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Africana Studies
Subjects to Browse
Follow these links to find lists of books in our library catalog on the follow topics. You can then sort by a variety of limiters, including publication year, subject, or format (for example, limit to eBooks). You can also scroll down for a selection of reading suggestions on a variety of Africana cultural studies topics.
- African American arts 20th century.
- Black arts movement.
- African American arts Political aspects History 20th century.
- African Americans Intellectual life.
- American literature African American authors History and criticism.
- Jazz History and criticism.
- African American student movements
- African Americans Study and teaching (Higher)
- African American churches
- African Americans religion
Suggested Readings
Black Arts Movement
New Thoughts on the Black Arts Movement by Publication Date: 2006
Black Arts Enterprise and the Production of African American Poetry by Publication Date: 2013
Black Movements: Performance and Cultural Politics by Publication Date: 2017
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women by Publication Date: 2015
Activism and Politics
The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution by Publication Date: 2016- Black Theology of Liberation byPublication Date: 1970
Commodified and Criminalized: New Racism and African Americans in Contemporary Sports by Publication Date: 2010
Music
Jazz: A History of America's Music by Publication Date: 2000
Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues by Publication Date: 2004
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday by Publication Date: 1998
Visual Art
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond by Publication Date: 2012
Reflections in Black: Black Photographers, 1840-1940 by Publication Date: 1984
Black Studies, Africana Studies, and the Black Campus Movement in Higher Education
Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2019
Uncompromising Activist: Richard Greener, First Black Graduate of Harvard College by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2017
African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2012
White Money/Black Power: The Surprising History of African American Studies and the Crisis of Race in Higher Education by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2006
