While Washington, D.C., is still often referred to as "Chocolate City," it has undergone significant demographic, political, and economic change in the last dec

Some know Oklahoma's Black towns as historic communities that thrived during the Jim Crow era—this is only part of the story. In this book, Karla Slocum shows

In Black Corona, Steven Gregory examines political culture and activism in an African-American neighborhood in New York City. Using historical and ethnographic

How do you love and not like the same thing at the same time? This was the riddle that met Mississippi writer B. Brian Foster when he returned to his home state

Based on data from some of the larger black communities in the U.S., this book shows the impact of both individual and environmental influences on black homicid