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.

One man’s account of becoming a feminist professor.

How these two cinemas portray complex and changing notions of national and racial identity.

Explores the role of the literary protest essay in addressing social divisions in the United States.

Examines the political and economic changes of recent decades in the Mississippi Delta.

Leading scholars explore how different forms of ignorance are produced and sustained, and the role they play in knowledge practices.

Offers both a theoretical and concrete example of what W. E. B. Du Bois called “spiritual strivings. ”

One of the most comprehensive books examining the experiences of African Americans throughout the educational enterprise.

Explores the interplay between artistic values and social, political, and moral concerns in writings by African American and Native American women.

Classic history of Ancient Ethiopia, as researched and written by a heralded African American woman activist.

Fourth volume of biographies of African American women community leaders, focusing this time on Oklahoma.

Explores convergences between the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche and African American thought.

Examines the consequences of welfare reform for Black women fleeing domestic violence.

Studies black feminist approaches to political science and African American women as political actors.

Poems of celebration and endurance.

Provides a comparative look at women's texts across the Americas.