Africa

Never before has the disturbing story of blackface and its piercing reflection of American society been so comprehensively told. Darkology, from Princeton historian Rhae Lynn Barnes, meticulously unravels this complex, subterranean, and all-too-often...

The award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour presents a sweeping and insightful retrospective on the history of Black comedy in America.Black comedians have long played a pivotal role in shaping the American sense of humor. The 1990s showcased a golden...

A magisterial, groundbreaking new study of the lives of enslaved Americans on the cusp of the Civil War that places them--and their hard-won political knowledge--rightly at the center of the fight for freedom The enduring image of American slavery has...

Over the last few decades, and especially in the last ten years, our understanding of slavery has been transformed by the work of many talented scholars. We have learned a great deal about the actions of enslavers, the struggles and victories of the...

The first comprehensive book about Michael Stewart, the young Black artist and model who was the victim of a fatal assault by police in 1983, from Elon Green, the Edgar Award-winning author of Last Call. At twenty-five years old, Michael Stewart was a...

The story of an influential Black Panther member who has lived in exile in Africa for 55 yearsFlorida Book Awards, Silver Medal for General NonfictionIn the tumultuous year after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, 29-year-old Pete O'Neal became...

An "incredible, humane, insightful" (Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize winner) account of humankind's battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role in deepening inequality along racial, ethnic, class, and gender lines--in the vein of Medical Apartheid and...

Black Georgetown Remembered is a compelling journey through more than two hundred years of history. This one-of-a-kind book invites readers to consider how the unique heritage of this neighborhood intersects and contributes to broader themes in African...

This book profiles 136 Negro League players, managers, and executives, presenting details of their playing careers and the circumstances surrounding their deaths. It includes Hall of Famers like Josh Gibson and Rube Foster; stars like Rap Dixon, Bill...

The Nurse Midwife Who Transformed the SouthDiscover the true story of Maude Callen, South Carolina's pioneering Black nurse-midwife, who brought life-saving healthcare to the rural South from 1923 to 1990. When Callen arrived in Pineville by mule-drawn...

Landscapes are key to the Black Atlantic. The history of how Africans and their descendants populated and transformed nations, regions, and ecosystems has always been attentive to the multiple meanings embedded in the landscapes of the Atlantic rim. More...