A study of race and authenticity in the photography of the civil rights era and beyond...

Here is a skillful tracing of two tracks in the evolution of musical genres that have evolved from black religion. Songs of protest developed from the spiritual through social-gospel hymnody to culminate in songs of the civil-rights movement and the...

The widely collected paintings and inspiring tale of Florida's Highwaymen is now fully revealed in this book which includes, for the first time, works by all 26 artists. Illustrated with 204 full-color plates, The Journey of the Highwaymen traces these...

Art and Lives of Twelve Great Bluesmen...

A former welfare father from the ghetto of Detroit, Michael Eric Dyson is today a critic, scholar, and ordained Baptist minister who has forged a unique role: he is a compelling spokesman for the concerns of the black community, and...

Since she first came to the attention of the art world nearly ten years ago, Kara Walker has become one of the most important artists of her generation. Championed by the art world for her fearless embrace of challenging subject...

Welcome to the Jungle brings a black British perspective to the critical reading of a wide range of cultural texts, events and experiences arising from volatile transformations in the politics of ethnicity, sexuality and "race" during the 1980s. The ten...

A revival of a classic oral biography of four nearly overlooked jazz giants...

"[N]othing less than an epic of Homeric proportions....Willis's magnificent gathering of images...rewrites American history."—Robin D. G. KelleyRobin D. G. Kelley[N]othing less than an epic of Homeric proportions....Willis's magnificent gathering of images...rewrites American history....

A collection of writings from the ‘90s by the popular Black feminist scholar and journalist on film, art, and politics.Library JournalA trenchant commentator on race, gender, media, and art (and daughter of artist Faith Ringgold, who figures strongly in her...