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Voice Over
 
Voice Over
The Making of Black Radio

Barlow, William

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 1999

Softly, with Feeling
 
Softly, with Feeling
Joe Wilder and the Breaking of Barriers in American Music

Berger, Edward

Association for Recorded Sound Collections' Award for Excellence in the category of Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz, 2015

The End of White World Supremacy
 
The End of White World Supremacy
Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line

Bush, Roderick

Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Award from the American Sociological Association conference, 2010

Critical White Studies
 
Critical White Studies
Looking Behind the Mirror

edited by Delgado, Richard and Jean Stefancic

Honorable Mention for Outstanding Books Awards, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America, 1997

Framing Blackness
 
Framing Blackness
The African American Image in Film

Guerrero, Ed

Honorable Mention Theatre Library Association Award, 1994

Black Theatre
 
Black Theatre
Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora

edited by Harrison, Paul Carter, Victor Leo Walker II and Gus Edwards

Finalist for the George Freedley Memorial Award for an outstanding book in theatre or another area of live performance from the Theatre Library Association, 2002

Jookin'
 
Jookin'
The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture

Hazzard-Gordon, Katrina

Honorable Mention of the De La Torre Bueno Prize from the Dance Perspectives Foundations, 1991

From Black Power to Hip Hip
 
From Black Power to Hip Hop
Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism

Hill Collins, Patricia

Honorable Mention at the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards, 2006

Another Arabesque
 
Savoring the Salt
The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara

edited by Holmes, Linda Janet and Cheryl A. Wall

Selected as “‘The Best of the Best’ from the University Presses” Books You Should Know About” for the ALA Annual Conference, 2008

The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons
 

The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons
Hull, Elizabeth A.

Honorable Mention at the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards, 2006

Body Language
 
Body Language
Sisters in Shape, Black Women's Fitness, and Feminist Identity Politics

Lau, Kimberly J.

Elli Köngäs-Maranda Professional Prize, American Folklore Society, 2011

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
 
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
How White People Profit from Identity Politics

Lipsitz, George

Outstanding Books Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America, 1999

A Life in the Struggle
 
A Life in the Struggle
Ivory Perry and the Culture of Opposition

Lipsitz, George

Eugene Kayden Prize for Best University Press Book, 1989

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Race Relations, 1989

The City on the Hill from Below
 
The City on the Hill from Below
The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics

Marshall, Stephen H.

American Political Science Association's Foundations of Political Theory First Book Award, 2012

Unbought and Unbossed
 
Unbought and Unbossed
Transgressive Black Women, Sexuality, and Representation

Melancon, Trimiko

College Language Association Creative Scholarship Book Award, 2016

Swingin' at the Savoy
 
Swingin' at the Savoy
The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer

Miller, Norma with Evette Jensen

Norma Miller is a recipient of the 2003 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowships, 2003

A City within a City
 
A City within a City
The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Robinson, Todd E.

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2013

Chosen as the Grand Rapids Mayor's Book of the Year, 2016

Silent Gesture
 
Silent Gesture
The Autobiography of Tommie Smith

Smith, Tommie and David Steele

Nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category “Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography”

The Black Female Body
 
The Black Female Body
A Photographic History

Willis, Deborah and Carla Williams

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2002

Finalist for the Publishers Marketing Association's Ben Franklin Award, Reference Category, 2003

Black Venus 2010
 
Black Venus 2010
They Called Her 'Hottentot'

edited by Willis, Deborah

Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in Women's Studies by the Popular Culture/American Culture Association, 2011

Envisioning Emancipation
 
Envisioning Emancipation
Black Americans and the End of Slavery

Willis, Deborah and Barbara Krauthamer

One of the Top 25 Outstanding Academic Titles, Choice, 2013

Outstanding Literary Work-Non-Fiction, NAACP Image Awards, 2014

No More Invisible Man
 
No More Invisible Man
Race and Gender in Men's Work

Wingfield, Adia Harvey

Distinguished Book Award from the American Sociological Association's (ASA) section on Race, Gender and Class, 2014

Richard A. Lester Prize from the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University, 2014


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