Category Archives: black studies

June 18, 2018

Celebrating Black Music Month

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June is Black Music Month! Here are several titles to help you celebrate and appreciate black artists who have influenced the music industry. Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement Naomi Andre Naomi André draws on the experiences of performers and audiences … Continue reading →

May 30, 2018

Authors on Issues: Courtney Baker on Childish Gambino’s “This is America”

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The following is a guest post from Courtney R. Baker, the author of Humane Insight: Looking at Images of African-American Suffering and Death. ? When I first published my book on looking at images of African American suffering and death, … Continue reading →

April 16, 2018

Beyond Respectability awarded OAH Merle Curti Intellectual History Award

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We are pleased to announce that Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women by Brittney C. Cooper has won the Organization of American Historians Merle Curti Intellectual History Award. The award was announced at the OAH’s annual meeting in … Continue reading →

February 26, 2018

Announcing a New Series: Black Internationalism

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The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce our new series, Black Internationalism, edited by Keisha N. Blain and Dr. Quito Swan. Dawn Durante, a senior acquisition editor at the University of Illinois Press, is the acquiring editor. This series … Continue reading →

February 8, 2018

5 More Books for your #ReadingBlackout List

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This black history month, UIP is joining the #ReadingBlackout challenge and we want you to too! The Reading Blackout challenge was created by YouTuber Denise D. Cooper and it’s a call to prioritize reading books by African American authors during … Continue reading →

January 16, 2018

Q&A with Sandra M. Bolzenius, author of “Glory in Their Spirit”

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Sandra M. Bolzenius is a former instructor at The Ohio State University and served as a transportation specialist in the United States Army. She recently answered some questions about her forthcoming book Glory in Their Spirit: How Four Black Women Took … Continue reading →

December 12, 2017

UI Press Books Win 2017 MLA Prizes

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  We are pleased to announce that Radical Aesthetics and Modern Black Nationalism by GerShun Avilez has won the William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association (MLA). The prize is given to an outstanding scholarly study of African … Continue reading →

November 17, 2017

6 Books on the Black Chicago Renaissance

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The Chicago Black Renaissance was a time of growth and innovation for Chicago’s Black artistic community. During the early to mid 20th century, Chicago was the place where poets and musicians like Gwendolyn Brooks and Nat King Cole flourished. Here are … Continue reading →

August 23, 2017

#CharlottesvilleCurriculum: Books for Understanding Systemic Racism

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University of Illinois Press has always prided ourselves on our commitment to social justice. In light of the recent events in Charlottesville, here are 8 books and journals for understanding systemic racism. Private Prisons in America: A Critical Race Perspective by Michael A. Hallet … Continue reading →

June 7, 2017

“Beyond Respectability” on NPR

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Brittney C. Cooper’s new book Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women was recently reviewed on NPR! The reviewer described it “a work of crucial cultural study. . . . [Beyond Respectability] lays out the complicated history of black woman as … Continue reading →