Marking the Birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois
02/22/2007
February 23 is a special day in American, African American, and world history. It is the birthday of W. E. B. Du Bois, perhaps the nation’s greatest intellectual and activist…. READ MORE
Category: African American Studies
More than Talking Heads
02/16/2007
Two Penn Press authors and a series editor recently lent their expertize to news and documentary productions on a wide range of subjects. This Thursday, Eric Stover, author of The… READ MORE
Reading Beyond Beloved
02/16/2007
According Gene Andrew Jarrett "not all kinds of African American culture are celebrated in February during Black History Month. Consider literature, for example." In his article Misreading authors by their… READ MORE
Jackson Chosen for Liberty Legacy Award
02/13/2007
From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Struggle for Economic Justice by Thomas F. Jackson has been selected as winner of the 2007 Liberty Legacy… READ MORE
More Praise for Up South
02/06/2007
In a recent article on scholarly books about Black Nationalism in the 60s and 70s, Multicultural Review commended Matthew Countryman’s Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia for… READ MORE
Reactions to Radical Music
02/01/2007
This Is Our Music by Iain Anderson appears in the Noted section of the February/March Bookforum. Reviewer Douglas Mullin says, "The crooked line Anderson draws from the maverick [Cecil] Taylor…. READ MORE
Freedom Is One Thing, an Essay by Thomas F. Jackson
01/17/2007
A child born on Martin Luther King’s 39th birthday in 1968 turns 39 this January 15. Perhaps that is enough time to sort out his history and settle the core… READ MORE
Now in Paperback–Women’s Radical Reconstruction
01/10/2007
Women’s Radical Reconstruction: The Freedmen’s Aid Movement Carol Faulkner 208 pages | 6 x 9 | 6 illus. Cloth 2003 | ISBN 0-8122-3744-7 | $42.50 | £28.00 Paper Dec 2006… READ MORE
From Civil Rights to Human Rights–Now Available
12/20/2006
From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice Thomas F. Jackson 472 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 13 illus…. READ MORE
Romare Bearden Authors on BBC Caribbean
12/18/2006
The BBC Caribbean interviewed Romare Bearden authors Richard and Sally Price about their work on their lavishly illustrated study of the American artist. "Many books have been written about him,"… READ MORE
