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"[The author] provides an informed understanding of the origins, character, and objectives of the Civil rights movement. His analysis of the critical moments conveys the sense of a social movement that shaped its participants even as they shaped it"--Provided by publisher.
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A pioneering scholar offers this new account of what systemic racism actually is, how it works and how we can fight back, revealing how hard-to-see systemic connections function to disproportionately contain, exploit and punish Black people and showing us how to create a more just America for us all.
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"A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African American literature. A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of twenty-two, leaving behind these crisply told and often chilling tales that explore race and racism in 1950s and '60s America. In this...
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"Jenn M. Jackson has been known to bring deep historical acuity to some of the most controversial topics in America today. Now, in their first book, Jackson applies their critical analysis to the questions that have long energized their work: Why has Black women's freedom fighting been so overlooked throughout history, and what has our society lost in the meantime? A love letter to those who have been minimized and forgotten, this collection repositions...
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Contains a collection of eighteen essays by the author that explore the state of Black identity in the post-George Floyd era. Discusses issues of accountability for the deaths of unarmed Black persons, the resurgence of White nationalism, Black community and tradition, and the politics of the 1619 Project.
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"In the 1950s and 1960s, Black men and women displayed stunning bravery as they fought for equal treatment in the United States. Despite the ever-present threats of being intimidated, jailed, and physically harmed or killed, they persisted and eventually won major battles. Although the movement achieved tremendous aims, Black Americans still face prejudice and unequal treatment today. Through historical black-and-white photographs and in-depth sidebars,...
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"A bestselling music historian follows Jelly Roll Morton on a journey through the hidden worlds and forbidden songs of early blues and jazz. In Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories, Elijah Wald takes readers on a journey into the hidden and censored world of early blues and jazz, guided by the legendary New Orleans pianist Jelly Roll Morton. Morton became nationally famous as a composer and bandleader in the 1920s, but got his start...