Race and Ethnicity

A look at issues of race in Depression-era Detroit for young readers, aged 8 through 12.

Analyzes the social, political, and institutional context of The Flip Wilson Show, which ran on NBC between 1970 and 1974.

An engrossing autobiographical exploration of black masculinity as a mode of racial and verbal performance.

The first art historical study of Yoruba-descended African Brazilian religious art based on an author's long-term participation in and observation of private and public rituals.

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

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.

In Looking Beyond Race, Otis Milton Smith recounts his life as an African American who overcame poverty and prejudice to become a successful politician, and eventual president of General Motors.