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