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The Word of the Lord Is Upon Me
The Righteous Performance of Martin Luther King Jr.
by Jonathan Rieder
ISBN: 9780674028227
$29.95 Hardcover
Belknap Press
A brilliant interpretive endeavor grounded in the sociology of culture, The Word of the Lord Is Upon Me delves into the intricacies of Martin Luther King Jr.'s sermons, speeches, storytelling, and more as well as the author's interviews with members of King's inner circle. The King who emerges is a distinctively modern figure who, in straddling the boundaries of diverse traditions, ultimately transcended them all.
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Staging Race
Black Performers in Turn of the Century America
by Karen Sotiropoulos
ISBN: 9780674027602
$19.95 Paperback
Harvard University Press
Staging Race casts a spotlight on the generation of black artists who came of age between 1890 and World War I in an era of Jim Crow segregation and heightened racial tensions. With ingenuity and innovation, these performers enacted racial stereotypes onstage while hoping to unmask the fictions that upheld them offstage.
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The Reaper's Garden
Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery
by Vincent Brown
ISBN: 9780674024229
$35.00 Hardcover
Harvard University Press
What did people make of death in the world of Atlantic slavery? In The Reaper's Garden, Vincent Brown asks this question about Jamaica, the staggeringly profitable hub of the British Empire in America--and a human catastrophe. Yet among the survivors, the dead remained both a vital presence and a social force.
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We Who Are Dark
The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity
by Tommie Shelby
ISBN: 9780674025714
$16.95 Paperback
Belknap Press
African-American history resounds with calls for black unity. Yet today, many believe that black solidarity is unnecessary, irrational, rooted in the illusion of "racial" difference. A response to such critics, We Who Are Dark provides the first extended philosophical defense of black political solidarity.
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Stories of Freedom in Black New York
by Shane White
ISBN: 9780674025783
$16.95 Paperback
Harvard University Press
This social commentary brilliantly intertwines black theater and urban life into a powerful interpretation of what the end of slavery meant for blacks, whites, and New York City itself. Shane White's story of the emergence of free black culture offers a unique understanding of emancipation's impact on everyday life, and on the many forms freedom can take.
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