African-American Studies from Virginia

African-American Studies from Virginia

(this list includes books published since January 1999 in alphabetical order by author)

Brushing Back Jim Crow: The Integration of Minor-League Baseball in the American South by Bruce Adelson
more than a good baseball book: it's a detailed history of how the struggle for integration and civil rights played out in the daily life of a profession that just happens to be the national pastime." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

The Furious Flowering of African American Poetry
Edited by Joanne Gabbin
Arising from the Furious Flower Conference of 1994, this collection of interviews with leading African-American poets and critical essays on the poetry adds up to an unprecedented discussion of a complex literary culture.

Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy
by Annette Gordon-Reed **Updated after the DNA study**
Rumors of Thomas Jefferson's sexual involvement with his slave Sally Hemings have circulated for two centuries. It remains, among all aspects of Jefferson's renowned life, perhaps the most hotly contested topic. Annette Gordon-Reed identifies glaring inconsistencies in many noted scholars' evaluations of the existing evidence.

Hidden Lives: The Archaeology of Slave Life at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
by Barbara J. Heath
An archaeological recreation of daily slave life at Thomas Jefferson's second home, Poplar Forest.

Rituals of Race:
American Public Culture and the Search for Racial Democracy
by Alessandra Lorini
In this study of the struggle for African-American human rights in America, Lorini examines public events in New York City from 1865 to 1919, demonstrating how ritualized elements of black processions, parades, riots, and festivals made visible the inherent paradox of the "separate but equal" doctrine of the time.

"Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction"
Slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865
by Midori Takagi
A study of the peculiar urban form of slavery in Richmond, Virginia, where bondsmen and women worked in factories, often receiving wages and living on their own.

http://www.upress.virginia.edu/books/africanamerican.html
Revised 12/3/99

		African-American Studies from Virginia
		(this list includes books published since January 1999 in alphabetical order by author)
		Brushing Back Jim Crow: The Integration of Minor-League Baseball in the American South by Bruce Adelson more than a good baseball book: it's a detailed history of how the struggle for integration and civil rights played out in the daily life of a profession that just happens to be the national pastime." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
		The Furious Flowering of African American Poetry Edited by Joanne Gabbin Arising from the Furious Flower Conference of 1994, this collection of interviews with leading African-American poets and critical essays on the poetry adds up to an unprecedented discussion of a complex literary culture.
		Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy by Annette Gordon-Reed Updated after the DNA study Rumors of Thomas Jefferson's sexual involvement with his slave Sally Hemings have circulated for two centuries. It remains, among all aspects of Jefferson's renowned life, perhaps the most hotly contested topic. Annette Gordon-Reed identifies glaring inconsistencies in many noted scholars' evaluations of the existing evidence.
		Hidden Lives: The Archaeology of Slave Life at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest by Barbara J. Heath An archaeological recreation of daily slave life at Thomas Jefferson's second home, Poplar Forest.
		Rituals of Race: American Public Culture and the Search for Racial Democracy by Alessandra Lorini In this study of the struggle for African-American human rights in America, Lorini examines public events in New York City from 1865 to 1919, demonstrating how ritualized elements of black processions, parades, riots, and festivals made visible the inherent paradox of the "separate but equal" doctrine of the time.
		"Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction" Slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865 by Midori Takagi A study of the peculiar urban form of slavery in Richmond, Virginia, where bondsmen and women worked in factories, often receiving wages and living on their own.

		http://www.upress.virginia.edu/books/africanamerican.html Revised 12/3/99