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African American Studies



link to catalog page MCLEOD, Daughter of the Empire State

Daughter of the Empire State

The Life of Judge Jane Bolin

Author: Jacqueline A. McLeod
Pub Date: December 2011

The trailblazing work of the first African American woman judge   learn more...

link to catalog page EVANS, Follow Your Heart

Follow Your Heart

Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues

Author: Joe Evans with Christopher Brooks
Pub Date: 2008

The life and career of an important African American music executive, entrepreneur, and musician   learn more...

link to catalog page WHITE, From Jim Crow to Jay-Z

From Jim Crow to Jay-Z

Race, Rap, and the Performance of Masculinity

Author: Miles White
Pub Date: November 2011

Negotiating identity in hip-hop culture   learn more...

link to catalog page GRIVNO, Gleanings of Freedom

Gleanings of Freedom

Free and Slave Labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860

Author: Max Grivno
Pub Date: January 2011

The transformation of slavery and free labor in the Upper South   learn more...

link to catalog page GELLMAN, The Gospel of the Working Class

The Gospel of the Working Class

Labor's Southern Prophets in New Deal America

Author: Erik S. Gellman and Jarod Roll
Pub Date: July 2011

How two southern ministers preached and practiced a vision of a more democratic America   learn more...

The Obama Phenomenon

Toward a Multiracial Democracy

Author: Edited by Charles P. Henry, Robert L. Allen, and Robert Chrisman
Pub Date: October 2011

Perspectives on the Obama campaign and early administration   learn more...

link to catalog page GERSTNER, Queer Pollen

Queer Pollen

White Seduction, Black Male Homosexuality, and the Cinematic

Author: David A. Gerstner
Pub Date: March 2011

A provocative triptych of black queer desire, articulated through aesthetic works and experiences   learn more...

link to catalog page KINKEL, Races of Mankind

Races of Mankind

The Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman

Author: Marianne Kinkel
Pub Date: November 2011

How one set of anthropological sculptures deeply influenced modern racial perceptions   learn more...

link to catalog page REED, The Rise of Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1920-1929 Author: Christopher Robert Reed
Pub Date: May 2011

Assessing the roles of religion, politics, and class in the golden decade of black business   learn more...

link to catalog page PFEIFER, The Roots of Rough Justice

The Roots of Rough Justice

Origins of American Lynching

Author: Michael J. Pfeifer
Pub Date: April 2011

A social history of the emergence of lynching in America   learn more...

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