Black American Studies in 2025

A Sense of Arrival by Browne, Kevin Adonis

Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons by Friedman, Brittany

Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred and the Black Corporeal Undercommons by Berry, Maya J.

Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World: The Alchemy Lecture by Hartman, Saidiya, Oliveira, Janaína, Boswell, Phoebe

King: A Life by Eig, Jonathan

Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World: The Alchemy Lecture by Hartman, Saidiya, Oliveira, Janaína, Boswell, Phoebe

The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice by

Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred and the Black Corporeal Undercommons by Berry, Maya J.

An Efficient Womanhood: Women and the Making of the Universal Negro Improvement Association by Duncan, Natanya

Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America by Black, Daniel

South African Transitions: A Safundi Reader on Social, Political, and Intellectual Transformations, 1999-2024 by

I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free by Hawkins, Lee

Reclaiming the Black Body: Nourishing the Home Within by McCullough, Alishia

Insensible of Boundaries: Studies in Mary Ann Shadd Cary by

Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education by Hagopian, Jesse

Southwest Virginia Civil Rights Leader Nannie Berger Hairston: An Oral History by Scarborough, Sheree

Empowerment and Black Deaf Persons: Volume 1 by

Of Black Study by Myers, Joshua

Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present by Berry, Mary Frances

No Human Involved: The Serial Murder of Black Women and Girls and the Deadly Cost of Police Indifference by Neely, Cheryl L.

The White Peril: A Family Memoir by Moses, Omo

Roots and Legends: Folktales from African Culture by Editors of Wellfleet Press

Black Psychedelic Revolution: From Trauma to Liberation--How to Heal from Racial, Generational, and Systemic Trauma Through Reclaiming Black Psyched by Powers, Nicholas

Afrolatinas and Latinegras: Culture, Identity, and Struggle from an Intersectional Perspective by

Black and Brown Education in America: Integration in Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities by Driver, Persis, Hadi-Tabassum, Samina

A Place for Memory: Baltimore's Historic Laurel Cemetery by

Crazy as Hell: The Best Little Guide to Black History by Glover, Hoke S., Prince, V. Efua

Crazy as Hell: The Best Little Guide to Black History by Prince, V. Efua, Glover, Hoke S.

Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women's Health by Wilson, Wylin D.

Soul School: Taking Kids on a Joy-Filled Journey Through the Heart of Black American Culture by Johnston, Amber O'Neal

A Perfect Frenzy: A Royal Governor, His Black Allies, and the Crisis That Spurred the American Revolution by Lawler, Andrew

Tangled Fortunes: The Hidden History of Interracial Marriage in the Segregated South by Schumaker, Kathryn

Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America by Jones, Charisse, Shorter-Gooden, Kumea

No God But Man: On Race, Knowledge, and Terrorism by Husain, Atiya

Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women's Health by Wilson, Wylin D.

With Faith in God and Heart and Mind: A History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity by Harper, Jim C., Hobson, Maurice J., Cole, Eddie R.

No God But Man: On Race, Knowledge, and Terrorism by Husain, Atiya

Not Just Green, Not Just White: Race, Justice, and Environmental History by

Unveiled: Overcoming Trauma to Walk in Your Divine Purpose by Bolton, Shenita V.

Disrupting Political Science: Black Women Reimagining the Discipline by

Race and Resistance in Boston: A Contested Sports History by Cvornyek, Robert

Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp by Morris, J. Brent

To Address You as My Friend: African Americans' Letters to Abraham Lincoln by

Snapping Beans: Voices of a Black Queer Lesbian South by Canty, Jayme N.

Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality by Jackson, Maurice

Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.: Volume 1 by

Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.: Volume 2 by

Black and Queer on Campus by Jeffries, Michael P.

An Introduction to Black Studies by Jackson, Eric R.

Theatre History Studies 2024, Vol 43 by

Black Republicans and the Transformation of the GOP by Farrington, Joshua D.

How to Sell Out: The (Hidden) Cost of Being a Black Writer by Sanders, Chad

Stitching Love and Loss: A Gee's Bend Quilt by Collins, Lisa Gail

Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera by Caplan, Lucy

Black Apocalypse: Afrofuturism at the End of the World Volume 16 by Nyong'o, Tavia

Imagination: A Manifesto by Benjamin, Ruha

The Wounds Are the Witness: Black Faith Weaving Memory into Justice and Healing by Pierce, Yolanda

Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.: Volume 1 by

Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.: Volume 2 by

Black Apocalypse: Afrofuturism at the End of the World Volume 16 by Nyong'o, Tavia

The Stories They Hear: Expecting Greatness as the Key to Success by Keyes, William

How to Sell Out: The (Hidden) Cost of Being a Black Writer by Sanders, Chad

Speculative Light: The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin by

Refusing to Be Made Whole: Disability in Black Women's Writing by Hinton, Anna Laquawn

Folk Music and Song in the Wpa Ex-Slave Narratives by Minton, John

Sounds of Black Switzerland: Blackness, Music, and Unthought Voices by Cox, Jessie

Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal by Disco Network

Playing the Game, Self-Presentation, and Black Male College Athletes: A Critical Understanding of the Holistic Experience by Howe, Jonathan E.

Soul of the Court: The Trailblazing Life of Judge William Benson Bryant Sr. by Bolden, Tonya

Black Saturation: Selected Works of Stephen E. Henderson by

Soul of the Court: The Trailblazing Life of Judge William Benson Bryant Sr. by Bolden, Tonya

The Nine O'Clock Whistle: Stories of the Freedom Struggle for Civil Rights in Enfield, North Carolina by Sexton, Mildred, Cofield, Willa, Samuelson, Cynthia

Revolution in These Times: Black Panther Party Veteran Dhoruba Bin Wahad on Antifascism, Black Liberation, and a Culture of Resistance by Bin Wahad, Dhoruba

Black Girls and How We Fail Them by Halliday, Aria S.

Social Justice and Trailblazing Leadership in Yoga Therapy: A Model for Compassionate Action by Banks-Harold, Marsha D.

No More Peace: Abolition War and Counterrevolution by Baker, Oliver

Ne Me Quitte Pas: A Song by Jacques Brel and Interpreted by Nina Simone and Others by Smith, Maya Angela

No More Peace: Abolition War and Counterrevolution by Baker, Oliver

Futures of Black Power: Reimagining the Black Past by

I Came to Slay: The Black Girl's Guide to Conquering Every Battle by Leiba, Elizabeth

Ne me quitte pas: A Song by Jacques Brel and Interpreted by Nina Simone and Others by Smith, Maya Angela

Why Historically Black Colleges and Universities Matter: 25 Years of Historical Research for Justice by Gasman, Marybeth

A Contested Terrain: Freedpeople's Education in North Carolina During the Civil War and Reconstruction by Brosnan, Annemarie

The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir by Jones, Martha S.

Making Sense of Slavery: America's Long Reckoning, from the Founding Era to Today by Spillman, Scott

We Belong Here: Gentrification, White Spacemaking, and a Black Sense of Place by Evans, Shani Adia

Love, Rita: An American Story of Sisterhood, Joy, Loss, and Legacy by Davis, Bridgett M.

Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children (Large Print Edition) by Rooks, Noliwe

Rethinking South Africa's Past: A Safundi Reader on Comparative, Regional, and Transnational Connections, 1999-2024 by

The Black Box: Writing the Race by Gates, Henry Louis

Unceasing Militant, Second Edition: The Life of Mary Church Terrell by Parker, Alison M.

Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children by Rooks, Noliwe

Poverty Rebels: Black and Brown Protest in Post-Civil Rights America by Nichols, Casey D.

Black Pro Se: Authorship and the Limits of Law in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature by Barter, Faith

What Had Happened Was by Pickens, Therí Alyce

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Abdurraqib, Hanif

The Afrofuturist Evolution: Creative Paths to Self-Discovery by Womack, Ytasha L.

How Black History Can Save Your Life: From the Talk to George Floyd, Everything You Need to Know to Deescalate a Racist Situation by Crim, Ernest

Black Pro Se: Authorship and the Limits of Law in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature by Barter, Faith

What Had Happened Was by Pickens, Therí Alyce

Fighting for Freedom: Black Craftspeople and the Pursuit of Independence by

An Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design by

Whiteout: How Racial Capitalism Changed the Color of Opioids in America by Herzberg, David, Hansen, Helena, Netherland, Jules

Defund: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All by Hudson, Sandy

A Southern Panther: Conversations with Malik Rahim by Tracy, James R.

No One Left Alone: A Story of How Community Helps Us Heal by Walker, Liz

Critical Essays on Hip Hop and the Study of Hip Hop: Doing the Knowledge by

Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class by Graham, Lawrence Otis

Tulsa, 2021: A Massacre's Centennial and a Nation's Reckoning by Krehbiel, Randy

Black Movement: African American Urban History Since the Great Migration by

Black Power Scorecard: Measuring the Racial Gap and What We Can Do to Close It by Perry, Andre M.

Runagate: Songs of the Freedom Bound by Smith, Crystal Simone

Black Hopes / Black Woes: Early African American Optimism and 21st Century Afro-Pessimism by Lambert, Raphaël

Ordinary Notes by Sharpe, Christina

Hemispheric Blackface: Impersonation and Nationalist Fictions in the Americas by Roper, Danielle M.

Colored Women Sittin' on High: Womanist Sermonic Practice in Literature and Music by Hill, Melanie R.

The Politics of Skin Tone: African American Experiences, Identity, and Attitudes by Yadon, Nicole D.

The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don't Need Racial Preferences to Succeed by Riley, Jason L.

Freeing Black Girls: A Black Feminist Bible on Racism and Revolutionary Mothering by Lomax, Tamura

Searching for Serafim: The Life and Legacy of Serafim "Joe" Fortes by Smith Diaz, Ruby

Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans by Greene-Hayes, Ahmad

A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre by Felber, Garrett

No Race, No Country: The Politics and Poetics of Richard Wright by Mutnick, Deborah

Runagate: Songs of the Freedom Bound by Smith, Crystal Simone

The Return of Black Nationalism and the Death of White Supremacy by Adejumo, Vincent Edward Oluwole

The Rainbow Ain't Never Been Enuf: On the Myth of LGBTQ+ Solidarity by Story, Kaila Adia

The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America by Whitaker, Mark

Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America's Civil Rights Revolution by Joseph, Peniel E.

Double Crossed: Black Female Intersectionality in Hollywood by Gooding, Frederick W.

Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism by Lennon, Myles

Hemispheric Blackface: Impersonation and Nationalist Fictions in the Americas by Roper, Danielle M.

Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us by Tubbs, Anna Malaika

Prince, Musical Genre, and the Construction of Racial Identity by Woodworth, Griffin

Jim Crow: Voices from a Century of Struggle Part 2 (Loa #387): 1919-1976: Tulsa to the Boston Busing Crisis by

Jim Crow: Voices from a Century of Struggle 1876-1976 by Steptoe, Tyina L.

Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Power, and Repression Under Gentrification by Wood, Augustus

Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping by McCrae, Shane

Something to Do with Power: Julian Mayfield's Journey Toward a Black Radical Thought, 1948-1984 by Romine, David

Everything and Nothing at Once: A Black Man's Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future by Leon, Joél

Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism by Lennon, Myles

Structural Racism: The Dynamics of Opportunity and Race in America by Menendian, Stephen

Playing for Power: Black Resistance in Amateur Basketball and Football in Jim Crow Virginia by Chiles, Marvin T.

Insiders, Outliers: Centering Adult Student Writers at an Hbcu by Fulford, Collie

Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement by Howard, Ashley

The Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity by Williams, Robert F., Williams, Mabel R.

The Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity by Williams, Mabel R., Williams, Robert F.

The Black Pack: Comedy, Race, and Resistance by Great, Artel

Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism by Kwoba, Brian

The National Alliance of Black Feminists: A History by Nachescu, Ileana

Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings by Jeffers, Honoree Fanonne

Black Lives Matter: A Reference Handbook by Allen, Shaonta', Durham, Simone N.

The Ministry of Louis Farrakhan in the Nation of Islam by Gibson, Dawn-Marie

The River Healer and Other Stories: A Journey to the Heartland of America by Reid, Paddy

Proximity to Power: Rethinking Race and Place in Alexandria, Virginia by Moon, Krystyn R.

We Are Pregnant with Freedom: Black Feminist Storytelling for Reproductive Justice Volume 13 by McCormick, Stacie Elizabeth Selmon

Disreputable Women: Black Sex Economies and the Making of San Diego Volume 3 by Carney, Christina Jessica

Bet on Black: The Good News about Being Black in America Today by Williams, Eboni K.

Stand the Storm: Spiritual Quartet Singing in the Struggle for Black Education by Seroff, Doug, Abbott, Lynn

Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation Before the New Deal by Benjamin, Karen

Tianjin Cosmopolis: An Alternative History of Globalization by Singaravélou, Pierre

Goin' Viral: Uncontrollable Black Performance by Peoples, Gabriel A.

Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy by Johnson, Tre

Unequal Lessons: School Diversity and Educational Inequality in New York City by Freidus, Alexandra

Driven by the Movement: Reports from the Black Power Era by Abron-Ervin, Jonina

Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877 by Nash, Jere