African American Studies

Focusing on the paintings of the talented and thoughtful Harold Neal, this book explores the efflorescence of Detroit African American art in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and the impact the Civil Rights, Black Power and Black Arts Movements had on this art movement.

Examines the continued emotional, economic, and cultural enslavement of African Americans in the twenty-first century.

Exploring the will to survive the existential disorientation and emotional loss resulting from fractured relationships with lovers and kin.

An imagined personal exchange with Marvin Gaye, in verse, on life in Michigan.

Employs an interdisciplinary critical approach to discuss a selected group of black-oriented films.

Explores the bonds of family, neighbors, lovers, and friends as they are tested in new environments.

A colllection of poetic reflections on the public and private life of an American intellectual giant.

Beyond Blaxploitation is a groundbreaking scholarly anthology devoted to examining canonical and lesser-known films of the blaxploitation movement to demonstrate the richness, depth, and complexity of this intriguing period in motion picture history.

Short, searing glimpses of how race and gender shadow even the most intimate moments of women’s lives.