Focusing on African Americans' experiences across the Asia-Pacific theater during World War Two, this book examines the interplay between national identity, the racially segregated US military culture ...

This volume reframes mid-century African American literature and challenges our current understandings of both African American and American literature. It presents a fluid tradition that includes ...

Charles L. Blockson dedicated his life to documenting the history of the Black Diaspora. A native of Norristown, Blockson is ...

Mother and community organizer Aida Mariam Davis writes about the healing power of centering the Black and African experience ...

This was the Golden Age of comic books, when Americans voraciously consumed stories about superheroes, determined detectives and thrilling romances - yet very few featured African American characters.

The all-Black towns of Oklahoma represent a unique chapter in American history. Nowhere else, neither in the Deep South nor ...

Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He ...

An AMERICAN EXPERIENCE collection featuring a selection of films documenting the African American Experience — along with articles, digital shorts and original features exploring America’s ...

Though other guides for Black travelers existed, none were as long as the Green Book. For many African Americans, parts of Green Book-style planning and preparation endure to this day.