African-American Studies - Interest | African-American Studies - Interest
Aug.20.2012
After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans became ground zero for the reinvention of the American city, with urban planners, movie stars, anarchists, and politicians all advancing their competing visions of recovery. In this wash of reform, residents and volunteers from across the...
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May.29.2012
Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. She doesn't have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the other kids on her street. But what she does have is Mama Ya-Ya, her fiercely loving caretaker, wise in the ways of the world and...
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Aug.03.2011
The Clementine Camille Trilogy is the story of a young African-American girl who at age 15 falls in love with a young Caucasian-American boy. The novel chronicles their lives together as they face the hard facts of American racism, maturity and achievement in the complex social and psychological...
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Oct.18.2010
June Cross was born in 1954 to Norma Booth, a glamorous, aspiring white actress, and James "Stump" Cross, a well-known black comedian. Sent by her mother to be raised by black friends when she was four years old and could no longer pass as white, June was plunged into the pain and...
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Sep.10.2010
A new collection of essays first published in The New York Times and Playboy. Reed tackles subjects including Oakland, eugenics, and domestic violence.
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Jun.23.2010
We Shall Overcome to We Shall Overrun uses the metaphor of nervous breakdown to critique the collapse of the American Civil Rights Movement from a historical perspective. Focusting on the years 1962-1968, using a topical chronological approach, this work seeks to discuss the major organizations and...
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Feb.27.2010
In this powerful follow-up to Between Barack and a Hard Place, Tim Wise argues against "colorblindness" and for a deeper color-consciousness in both public and private practice. We can only begin to move toward authentic social and economic equity through what Wise calls "illuminated...
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Feb.25.2010
Brotha2Brotha: Da View from a 'Brotha’s’ Perspective is the culmination of eighty-two years of the life experiences that the two collaborators have shared. Their unique perspectives on topics as diverse as the population of the country they call home are as refreshing as they are potentially...
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Feb.25.2010
Brotha2Brotha: Da View from a 'Brotha’s’ Perspective is the culmination of eighty-two years of the life experiences that the two collaborators have shared. Their unique perspectives on topics as diverse as the population of the country they call home are as refreshing as they are potentially...
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Feb.03.2010
Unfairly excluded from gifted programs and college preparatory courses, black boys are overrepresented in special education classes and are suspended and expelled more frequently than white students for less serious offenses. They are also at the bottom of the achievement gap and have very high...
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