New Books in African American Studies

1766 Episodes

1. William Jennings, "Dibia's World: Life on an Early Sugar Plantation" (Liverpool UP, 2023)

   Published: 5/10/2025
2. Seulghee Lee, "Other Lovings: An Afroasian American Theory of Life" (Ohio State UP, 2025)

   Published: 5/9/2025
3. John Lee Hooker Jr., "From the Shadow of the Blues: My Story of Music, Addiction, and Redemption" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025)

   Published: 5/5/2025
4. Aaron Robertson, "The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America" (FSG, 2024)

   Published: 5/2/2025
5. Vanessa Priya Daniel, "Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning" (Random House, 2025)

   Published: 5/1/2025
6. No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice

   Published: 4/29/2025
7. Frederick Knight, "Black Elders: The Meaning of Age in American Slavery and Freedom" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

   Published: 4/28/2025
8. Ben Arogundade, "Hollywood Blackout: The Battle for Recognition in a White Hollywood" (Cassell, 2025)

   Published: 4/26/2025
9. Alexander Stoffel, "Eros and Empire: The Transnational Struggle for Sexual Freedom in the United States" (Stanford UP, 2025)

   Published: 4/25/2025
10. Philip V. McHarris, "Beyond Policing" (Legacy Lit, 2024)

    Published: 4/22/2025
11. Reginald K. Ellis et al., "Black Citizens and American Democracy: Fighting for the Soul of a Nation" (UP of Florida, 2025)

    Published: 4/20/2025
12. Alfred L. Martin, Jr., "Fandom for Us, by Us: The Pleasures and Practices of Black Audiences" (NYU Press, 2025)

    Published: 4/19/2025
13. Aaron Kupchik, "Suspended Education: School Punishment and the Legacy of Racial Injustice" (NYU Press, 2025)

    Published: 4/15/2025
14. Maurice Jackson, "Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality" (Georgetown UP, 2025)

    Published: 4/14/2025
15. Daryl Fairweather, "Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

    Published: 4/13/2025
16. Davida Siwisa James, "Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Alexander Hamilton’s Old Harlem Neighborhood Through the Centuries" (Fordham UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/12/2025
17. Forest Issac Jones, "Good Trouble: The Selma, Alabama and Derry, Northern Ireland Connection 1963-1972" (First Hill Books, 2025)

    Published: 4/10/2025
18. Martha S. Jones, "The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir" (Basic Books, 2025)

    Published: 4/6/2025
19. Julie Malnig, "Dancing Black, Dancing White: Rock 'n' Roll, Race, and Youth Culture of the 1950s and Early 1960s" (Oxford UP, 2023)

    Published: 4/5/2025
20. Atiya Husain, "No God But Man: On Race, Knowledge, and Terrorism" (Duke UP, 2025)

    Published: 4/4/2025