Forthcoming Titles in African American Studies, 2025

A list of the latest and soon-to-be-released publications through March 2026.

Posted on February 6, 2025 in Forthcoming Academic Titles

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Education

Africa and America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities: From Shared History to New Opportunities, by Kelisha B. Graves and  Noran L. Moffett. Taylor & Francis Group, Aug. 2025e. ISBN not yet set $180.00e

Community-Engaged Scholarship: Reflections from Netter Center Alumni, ed. by Rita Axelroth Hodges and Michael Zuckerman. Pennsylvania, Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781512827637 $99.95; pbk ISBN 9781512827651 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9781512827644 $40.00

The Majestic Place: The Freedom Possible in Black Women’s Leadership, ed. by Wendi S. Williams and Whitnee Garrett-Walker. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781538198582 $65.00; pbk ISBN 9781538198599 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9781538198605 $32.00

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Film & Theatre

Hemispheric Blackface, by Danielle M. Roper. Duke, May 2025e. ISBN 9781478028642 $102.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478028376 $26.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060550 $103.00e

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History

After Caliban, by Erica Moiah James. Duke, Oct. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028871 $104.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478032137 $27.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478061069 $105.00e

The Age of Borderlands: Indians, Slaves, and the Limits of Manifest Destiny, 1790-1850, by Andrew C. Isenberg. North Carolina, Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781469685052 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9781469683843 $28.00

Amy Mallard and Racial Justice: Lynching, Law, and Resistance in Post–World War II America, by Matthew Lippman. University Press of Florida, Jul. 2025e. ISBN not yet set $110.00; pbk ISBN not yet set $35.00; ebook ISBN and price not yet set

Arum and King: Six Decades of Boxing Gold, by Marty Corwin. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781538184127 $32.00; ebook ISBN 9781538184134 $30.00

Black Citizens and American Democracy: Fighting for the Soul of a Nation, ed. by Reginald K. Ellis, Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, and Peter B. Levy. University Press of Florida, Apr. 2025. ISBN 9780813079301 $110.00; pbk ISBN 9780813080987 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9780813070988 $200.00

Black Girls and How We Fail Them, by Aria S. Halliday. North Carolina, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781469686103 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469686110 $22.00; ebook ISBN 9781469683058 $18.00

Black Movement: African American Urban History since the Great Migration, ed. by Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar. North Carolina, Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781469684338 $120.00; pbk ISBN 9781469684345 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9781469684352 $24.00

Brother Outsider, Brother Insider: A Political Biography of Lawrence Guyot Jr., by Chris Danielson. North Carolina, May 2025. ISBN 9781469685762 $120.00; pbk ISBN 9781469685779 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9781469685786 $30.00

City of Black Souls: Chicago, Ethiopianism, and the Black Apocalyptic Imagination, by Kai Parker. Pennsylvania, May 2025. ISBN 9781512827521 $49.95; ebook ISBN 9781512827538 $50.00

Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Power, and Repression under Gentrification, by Augustus Wood. North Carolina, May 2025. ISBN 9781469685670 $120.00; pbk ISBN 9781469685687 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9781469685694 $23.00

Defining Documents in American History: The Underground Railroad. Salem Press, Feb. 2025. pbk ISBN 9798891791480 $295.00

A Domestic Cook Book: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen, by Malinda Russell. Michigan, Feb. 2025. pbk ISBN 9780472039647 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9780472904358 Free

Du Bois on Religion, by Phil Zuckerman. 2nd ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Sep. 2025.  pbk ISBN 9798881806897 $28.00; ebook ISBN 9798881806903 $27.00

Engendering Blackness: Slavery and the Ontology of Sexual Violence, by Patrice D. Douglass. Stanford, Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781503630819 $120.00; pbk ISBN 9781503641617 $30.00; ebook ISBN 9781503641624 $30.00

Fighting for Freedom: Black Craftspeople and the Pursuit of Independence, ed. by Torren L. Gatson, Tiffany N. Momon, and William A. Strollo. North Carolina, Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781469686257 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9781469683164 $28.00

Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit, by Kendra D. Boyd. Pennsylvania, May 2025. ISBN 9781512827422 $55.00; ebook ISBN 9781512827439 $45.00

Freedom’s Horizon: Black Abolitionism in Nineteenth-Century Brazil, by Isadora Moura Mota. Pennsylvania, May 2025. ISBN 9781512827613 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9781512827620 $40.00

Futures of Black Power: Reimagining the Black Past, ed. by Anthony M. Donaldson Jr. and Madison W. Cates. University Press of Florida, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9780813079295 $80.00; pbk ISBN 9780813080932 $28.00; ebook ISBN 9780813070971 $160.00

Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal, by Karen Benjamin. North Carolina, May 2025. ISBN 9781469684932 $120.00; pbk ISBN 9781469684949 $32.95; ebook ISBN 9781469684956 $26.00

Great Events from History: American History, 1850-1918–War, Peace & Growth. Salem Press, Sep. 2025. pbk ISBN 9798891791640 $245.00

Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism, by Brian Kwoba. North Carolina, Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781469675343 $120.00; pbk ISBN 9781469675350 $32.95; ebook ISBN 9781469675367 $26.00

Hurt, Baby, Hurt, by William Walter Scott. Michigan, Apr. 2025. pbk ISBN 9780472039760 $19.95; ebook ISBN 9780472904730 Free

Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.: Volume 1, ed. by Judson L. Jeffries. University Press of Florida, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9780813079226 $110.00; pbk ISBN 9780813080840 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9780813070919 $200.00

Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.: Volume 2, ed. by Judson L. Jeffries. University Press of Florida, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9780813079240 $110.00; pbk ISBN 9780813080857 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9780813070926 $200.00

The Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity, ed. by Akinyele K. Umoja, Gloria House, and John H. Bracey Jr. North Carolina, Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781469680125 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469680132 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9781469680149 $30.00

Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement, by Ashley Howard. North Carolina, May 2025. ISBN 9781469684857 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469684864 $27.95; ebook ISBN 9781469684871 $24.00

Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Tower of Strength in the Labor World, by Danielle Phillips-Cunningham, ed. by Al Bertrand. Georgetown, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781647125271 $89.95; pbk ISBN 9781647125288 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9781647125295 $30.00

No Race, No Country: The Politics and Poetics of Richard Wright, by Deborah Mutnick. North Carolina, May 2025. ISBN 9781469685489 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469685496 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9781469685502 $28.00

Poverty Rebels: Black and Brown Protest in Post-Civil Rights America, by Casey D. Nichols. North Carolina, Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781469684666 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469684673 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9781469684680 $30.00

Revolution in These Times: Black Panther Party Veteran Dhoruba Bin-Wahad on Antifascism, Black Liberation, and a Culture of Resistance, by Dhoruba Bin-Wahad, Kalonji Jama Changa, and Joy James, ed. by Kalonji Jama Changa. Common Notions, Feb. 2025. ISBN not yet set $20.00; pbk ISBN 9781945335136 price not yet set

Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality, by Maurice Jackson, ed. by Al Bertrand. Georgetown, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781647125219 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9781647125226 $24.95

Selected Writings, Volume 2: Curating the Postcolonial Condition, by Okwui Enwezor, ed. by Terry Smith. Duke, May 2025e. ISBN 9781478028345 $145.00e; pbk ISBN 9781478031567 $40.00e; ebook ISBN 9781478060574 $145.00e

Something to Do with Power: Julian Mayfield’s Journey Toward a Black Radical Thought, 1948–1984, by David Romine. North Carolina, Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781469685120 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469685137 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9781469685144 $30.00

A Time for Reflection: The Parallel Legacies of Baseball Icons Willie McCovey and Billy Williams, by Jason Cannon. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781538184578 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9781538184585 $33.00

Toussaint Louverture: The French Revolution and the Colonial Problem, by Aimé Césaire. Polity Press, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781509559374 $69.95; pbk ISBN 9781509559381 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9781509567034 $25.00e

Unformed Map, by Janzen Philip. Duke, Jun. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028697 $104.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478031888 $27.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060871 $105.00e

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Language & Literature

African American Print Culture through the Nineteenth Century, ed. by John Ernest and Joycelyn Moody. Taylor & Francis Group, Sep. 2025e. ISBN 9781032577036 $540.00e

Aimé Césaire: Inventor of Souls, by Jane Hiddleston. Polity Press, Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781509549771 $69.95; pbk ISBN 9781509549788 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9781509549795 $25.00e

Black California Gold, by Wendy M. Thompson. Bucknell, Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781684485512 $49.95; pbk ISBN 9781684485505 $19.95; ebook ISBN 9781684485529 $20.00

Black Feminist Mothering in 21st Century Literature, by Nicole Carr. Taylor & Francis Group, Mar. 2025e. ISBN 9781032719986 $170.00e

Black Prison Intellectuals: Writings from the Long Nineteenth Century, by Andrea Stone. University Press of Florida, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9780813079202 $110.00; pbk ISBN 9780813080833 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9780813070933 $200.00

Black Pro Se: Authorship and the Limits of Law in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature, by Faith Barter. North Carolina, Mar. 2025e. ISBN 9781469685960 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469685977 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9781469685984 $28.00

Colored Women Sittin’ on High: Womanist Sermonic Practice in Literature and Music, by Melanie R. Hill. North Carolina, May 2025. ISBN 9781469685083 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469685090 $27.95; ebook ISBN 9781469685106 $22.00

Critical Insights: Native Son. Salem Press, Mar. 2025. pbk ISBN 9798891791381 $105.00

Critical Insights: The Bluest Eye. Salem Press, Oct. 2025. pbk ISBN 9798891791305 $105.00

Foremother Love, by Dana Murphy. Duke, Jul. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028734 $102.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478031956 $26.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060925 $103.00e

Fragmented Forms in African American Women’s Memoir: Poetics, Praxis, and Politics, by Yolanda Manora. Taylor & Francis Group, Jun. 2025e. ISBN 9781032742366 $64.95e

A Library Worker’s Guide to Saying No to White Supremacy Work Culture, by Christina Fuller-Gregory. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781538193129 $90.00; pbk ISBN 9781538193136 $38.00; ebook ISBN 9781538193143 $36.00

My Own Dear People, by Dwight Thompson. Akashic Books, Apr. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781636141916 $18.95; ebook ISBN 9781636142036 $17.00

Speculative Light, by Amy J. Elias. Duke, Feb. 2025e. ISBN 9781478024873 $125.00e; pbk ISBN 9781478030058 $35.00e; ebook ISBN 9781478059042 $125.00e

The Satire of the New Black Renaissance, by Kamil Chrzczonowicz. Taylor & Francis Group, Apr. 2025e. ISBN 9781032803081 $170.00e

Until I Came Home: A Sunset’s Journal, by Russell J. Earle Jr., ed. by Erica L. James. Self-published, Apr. 2025e. pbk ISBN 9798991372909 price not yet set; ebook ISBN 9798991372916 price not yet set

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Music & Dance

African American Artists Performing for the Camera After 1970: Against Transparency, by Martyna Ewa Majewska. Taylor & Francis Group, Aug. 2025e. ISBN 9781032747422 $170.00e

Alice Coltrane: Monument Eternal, by Erin Christovale, Ann Philbin, and Franya J. Berkman, ed. by Erin Christovale. DelMonico Books, Feb. 2025. ISBN not yet set $55.00

The Disturbing Profane, by Joseph Winters. Duke, Aug. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028604 $99.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478031857 $24.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060826 $100.00e 

Interficial ARTelligence: The Moments That Met Me, by Chuck D. Enemy Books, an imprint of Akashic Books, Feb. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781636142043 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9781636142050 $21.00

Ne me quitte pas, by Maya Angela Smith. Duke, Feb. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028253 $84.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478031468 $19.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060444 $85.00e

Prince, Musical Genre, and the Construction of Racial Identity, by Griffin Woodworth. Michigan, May 2025. ISBN 9780472077342 $80.00; pbk ISBN 9780472057344 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780472222148 $35.00

Rubem Valentim: Afro-Atlantic Constructions, by Abigail Lapin Dardashti et al. Museu de Arte de São Paulo/KMEC Books, Apr. 2025e. ISBN 9786557770436 $55.00

Sounds of Black Switzerland, by Jessie Cox. Duke, Feb. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028215 $104.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478031437 $27.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060420 $105.00e

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Politics & Law

African American LGBTQ Politics, by Jerome Hunt and Shameka Nicole Cathey. Taylor & Francis Group, Sep. 2025e. ISBN 9781138345140 $150.00e

And Then Came the Blues, by Katrina Brownlee. Open Lens, an imprint of Akashic Books, Aug. 2025e. ISBN 9781636142364 price not yet set; ebook ISBN 9781636142371 price not yet set

“Can We All Get Along?” – Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics, by Paula D. McClain and Jessica D. Johnson Carew. Taylor & Francis Group, Oct. 2025e. ISBN 9781032640181 $170.00e

Democracy is Awkward: Grappling with Racism insides American Grassroots Political Organizing, by Michael C. Rosino. North Carolina, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781469685625 $99.00; pbk ISBN 9781469685632 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9781469683836 $20.00

Less Than Human: Race and Justice in America, by Ashley Jardina and Spencer Piston. Cambridge, Mar. 2026e. ISBN 9781108844093 price not yet set; pbk ISBN and price not yet set

The Politics of Skin Tone: African American Experiences, Identity, and Attitudes, by Nicole D. Yadon. Chicago, May 2025e. ISBN 9780226840338 $115.00e; pbk ISBN 9780226840352 $32.50e; ebook ISBN 9780226840345 $32.00e

Race, Crime, and Criminal Justice Controversy: A Missing Link in the Debate on Black or African American Overrepresentation in the Criminal Justice System, by Anita Kalunta-Crumpton. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, May 2025. ISBN 9781538185209 $85.00; ebook ISBN 9781538185216 $45.00

Robed Representatives: How Black Judges Advocate in American Courts, by Taneisha Means Davis. Stanford, Jul. 2025. ISBN 9781503640627 $130.00; pbk ISBN 9781503641341 $32.00; ebook ISBN 9781503641358 $32.00

Selected Writings, Volume 1: Toward a New African Art Discourse, by Okwui Enwezor, ed. by Terry Smith. Duke, May 2025e. ISBN 9781478028314 $145.00e; pbk ISBN 9781478031529 $40.00e; ebook ISBN 9781478060536 $145.00e

Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal, by The DISCO Network. Stanford, Feb. 2025. pbk ISBN 9781503640634 $16.00; ebook ISBN 9781503641365 $16.00

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Religion & Philosophy

Apostle of Liberation: AME Bishop Paul Quinn and the Underground Railroad, by Cheryl Janifer LaRoche. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781538198117 $34.00; ebook ISBN 9781538198124 $33.00

Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism, 30th Anniversary Edition, by Lewis R. Gordon. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781538143667 $95.00; pbk ISBN 9781538179604 $34.00; ebook ISBN 9781538143674 $32.00

Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race in America, by George D. Yancy. 3rd ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781538169827 $110.00; pbk ISBN 9781538169834 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9781538169841 $38.00

Black Existential Psychology: Theorizing Throwness, Identity, and Freedom, by Orlandria Smith. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, May 2025. ISBN 9781538194928 $110.00; pbk ISBN 9781538194935 $40.00; ebook ISBN 9781538194942 $38.00

Monument Eternal, by Alice Coltrane. 2nd ed. Akashic Books, Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781636142258 $19.95; ebook ISBN 9781636142265 $17.00

Religion, Ritual, and Resistance in African American Popular Culture: Performing God-Talk, by Joy R. Bostic. Taylor & Francis Group, May 2025e. ISBN 9780367353735 $160.00e

Sanctuary Spaces, by Ananya Roy, ed. by Veronika Zlablotsky. Duke, Aug. 2025. ISBN 9781478028772 $109.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478031987 $29.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060949 $110.00e

Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans, by Ahmad Greene-Hayes. Chicago, May 2025. ISBN 9780226838847 $115.00; pbk ISBN 9780226838861 $30.00; ebook ISBN 9780226838854 $30.00

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Sociology

Black Hopes / Black Woes: Early African American Optimism and 21st Century Afro-Pessimism, by Raphaël Lambert. Taylor & Francis Group, May 2025e. ISBN 9781032473505 $160.00e

Diaspora Without Displacement, by Celina de Sá. Duke, Jul. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028741 $104.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478031970 $27.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060932 $105.00e

Freeing Black Girls, by Tamura Lomax. Duke, May 2025e. ISBN 9781478024774 $94.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478028376 $24.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060550 $95.00e

Human in Bits, by Kris Cohen. Duke, Aug. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028857 $99.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478032090 $25.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478061076 $100.00e

Older African American Women: Systematic Racism, Health Disparities, and Caring Responsibilities, by Dorothy Smith-Ruiz and Marcia L. Watson-Vandiver. Taylor & Francis Group, May 2025e. ISBN 9781032268767 $160.00

Subjects of the Sun, by Myles Lennon. Duke, Jun. 2025e. ISBN 9781478028567 $107.95e; pbk ISBN 9781478031789 $28.95e; ebook ISBN 9781478060765 $108.00e

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