uscpress.com - African American Studies https://uscpress.com/ Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery https://uscpress.com/book-post/3363612/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…]]>
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Children's Biographies of African American Women https://uscpress.com/book-post/3363552/Childrens-Biographies-of-African-American-Women
A study of how rhetoric has shaped the life stories of African American role models in children's literature

In Children's Biographies of African American Women: Rhetoric, Public Memory…]]>
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They Stole Him Out of Jail https://uscpress.com/book-post/3363565/They-Stole-Him-Out-of-Jail
The most comprehensive account of the horrific lynching of Willie Earle

Before daybreak on February 17, 1947, twenty-four-year-old Willie Earle, an African American man arrested for the…]]>
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The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, Volume 5 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3363569/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…]]>
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Understanding James Baldwin https://uscpress.com/book-post/3363570/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…]]>
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Understanding Randall Kenan https://uscpress.com/book-post/3363571/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…]]>
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A True Likeness https://uscpress.com/book-post/3363591/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-…]]>
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Crossings and Encounters https://uscpress.com/book-post/3363606/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…]]>
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Descended https://uscpress.com/book-post/3363638/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…]]>
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White Lawyer, Black Power https://uscpress.com/book-post/3363631/White-Lawyer-Black-Power
Inspired by a colleague's involvement in the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, Wall Street attorney Donald A. Jelinek traveled to the Deep South to volunteer as a civil rights lawyer during…]]>
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