Jane Dailey
America’s racial history has been marked by both hard-won progress and sudden reversals of fortune.More
Deborah Gray White
Revised Edition
"This is one of those rare books that quickly became the standard work in its field. Professor White has done justice to the complexity of her subject."—Anne Firor Scott, Duke UniversityMore
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
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
Jean Toomer, Darwin T. Turner
Originally published in 1923, Cane is a literary masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance. The growing interest in African-American literature that began in the
1960's led to the rediscovery of earlier African-American writers, one
of whom is Jean Toomer, author of Cane. It
is an innovative literary work—part drama, part poetry, part fiction.More
Wole Soyinka, Simon Gikandi
This Norton Critical Edition of Death and the King's Horseman is the only student edition available in the United States. Based on events that took place in 1946 in the ancient Yoruban city of Oyo, Soyinka's acclaimed and powerful play addresses classic issues of cultural conflict, tragic decision-making, and the psychological mindsets of individuals and groups. The text of the play is accompanied by an introduction and explanatory annotations for the many allusions to traditional Nigerian myth and culture.More
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore
“Remarkable . . . an eye-opening book [on] the freedom struggle that changed the South, the nation, and the world.” —Washington PostMore
Hazel Rose Markus, Paula M. L. Moya
A collection of new essays, written by a team of interdisciplinary authors, that gives a comprehensive introduction to race and ethnicity.
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Nell Irvin Painter
The first major migration to the North of ex-slaves.More
Michael K. Honey
"The definitive appreciation of the Memphis garbage strike, one of the pivotal human-rights moments in late twentieth-century America."—David Levering LewisMore
John P. Parker, Stuart Seely Sprague
"Surpasses all previous slave narratives. . . . Usually we need to invent our American heroes. With the publication of Parker's extraordinary memoir, we seem to have discovered the genuine article." —Joseph J. Ellis, CivilizationMore
Quintard Taylor
"This is an enthralling work that will be essential reading for years to come. You finish it understanding how integral a part blacks were of the making of the West and, indeed, America." — David Nicholson, Washington PostMore
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
Olaudah Equiano, Werner Sollors
The text of Equiano’s narrative presented here is that of the 1789 first edition.More
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