34 Publications from Basic Civitas Books an Imprint of Perseus Books

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Book Cover Stokely: A Life by Peniel E. Joseph

Stokely

Book Cover Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists And Progressive Politics During World War Ii by Farah Jasmine Griffin

Harlem Nocturne

Book Cover Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power To Barack Obama by Peniel E. Joseph

Dark Days, Bright Nights

Book Cover The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader

(Unavailable)

Book Cover In Defense of Taboos by Stanley Crouch

In Defense of Taboos

(Unavailable)

Book Cover Triangular Road: A Memoir by Paule Marshall

Triangular Road

Book Cover Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas’s Illmatic by Michael Eric Dyson

Born to Use Mics

Book Cover Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, And Insight Of Michael Eric Dyson by Michael Eric Dyson

Can You Hear Me Now?

Book Cover Something Torn And New: An African Renaissance by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Something Torn And New

Book Cover The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow by Walter Mosley

The Right Mistake

Book Cover April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death And How It Changed America by Michael Eric Dyson

April 4, 1968

Book Cover Party Crashing: How The Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence by Keli Goff

Party Crashing

Book Cover Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip-Hop by Michael Eric Dyson

Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip-Hop

Book Cover An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President by Randall Robinson

An Unbroken Agony

Book Cover Considering Genius: Writings On Jazz by Stanley Crouch

Considering Genius

Book Cover Debating Race: with Michael Eric Dyson by Michael Eric Dyson

Debating Race

Book Cover Total Chaos: The Art And Aesthetics Of Hip-Hop by Jeff Chang

Total Chaos

Book Cover My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots by Thulani Davis

My Confederate Kinfolk

Book Cover Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? by Michael Eric Dyson

Is Bill Cosby Right?

Book Cover Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster by Michael Eric Dyson

Come Hell or High Water

Book Cover Living Black History: How Reimagining the African-American Past Can Remake America’s Racial Future by Manning Marable

Living Black History

Book Cover The Artificial White Man: Essays On Authenticity by Stanley Crouch

The Artificial White Man

Book Cover Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America by Bakari Kitwana

Why White Kids Love Hip Hop

Book Cover Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye by Michael Eric Dyson

Mercy, Mercy Me

Book Cover The Great Wells Of Democracy: The Meaning Of Race In American Life by Manning Marable

The Great Wells Of Democracy

Book Cover The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture by Bakari Kitwana

The Hip-Hop Generation

Book Cover Some Of Us Did Not Die: New And Selected Essays (New And And Selected Essays) by June Jordan

Some Of Us Did Not Die

Book Cover Why I Love Black Women by Michael Eric Dyson

Why I Love Black Women

Book Cover Open Mike by Michael Eric Dyson

Open Mike

Book Cover Out There by Darryl Pinckney

Out There

Book Cover Holler If You Hear Me: Searching For Tupac Shakur by Michael Eric Dyson

Holler If You Hear Me

Book Cover Soldier: A Poet’s Childhood by June Jordan

Soldier

Book Cover The Cornel West Reader by Cornel West

The Cornel West Reader

Book Cover Africana by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Africana