African American Studies

1. Black Genius: African-American Solutions to African-American Problems

   Regina Austin, Manthia Diawara, Walter Mosley, Et Al.

   Thirteen of black America's most eloquent voices share their visions for a self-sufficient, self-determined future.More

2. The Conjure Stories

   Charles W. Chesnutt, Robert B. Stepto, Jennifer Rae Greeson

   Fourteen conjure tales by one of America’s most influential African American fiction writers.More

3. The Marrow of Tradition

   Charles W. Chesnutt, Werner Sollors

   The Norton Critical Edition of this hugely influential novel gives readers the fullest possible sense of its historical background and critical assessment.More

4. The Age of Jim Crow

   Jane Dailey

   America’s racial history has been marked by both hard-won progress and sudden reversals of fortune.More

5. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

   Frederick Douglass, William L. Andrews, William S. McFeely

   Upon its publication in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself became an immediate best-seller.More

6. The Souls of Black Folk

   W. E. B. Du Bois, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Terri Hume Oliver

   When it was published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk revolutionized thinking about the experience of African Americans in the United States.More

7. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, Written by Himself

   Olaudah Equiano, Werner Sollors

   The text of Equiano’s narrative presented here is that of the 1789 first edition.More

8. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature

   Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Nellie Y. McKay, William L. Andrews, Et Al.

   Second Edition

   Welcomed on publication as "brilliant, definitive, and a joy to teach from," The Norton Anthology of African American Literature was adopted at more than 1,275 colleges and universities worldwide. Now, the new Second Edition offers these highlights.More

9. Call and Response: Key Debates in African American Studies

   Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Jennifer Burton

   Class-tested by Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his groundbreaking course, Call and Response is an innovative core reader for African American Studies.More

10. Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950

    Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore

    “Remarkable . . . an eye-opening book [on] the freedom struggle that changed the South, the nation, and the world.” —Washington PostMore

11. Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign

    Michael K. Honey

    The definitive history of the epic struggle for economic justice that became Martin Luther King Jr.'s last crusade.More

12. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

    Harriet Jacobs, Frances Smith Foster, Nellie Y. McKay

    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the first full-length narrative written by a former woman slave in America.More

13. Modern African Drama

    Biodun Jeyifo

    The first truly continentally representative collection of modern African drama in any language, this Norton Critical Edition includes plays from Egypt, Algeria, the Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya.More

14. Passing

    Nella Larsen, Carla Kaplan

    Nella Larsen is a central figure in African American, Modernist, and women’s literature.More

15. Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century

    Hazel Rose Markus, Paula M. L. Moya

    A collection of new essays by an interdisciplinary team of authors that gives a comprehensive introduction to race and ethnicity.More