General African American Studies

Hidden History of Black Cincinnati reveals the untold stories that shaped a city and defined a people. Long before the Civil Rights Movement or the Harlem Renaissance, Black Cincinnatians were building communities, owning businesses, and resisting...

A guidebook to the institutional transformation of design theory and practice by restoring the long-excluded cultures of Indigenous, Black, and People of Color communities. From the excesses of world expositions to myths of better living through...

Why do people believe so strongly - and think so little?Across politics, religion, culture, and social movements, humanity is driven by conviction. Yet history shows that some of the greatest harm has been done by people who were completely certain they...

Some experiments leave marks on the children who lived them.Out of Frame is a ground-level account of African American history that rarely makes the textbooks - the military family experience that unfolded alongside desegregation, forced busing, and the...

Some scars are never seen-but they shape everything we become.In Unseen Scars: Cold, Cruel, Deeply Rooted and Ever Present, memory, identity, and lived experience collide in a powerful collection of poetry and reflection. These pages explore the quiet...

Top political strategist Maya Rupert reveals how, for people of color, being real comes at a cost and authenticity is a privilege the marginalized cannot afford--that is, unless we change the system that keeps sending us the bill. . .One of Maya Rupert's...

In 1814, two brothers escaped slavery in the United States and were given safe passage to Nova Scotia, where they began a new life and faced new hardships. Despite the harsh weather, lack of government support, and resentment from their white neighbours,...

"Sound demands a listener, text requires a reader, and performance necessitates that others be present for the experience. Without those presences, the circuit isn't complete, the charge will not travel through, the work will not become active in the...

'POETIC AND FIERCE' - Olivette Otele, author of AFRICAN EUROPEANS'A RICH, SUMPTUOUS AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN TAPESTRY' - Candice Carty-Williams, author of QUEENIE'A SEARING, NOURISHING JOURNEY THROUGH A HISTORY THE WORLD NEEDS'- Bettany Hughes, author of...

The gripping tale of three Sudanese boys who were driven from their homes by civil war and began an epic odyssey of survival, ultimately finding their way to a new life in America "A moving, beautifully written account, by turns raw and tender." --Los...

Our nation's transportation system is crumbling: highways are collapsing, roads are pockmarked, and commuter trains are unreliable. But as acclaimed scholar and ACLU president Deborah Archer warns in Dividing Lines, before we can think about rebuilding...

My Brother Ashley Clark Has Broke It Down To What Black Film Was, Is Present Day, And What The Future Might Be. BLAK IZ BLAK. YA-DIG? SHO-NUFF. Enjoy This BLAK CINEMATIC SCIENCE. - Spike Lee This book belongs on the shelf of every film lover, every...