African American & Black Studies

Ecology, Spirituality, and Cosmology in Edwidge Danticat: Crossroads as Ritual examines the form and function of ritual in four of Danticat's fictional works-The Dew Breaker; The Farming of Bones; Claire of the Sea Light; and Breath, Eyes, Memory-to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513137483Author Anna J. CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint West Margin PressPublisher West Margin PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450538688Author Carter Godwin WoodsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780910030175Author Kevin McNuttFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint AfroAm Publishing Co, Inc, Div of AfroAm, IncPublisher AfroAm Publishing Co, Inc, Div...

This volume explores the development of Martin Luther King, Jr's understanding of the relationship between religion, morality, law and politics. This work is part of a broader effort by scholars in various fields to examine unexplored areas in the life,...

Changes at the global, federal, state, and municipal level are pushing forward the reparations movement for people of African descent. The distinguished editors of this volume have gathered works that chronicle the historical movement for reparations...

Beyond the Voting Rights Act movingly recounts over 30 years of contemporary voting rights battles in the United States from the 1980s to the present day. The book places in context the modern-day battles against voter suppression laws that were embedded...

Addressing the challenges facing adolescent black males, this book analyzes and stresses the importance of identity development. It helps educators and parents understand the importance of cultivating a positive black male identity and how this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934155769Author Dr James YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint African American ImagesPublisher African American ImagesWeight(grams) 244g

Refuting common ideas about the racial achievement gap, this exploration of the education system posits that the gap is not the result of the students, their parents, or the larger community, but rather stems from the limited effectiveness of the schools...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934155134Author Sallie M. CuffeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint African American ImagesPublisher African American ImagesWeight(grams) 453g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934155028Author Michael PorterFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint African American ImagesPublisher African American ImagesWeight(grams) 226g

Born into a sharecropping family in New Hebron, Mississippi, in 1930, and only receiving a third-grade education, John M. Perkins has been a pioneering prophetic African American voice for reconciliation and social justice to America's white evangelical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780883783375Author Mumia Abu-JamalFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Third World Press,U.S.Publisher Third World Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 300g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307338242Author Juan WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 207gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735706719Author Jack LessenberryFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint Bci Media (Jenkins)Publisher Bci Media (Jenkins)Weight(grams) 544g

An insightful exploration of the impact of urban change on Black culture, identity, and language Across the United States, cities are changing. Gentrification is transforming urban landscapes, often pushing local Black populations to the margins. As a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556527807Author Jam DonaldsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint A Cappella BooksPublisher A Cappella BooksWeight(grams) 232g

Crossing the ocean on a slave ship, working the land under threat of violence, eluding racists in nighttime chases through moonless fields and woodlands, stumbling across a murder victim hanging from a tree-these are images associated with the African...

How does it feel to be a black man in America? It hurts, but in a beautiful way. So Shawn Taylor says-and a lot more-in this unapologetic and sharply critical exploration of the hatred and anxiety that American society harbors toward black men, and the...

The election of Barack Obama marked a critical point in American political and social history. Did the historic election of a black president actually change the status of blacks in the United States? Did these changes (or lack thereof) inform blacks'...

The long and pernicious relationship between fast food restaurants and the African American community Today, fast food is disproportionately located in Black neighborhoods and marketed to Black Americans through targeted advertising. But throughout much...

Approximately 2.4 million Black youth participate in after-school programs, which offer a range of support, including academic tutoring, college preparation, political identity development, cultural and emotional support, and even a space to develop...

The Intersection of Race and Gender in National Politics is an exploratory analysis that not only looks at the role black women have played in the national political arena but also examines the sociohistorical forces that have facilitated and/or...

In 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote about the Talented Tenth in an influential essay of the same name. The concept exalted college-educated Blacks who Du Bois believed could provide the race with the guidance it needed to surmount slavery, segregation, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496229069Author Alison Rose JeffersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint University of Nebraska PressPublisher University of Nebraska...

Enlists the principles of post-humanist critique in order to investigate decades of intimate dialogues between African American and Spanish intellectuals In Archives of Flesh, Robert Reid-Pharr reveals the deep history of intellectual engagement...

Winner, 2019 Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History, given by the American Society for Theatre Research Argues for a conception of black cultural life that exceeds post-blackness and conditions of loss In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781479850891Author Nikol G Alexander-FloydFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint New York University PressPublisher New York University PressWeight(grams)...

At the birth of the United States, African Americans were excluded from the newly-formed Republic and its churches, which saw them as savage rather than citizen and as heathen rather than Christian. Denied civil access to the basic rights granted to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781479808373Author Catherine Knight SteeleFormat HardbackImprint New York University PressPublisher New York University Press

In March 2020, Sora Y. Han learned her father was dying of cancer just as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived on California shores. These two events lead Han to introspection: “Who have I been writing to?” and “Who have I been writing for?” In observance of...

In Black Disability Politics Sami Schalk explores how issues of disability have been and continue to be central to Black activism from the 1970s to the present. Schalk shows how Black people have long engaged with disability as a political issue deeply...

In March 2020, Sora Y. Han learned her father was dying of cancer just as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived on California shores. These two events lead Han to introspection: “Who have I been writing to?” and “Who have I been writing for?” In observance of...

In Stay Black and Die, I. Augustus Durham examines melancholy and genius in black culture, letters, and media from the nineteenth century to the contemporary moment. Drawing on psychoanalysis, affect theory, and black studies, Durham explores the black...

In Hidden Histories, Monique Moultrie collects oral histories of Black lesbian religious leaders in the United States to show how their authenticity, social justice awareness, spirituality, and collaborative leadership make them models of womanist...

From Frederick Douglass to Angela Davis, “natural hair” has been associated with the Black freedom struggle. In New Growth Jasmine Nichole Cobb traces the history of Afro-textured coiffure, exploring it as a visual material through which to reimagine the...

In Feels Right Kemi Adeyemi presents an ethnography of how black queer women use dance to assert their physical and affective rights to the city. Adeyemi stages the book in queer dance parties in gentrifying neighborhoods, where good feelings are good...

In King's Vibrato Maurice O. Wallace explores the sonic character of Martin Luther King Jr.'s voice and its power to move the world. Providing a cultural history and critical theory of the black modernist soundscapes that helped informed King's vocal...

In Legal Spectatorship Kelli Moore traces the political origins of the concept of domestic violence through visual culture in the United States. Tracing its appearance in Article IV of the Constitution, slave narratives, police notation, cybernetic...