Brings together critical race theory and psychoanalysis to examine African American and other diasporic African cultural texts.

Traces the origins of contemporary analogies between queerness and blackness.

African American women and men share their stories of how feminism has influenced their daily lives.

Considers the past, present, and future of interdisciplinary fields motivated by concerns for social justice.

Examines racial segregation in literature and the cultural legacy of the Jim Crow era.

Philosophical exploration of Jamaica Kincaid’s entire literary oeuvre.

Biography of famous black abolitionist and voting rights advocate, Robert Purvis.

Critical edition of three women’s oral slave narratives.

Looks at town-gown relationships with a focus on African Americans.

Traces a lineage of pro-feminist black men to two early radical proponents of female equality.

Explores how the suffering of African American women has been minimized and obscured in U.S. culture.

Genealogy of the formation of race and gender hierarchies in the U.S.

An in-depth look at the creative writing practices of nine Chicago youths.

DVD capturing crowd reactions and emotions during the inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, in Washington, D. C.

Traces the rise of black participation in cyberspace.

Concise history of the valiant service of New York’s African American soldiers.

Treasury of letters written by African American women to Michelle Obama.

Pinpoints the limits of many current globalization theories in challenging racial oppression, and argues instead for local and situated strategies for resisting racism and imperialism.

Examines both the legal and illegal uses of the death penalty in American history.

Disputes standard explanations of police brutality against minority citizens to offer new insights and suggestions on dealing with this problem.

Interview-based study of contemporary African American feminist men.

Juxtaposes the meteoric rise of Barack Obama with far-reaching—and disturbing—shifts in black leadership in post–Civil Rights America.

Explores the theme of aesthetic agency and its potential for social and political progress.

The story of one African American woman’s decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery.

Explores the particulars of minority-serving institutions while also highlighting their interconnectedness.