Black History Month Picks

Be sure to check out these Press titles to help commemorate Black History Month: 

Fall '12 and Spring '13 titles: 

TURN ME LOOSE: THE UNGHOSTING OF MEDGAR EVERS

By Frank X Walker

Having labored in the world of the arts and in particular in the vineyards of poetry over the last fifty years, I am seldom surprised, moved or excited about the many voices-new and experienced-who occupy our rather fragile and inclusive world. Frank X Walker is an exception. His unusually perceptive and original voice commands a seat at the table. That which separates most poets is their use of language and their ability to creatively keep us reading and listening to their concept of the world we all love, live, and fight in. Read this poet."
—Haki R. Madhubuti, author of Honoring Genius: Gwendolyn Brooks—The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness, and Justice

REMEMBERING MEDGAR EVERS: WRITING THE LONG CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
By Minrose Gwin

"This is a book that should be widely read, shared with others, and placed in a spot of honor in every library. It tells important and all too often forgotten stories of the times with clarity and passion. It is a treasure."
—Myrlie Evers-Williams

EUDORA WELTY, WHITENESS AND RACE

Edited by Harriet Pollack

"The jury is no longer out. After decades of scholarly debate about where Eudora Welty stands on race, the twelve contributors to this superb collection have finally settled the matter. By focusing on Welty's oblique style and technical intricacy, they convincingly illuminate how race, the color line, and white blindness function in her photography and her fiction."
—Suzanne W. Jones, author of Race Mixing: Southern Fiction since the Sixties


BLACK, WHITE AND GREEN: FARMERS MARKETS, RACE AND THE GREEN ECONOMY
By Alison Hope Alkon

THE NASHVILLE WAY: RACIAL ETIQUETTE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN A SOUTHERN CITY
By Benjamin Houston

TO LIVE AN ANTI-SLAVERY LIFE: PERSONAL POLITICS AND THE ANTEBELLUM MIDDLE CLASS
By Erica L. Ball

FLUSH TIMES AND FEVER DREAMS: A STORY OF CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY IN THE AGE OF JACKSON
By Joshua D. Rothman

Select backlist:

LIBERALISM, BLACK POWER, AND THE MAKING OF AMERICAN POLITICS, 1965-1980
By Devin Fergus

THE ACCIDENTAL SLAVEOWNER
By Mark Auslander

MOSES, JESUS AND THE TRICKSTER IN THE EVANGELICAL SOUTH
By  Paul Harvey

ELBERT PARR TUTTLE: CHIEF JURIST OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS REVOLUTION
By Anne Emanuel

ALMOST FREE: A STORY OF FAMILY AND RACE IN ANTEBELLUM VIRGINIA
By Eva Sheppard Wolf

PHILLIS WHEATLEY: BIOGRAPHY OF A GENIUS IN BONDAGE
By Vince Carretta

INVISIBLE SOUTHERNERS: ETHNICITY IN THE CIVIL WAR
By Anne J. Bailey

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF PHILIP QUAQUE: AN ANGLICAN MISSIONARY

Edited by Vince Carretta and Ty M. Reese

RUMOR, REPRESSION, AND RACIAL POLITICS
By George Derek Musgrove

AT-RISK
By Amina Gautier

AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE IN THE GEORGIA LOWCOUNTRY
Edited by Philip Morgan