African American Studies
In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays
Paperback
Lively, insightful writings on Black music, feminism, literature and events from a “masterful critic and master teacher” (Walton Myumba, Boston Globe)
Load in Nine Times: Poems
Paperback
In this stirring new collection, Frank X. Walker reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation
Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun
Paperback
A wry account of the road from Harvard scholarship student to ordination as northern Thailand's first black Buddhist nun.
More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City
Paperback
A preeminent sociologist of race explains a groundbreaking new framework for understanding racial inequality, challenging both conservative and liberal dogma.
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
Hardback
“A masterpiece... Farah Jasmine Griffin’s magical words enchant and empower us like those of her towering heroes.”—Cornel West