African American Studies category: 2787 books
Voodoo and Power
The Politics of Religion in New Orleans, 1881-1940
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
The racialized and exoticized cult of Voodoo occupies a central place in the popular image of the Crescent City. But as Kodi A. Roberts argues in Voodoo and Power, the religion was not a monolithic tradition handed down from African ancestors to their American-born descendants. Instead, a much more...
by Claudrena N. Harold, Bryant Simon, Jane Dailey
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
This study details how the development and maturation of New Negro politics and thought were shaped not only by New York–based intellectuals and revolutionary transformations in Europe, but also by people, ideas, and organizations rooted in the South. Claudrena N. Harold probes into critical events...
All for Civil Rights
African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
“The history of the black lawyer in South Carolina,” writes W. Lewis Burke, “is one of the most significant untold stories of the long and troubled struggle for equal rights in the state.” Beginning in Reconstruction and continuing to the modern civil rights era, 168 black lawyers were admitted...
A Haven and a Hell
The Ghetto in Black America
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
The black ghetto is thought of as a place of urban decay and social disarray. Like the historical ghetto of Venice, it is perceived as a space of confinement, one imposed on black America by whites. It is the home of a marginalized underclass and a sign of the depth of American segregation. Yet while...
Seeking Salaam
Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalis in the Pacific Northwest
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Prolonged violence in the Horn of Africa, the northeastern corner of the continent, has led growing numbers of Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalis to flee to the United States. Despite the enmity created by centuries of conflict, they often find themselves living as neighbors in their adopted cities,...
Postracial Resistance
Black Women, Media, and the Uses of Strategic Ambiguity
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Winner, 2019 Outstanding Book Award, International Communication Association
How Black women in the spotlight negotiate the post-racial gaze of Hollywood and beyond
From Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, and Shonda Rhimes to their audiences and the industry workers behind the scenes, Ralina...
The Black Panthers in the Midwest
The Community Programs and Services of the Black Panther Party in Milwaukee, 1966–1977
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
This book analyzes the community programs of the Black Panther Party, specifically those of the Milwaukee branch, with the aim of dispelling many of the existing stereotypes about the Party. Misconceptions range from the Party being labeled as bent on the violent destruction of the United States to...
American Routes
Racial Palimpsests and the Transformation of Race
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
American Routes provides a comparative and historical analysis of the migration and integration of white and free black refugees from nineteenth century St. Domingue/Haiti to Louisiana and follows the progress of their descendants over the course of two hundred years. The refugees reinforced Louisiana's...
You Never Know
A Christopher Family Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
The Christopher Saga Continues This sequel to “Mark My Words” tells the story of Elijah Edwards, current patriarch of the Edwards branch of the Christopher family and first cousin to Allan Beckley Christopher. Eli bears the legacy of a wealthy, powerful African-American family with generations...
Mark My Words
A Christopher Family Novel Book 2
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2018
Allan Beckley Christopher is a self-made, African-American multimillionaire. Starting out with nothing but family, very high intelligence, ambition and drive, he succeeded against the odds. He dealt with racism, discrimination and the naysayers, Black and white, who were convinced he would never make...
Mark My Words
A Christopher Family Novel Book 3
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Allan Beckley Christopher is a self-made, African-American multimillionaire. Starting out with nothing but family, very high intelligence, ambition and drive, he succeeded against the odds. He dealt with racism, discrimination and the naysayers, Black and white, who were convinced he would never make...
The Spirit and the Shotgun
Armed Resistance and the Struggle for Civil Rights
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2007
The Spirit and the Shotgun explores the role of armed self-defense in tandem with nonviolent protests in the African American freedom struggle of the 1950s and 1960s. Confronted with violent attacks by the Ku Klux Klan and other racist terrorists, southern blacks adopted Martin Luther King's philosophy...
All Our Kin
Strategies For Survival In A Black Community
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
"This landmark study debunked the misconception that poor families were unstable and disorganized. Here is the chronicle of a young white woman’s sojourn into The Flats, an African-American ghetto comm"
Double Trouble
Black Mayors, Black Communities, and the Call for a Deep Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
J. Phillip Thompson III, an insider in the Dinkins administration, provides the first in-depth look at how the black mayors of America's major cities achieve social change. Black constituents naturally look to black mayors to effect great change for the poor, but the reality of the situation is complicated....