Memory paintings of the rural South by the daughter of a former slave...

John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001) was a major African American artist who inspired countless others through his teaching, murals, paintings, and drawings. After receiving conventional art training at Hampton Institute and Pennsylvania State, he had his personal and artistic breakthrough in...

The first in-depth biography of the formative years of the greatest electric guitarist of all time, with 25 rare photos, complete sessionography, and tour itineraryThe New York Times - David KirbySteven Roby and Brad Schreiber…don't impose a view the way...

The first comprehensive overview of an important genre of American art, Souls Grown Deep explores the visual-arts genius of the black South. This first work in a multivolume study introduces 40 African-American self-taught artists, who, without significant formal training, often...

Robeson's international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day, but his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African...

This volume documents Frederic Ramsey Jr.’s journeys through the 1950s South, where he traveled in search of what might still remain of an original, authentic African American musical tradition.In these photographs, songs, interviews, and narratives, Ramsey portrays farmers, railroad workers,...

The first book to give self-taught art the same degree of scholarly attention and critical thinking that mainstream art traditionally receivesLibrary JournalContrary to other recent publications on vernacular and outsider art (e.g., Anthony Petullo's Self-Taught and Outsider Art: The Anthony...

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A sequel to the award-winning The Black Composer Speaks (Scarecrow Press, 1978), this exploration of the creative world of African American composers traces the lives and careers of 40 talented individuals and, in their own words, provides perspectives on a...

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