the Lindy Hop
304 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 figure, 52 halftones
Transgressive Black Women, Sexuality, and Representation
Trimiko Melancon
How do fictional representations of transgressive black women in the post-civil rights era expand our understanding of race and black womanhood?
256 pages
| 5.5 x 8.5
| 5 halftones
The Making of Black Radio
William Barlow
The whole story of the making of Black radio
334 pages
| 6 x 9
| 21 halftones