Created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, this month celebrates the African American musical influences that comprise an essential part of our nation’s treasured cultural heritage. Let’s dig in with […]
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 […]
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, […]
Created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, this month celebrates the African American musical influences that comprise an essential part of our nation’s treasured cultural heritage. Let’s dig in with […]
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 […]
Shreerekha Pillai, editor of Carceral Liberalism: Feminist Voices against State Violence, wrote this piece following the killing of Tyre Nichols. My high school years were bracketed by gruesome violence unleashed […]
The University of Illinois Press stands in solidarity with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and the Black community in Florida, who are being […]
September’s free e-book is here! Check out Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community by Vanessa M. Holden before the month is over! The 1831 Southampton […]
August’s free e-book is here! Check out Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America edited by Kathy Roberts Forde and Sid Bedingfield the […]
We are pleased to announce that two UIP books have been selected for the 2023 MAAH Stone Book Award short list: Ain’t I an Anthropologist: Zora Neale Hurston Beyond the […]
Created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, this month celebrates the African American musical influences that comprise an essential part of our nation’s treasured cultural heritage. Let’s dig in with […]
Lorenzo Costaguta, author of Workers of All Colors Unite: Race and the Origins of American Socialism, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]