General African American Studies

Joseph has learned a great deal from Bell Hooks here, and I think she would be proud because Patriarchy Blues is such a moving, inspiring, rigorous vision for living." -Robert Jones, Jr., New York Times bestselling author of The ProphetsWith tremendous...

A trusted grief expert shares this compassionate guide on how to manage grief after the loss of a loved one and helps lead you to a point of "understanding eternal love for another" (Elaine Welteroth, New York Times bestseller). In Grief is Love, author...

Reveals how spirituality and the collective unconscious of all of humanity originated in Africa - Examines the Oldawan, the Ancient Soul of Africa, and its correlation with what modern psychologists have defined as the collective unconscious - Draws on...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - From a leading voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female that exposes how white America's love affair with "diversity" so often falls short of its...

A brilliant analysis of the foundations of racist policing in America: the day-to-day brutalities, largely hidden from public view, endured by Black youth growing up under constant police surveillance and the persistent threat of physical and...

From the author of Queen Sugar--now a critically acclaimed series on OWN directed by Ava Duvernay--comes a beautiful exploration and celebration of black farming in America. In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems,...

"Stony the Road presents a bracing alternative to Trump-era white nationalism. . . . In our current politics we recognize African-American history--the spot under our country's rug where the terrorism and injustices of white supremacy are habitually...

Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?  In "Please Stop Helping Us," Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding black...

Over the past three decades, racial prejudice in America has declined significantly and many African American families have seen a steady rise in employment and annual income. But alongside these encouraging signs, Thomas Shapiro argues in The Hidden...

WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS (1868-1963) was one of the greatest African American intellectuals -- a sociologist, historian, novelist, and activist whose astounding career spanned the nation's history from Reconstruction to the civil rights movement...

Both an unflinching indictment of past wrongs and an impassioned call to America to educate its citizens about the history of Africa and its people, The Debt says in no uncertain terms what white America owes blacks--and what blacks owe themselves.In...