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On Rhetoric and Black Music

by Earl H. Brooks

Price: $36.99

ISBN: 9780814346488

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2024

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

232 Pages

Examining the resounding artistry of iconic musicians such as Scott Joplin, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Mahalia Jackson, this work offers an alternative register in which these musicians and composers are heard as public intellectuals, consciously invested in crafting rhetorical projects they knew would influence the public sphere.

Holy Ghost Key

by Joshua Myers

Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9780940713314

Publisher: Broadside Press

Publication Date: February 2024

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Broadside Press

92 Pages

Though many of the poems pay tribute to the genius of contemporary musicians who have won popular acclaim, the entire collection reminds of a persistent African ancestral legacy.

Dear Department Chair

Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation

Edited by Stephanie Y. Evans, Stephanie Shonekan and Stephanie G. Adams

Foreword by Johnnetta Betsch Cole

Afterword by Tracy Sharpley-Whiting

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814350744

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2023

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

200 Pages

The collective's works, including this volume, serve as tools for faculty interested in administration, current chairs seeking mentorship, and upper-level administrators working to diversify their ranks.

The Spook Who Sat by the Door

by Sam Greenlee

Introduction by Natiki Hope Pressley

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814349571

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2022

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

208 Pages

As a tale of a man's reaction to oppression, it is universal.

The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough

An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship

by William Sanders Scarborough

Foreword by Henry Jr.

Introduction by Michele Valerie Ronnick

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814332252

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2021

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

448 Pages

This book is indispensable to anyone interested in the history of intellectual endeavor in America, Africana studies and classical studies, in particular, as well as those familiar with the associations and institutions that welcomed and valued Scarborough.

"Black People Are My Business"

Toni Cade Bambara's Practices of Liberation

by Thabiti Lewis

Price: $36.99

ISBN: 9780814344293

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2020

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

326 Pages

"Black People Are My Businessis a wonderful addition to any reader's list, especially those interested in African American literary and cultural studies.

Greening the Black Urban Regime

The Culture and Commerce of Sustainability in Detroit

by Alesia Montgomery

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780814346518

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: August 2020

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

232 Pages

Scholars and students in the social sciences, as well as general readers with social and environmental justice concerns, will find great value in this research.

A Fluid Frontier

Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland

Edited by Karolyn Smardz Frost and Veta Smith Tucker

Foreword by David W. Blight

Price: $36.99

ISBN: 9780814339596

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2016

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

304 Pages

Scholars of the Underground Railroad as well as those in borderland studies will appreciate the interdisciplinary mix and unique contributions of this volume.

Crusader for Justice

Federal Judge Damon J. Keith

by Trevor W. Coleman and Peter J. Hammer

Foreword by Mitch Albom

Price: $29.95

ISBN: 9780814338452

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: November 2013

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

368 Pages

Readers interested in Civil Rights-era law, politics, and personalities will appreciate the portrait of Keith's fortitude and conviction in Crusader for Justice.

Booker T & Them

A Blues

by Bill Harris

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814337165

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2012

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

264 Pages

& Them: A Blues.

If We Must Die

From Bigger Thomas to Biggie Smalls

by Aimé J. Ellis

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814334133

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2011

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

224 Pages

African Amerian studies scholars and those interested in race in contemporary American culture will appreciate this thought-provoking volume.

From Bourgeois to Boojie

Black Middle-Class Performances

Edited by Vershawn Ashanti Young

With Bridget Harris Tsemo

Illustrated by Jeanette Berry

Price: $27.99

ISBN: 9780814334683

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2011

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

392 Pages

This insightful and diverse volume will be relevant to scholars of performance studies, African American studies, American literature, performative writing, and sociology, as well as creative writers and those interested in contemporary political discourse on race.

Keepin' It Hushed

The Barbershop and African American Hush Harbor Rhetoric

by Vorris L. Nunley

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814333488

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2011

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

224 Pages

Rhetoricians and readers interested in African American life and culture will appreciate the cogent analysis in Nunley’s volume.

Race and Remembrance

A Memoir

by Arthur L. Johnson

Edited by Steve Palackdharry

Foreword by Samuel Cook

Introduction by Charles V. Willie

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814333709

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: August 2008

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

288 Pages

Readers interested in African American social history and political organization will appreciate this unique and revealing volume.

When the Church Becomes Your Party

Contemporary Gospel Music

by Deborah Smith Pollard

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814332184

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2008

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

240 Pages

Scholars of music and African American cultural studies will enjoy this intriguing volume.

Dear Chester, Dear John

Letters Between Chester Himes and John A. Williams

by Chester Himes and John A. Williams

Edited by Lori Williams

Foreword by Gilbert H. Muller

Price: $24.95

ISBN: 9780814333556

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2008

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

264 Pages

Students and teachers of African American literature will enjoy this one-of-a-kind volume.

The Flip Wilson Show

by Meghan Sutherland

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814332528

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: January 2008

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

160 Pages

Scholars of film and television studies will appreciate this newest addition to the TV Milestones Series.

Contact Zones

Memory, Origin, and Discourses in Black Diasporic Cinema

by Sheila Petty

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780814330999

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: January 2008

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

312 Pages

This volume will be a welcome addition to the libraries of scholars and students of film studies and Africana studies.

Your Average Nigga

Performing Race, Literacy, and Masculinity

by Vershawn Ashanti Young

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814332481

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2007

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

192 Pages

Scholars and teachers of rhetoric, performance studies, and African American studies will enjoy this insightful volume.

Pilgrim Journey

by Naomi Long Madgett

Price: $35.00

ISBN: 9780916418977

Publisher: Lotus Press

Publication Date: May 2006

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Lotus Press

492 Pages

Madgett's fans and anyone interested in studying the life of an extraordinary poet will enjoy this honest autobiography.

"Look for Me All Around You"

Anglophone Caribbean Immigrants in the Harlem Renaissance

Edited by Louis J. Parascandola

Price: $32.99

ISBN: 9780814329870

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2005

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

488 Pages

This anthology of writers, with accompanying discussions about their works placed in the context of their own time, will be of interest to anyone examining the Harlem Renaissance and the larger Black and Caribbean contribution to cultural and political thinking.

"Gettin' Our Groove On"

Rhetoric, Language, and Literacy for the Hip Hop Generation

by Kermit E. Campbell

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814329252

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2005

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

216 Pages

Itself infused with the hip hop idiom and an engaging style free of academic jargon, Gettin’ Our Groove On presents a thorough and provocative contribution to cultural and rhetorical studies.

Dreaming Suburbia

Detroit and the Production of Postwar Space and Culture

by Amy Maria Kenyon

Price: $27.99

ISBN: 9780814332283

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2004

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

224 Pages

The perspectives of cultural history, American studies, social science, and urban studies give Dreaming Suburbia an interdisciplinary appeal.

Caribbean Labor and Politics

Legacies of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley

Edited by Alma H. Young and Perry Mars

Price: $28.99

ISBN: 9780814332115

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: May 2004

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

312 Pages

The core contributions of these men are characterized in terms of their pivotal struggles towards the realization of what we term the "working class project."

What Mama Said

An Epic Drama

by Osonye Tess Onwueme

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814331415

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2003

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

208 Pages

What Mama Said is a moving portrayal of the battle for human rights, dignity, compensation, and the right of a nation's people to control the resources of their own land.

Liberation Memories

The Rhetoric and Poetics of John Oliver Killens

by Keith Gilyard

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780814330579

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2003

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

192 Pages

His life and literary production can be partly characterized, Gilyard suggests, by the African American jeremiad—a major rhetorical form in the Black intellectual tradition expressing faith that America’s destiny is to become an authentic, pluralistic democracy.

What the Wine-Sellers Buy Plus Three

Four Plays by Ron Milner

by Ron Milner

Foreword by Amiri Baraka

Introduction by Woodie King Jr

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814329290

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: May 2001

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

256 Pages

Four Plays will be of interest to students of the theater, theater scholars, and those interested in African American and American literature.

The Concept of Self

A Study of Black Identity and Self-Esteem

by Richard L. Allen

Price: $39.99

ISBN: 9780814328989

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2001

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

224 Pages

The Concept of Self will interest students and scholars of African American studies, sociology and population studies.

The Politics of Black Empowerment

The Transformation of Black Activism in Urban America

by James Jennings

Price: $21.99

ISBN: 9780814323182

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: August 2000

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

240 Pages

Based on interviews with Black and Latino activists in several big cities as well as on a review of the literature and the Black newspapers around the country, The Politics of Black Empowerment describes the characteristics of Black empowerment activism in America.

Looking Beyond Race

The Life of Otis Milton Smith

by Mary M. Stolberg and Otis Milton Smith

Foreword by Vernon E. Jordan Jr

Price: $32.99

ISBN: 9780814329399

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: August 2000

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

264 Pages

In this highly readable memoir, Looking Beyond Race provides a moving tale that will appeal to readers interested in African American history, politics, labor relations, business, and Michigan history.

Race and Ideology

Language, Symbolism, and Popular Culture

Edited by Arthur K. Spears

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814324547

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 1999

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

248 Pages

Race and Ideology offers provocative ideas that must be confronted if we are to construct an understanding of racism that can be useful for social change.

Ideology and Change

The Transformation of the Caribbean Left

by Perry Mars

Price: $25.99

ISBN: 9780814327692

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: December 1998

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

248 Pages

He identifies their role in Caribbean political culture and processes, the problems they face, and the strategies they employ toward political change within a hazardous political and social environment.

"Winds Can Wake up the Dead"

An Eric Walrond Reader

by Eric D. Walrond

Edited by Louis J. Parascandola

Price: $31.99

ISBN: 9780814327098

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: December 1998

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

352 Pages

This book restores Walrond to his proper place in the history of African American and Caribbean literature and is an essential reader for students of Black culture.

Negroes with Guns

by Robert F. Williams

Foreword by Gloria House

Introduction by Timothy Tyson

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814327142

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 1998

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

128 Pages

Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party, Negroes with Guns is a classic story of a man who risked his life for democracy and freedom.

Walkin' over Medicine

by Loudell F. Snow

Price: $28.99

ISBN: 9780814327579

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 1998

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

328 Pages

Snow visited numerous pharmacies, grocery stores, and specialty shops in several major cities, accompanied families to church services, and attended weddings, baptisms, graduations, and funerals.

Pan Africanism in the African Diaspora

An Analysis of Modern Afrocentric Political Movements

by Ronald W. Walters

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780814321850

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: May 1997

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

456 Pages

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Tell It to Women

An Epic Drama for Women

by Osonye Tess Onwueme

Foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814326497

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 1997

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

216 Pages

An ideologically and politically powerful work, Tell It to Women offers a critical discourse on the western feminist movement from an African traditional perspective, focusing attention on the often silenced issues of intra-gender politics and class inequities.

A History of the African American People

The History, Traditions, and Culture of African Americans

Edited by James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton

Price: $28.95

ISBN: 9780814326978

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 1997

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

208 Pages

Specially commissioned photographs of artifacts reveal the richness of cultural traditions, and hundreds of historic photographs and paintings enhance the work still further, creating a magnificent illustrated history.

Lost Plays of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940

Edited by James V. Hatch and Leo Hamalian

Price: $31.99

ISBN: 9780814325803

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 1996

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

468 Pages

In the continuing rediscovery of writers and works from the Harlem Renaissance, Lost Plays of the Harlem Renaissance 1920-1940 serves as essential background for contemporary readers and is a valuable contribution to African American literary and theatrical scholarship.

Cinemas of the Black Diaspora

Diversity, Dependence, and Oppositionality

Edited by Michael T. Martin

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780814325889

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: January 1996

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

544 Pages

While celebrating the diversity, innovativeness, and fecundity of film-making in different regions of the world, this important collection explicates the historical importance of film-making as a cultural form and political practice.

The Autobiography of a Slave / Autobiografia De Un Esclavo

by Juan Francisco Manzano

Introduction by Ivan A. Schulman

Translated by Evelyn Picon Garfield

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814325384

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: January 1996

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

136 Pages

Ivan Schulman introduces the text to place it in historical and cultural context.

From Jazz to Swing

African-American Jazz Musicians and Their Music, 1890-1935

by Thomas J. Hennessey

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814321799

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 1994

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

224 Pages

From Jazz to Swing follows jazz from its beginnings in the regional black musics of the turn of the century in New Orleans, Chicago, New York, and the territories that make up the rest of the country.

Discarded Legacy

Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E. W. Harper, 1825-1911

by Melba Joyce Boyd

Price: $23.99

ISBN: 9780814324899

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 1994

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

264 Pages

Boyd has successfully arranged Harper's work in a manner that connects our present to Harper's past and that re-envisions her consciousness.

Untold Tales, Unsung Heroes

An Oral History of Detroit's African American Community, 1918-1967

by Elaine Latzman Moon

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814324653

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: December 1993

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

408 Pages

By featuring the histories of blacks living in Detroit during the first six decades of the century, this unique oral history contributes immeasurably to our understanding of the development of the city.

Wings of Gauze

Women of Color and the Experience of Health and Illness

Edited by Barbara Bair and Susan Cayleff

Foreword by Helen Rodriguez-Trias

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814323021

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: August 1993

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

400 Pages

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The Roots of African American Drama

An Anthology of Early Plays, 1858-1938

Edited by James V. Hatch and Leo Hamalian

Foreword by George C. Wolfe

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814321423

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 1992

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

456 Pages

Biographic information and a bibliographyof other plays follow each script, providing readers with added sources for study.

Voices of the Self

A Study of Language Competence

by Keith Gilyard and Melba Joyce Boyd

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814322253

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: July 1991

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

184 Pages

Encompassing the perspectives of both the "streetand the "academy,Voices of the Self presents an eloquent argument for cultural and linguistic pluralism in American public schools.

Arthur Alfonso Schomburg

Black Bibliophile & Collector

by Elinor Des Verney Sinnette

Price: $29.99

ISBN: 9780814321577

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 1989

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

276 Pages

A contributor to the major black journals of the period, he went on to head the Negro Collection at Fisk University and became curator of his own collection in the New York Public Library until his death in 1938.

Discourse and Discrimination

Edited by Geneva Smitherman and Teun Van Dijk

Introduction by Geneva Smitherman and Teun Van Dijk

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814319581

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 1988

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

272 Pages

Discourse and Discrimination is valuable reading for students and scholars in linguistics, discourse analysis, mass communication, sociology, social psychology, and black and ethnic studies.

The Invisible Soldier

The Experience of the Black Soldier, World War II

Edited by Mary Penick Motley

Foreword by Howard Donovan Queen

Price: $25.99

ISBN: 9780814319611

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: December 1987

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

368 Pages

The interviews disclose the brutality of the unseen wars black servicemen fought when confronted with the official army policy of segregation and by attitudes in southern communities, as well as overseas.

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