African American Studies

Current Affairs / African American Studies "Filled with essays that challenge America's myths.... His easy reading style unsuspectingly pricks the conscience." --USA Today ith the same personal authority and exhilarating directness he brought to his...

Booker T. Washington has long held an ambiguous position in the pantheon of black leadership. Lauded by some in his own lifetime as a black George Washington, he was also derided by others as a Benedict Arnold. In "The Education of Booker T. Washington,"...

In this frank, funny, and provocative book, relationship expert Dr. Cornish shows black women everywhere how to shed the duds and find the studs who will treat them with respect.

Racism is America's number one problem. We can no longer be in denial. America could learn from South Africa and Germany. Why do some Black youth associate being smart with acting white? Why are so many Blacks killed by the police? This book gives Black...

First published in 1974 and even more relevant today, a natural and whole foods guide the voice of black consciousness, cultural icon Dick Gregory, the incomparable satirist, human rights and environmental activist, health advocate, social justice...

Both Sides of the Water: Essays on African-Native American InteractionsBy: Lonnie HarringtonBoth Sides of the Water: Essays on African-Native American Interactions examines specific events regarding the relationship between groups of indigenous people of...

Alaso is a Haitian Feminist anthology publication. It is a space for feminist expression and dialogue to encourage the production of critical thought, debate and analysis that make feminist thought accessible in different formats and modes of...

200 stunning images in this companion book to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art exhibition celebrate 70 LGBTQ+ African artists We are here. This powerful volume platforms artists whose work reflects their identities and experiences as...

This standout creative nonfiction debut explores the lives and histories of plants considered nonnative or invasive as metaphors for the Black experience in America. In Tending the Vines, Ashia S. Ajani illuminates how eight unique plants tell the story...

"Unsettles, expands and deepens our understanding of the black meme...necessary reading; brilliant and utterly convincing."-Christina Sharpe, author of Ordinary Notes "You will be galvanized by Legacy Russell's analytic brilliance and visceral eloquence...

Over most of the course of an award-laden 10-years in Journalism, David Hundeyin has dedicated himself to telling Nigeria's most forbidden stories in a uniquely ferocious voice that has earned him a huge following and a long list of powerful enemies...

Mary Prince was the first black woman to publish an account of her life in Britain-an account so brutal that few believed it. The History of Mary Prince (1831) describes Prince's sufferings as a slave in the Caribbean Islands, and her eventual arrival in...