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September 21, 2023 (August 10, 2023)

Brown Lives Need To Speak For Black Lives Lost

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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 […]

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September 20, 2023 (September 19, 2023)

ASALH 2023 Virtual Exhibit

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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 […]

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September 1, 2023 (September 19, 2023)

Free E-book Giveaway: SURVIVING SOUTHAMPTON

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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 […]

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August 1, 2023 (June 30, 2023)

Free E-book Giveaway: JOURNALISM AND JIM CROW

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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 […]

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July 28, 2023 (July 27, 2023)

2023 MAAH Stone Book Award Short List

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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 […]

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June 1, 2023 (May 31, 2023)

African American Music Appreciation Month Reading List

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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 […]

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May 15, 2023 (May 12, 2023)

Q&A with Lorenzo Costaguta, author of WORKERS OF ALL COLORS UNITE

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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 […]

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May 4, 2023 (April 20, 2023)

Q&A with Gregory J. Kaliss, author of BEYOND THE BLACK POWER SALUTE

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Gregory J. Kaliss, author of Beyond the Black Power Salute: Athlete Activism in an Era of Change, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write […]

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February 1, 2023 (January 31, 2023)

2023 Black History Month

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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 […]

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February 1, 2023 (January 24, 2023)

Free E-book Giveaway: AFRO-NOSTALGIA

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February’s free e-book is here! Check out Afro-Nostalgia: Feeling Good in Contemporary Black Culture by Badia Aha-Legardy before the month is over!  As early as the eighteenth century, white Americans […]

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September 29, 2022 (September 26, 2022)

ASALH 2022 Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 Association for the Study of African American Life and History annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, […]

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June 2, 2022 (June 1, 2022)

DREAM BOOKS AND GAMBLERS has been awarded a grant from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund

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We are pleased to announce that Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund has awarded a grant to support publication of the book Dream Books and Gamblers: Black Women’s […]

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