African American Studies

This accessible biography of Maya Angelou provides readers with an ideal introduction to the life and times of one of America's most beloved and influential Black artists. Maya Angelou: A Life in American History explores the life of one of the most...

Discover the story of the first woman to direct a major public library system in the United States and the first African American president of the American Library Association. Jones's appointment to Director of the Detroit Public Library in 1970...

An innovative contribution to the field of Black Feminist Studies, this landmark collection brings together the most influential historical and contemporary thinkers in Black feminist theories across transnational contexts. Featuring ground-breaking new...

An innovative contribution to the field of Black Feminist Studies, this landmark collection brings together the most influential historical and contemporary thinkers in Black feminist theories across transnational contexts. Featuring ground-breaking new...

A passionate and illuminating account of soul, the hard-won wisdom shepherded by Black people throughout generationsHow did enslaved Africans turn America's infamous failure into the greatest moral occasion of modern Western life? In this book,...

A powerful, intergenerational memoir that traces one family's journey through war, exile, faith, and resilience, Roots of Grace is a story about the identity we inherit and what we choose to carry forward. Roots of Grace is a powerful, intergenerational...

In Racist by Design, award-winning historian Kelly Lytle Hern?ndez reveals how generations of lawmakers and law enforcers built the American immigration system to encourage white immigrants while targeting nonwhite migrants for exclusion, punishment, and...

Originally published in 2020, Jim Crow Sociology is a lauded history of how "Black sociology" came into existence. Diving into the history of four historically Black colleges and universities and their roles in pioneering a new intellectual field, Earl...

Originally published in 2020, Jim Crow Sociology is a lauded history of how "Black sociology" came into existence. Diving into the history of four historically Black colleges and universities and their roles in pioneering a new intellectual field, Earl...

Deference is often required of the politically vulnerable: the powers and institutions who have control over their lives often come to expect deference, demand it, reward people who give it, and penalize people who don't. Aptly marshalled deference is a...

An exploration of sisterhood, creativity, and community inspired by the artist Alma Thomas's life and work, from the award-winning poet Alexis Pauline Gumbs Alma Thomas (1891-1978) was an influential figure in twentieth-century modern art, best known...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Franchise comes the little-known story of the pioneering Black women artists and activists who were seen, but barely heard, at the 1963 March on Washington. "Chatelain lets us see the complexities of these...