Category Archives: African American Studies

March 19, 2021

AAIHS Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s virtual exhibit for the 2021 African American Intellectual History Society! We hope you’ll step inside our virtual booth and browse new books, journal articles, author interviews, and more. Buy 3 books in order … Continue reading →

February 1, 2021

Free Ebook Giveaway: Black Post-Blackness by Margo Natalie Crawford

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Celebrate Black History Month with February’s free ebook Black Post-Blackness: The Black Arts Movement and Twenty First Century Aesthetics by Margo Natalie Crawford! Black Post-Blackness compares the Black avant-garde of the 1960s and 1970s Black Arts Movement with the most … Continue reading →

November 20, 2020

Q&A With Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Author of Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving

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Author of Madam C.J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Philanthropy During Jim Crow, Tyrone McKinley Freeman, answers questions about his inspirations, motivations and what he wants readers to know about his book. Q: Why did you decide to write … Continue reading →

November 18, 2020

Q&A with GerShun Avilez, Author of Black Queer Freedom

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Author, GerShun Avilez, of Black Queer Freedom: Spaces of Injury and Paths of Desire answers questions about his familial influences, discoveries and purpose for writing his book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? The work of Black … Continue reading →

November 16, 2020

Q&A with Danielle Fuentes Morgan, Author of Laughing to Keep from Dying

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Author Danielle Fuentes Morgan answers questions about the inspirations, influences, and discoveries behind the writing of her new book, Laughing to Keep from Dying: African American Satire in the Twenty-First Century. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? … Continue reading →

November 3, 2020

Get a Free e Book of Afro-Paradise by Christen A. Smith

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November’s free ebook is here! We’re giving away Afro-Paradise: Blackness, Violence, and Performance in Brazil by Christen A. Smith. Tourists exult in Bahia, Brazil, as a tropical paradise infused with the black population’s one-of-a-kind vitality. Interpreting the violence as both … Continue reading →

October 26, 2020

Q&A with Tammy L. Kernodle, Author of Soul on Soul

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Author, Tammy L. Kernodle, of Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams answers questions about her inspirations, discoveries, and reader takeaways. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I was inspired by several things. … Continue reading →

September 30, 2020

Q&A with Lynn M. Hudson, Author of West of Jim Crow

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Author, Lynn M. Hudson, of West Jim Crow: The Fight Against California’s Color Line answers questions about her influences, discoveries and purpose for writing. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? In the process of writing my first … Continue reading →

September 3, 2020

ASALH 2020 Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the Press’s 2020 ASALH Virtual Exhibit! Browse our newest Black studies titles, as well as journals that disseminate Black studies scholarship. And use Promo Code ASALH20 to get 50% off all our African American studies titles! Plus, when … Continue reading →

September 1, 2020

Get a Free Ebook of To Turn The Whole World Over

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September’s free e-book is here! We’re giving away To Turn The Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism edited by Keisha N. Blain and Tiffany M. Gill with contributions by Nicole Anae, Keisha N. Blain, Brandon R. Byrd, Stephanie Beck … Continue reading →