African American Studies

In these impassioned, powerful essays, an award-winning journalist deals forthrightly with what it means to be Black in Trump's America. South Carolina-based journalist Issac J. Bailey reflects on a wide range of complex, divisive topics--from police...

Rajen Persaud brings a refreshingly honest voice to the highly controversial topic of interracial dating as he explores the stereotypes and perceptions associated with it. Why do so many high-profile black men date and marry the most ordinary white...

This work, by a colleague of Nelson Mandela, reveals the richness of Africa's peoples, traditions, and cultures - and why that is good news for the world. It portrays a breathtaking as well as heartbreaking continent whose peoples possess both tremendous...

Outspoken, accomplished, and frequently controversial, Bermudian physician and political leader Ewart Brown, MD, has been a longtime champion of racial equality, human rights, and economic and social justice. In this event-filled memoir, he shares the...

What's This Book About?Through a series of unlikely events, Justice Miller, a university professor and former hockey star, discovers profound secrets about the fundamental nature of human civilization, the perils we face, and unexpected prospects for a...

A lyrical, genre-bending coming-of-age tale featuring a queer, Black, Guyanese American woman who, while seeking to define her own place in the world, negotiates an estranged relationship with her father.

Churches have begun awakening to social and political injustices, often carried out in the name of Christianity. But once awakened, how will we respond?Who Will Be a Witness offers a vision for communities of faith to organize for deliverance and justice...

Churches have begun awakening to social and political injustices, often carried out in the name of Christianity. But once awakened, how will we respond?Who Will Be a Witness offers a vision for communities of faith to organize for deliverance and justice...

Discover the meaning of culture! This nonfiction book examines diverse cultures and encourages students to celebrate their differences. Made for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, an extension activity, discussion...

This book explores the fundamental cultural values that define who we are. It asks, where do these core beliefs come from? And how do we hold our norms in balance with others in such a diverse world? If you are always on time, follow the rules and queue...

In March 2005, a nine-year-old boy was gunned down in his Columbia Heights neighborhood in Washington, D.C. The unsolved murder tore the community to its core and sets Rose Marie Berger on an exploration for the soul of our nation's capital. How can...

(1) Have you ever thought with today's technology if the United States became involved in another world war how the United States would be victorious without firing a shot and the rest of the world not know the war existed? (2) With today's technology,...

(1) Have you ever thought with today's technology if the United States became involved in another world war how the United States would be victorious without firing a shot and the rest of the world not know the war existed? (2) With today's technology,...

A scathing critique of the Left from an indigenous anti-colonial perspective.Why am I writing this book? Because I share Gramsci's anxiety: "The old are dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." The...

"A timely and thoughtful discussion about the intersection of gender and White privilege." -Kirkus ReviewsSelected by the editors of Kirkus Reviews as one of the featured Indie titles in their 11/15/20 magazine issue, a recognition extended to less than...

Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans in the Virginia colony. Reprint of the edition published by the University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, in series: Richard lectures for 1970-71.