Month: January 2016

  • UNF professor explores the impact of skin tone on the everyday lives of African-American women The Florida Times-Union 2016-01-18 Rhema Thompson JeffriAnne Wilder always knew African-Americans came in many shades. She saw it in her own family, from her light-skinned older sister to her two dark-skinned brothers. Her complexion fell somewhere in the middle. “I…

  • Demonizing a President: The “Foreignization” of Barack Obama Praeger August 2014 253 pages 6.125 x 9.25 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4408-3055-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4408-3056-3 Martin A. Parlett This groundbreaking political exposé scrutinizes the motivations behind the unparalleled attacks on President Barack Obama that attempt to undermine his eligibility to lead the country. The ascendancy of the first…

  • Color Stories: Black Women and Colorism in the 21st Century Praeger October 2015 198 pages 6.125 x 9.25 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4408-3109-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4408-3110-2 JeffriAnne Wilder, Associate Professor of Sociology University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida Colorism continues to impact women of African descent in a new generation and century. This book offers an in-depth…

  • Playwright Adrienne Dawes imagines an dystopian future — with humor Austin American-Statesman Austin, Texas 2016-01-16 Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Arts Critic Adrienne Dawes (Laura Skelding) Adrienne Dawes donned denim recently when she stopped by Salvage Vanguard Theater for a rehearsal of her latest play to debut at the indie East Austin venue. “Denim Doves” opens…

  • The Audacity to be Black The Chicago Maroon: The independent student newspaper of The University of Chicago since 1892. 2016-01-18 Vincente Perez The word African American masks the political strife and oppression that comes with the word Black. “Black is hurt. Black is pain. Black is strong. Black is Love Worked hard and long Black…

  • National Museum of the American Indian Presents Unprecedented Retrospective “Kay WalkingStick: An American Artist” Newsdesk: Newsroom of the Smithsonian 2015-10-29 SI-423A-2015 For nearly five decades, Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee, b. 1935) has charted an artistic career that is not bound by singular definition. While her early work with Native themes celebrate heroic American Indian leaders with…

  • Preview of DREAM OF THE WATER CHILDREN by Wendy Cheng 2Leaf Press: A Small Press with Big Ideas! New York, New York 2016-01-18 Wendy Cheng, Assistant Professor School of Social Transformation Faculty Arizona State University A Black-Japanese Amerasian reflects on life in the present, with the traces of wars and their aftermaths. In Dream of…

  • Black like her: Is racial identity a state of mind? The Washington Post 2015-06-16 Amy Ellis Nutt, Reporter While people continue to question the motivations behind former NAACP official Rachel Dolezal’s claiming she is black, scientists say identity, even racial identity, doesn’t arise from any single place in the brain. Individuals contain different selves, often…

  • Olbermann Ties Dolezal Race Manipulation to ‘Senseless’ Charleston Shooting Breitbart News 2015-06-18 Trent Baker, Sports Reporter On Thursday’s “Olbermann” on ESPN2, host Keith Olbermann opened his show with a monologue speaking about former Spokane NAACP head Rachel Dolezal, deceased American sports executive and the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Effa Manley,…

  • Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles Scarecrow Press (an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) January 1998 298 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-57886-001-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4617-0708-0 James Overmyer, Member Negro Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research The first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, there was no…