African American Life Series

A multifaceted cultural study of suburbanization in the United States, and Detroit in particular, during the postwar suburban boom.

This groundbreaking study analyzes the relationship between the two powerful forces—church organizations and urban politics—within New York City and Detroit during the 19th and 20th centuries.

A study of the most racially conscious aspect of the Conservative movement and its impact on politics and current public policy.

This first book-length study of John Oliver Killens aims to help secure his place in literary history and explores his creation of an inspiring Black vernacular art—one that ennobles people of African descent and urges their political liberation.

The four Milner plays collected here —Checkmates, What the Wine-Sellers Buy, Jazz-Set, and Urban Transition —are characterized by their attention to African American social and psychological culture.

The Politics of Black Empowerment uses the experiences of grassroots activists to develop various conceptualizations and explanations of Black political behavior today.

Leftist political movements, organizations, and trends in the English-speaking Caribbean.

A southern black community’s struggle to defend itself against racist groups.

Based on original materials gathered from extensive international travel, hundreds of interviews and empirical field research, and text studies Pan-African organizations and their political activities inside black communities.