Featured Books - AAIHS

The Illusion of Progress in the Story of American Democracy

May 29, 2018June 5, 2018 Rebecca Brenner Graham black intellectual history, democracy, Frederick Douglass, literature, Politics, slavery, W.E.B. Du Bois

The word progress is central to contemporary political rhetoric. Self-described progressives work toward what they see as positive change. Meanwhile, a

Afro-Latin American Studies: A New Book on an Emerging Field

May 28, 2018June 5, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Afro-Brazilians, Afro-Latin, Brazil, Cuba

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Chocolate Cities: A New Book on the Black Map of American Life

May 26, 2018October 13, 2018 J. T. Roane black protest, blackness, culture, gentrification, Migration, Resistance

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Writing on Women and the Nation of Islam: An Author’s Response

May 25, 2018June 5, 2018 Ula Y. Taylor #PromiseofPatriarchy, Black women, Islam, Nation of Islam

This post is part of our online roundtable on Ula Taylor’s The Promise of Patriarchy I am so very humbled by

Black Women, the Nation of Islam, and the Pursuit of Freedom

May 22, 2018May 26, 2018 Erik S. McDuffie #PromiseofPatriarchy, black nationalism, Black women, Nation of Islam, religion

This post is part of our online roundtable on Ula Taylor’s The Promise of Patriarchy Ula Y. Taylor stands as one