Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society
Whitewashing Race draws on new and compelling research to demonstrate the persistence of racism and the effects of organized racial advantage across many institutions in American society
The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors
A collection of 25 essays examining the neuroses of white supremacy.
Pan-African History: Political Figures from Africa and the Diaspora since 1787
This book brings together Pan-Africanist thinkers and activists from the Anglophone and Francophone worlds of the past two-hundred years.
Experiencing Racism: Exploring Discrimination through the Eyes of College Students
Experiencing Racism provides a thought-provoking and thorough analysis of how race is lived in America. Collecting essays on personal experiences of race and racism from a wide spectrum of college students, the authors employ existing social science literature and textual analysis to illustrate common themes and departures. The essays and associated analyses capture the impact […]
Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity (Law, Meaning, And Violence)
A richly textured account of daily interactions between teachers and students in order to demonstrate how a group of eleven- and twelve-year-old males construct a sense of self under adverse circumstances.
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
The first comprehensive look at race relations in America between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. Between 1880 and 1954, African Americans dedicated their energies, and sometimes their lives, to defeating segregation. During these times, characterized by some as “worse than slavery,” African Americans fought the status quo, acquiring education and land and […]
Black Skin, White Masks
Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. Fanon’s masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers. A major influence on civil rights, […]
We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity
“When women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news,” writes bell hooks. “If the topic gets specific and the focus is on black men, the news is even worse.” In this powerful new book, bell hooks arrests our attention from the first page. Her title–WeReal Cool; her subject–the way […]
The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks
Robinson argues for the restoration of the rich history that slavery and segregation severed. Using research and personal experience, he shows that only by reclaiming their lost past and proud heritage can blacks lay the foundation for their future.
