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The Nine O'Clock Whistle

Stories of the Freedom Struggle for Civil Rights in Enfield, North Carolina

University Press of Mississippi

The untold history of a small town where a stand for civil rights had lasting, wide impacts

  • Copyright year: 2024
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Soul of the Court

The Trailblazing Life of Judge William Benson Bryant Sr.

University Press of Mississippi

The first full-length biography of a trailblazing DC attorney and judge

  • Copyright year: 2024
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From the Projects to the Presidencies

My Journey to Higher Education Leadership

University Press of Mississippi

The compelling story of a self-made, driven, and industrious higher education professional

  • Copyright year: 2024
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See Justice Done

The Problem of Law in the African American Literary Tradition

University Press of Mississippi

An analysis of the fraught relations between Black writing and the law

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Vibe

The Sound and Feeling of Black Life in the American South

University Press of Mississippi

A journey into the inner lives of Black southerners through the reverberations of trap music

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Activism in the Name of God

Religion and Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

University Press of Mississippi

An extensive collection that highlights the contributions of often-forgotten Black women in the public sphere

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Path to Grace

Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement

University Press of Mississippi

Remarkable narratives from the heretofore unsung champions of the civil rights movement

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Pieces of Freedom

The Emancipation Sculptures of Edmonia Lewis and Meta Warrick Fuller

By Lee Ann Timreck; Afterword by Alex Bostic
University Press of Mississippi

A visual narrative of the Black emancipation experience, voiced through the sculptures of two nineteenth-century African American female artists

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Forging Freedom in W. E. B. Du Bois's Twilight Years

No Deed but Memory

University Press of Mississippi

An overdue engagement with the latter three decades of an abundant career

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The Speeches of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner

The Press, the Platform, and the Pulpit

University Press of Mississippi

An essential reader of the powerful orations of an African American religious leader

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Literacy in a Long Blues Note

Black Women’s Literature and Music in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

University Press of Mississippi

An analysis of the literary strategies wielded by Black women during the oppressive Jim Crow years

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Start a Riot!

Civil Unrest in Black Arts Movement Drama, Fiction, and Poetry

University Press of Mississippi

A scholarly exploration of the union of art, writing, and protest during the 1960s

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Songs of Slavery and Emancipation

By Mat Callahan; Introduction by Robin D. G. Kelley; Afterword by Kali Akuno
University Press of Mississippi

A critical study that highlights a new perspective of the long-buried and forgotten songs of resistance

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The Geographies of African American Short Fiction

University Press of Mississippi

A long-overdue history of short stories, place, and the significance of setting on racial representation

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Performing Racial Uplift

E. Azalia Hackley and African American Activism in the Postbellum to Pre-Harlem Era

University Press of Mississippi

A groundbreaking rediscovery of a classically trained innovator and powerful teacher who set milestones for African American singers and musicians

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Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of a trailblazer for abolition, gender equality, and social justice

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Rediscovering Frank Yerby

Critical Essays

Edited by Matthew Teutsch
University Press of Mississippi

The first book-length sounding of the major contributions of the first black American novelist to sell more than a million copies

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Black Intellectual Thought in Modern America

A Historical Perspective

University Press of Mississippi

An inclusive survey from Frederick Douglass to the voices of Black Lives Matter

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Black and More than Black

African American Fiction in the Post Era

University Press of Mississippi

An impressive reading of recent writers who question the meaning of blackness while also embracing an elective racial identity

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Black and More than Black

African American Fiction in the Post Era

University Press of Mississippi

An impressive reading of recent writers who question the meaning of blackness while also embracing an elective racial identity

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