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A celebration of the life and culture of the Gullah people of the South Carolina Lowcountry in 179 new paintings

Jonathan Green is best known for his vibrant depictions of the Gullah li…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061472/The-Papers-of-Howard-Washington-Thurman-Volume-5
The twentieth-century writings of a pioneering voice for social justice

The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman is a five-volume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanning t…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061473/Understanding-James-Baldwin
An analysis of the ground-breaking author's vision and thematic concerns

The Harlem-born son of a storefront preacher, JamesBaldwin died almost thirty years ago, but his spirit lives on…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061474/Understanding-Randall-Kenan
The first book-length study of the life and writings of the critically acclaimed Southern writer

Randall Kenan is an American author best known for his novel A Visitation of Spirits and…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061494/A-True-Likeness
Extraordinary photos that reveal the social, economic, and cultural realities of the Black South

A True Likeness showcases the extraordinary photography of Richard Samuel Roberts (1880-…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061509/Crossings-and-Encounters
A collection of essays detailing how individuals remapped race, gender, and sexuality through their lived experiences and in the cultural imagination

For centuries the Atlantic world ha…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061515/Black-Freedom-in-the-Age-of-Slavery
Prior to the abolition of slavery, thousands of African-descended people in the Americas lived in freedom. Their efforts to navigate daily life and negotiate the boundaries of racial differenc…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061516/Stories-of-Struggle
In this pioneering study of the long and arduous struggle for civil rights in South Carolina, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson details the lynchings, beatings, bombings, cross burning…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061543/The-Slow-Undoing
A study of how South Carolina's federal district courts were central to achieving and solidifying gains during the civil rights movement

As the first comprehensive study of one state's…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061541/Descended
A mysterious name initiates a journey to discover one family's past, and reveals more than was expected

It began with a name. Sancho. Gleaned from the memory of his oldest living relat…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800