Black panthers speak

A sweeping collection of the most vital and representative writings of the Black Panther party.

Audiofuturism

A revelatory history of Black radio productions from the 1950s to the presentAudiofuturism uncovers the vibrant, overlooked history of radio adaptations that placed Black speculative writing before mass audiences, showing how sound shaped the politics and pleasures of twentieth- and twenty-first-...

Narrative of the life of frederick douglass (original classic edition)

This edition of the original classic work, includes an index that will enable you to easily search for the names, places and topics as you discover the brilliance and determination of this incredible leader.

Up from slavery

Born in a Virginia slave hut, Washington rose from a slave child during the Civil War to worldwide recognition for his many accomplishments, becoming the most influential spokesman for African Americans of his day.

Black foremothers

Powerful stories from women who shaped African American culture and history in the years between 1826 and 1959.

Angela davis

Featuring a new introduction by the author, Angela Davis: An Autobiography is a classic account of a life in struggle.

I love myself when i am laughing... and then again when i am looking mean and impressive

A collection of essays, fiction, journalism, folklore, and autobiography, preserving the legacy of one of the Harlem Renaissance’s greatest writers.

Abolition. feminism. now.

An urgent, vital contribution to the indivisible projects abolition and feminism, from leading scholar-activists Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, and Beth E. Richie.

Narrative of sojourner truth

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the memoir of an African-American woman who struggled against the bondages of slavery in the early 1800s

I still believe anita hill

The nation's most notable feminists, organizers, and scholars reflect on sexual harassment twenty years after the Clarence Thomas hearings.

We charge genocide!

A revealing exploration of domestic fascism in the United States from the 1930s to the January 6th insurrection in Washington, D.C.In 1951, the Civil Rights Congress presented to the United Nations We Charge Genocide, a more than two-hundred-page petition that held the United States accountable f...

Give me liberty

A signature souvenir volume celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and exploring its impact and legacy in Virginia.This highly illustrated publication marks the origins of a revolutionary new nation, focusing on the years 1775 and 1776, the events that preceded and followed,...

Black and white sat down together

Mary White Ovington, a white selement worker, "vividly describes the experiences that shaped her life," Booklist, including her pivotal role in the founding of the NAACP in the early 20th century.

Objects tell stories

A completely new illustrated souvenir volume which showcases the American experience through photographs and maps, books and newspapers, letters and records, paintings and sculpture, toys and furniture, from the everyday to the extraordinary.The vast holdings of the New-York Historical reflect an...

Black liberation and the american dream

Analysing intersections of race, class, and gender alongside primary texts, this unique volume explores racism and antiracism in the US.

The souls of black folk

This classic groundbreaking work of American literature first published in 1903 is a cornerstone of African-American literary history and a seminal work in the field of sociology.

At the vanguard

The first volume in a major new series offering a compelling glimpse into the transformative and revolutionary world of HBCUs, that reveals the complex stories that their collections tell us.This book, featuring objects from the museums and archives at five HBCUs—Jackson State, Tuskegee, Florida ...

The struggle continues: robbie mccauley

A vital new collection of plays and essays by and about a groundbreaking avant-garde theatre artist.

Black women writers at work

A critical collection of conversations with Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones and other Black women writers that changed the scope of Black literature in the 20th century and beyond.

Unbound

A vital new volume exploring the history of Virginia’s free Black population prior to emancipation.On the eve of the Civil War, around 60,000 Black men, women, and children lived free in the state of Virginia, often alongside enslaved neighbours. This volume is a history documenting the richness ...

But some of us are brave

This beloved, groundbreaking collection created the necessary coursework to develop the field of black women's studies in the US.

1919

Reflections on race, class, violence, segregation, and the hidden histories that shape our divided urban landscapes.

Black history is for everyone

A longtime educator explores how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race, nation, and the stories we tell about who we are. Black history is under attack from powerful forces that seek to excise it from classrooms, libraries, and the popular imagination. Yet its opponents...

He brought her heart back in a box and other plays

"One of the American theater’s greatest and least compromising experimentalists…Her dramas are sites of living history, where personal stories of racism’s unhealed wounds mingle with dark tales thieved from the Brothers Grimm and 1940s Hollywood." —Alexis Soloski, New York Times In the titular p...

They call me george

A historical work that chronicles the little-known true stories of black railway porters – the so-called “Pullmen” of the rail lines.

Topdog/underdog (tcg edition)

The piercing work is an extraordinary new departure.

Fairview

An astounding new play about race and power in America, explored through the lens of a family drama.

'membering austin clarke

A collection of reflections, anecdotes, essays, and interviews on Austin Clarke's life and writing that gives long overdue attention to the importance of Clarke’s contributions to the development of Canada’s literary canon.

White blood

White Blood contemplates the complex legacies of slavery and discrimination in the Upper South.

Gloria (tcg edition)

A satire on power and desperation that was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize.

Kafka's son

Red stained

Black actress and activist Hilda Simms was a rising star on the stage and screen in post–WWII America until accusations of un-Americanism and communist sympathies derailed her career. Hilda Simms emerged as an actress at a time when segregation was deeply entrenched in Hollywood and on Broadwa...

Too much midnight

Krista Franklin’s work emerges at the intersection of poetics, popular culture, and the dynamic histories of the African Diaspora.

Watch my smoke

Eric Dickerson is the record-holder for most rushing yards in a season, and his prime was the best of any running back in NFL history. Yet an aura of negativity trailed him his entire career.

Assata taught me

Incisive analysis of the history and politics of Black liberation struggle by radical scholar Donna Murch.

#sayhername

An urgent call to change the story of police violence against women and girls.

Black liberation and socialism

A sharp and insightful analysis of movements against racism, with essential lessons for today's struggles.

The billboard

As a play and book, The Billboard is a cultural force that treats abortion as more than pro-life or pro-choice.

La comunidad como rebelión

A meditation on freedom-making in the academy for women scholars of color. Weaving personal narrative with political analysis, Community as Rebellion offers a meditation on creating liberatory spaces for students and faculty of color within academia.  Much like other women scholars of color, Lorg...

Electric arches

Original meditations on race, gender, identity, and the joy and pain of growing up, from a distinctive new voice.

Community as rebellion

A meditation on freedom-making in the academy for women scholars of color.

The john carlos story

John Carlos, the man behind the most iconic moment of the Black Power movement, tells his story.

My people are rising

A compelling look at the rise and fall of the Black Panther generation, through the eyes of a founding member.

Imagine being more afraid of freedom than slavery

An incendiary literary work more relevant now than ever.“if anger were an ax/it would split me open/and if this is a sermon/let it be my granddaddy’s sermon/my grandmother’s foottapping/steady rocking/choir singing” —from "It Is Not a New Age"First published in 1998, Imagine Being More Afraid of ...

Who can afford to improvise?

Based on unprecedented access to private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and attuned to a musically inclined poet’s skill in close listening, Who Can Afford to Improvise? retraces the full arc of James Baldwin’s passage across the pages and stages of his career amplifying our sense of his...

Black arts, black muslims

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, prominent figures in the Black Arts Movement (BAM) converted to Islam and took new names. Poets such as Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Askia Muhammad Touré, and Marvin X incorporated Islamic words and expressions, references to the Qur’an, and Arabic script, as we...

Black intellectuals and black society

This book presents the trailblazing political scientist Martin L. Kilson’s essays on leading Black intellectuals of the twentieth century.

Out to defend ourselves

The book provides a social history of Montreal’s first Haitian street gang and the changing city in which it emerged.

Inequality and african-american health

This book shows how living in a highly racialized society affects health through multiple social contexts, including neighborhoods, personal and family relationships, and the medical system. Black-white disparities in health, illness, and mortality have been widely documented, but most research h...

Critical race theory and the search for truth

This book presents a comprehensive exploration of Critical Race Theory, offering a clear understanding of its origins, the way it has been problematized and its potential for societal change. By examining the historical influence of imperialism and capitalism, the author critiques both liberal a...