by Ravi Perry (Author) The Balancing Act of Racial Politics (Justice and Social Inquiry) Recent years have seen an increase in the number of African Americans elected to political office…
by Carrol Matthews There are those who believe black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or…
Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies Before the innovative work of Zora Neale Hurston, folklorists from the Hampton Institute collected,…
by Kimberly Monteyne Early hip hop film musicals have either been expunged from cinema history or excoriated in brief passages by critics and other writers. Hip Hop on Film reclaims…
Black Barbers and Barber Shops in America “Quincy T. Mills’s important book provides fascinating insight into the history of African American barbers. He vividly captures their culture, traditions, and perseverance…
by Zora Neale Hurston “A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates…
By Philip Roth It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a president, and in a small New England…
“By Hannah Crafts,” reads this page from the 1850s novel “The Bondwoman’s Narrative.” By JULIE BOSMAN In 2002, a novel thought to be the first written by an African-American woman…
