Celebrate Black History Month with February’s free ebook THE MERCHANT PRINCE OF BLACK CHICAGO: ANTHONY OVERTON AND THE BUILDING OF A FINANCIAL EMPIRE by Robert E. Weems Jr.! Born to […]
Free Ebook Giveaway: The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago
Category: African American Studies
Q&A With Robert M. Marovich, Author of Peace Be Still
Robert M. Marovich, author of Peace Be Still: How James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir Created a Gospel Classic, answers questions on his religious influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways in […]
Between Fitness and Death Wins Outstanding Book Award from Disability History Association
We are pleased to announce Between Fitness and Death: Disability and Slavery in the Caribbean by Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy has been awarded the Outstanding Book Award of 2021 from the Disability […]
Q&A With Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Author of The Poetics of Difference
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, author of The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora, answers questions on her literary influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: […]
ASA 2021 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press American Studies Association 2021 virtual exhibit! Step inside and take a look at some of our featured journals and books as well as […]
NWSA 2021 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press National Women’s Studies Association 2021 virtual exhibit! Step inside and take a look at some of our featured titles as well as interviews […]
ASALH 2021 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press Association for the Study of African American Life and History 2021 virtual exhibit! Step inside and take a look at some of our […]
September Free Ebook Giveaway: In a Classroom of Their Own
September’s free ebook is here! We’re giving away In a Classroom of Their Own: The Intersection of Race and Feminist Politics in All-Black Male Schools by Keisha Lindsay! Many advocates […]
AAIHS Virtual Exhibit
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 […]
Free Ebook Giveaway: Black Post-Blackness by Margo Natalie Crawford
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 […]
Q&A With Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Author of Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving
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 […]
Q&A with GerShun Avilez, Author of Black Queer Freedom
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 […]