General African American Studies

An uncompromising look at Nigeria's crisis of democracy by a renowned essayist and critic In this groundbreaking work, the essayist and critic Adewale Maja-Pearce delivers a mordant verdict on Nigeria's crisis of democracy. A mosaic of ethnic and...

In the preface to his biography of John Brown, W. E. B. Du Bois writes that the book "is at once a record of and a tribute to the man who of all Americans has perhaps come nearest to touching the real souls of black folk." Du Bois alludes to this in...

Benno: My Life in Football is a fascinating look into the footballing life of one of Coventry City's greatest ever players, FA Cup-winning hero Dave Bennett.Follow the effervescent Benno's life from battling racism on the streets of Manchester and...

A bold guide for connecting across differences--even those that seem impossible "Wise and visionary, powell helps us find the courage to forge connections with others, the earth, and ourselves in order to transform the world from the inside out."...

Scholars and critics have long understood the writing of nineteenth-century Black women as critiquing the figure of Topsy, an enslaved girl in Harriet Beecher Stowe's influential novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Many interpret the works of authors such as...

'[Walter Hood is] one of the great American landscape artists.' - Former President Joseph R. BidenThe first publication to document the International African American Museum's landscape design by Hood Design Studio, illuminating its mission and historic...

Once upon a time, companies stayed out of social justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) situations. Today, customers and employees expect to be seen, heard, and valued. They expect businesses and their leaders to be transparent about DEI...

In this frank, funny, and meticulous book, a leading social scientist lays out the striking facts we know about racism, how we have uncovered them, and how we can start to fix them. "A timely antidote to a set of beliefs that are on track to becoming...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.In the #1 New York Times bestseller So You...

'Siollun's books are gripping' Financial Times'An essential book you'll want to re-read many times - there is no more eloquent and informed guide than Max Siollun' Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland'Incredibly necessary, magnificently done' Remi...

Mothering and Mother(work) in the Times of Black Lives Matter is an edited collection that sprouted alongside the beginnings of the Black Lives Matter movement but seeks to root itself in the historic and ongoing fight against anti-Black,...

"Spell Freedom draws us in with lucid prose, filling in the holes of American history with the work of Septima Clark and Bernice Robinson and their compatriots, who deftly wielded reading and writing as their weapons of choice in the 20th century fight...