General African American Studies

In his previous books, A Scientist At The Seashore and Meditations At Sunset, James Trefil used commonplace settings in the natural world as a point of departure for probing the mysteries of nature. In A Scientist In The City, Trefil takes the opposite...

The 4th United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment saw considerable action in the eastern theater of operations from late 1863 to mid-1865. The regiment-drawn largely from freedmen and liberated slaves in the Middle Atlantic and New England...

A Reflection is a decade by decade review of African-American history from 1909 until 2009, when Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first Black President. Every aspect of life for African-Americans from the changes that have taken place in our...

After the Civil War, Delilah and Jameson Hartford return to their plantation in the south in an attempt to help rebuild it and save their people and an unfriendly town after the ravages of war. They are challenged with a myriad of complications,...

"One of our true superstars of nonfiction" (David Foster Wallace), Lewis Hyde offers a playful and inspiring defense of forgetfulness by exploring the healing effect it can have on the human psyche. We live in a culture that prizes memory--how much we...

Read it with someone you hate. --Jon Stewart A hilarious look at the races of the world--capturing the proud history and bright future of racism in one handy, authoritative, and deeply offensive volume. Whether you're laughing, cringing, or some...

A polarizing collection of poetic musings that illuminate the struggles of the African-American male. Each work evaluates the complexities of the black experience from various perspectives and is meant to precipitate discussion. Ink Stains utilizes his...

A polarizing collection of poetic musings that illuminate the struggles of the African-American male. Each work evaluates the complexities of the black experience from various perspectives and is meant to precipitate discussion. Ink Stains utilizes his...

Many authors have sought to understand Northern Ireland's "Troubles," the nearly thirty-year armed conflict during which more than 3,500 people were killed.A People's Movement: The Fight for Reform in Northern Ireland is not just another book about the...

True stories of five refugees who escaped from genocide in south Sudan and Darfur, made their way through Egypt and were smuggled into Israel, the only country their Islamic government prohibited them from entering. In desperation they fled across the...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR From Pulitzer Prize finalist Elliott Currie comes a devastating exploration of the extreme levels of violence afflicting Black communities, and a blueprint for addressing the crisis About 170,000 Black Americans...

Jameson Hartford and his wife, Abigail, return to their home in SouthCarolina to claim his inheritance, the Serenity Plantation, wherehe is determined to free all his workers and put an end to the evils ofenslavement. He encounters hostility and hatred...

A New Constitution for a Free People was influenced by the United States Constitution. It includes adjustments to how each branch of government should function and additions and changes to the Bill of Rights. The author's primary goal was to create an...

Gwendolyn Wilson Dean is a Dallas, Texas born author. She is the author of A More Perfect Way, a written project designed to provide a personal learning experience suitable for developing character and qualities relative to superior social status or...

Gwendolyn Wilson Dean is a Dallas, Texas born author. She is the author of A More Perfect Way, a written project designed to provide a personal learning experience suitable for developing character and qualities relative to superior social status or...

A provocative case for integration as the single most radical, discomfiting idea in America, yet the only enduring solution to the racism that threatens our democracy. Americans have prided ourselves on how far we've come from slavery, lynching, and...