by Patricia S. Parker, author of Ella Baker’s Catalytic Leadership: A Primer on Community Engagement and Communication for Social Justice When former Vice-President Joe Biden accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination as President …
Read More >by Corey D. Fields, author of Black Elephants in the Room: The Unexpected Politics of African American Republicans The 2020 Republican National Convention featured a diverse line-up of speakers, including many Black …
Read More >UC Press is happy to share that we have partnered with The Booksmith in San Francisco, CA to bring a series of virtual author events to life. Entitled UC Press Now: Urgent …
Read More >by Carolyn McLaughlin, author of South Bronx Battles Last year, I released South Bronx Battles, a chronicle and tribute to the South Bronx as a community that has worked to create a …
Read More >By Nikki Jones, author of The Chosen Ones: Black Men and the Politics of Redemption Calls to defund the police often elicit fear. How will I stay safe, wonder people who associate …
Read More >The work of addressing society’s core challenges—whether they be persistent inequality, a failing education system, or global climate change—can be accelerated when scholarship assumes its role as an agent of engagement and …
Read More >For Juneteenth—today’s holiday commemorating Union army general Gordon Granger’s reading of federal orders in Galveston, Texas on June 19th, 1865, proclaiming that Texan slaves were free (in light of the fact that …
Read More >By Joshua Bloom, co-author of Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party Denial of systemic racism continues following Derrick Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd. A friend told …
Read More >UC Press is proud to celebrate Black Music Month by spotlighting a range of titles that explore the richness and expanse of Black music in America and beyond. The following books feature …
Read More >By Andrea S. Boyles, author of recent book You Can’t Stop the Revolution: Community Disorder and Social Ties in Post-Ferguson American and previous book Race, Place, and Suburban Policing: Too Close for …
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