Talking Civil Rights Where it Happened: Hasan Jeffries in Lowndes County
September 10, 2009
Hasan Jeffries brought his book, Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt, to the county where it happened in rural Alabama.
Category: African American Studies
The Basketball Lie
August 13, 2009
Check out SLAM Magazine’s excellent review of Living Through the Hoop: High School Basketball, Race, and the American Dream by Reuben A. Buford May. For many black teenagers, the perception… READ MORE
Freedom’s Award-Winning Prophet
June 8, 2009
Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers, winner of ForeWord’s Book of the Year Gold Award for Biography, was recently the subject of a… READ MORE
Getting Played – A Finalist for a Major Award
May 14, 2009
The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) grants the C. Wright Mills award to one book annually that demonstrates dedication to a search for a sophisticated understanding of… READ MORE
Author of The Games Black Girls Play Named TED Fellow
February 4, 2009
NYU Congratulates Kyra Gaunt, author of The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip Hop, for her selection as a 2009 TED Fellow. More info about… READ MORE
Forgotten Foot Soldiers in the Civil Rights Struggle
January 21, 2009
By Hasan Kwame Jeffries Author of Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt, forthcoming from NYU Press in June 2009 On Inauguration Day, the Southern Christian… READ MORE
Still Climbing, 10 Years Later
January 6, 2009
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of Still Lifting, Still Climbing: African American Women’s Contemporary Activism, edited by Kimberly Springer. Prof. Springer was kind enough to offer… READ MORE
A Vote to Change the World
November 6, 2008
By Hasan Kwame Jeffries, author of Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt, forthcoming from NYU Press in 2009. My wife and I were tired. We’re… READ MORE
