General African American Studies

Haki R. Madhubuti is a poet, publisher, editor, and educator who has authored and edited twenty-three books, including the best-selling Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous? He is the founder of Third World Press, and cofounder of the Institute of...

"I believe in an America in which opportunity and justice truly are for all. That was the essence of the life an poetry of Langston Hughes."--Senator John Kerry, from the Preface A beautifully designed collection of some of the greatest poems by a...

An extraordinary tribute to the civil rights movement is seen through the eyes of a mother and daughter--on parallel journeys that encompass the voices of two generations.Patricia Stephens Due fought for justice during the height of the Civil Rights era...

FOUR SELECTED WORKS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE IN ONE CONVENIENT VOLUME!Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an memoir and treatise on abolition written by African-American orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn,...

One of the world's greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmic structures and the long history of the African diaspora made it the world's most popular form. "An insightful, revelatory, and informative read."...

A centennial celebration of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and its vital role in the development of Black Studies In 1926, the Afro-Puerto Rican bibliophile Arturo Schomburg's collection of four thousand books, pamphlets, papers, and...

A top Democratic Party strategist and media contributor offers a bold and urgent reminder that young Black women hold the key to saving our democracy and building a truly multi-racial future that benefits all Americans.Agitator. Troublemaker. Motivator...

Bold, unflinching, and urgent--a pioneering guide to dismantling racist stereotypes and creating real change. From Black Lives Matter to the stark inequities exposed by COVID-19, America's history of racial bias demands a new approach to understanding...

Loving Black Boys is not just a love letter to Tamura Lomax's own sons, but to all Black boys, men, fathers, and brothers. With understanding and urgency, Lomax writes honestly about Black endangerment and what it means to endure living in what James...

An exploration of how African American innovators and artists--whose impact and financial value in American music, movies, and TV is disproportionately greater than their numbers--have fought for and often won the rights to own and benefit from their own...

The collected creative nonfiction of a singular American writer, Jesmyn Ward, including widely shared classics, three never-before-published speeches, and an introductory essay. Respair (noun, obsolete), fresh hope after despair. From the two-time...

"Africulture is a gift and inspiration."--Michael W. Twitty, author of the James Beard Foundation Award-winning The Cooking Gene A bold, timely history illuminating the essential contributions to U.S. agriculture arising from the expertise and...