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1. Cover image for 'Dameronia'
The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
Paul Combs

The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron

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The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
Paul Combs
The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron
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The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
Paul Combs
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2. Cover image for 'The Black Arts Enterprise and the Production of African American Poetry'
Howard Rambsy II
A closer look at the poets and publishers who made the Black Arts Movement such an enduring cultural enterprise
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Howard Rambsy II
A closer look at the poets and publishers who made the Black Arts Movement such an enduring cultural enterprise
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3. Cover image for 'The Black Musician and the White City'
Race and Music in Chicago, 1900-1967
Amy Absher
An exploration of the history of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-20th century
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Race and Music in Chicago, 1900-1967
Amy Absher
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Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit
Marlon M. Bailey
20 years after Paris Is Burning, a rare look at Ballroom culture—from the inside
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Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit
Marlon M. Bailey
20 years after Paris Is Burning, a rare look at Ballroom culture—from the inside
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Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit
Marlon M. Bailey
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Black Lawmaking in the U.S. Congress from Carter to Obama
Katherine Tate

As black leaders have turned from political activism to formal politics, they have moved closer to the political center

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Black Lawmaking in the U.S. Congress from Carter to Obama
Katherine Tate
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African, Asian, and Oceanic Experiences
Nina Berman, Klaus Mühlhahn, and Patrice Nganang, editors

The first collection of interdisciplinary and comparative studies focusing on diverse interactions among African, Asian, and Oceanic peoples and German colonizers

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African, Asian, and Oceanic Experiences
Nina Berman, Klaus Mühlhahn, and Patrice Nganang, editors
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The Rise, Decline, and Rebirth of a Unique African American Resort Town
Ronald J. Stephens
An in-depth study of an important African American resort town and the intersections among race, class, tourism, entertainment, and historic preservation in the United States
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The Rise, Decline, and Rebirth of a Unique African American Resort Town
Ronald J. Stephens
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8. Cover image for 'The Impossible Machine'
A Genealogy of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Adam Sitze
A fresh, though counterintuitive, understanding of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s legal, political, and cultural heritage
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A Genealogy of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Adam Sitze
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Musical Borrowing in Hip-Hop
Justin A. Williams
The first book-length study of one of the most essential elements of hip-hop: musical borrowing
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Musical Borrowing in Hip-Hop
Justin A. Williams
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10. Cover image for 'Publishing Blackness'
Textual Constructions of Race Since 1850
George Hutchinson and John K. Young, Editors
The first of its kind, this volume sets in dialogue African Americanist and textual scholarship, exploring a wide range of African American textual history and work
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Textual Constructions of Race Since 1850
George Hutchinson and John K. Young, Editors
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Class Anxiety and Postbellum Black Fiction
Andreá N. Williams
New insights on the intersection of race and class in black fiction from the 1880s to 1900s
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Class Anxiety and Postbellum Black Fiction
Andreá N. Williams
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12. Cover image for 'Sounding Like a No-No'
Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post-Soul Era
Francesca T. Royster

Black popular music and offbeat performance, from Eartha Kitt to Meshell Ndegeocello

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Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post-Soul Era
Francesca T. Royster

Black popular music and offbeat performance, from Eartha Kitt to Meshell Ndegeocello

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Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post-Soul Era
Francesca T. Royster
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13. Cover image for 'The Magellan Fallacy'
Globalization and the Emergence of Asian and African Literature in Spanish
Adam Lifshey

The first and only study to date of the Spanish-language literature of both Southeast Asia and West Africa

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Globalization and the Emergence of Asian and African Literature in Spanish
Adam Lifshey
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14. Cover image for 'Researching Black Communities'
A Methodological Guide
James S. Jackson, Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, Sherrill L. Sellers, editors

Practical advice for conducting social science research in racial and ethnic minority populations

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A Methodological Guide
James S. Jackson, Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, Sherrill L. Sellers, editors
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15. Cover image for 'The Wire'
Race, Class, and Genre
Edited by Liam Kennedy and Stephen Shapiro
Wide-ranging perspectives on "the best dramatic series ever created"
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Race, Class, and Genre
Edited by Liam Kennedy and Stephen Shapiro
Wide-ranging perspectives on "the best dramatic series ever created"
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Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
Daniel Stein
A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong’s autobiographical practices
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Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
Daniel Stein
A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong’s autobiographical practices
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Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
Daniel Stein
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18. Cover image for 'Paul Robeson and the Cold War Performance Complex'
Race, Madness, Activism
Tony Perucci
Two key performances by Paul Robeson shed light on the Cold War era
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Race, Madness, Activism
Tony Perucci
Two key performances by Paul Robeson shed light on the Cold War era
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19. Cover image for 'American Socialist Triptych'
The Literary-Political Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Upton Sinclair, and W. E. B. Du Bois
Mark W. Van Wienen
A closer look at three American writers sheds new light on the evolution of socialist thought in the U.S.
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The Literary-Political Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Upton Sinclair, and W. E. B. Du Bois
Mark W. Van Wienen
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20. Cover image for 'James Baldwin'
America and Beyond
Bill Schwarz and Cora Kaplan, editors
An interdisciplinary discussion of Baldwin by leading writers from several fields
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America and Beyond
Edited by Cora Kaplan and Bill Schwarz
An interdisciplinary discussion of Baldwin by leading writers from several fields
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America and Beyond
Edited by Bill Schwarz and Cora Kaplan
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21. Cover image for 'Bulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies'
Performance, Race, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance
James F. Wilson
The gay and lesbian presence in black entertainment in Harlem nightclubs, speakeasies, rent parties, and Broadway stages
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Performance, Race, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance
James F. Wilson
The gay and lesbian presence in black entertainment in Harlem nightclubs, speakeasies, rent parties, and Broadway stages
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22. Cover image for 'Say Word!'
Voices from Hip Hop Theater
An Anthology Edited and with an Introduction by Daniel Banks
Compelling plays by leading Hip Hop artists writing in the language of today
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Voices from Hip Hop Theater
An Anthology Edited and with an Introduction by Daniel Banks
Compelling plays by leading Hip Hop artists writing in the language of today
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23. Cover image for 'The Problem of the Color[blind]'
Racial Transgression and the Politics of Black Performance
Brandi Wilkins Catanese
How the debate on colorblind versus multicultural casting sheds light on on larger sociopolitical questions
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Racial Transgression and the Politics of Black Performance
Brandi Wilkins Catanese
How the debate on colorblind versus multicultural casting sheds light on on larger sociopolitical questions
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Racial Transgression and the Politics of Black Performance
Brandi Wilkins Catanese
How the debate on colorblind versus multicultural casting sheds light on on larger sociopolitical questions
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24. Cover image for 'Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic World'
Rituals and Remembrances
Edited by Mamadou Diouf and Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo

Collected essays exploring the origins and evolution of music and dance in Afro-Atlantic culture

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Rituals and Remembrances
Edited by Mamadou Diouf and Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo

Collected essays exploring the origins and evolution of music and dance in Afro-Atlantic culture

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Two Young Lives and the Struggle for the Soul of an American City
Luke Bergmann
A window into the lives of two young urban drug dealers
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Two Young Lives and the Struggle for the Soul of an American City
Luke Bergmann
A window into the lives of two young urban drug dealers
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