African American Life Series

Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E. W. Harper, 1825–191

Melba Joyce Boyd

Study of Frances Harper—nineteenth century writer, abolitionist, and feminist.

African American Women Speak Out on Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas

Edited by Geneva Smitherman

African American women analyze the implications of Anita Hill’s 1991 sexual harassment case against Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas.

Lost Plays of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920–1940

Edited by James V. Hatch and Leo Hamalian

A compilation of sixteen plays written during the Harlem Renaissance, brought together for the first time and set in a historical context.

Let’s Flip the Script: An African American Discourse on Language, Literature, and Learning

Keith Gilyard

A wide-ranging collection of essays on freedom, literacy and education.

A History of the African American People: The History, Traditions, and Culture of African Americans

Edited by James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton

An illustrated collection of essays on the history of African Americans.

Tell it to Women: An Epic Drama for Women

Osonye Tess Onwueme

A play that challenges the western feminist movement from an African traditional perspective.