Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States that is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery. The holiday’s name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of the words “June” […]
2025 Juneteenth
Category: African American Studies
AAIHS 2025 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2025 African American Intellectual History Society conference! Visit our website and use promo code AAIHS25 for 50% off of all African American studies […]
2025 Black History Month
African American Studies is a cornerstone of the University of Illinois Press. While we honor Black history all year, this month we’re celebrating with some of our favorite and forthcoming […]
Free E-book Giveaway: FROM SLAVE CABINS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
November’s free e-book is here! Check out From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture by Koritha Mitchell before the month is over! Koritha Mitchell […]
ASALH 2024 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2024 Association for the Study of African American Life and History annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, […]
Q&A with the author of INK
Clifford R. Murphy, the author of Ink: The Indelible J. Mayo Williams, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I felt that […]
Q&A with the authors of PLAYING THE CHANGES
Darius Brubeck and Catherine Brubeck, the author of Playing the Changes: Jazz at an African University and on the Road, answers questions on their new book. Q: Why did you […]
Free E-book Giveaway: BUY BLACK
August’s free e-book is here! Check out Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture by Aria S. Halliday before the month is over! Buy Black examines the role American […]
Q&A with the author of BLACK CYCLISTS
Robert J. Turpin, the author of Black Cyclists: The Race for Inclusion, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? After learning about […]
Q&A with the author of TO ADVANCE THE RACE
Linda M. Perkins, the author of To Advance the Race: Black Women’s Higher Education from the Antebellum Era to the 1960s, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did […]
Q&A with the author of THUNDER ON THE STAGE
Bruce Allen Dick, the author of Thunder on the Stage: The Dramatic Vision of Richard Wright, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Q&A with a co-editor of REPARATIONS AND REPARATORY JUSTICE
Mary Frances Berry, co-editor with Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua and V. P. Franklin of Reparations and Reparatory Justice: Past, Present, and Future, answers questions on their new book. Q: Why did […]