Cultural Literature

The service and sacrifice of Black Americans in defense of the United States has been the primary engine which has driven political, economic, and social progress for Blacks in this nation from the Revolutionary War to the Persian Gulf War. Throughout...

Illustrating newframeworks for recognizing and studying Black Power and Black radicalism Rewritingnarratives that present Black Power as related but marginal to the Civil RightsMovement, this book uncovers and centers unexpected sites of Black...

An urban sociologist befriends a visionary Detroit craftsman, artist, and inventor. Over the course of the next several years Paul Draus records how Carlos Nielbock's life experiences act as a lens that refracts the key challenges facing the city of...

Forever in the Path: The Black Experience at Michigan State University offers a sweeping overview of the Black experience at America's first agricultural college from the 1890s through the late twentieth century. In exploring the personalities, important...

Could you create opportunity from adversity and transform your life?Perseverance, patience, generosity, resilience: these are the values Aminata Sy learned from her aunt growing up in Dakar. Her childhood was riddled with broken bonds and poverty, each...

Could you create opportunity from adversity and transform your life?Perseverance, patience, generosity, resilience: these are the values Aminata Sy learned from her aunt growing up in Dakar. Her childhood was riddled with broken bonds and poverty, each...

A stunning presentation of the acclaimed British painter Chris Ofili's newest body of work that continues his exploration of Shakespeare's Othello Renowned for his rich, multilayered paintings, Ofili here expands his engagement with William Shakespeare's...

My mother smiled at me and said, "When you look out the window and see a regular bird, you don't necessarily pay much attention to it. The day you see a bluebird, though, you look at it a little longer and admire it. Not because you don't like it, but...

Black Republicans left an indelible mark on the history of their party, the civil rights movement, and twentieth-century political development Reflecting on his fifty-year effort to steer the Grand Old Party toward black voters, Memphis power broker...

Black History Leaders: Volume 5: is a powerful graphic novel spotlighting the lives of four groundbreaking icons: Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Beyonc?, and Rihanna. Through striking visuals, this volume traces their influential journeys, showcasing their...

A tasty yet experimental recipe of creative memoir in poetic prose cooked up for your consumption -- one letter at a time.Alphabet Soup, A. Gregory Frankson's first full-length foray into the world of creative non-fiction, is a poetic exploration of the...