Cultural Literature

The classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela Davis In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution,...

Do you need a book about Black Canadian history? My name is LTtheMonk, and I think you need to learn something new. Something you weren't taught in school, stories of unsung Black Canadian heroes, forgotten communities, and why the Klan got so big in...

Though African Americans have served as foreign reporters for almost two centuries, their work remains virtually unstudied. In this seminal volume, Jinx Coleman Broussard traces the history of black participation in international newsgathering. Beginning...

Artists fighting racism and sexism from the end of the Great Depression through the Civil Rights era In 1943, the production of the Columbia Pictures film The Heat's On halted for three days due to an on-set protest by featured performer Hazel Scott...

Artists fighting racism and sexism from the end of the Great Depression through the Civil Rights era In 1943, the production of the Columbia Pictures film The Heat's On halted for three days due to an on-set protest by featured performer Hazel Scott...

Black Queer Girlhood on the Musical Theatre Stage offers a new perspective on the creativity of contemporary Black women musical theatre artists, their representations of Black girlhood, and the Black queer feminist spectators who engage with their work...

This book explores public art worldwide, focusing on New York City, one of the birthplaces of modern graffiti, and a vibrant example of how street art has become a global phenomenon. Graffiti in the contemporary era is intensely diverse, serving as a...

Mapping the Gullah-Geechee diaspora across time and space Gullah-Geechee Diasporas counters romantic portrayals of Gullah-Geechee culture as a static, geographically isolated remnant of the past. Across eight interdisciplinary essays, the book's...

Mapping the Gullah-Geechee diaspora across time and space Gullah-Geechee Diasporas counters romantic portrayals of Gullah-Geechee culture as a static, geographically isolated remnant of the past. Across eight interdisciplinary essays, the book's...

A long-overdue analysis of how Black lesbians have asserted their lived experience through creative practice, pushing back against heteropatriarchal systems that deny them visibility. "We Must Document Ourselves Now" examines the essential but...

A long-overdue analysis of how Black lesbians have asserted their lived experience through creative practice, pushing back against heteropatriarchal systems that deny them visibility. "We Must Document Ourselves Now" examines the essential but...

A moving and humane portrait of the abolitionist revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who led Haiti's fight for independence from French colonial rule"My name has become a horror to all those who want slavery," declared Jean-Jacques Dessalines as he...