General African American Studies

The Black Agenda mobilizes top Black experts from across the country to share transformative perspectives on how to deploy anti-racist ideas and policies into everything from climate policy to criminal justice to healthcare. This book will challenge what...

"Valerie Boyd's Bigger Than Bravery isn't just an anthology; it is a survival guide." --Courtney B. Vance, Tony- and Emmy-winning actorAn anthology of Black resilience and reclamation, with contributions by Pearl Cleage, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Honorée...

A groundbreaking and visionary call to action on educating and supporting girls of color, from the highly acclaimed author of Pushout "Monique Morris is a personal shero of mine and a respected expert in this space."--Ayanna Pressley, U.S. congresswoman...

An essential handbook of eye-opening--and frequently myth-busting--facts and figures about the real lives of Black Americans today There's no defeating white supremacist myths without data--real data. Black Stats is a compact and useful guide that offers...

Every academic discipline has an origin story complicit with white supremacy. Racial hierarchy and colonialism structured the very foundations of most disciplines' research and teaching paradigms. In the early twentieth century, the academy faced rising...

Wilson, one of our foremost authorities on race and poverty, challenges decades of liberal and conservative pieties to look squarely at the devastating effects that joblessness has had on our urban ghettos. Marshaling a vast array of data and the...

Learn to pull yourself out of the fire of pain and live a life of meaning and purpose.As Black people, we are more likely to face a traumatic experience or suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But being Black is about more than the violence...

This analysis covers the racial differences in America and explores how we are different and will always be different, but also explores how we can learn to accept our differences and come together as a nation, just as we are.

Dr. Joyce A. Ladner brings profound insight to the challenge of raising strong children in ambivalent times, and offers abundant reasons to rejoice in renewing family ties. A treasury of time-tested virtues. -Bookpage [A] wonderful guide . . . . Ladner...

THE NARRATIVE Oftentimes, getting stuff done means creating a to-do list. A list that can plunge the heart into overwhelm or avoidance. But there's a different story with this Intentions Journal as you create in-the-moment-pleasure + prepare for...

THE NARRATIVE Clearing comes before clarity. This book is a journal for decluttering your ideas by scribbling them down, sorting through them, then sequencing them with a compassionate vision for both your fruition and the fruition of your ideas. THE...

Located in the rural northeastern part of North Carolina, Somerset was cumulatively home to more than 800 enslaved blacks and four generations of a planter family.When the institution of slavery ended in 1865, Somerset Place was the third largest...

Teaching in the southern African nation of Botswana in the early 1980s, Richard Christensen faced a new world, one endlessly fascinating and challenging. Experiencing warm hospitality from many people, sharing both joyful celebrations and painful...

Tucked away in the complicated prose that fills many of Soren Kierkegaard's books are numerous insightful declarations. They arrest the reader with their depth of understanding. They often are expressed in a lilting and lyrical manner. Encountering them...

"Graves' integration of science and objective analysis with popular biological assumptions of race makes this an enlightening and provocative work."--Booklist DOES RACE AS WE KNOW IT REALLY EXIST? Preeminent evolutionary biologist Joseph Graves proves...

W. E. B. Du Bois was editor and principal author of The Negro Church, first published in 1903. A groundbreaking study, this volume is the first in-depth treatment of African-American religious life. It is the first sociological book on religion in the...