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When Do You Stop Arriving?: African American Histories in Rural California
Mar 01 2023
Nine young men and women sitting in a field, Tulare County, 1912 [229]. Roberts Family Papers, African American Museum & Library at Oakland.California History recently published its second special issue on the history of African Americans in California. This issue arrived in a moment of prof
Black History Month 2023: Black Voices Year Round
Feb 27 2023
Upcoming books exploring Black historyThroughout the month of February, UC Press will highlight books we have had the privilege to publish. Books featured raise Black voices, highlight the works of Black artists, bring forth the history, and speak about the issues facing the black community..
Black History Month 2023: The Past and Present
Feb 15 2023
Looking to the past and exploring the presentThroughout the month of February, UC Press will highlight books we have had the privilege to publish. Books featured raise Black voices, highlight the works of Black artists, bring forth the history, and speak about the issues facing the Black communi
Black History Month 2023: Music and Culture
Feb 08 2023
Books covering Black cultureThroughout the month of February, UC Press will highlight books we have had the privilege to publish. Books featured will raise up Black voices, highlight the works of Black artists, bring forth the history, and speak about the issues facing the Black community.We are
Black History Month 2023: Art and Artists
Feb 01 2023
Books featuring Black artistsThroughout the month of February, UC Press will highlight books we have had the privilege to publish. Books featured will raise up Black voices, highlight the works of Black artists, bring forth the history, and speak about the issues facing the Black community.W
How Do You Launch a Movement? How Do You Sustain It? Aldon Morris on Social Justice Success
Feb 10 2021
Prolific and prestigious sociologist Aldon Morrison explains how social justice movements succeed—from Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter.
Excerpt from Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin
Feb 05 2021
Excerpted from Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin by James CampbellThe main activity of the Harlem Renaissance took place in the years immediately before and after James Baldwin's birth. In 1924 Alain Locke was preparing an anthology to be published under the title The New Neg
Black History Makers & Risk Takers: Athletes
Feb 27 2020
In 1915, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a pioneering black intellectual and the son of former slaves, recognizing “the dearth of information on the accomplishments of blacks . . . founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, now called the Association for the Study of African American Li
Black History Makers & Risk Takers: Writers
Feb 25 2020
In 1915, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a pioneering black intellectual and the son of former slaves, recognizing “the dearth of information on the accomplishments of blacks . . . founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, now called the Association for the Study of African American Li
Black History Makers & Risk Takers: Artists
Feb 20 2020
In 1915, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a pioneering black intellectual and the son of former slaves, recognizing “the dearth of information on the accomplishments of blacks . . . founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, now called the Association for the Study of African American Li