uscpress.com - African American Studies https://uscpress.com/ Howard Thurman https://uscpress.com/book-post/4450014/Howard-Thurman
Although he is best known as a mentor to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Howard Thurman (1900-1981) was an exceptional philosopher and public intellectual in his own right. In Howard Thu…]]>
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Understanding James Baldwin https://uscpress.com/book-post/4449959/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/4449960/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/4449980/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/4449995/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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Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery https://uscpress.com/book-post/4450001/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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Stories of Struggle https://uscpress.com/book-post/4450002/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…]]>
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Gullah Spirit https://uscpress.com/book-post/4450003/Gullah-Spirit
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…]]>
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The Grim Years https://uscpress.com/book-post/4450009/The-Grim-Years
A striking account of South Carolina's tumultuous beginnings

The Grim Years: Settling South Carolina, 1670-1720 is a graphic account of South Carolina's tumultuous beginnings, when cala…]]>
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Bodily Evidence https://uscpress.com/book-post/4450041/Bodily-Evidence
The first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Toni Morrison is one of the most celebrated women writers in the world. In Bodily Evidence: Racism, Slavery, and Maternal Power…]]>
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