An examination of how nineteenth-century African American folklore studies became a site of national debate

A collection and examination of the creative literary work of Freedom School students discovering pathways to racial justice

The first study solely dedicated to exploring the power of African American haiku

A classic ethnographic study of rural children, their community, and their school

The first book to examine whiteness as an intellectual tradition within African American literature

How the aftermath of the Great Depression convinced several African American writers to adopt a leftist outlook

The role of women’s bodies in the productions of ideal and progressive black masculinities in African American literature

The first collection of essays to examine the breadth of Everett’s creative output

A rediscovery of forgotten talent overshadowed in the heyday of the African American novel

A mapping of the whole Wideman universe from novels to short stories to nonfiction

The first collection of speeches from one of the movement’s valiant firebrands

A study of the Baltimore NAACP branch and its vanguard efforts including a detailed examination of its longtime president, Lillie M. Jackson

The story of a nearly forgotten 1930s New Negro lawyer, whose contemporaries included Thurgood Marshall, Charles Hamilton Houston, and William Hastie

A history of the alliance between black farmers, sharecroppers, and the People’s Party

A study that highlights the central role African American women writers played in creating the lasting impact and image of the movement

The story of an unforgettable African American journalist and his impact on New York City and America

An exploration of a great American writer's abiding concern with the color line

A biography of the courageous mentor to the Little Rock Nine

An argument for a major remapping of the early African American literary landscape

A study of the famed actor’s barrier-breaking Shakespearean performances

The story of two African American ministers and their struggle to balance both sacred and secular worlds

The first scholarly consideration of the over eight hundred haiku written late in Wright’s life

A study of the complexities of intimate relationships among slaves on plantations, in towns, and on small farms

A critical study of the writings and thought of the American literary genius and his blues and jazz derived “vernacular” aesthetic

Shared memories from the hard-working southern women who relocated to northern cities and birthed the black middle class

A history of how African American churches produced political firebrands in a call for civil rights and justice