Browse these new and notable titles for use in your African and African American Studies courses. To request complimentary exam copies for course-use consideration, click here.
New African and African American Studies Titles from Penguin Random House
By Allan Spencer | January 10 2024 | Black HistoryAfrican American HistoryBlack History Month
An Intimate History of Black Feminism
978-0-593-24333-6
Fearless essays that reclaim the work and words of Black women activists, abolitionists, and movement makers who have long fought for liberation and justice—from a beloved Teen Vogue columnist and an essential new voice in Black feminism.
$30.00 US
Jan 23, 2024
Hardcover
368 Pages
Random House
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Women in America
- History > Topical History > History of Political Thought
- History > U.S. History > African American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Introduction to Women's Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Race, Class, and Gender
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Sociology of Women
- Political Science > Introduction to Political Science > Political Theory and Thought
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Gender Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Change
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Movements and Collective Behavior
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A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
978-0-593-49128-7
The rousing, captivating story of a Black physician, her career in medicine, and the deep inequities that still exist in the U.S. healthcare system
$28.00 US
Jan 23, 2024
Hardcover
304 Pages
Viking
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Non-Fiction
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of African-Americans
- History > U.S. History > African American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Healthcare Professions > Health > Health Careers
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences > Ethics in Medical Sciences
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Community Medicine / Public Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Public Health
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Poems
978-1-5247-3178-6
A powerful meditation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law, from the beloved award-winning author of Digest and Air Traffic
$28.00 US
Jan 30, 2024
Hardcover
128 Pages
Knopf
The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century
978-0-8070-1337-3
Black women physicians’ stories have gone untold for far too long, leaving gaping holes in American medical history, in women’s history, and in black history. It’s time to set the record straight.
$18.00 US
Jan 23, 2024
Paperback
240 Pages
Beacon Press
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Women in America
- History > Topical History > History of Medicine
- History > Topical History > History of Women
- History > U.S. History > African American
- History > U.S. History > History of Medicine
- History > U.S. History > History of Women
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Sociology of Women
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Work
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences > History of Medicine
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978-0-593-73027-0
A classic novel of identity, sexuality, religion, and race by the author of Passing, hailed as “an original and hugely insightful writer” by The New York Times—with an introduction by Asali Solomon, author of The Days of Afrekete
$15.00 US
Jan 30, 2024
Paperback
192 Pages
Modern Library
- English > Comparative Literature > Literature by Women
- English > Comparative Literature > Women in Literature
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – African American
- English > Literature > Women and Literature
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Literature
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978-0-593-32820-0
From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students.
$29.00 US
Jan 30, 2024
Hardcover
400 Pages
G.P. Putnam's Sons
African American Slave Resistance
978-1-64421-265-3
Centering Black voices and the narratives of enslaved people, this history offers a thoroughly researched account with first-hand testimonies of how people in bondage were themselves a driving force behind their own emancipation. Features a new introduction by Robin D. G. Kelley, black & white illustrations and photographs, and updates throughout.
$16.95 US
Jan 30, 2024
Paperback
256 Pages
Triangle Square
Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till
978-0-593-13428-3
The last surviving witness to the lynching of Emmett Till tells his story, with poignant recollections of Emmett as a boy, critical insights into the recent investigation, and powerful lessons for racial reckoning, both then and now.
$18.99 US
Jan 02, 2024
Paperback
432 Pages
One World
- History > U.S. History > African American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Criminal Justice > Ethics in Criminal Justice
- Criminal Justice > History of Criminal Justice
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