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Maternal Metaphors of Power in African American Women's Literature
An in-depth examination of Black women's experiences as portrayed in literature throughout American historyGeneva Cobb Moore deftly combines literature, history, criticism, and theory…
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The Spirit of an Activist
A diverse collection of essays about a civil rights leader who played a major role in the desegregation of South CarolinaThe Spirit of an Activist chronicles the life and distinguished…
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The South Carolina Roots of African American Thought
South Carolina has always loomed larger in the national imagination, particularly in terms of political and social policy, than its size and population might justify. The audacity and the ofte…
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Blessed Experiences
From his humble beginnings in Sumter, South Carolina, to his prominence on the Washington, D.C., political scene as the third highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, U.S. Con…
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Patroons and Periaguas
Patroons and Periaguas explores the intricately interwoven and colorful creole maritime legacy of Native Americans, Africans, enslaved and free African Americans, and Europeans who settled alo…
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Spoofing the Modern
An examination of satirical texts from the first major African American literary movementSpoofing the Modern is the first book devoted solely to studying the role satire played in the…
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Washing Our Hands in the Clouds
In Washing Our Hands in the Clouds, Bo Petersen masterfully crafts a reflection on the Civil War, emancipation, Jim Crow, and the civil rights movement in the personal story of how it affected…
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The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, Volume 3
The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman is a multivolume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanning the long and productive career of the Reverend Howard Thurman, one of the most s…
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Yes, Lord, I Know the Road
The first comprehensive five-century chronicle of the South Carolina African American experienceYes, Lord, I Know the Road is the first comprehensive history of African Americans in th…
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The South at Work
In 1904 William Garrott Brown traveled the American South, investigating the region's political, economic, and social conditions. Using the pen name "Stanton," Brown published twenty epistles…
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Descended
A mysterious name initiates a journey to discover one family's past, and reveals more than was expected It began with a name. Sancho. Gleaned from the memory of his oldest living relat…
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The Slow Undoing
A study of how South Carolina's federal district courts were central to achieving and solidifying gains during the civil rights movementAs the first comprehensive study of one state's…
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Stories of Struggle
In this pioneering study of the long and arduous struggle for civil rights in South Carolina, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson details the lynchings, beatings, bombings, cross burning…
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Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery
Prior to the abolition of slavery, thousands of African-descended people in the Americas lived in freedom. Their efforts to navigate daily life and negotiate the boundaries of racial differenc…
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Crossings and Encounters
A collection of essays detailing how individuals remapped race, gender, and sexuality through their lived experiences and in the cultural imaginationFor centuries the Atlantic world ha…
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A True Likeness
Extraordinary photos that reveal the social, economic, and cultural realities of the Black SouthA True Likeness showcases the extraordinary photography of Richard Samuel Roberts (1880-…
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Understanding Randall Kenan
The first book-length study of the life and writings of the critically acclaimed Southern writerRandall Kenan is an American author best known for his novel A Visitation of Spirits and…
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Understanding James Baldwin
An analysis of the ground-breaking author's vision and thematic concernsThe Harlem-born son of a storefront preacher, JamesBaldwin died almost thirty years ago, but his spirit lives on…
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The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, Volume 5
The twentieth-century writings of a pioneering voice for social justiceThe Papers of Howard Washington Thurman is a five-volume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanning t…
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Gullah Spirit
A celebration of the life and culture of the Gullah people of the South Carolina Lowcountry in 179 new paintingsJonathan Green is best known for his vibrant depictions of the Gullah li…
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