# New Books in African American Studies

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## Episodes
- [Sharron Wilkins Conrad, "The Trinity: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Civil Rights in African American Memory" (UNC Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/sharron-wilkins-conrad-the-trinity-john-f-kennedy-lyndon-b-johnson-and-civil-rights-in-african-american-memory-unc-press-2026) — 2026-06-27T08:00:00+00:00
- [Introducing Periodically: A UC Press Journals Podcast with Journals Director David Famiano](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/introducing-periodically-a-uc-press-journals-podcast-with-journals-director-david-famiano) — 2026-06-25T22:48:00+00:00
- [Where Harlem Rests at the Woodlawn Cemetery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/where-harlem-rests-at-the-woodlawn-cemetery) — 2026-06-23T08:00:00+00:00
- [Shelley Fisher Fishkin, "Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn’s Comrade" (Yale UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/shelley-fisher-fishkin-jim-the-life-and-afterlives-of-huckleberry-finn-s-comrade-yale-up-2025) — 2026-06-21T08:00:00+00:00
- [Youssef J. Carter, "The Vast Oceans: Remembering Allah and Self on the Mustafawiyya Sufi Path" (UNC Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/youssef-j-carter-the-vast-oceans-remembering-allah-and-self-on-the-mustafawiyya-sufi-path-unc-press-2026) — 2026-06-19T08:00:00+00:00
- [Blair LM Kelley, "Black Freedom: A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days" (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/blair-lm-kelley-black-freedom-a-visual-history-of-juneteenth-and-emancipation-days-black-dog-leventhal-2026) — 2026-06-19T08:00:00+00:00
- [Anna O. Law, "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants" (Oxford UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/anna-o-law-migration-and-the-origins-of-american-citizenship-african-americans-native-americans-and-immigrants-oxford-up-2026) — 2026-06-18T08:00:00+00:00
- [Joe P. L. Davidson, "Saving Utopia: Imagining Hopeful Futures in Dystopian Times" (MIT Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/joe-p-l-davidson-saving-utopia-imagining-hopeful-futures-in-dystopian-times-mit-press-2026) — 2026-06-17T08:00:00+00:00
- [Robert Suits, "The Hobo: A History of America's First Climate Migrants" (Princeton UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/robert-suits-the-hobo-a-history-of-america-s-first-climate-migrants-princeton-up-2026) — 2026-06-16T08:00:00+00:00
- [Stephanie Coontz, "For Better and Worse: The Complicated Past and Challenging Future of Marriage" (Viking, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/stephanie-coontz-for-better-and-worse-the-complicated-past-and-challenging-future-of-marriage-viking-2026) — 2026-06-14T08:00:00+00:00
- [Javier Arbona-Homar, "Explosivity: Following What Remains" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/javier-arbona-homar-explosivity-following-what-remains-u-minnesota-press-2025) — 2026-06-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [Terese Mason Pierre, "As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories" (Spiderline, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/terese-mason-pierre-as-the-earth-dreams-black-canadian-speculative-stories-spiderline-2025) — 2026-06-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [Bruce Dearstyne, "Revolutionary New York: 250 Years of Social Change" (SUNY Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/bruce-dearstyne-revolutionary-new-york-250-years-of-social-change-suny-press-2026) — 2026-06-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [Allyson Nadia Field, "Acts of Love: Black Performance and the Kiss That Changed Film History" (U California Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/allyson-nadia-field-acts-of-love-black-performance-and-the-kiss-that-changed-film-history-u-california-press-2026) — 2026-06-06T08:00:00+00:00
- [Mollie Barnes, "Paper Heroines: Women Writers in Conversation and Community Across the Sea Islands, 1838-1902" (U South Carolina Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/mollie-barnes-paper-heroines-women-writers-in-conversation-and-community-across-the-sea-islands-1838-1902-u-south-carolina-press-2026) — 2026-06-04T08:00:00+00:00
- [David Cunningham on Contesting Confederate Monuments (JP)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/david-cunningham-on-contesting-confederate-monuments-jp) — 2026-06-04T08:00:00+00:00
- [Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, "Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word and Me" (37 Ink, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/elizabeth-stordeur-pryor-something-we-said-richard-pryor-a-notorious-word-and-me-37-ink-2026) — 2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00
- [On The State of Black Men's Studies and Black Masculinist Thought Scholarship](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/on-the-state-of-black-men-s-studies-and-black-masculinist-thought-scholarship) — 2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00
- [Gary Hoover, "Ladder or Lottery: Economic Promises and the Reality of Who Gets Ahead" (U California Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/gary-hoover-ladder-or-lottery-economic-promises-and-the-reality-of-who-gets-ahead-u-california-press-2026) — 2026-05-30T08:00:00+00:00
- [Annette Gordon-Reed ed., "Jefferson on Race: A Reader" (Princeton UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/annette-gordon-reed-ed-jefferson-on-race-a-reader-princeton-up-2026) — 2026-05-30T08:00:00+00:00
- [Ashley Rose Young, "Nourishing Networks: The Public Culture of Food in New Orleans" (Oxford UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/ashley-rose-young-nourishing-networks-the-public-culture-of-food-in-new-orleans-oxford-up-2025) — 2026-05-29T08:00:00+00:00
- [Robin R. Means Coleman and Novotny Lawrence eds., "The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film" (Oxford UP, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/robin-r-means-coleman-and-novotny-lawrence-eds-the-oxford-handbook-of-black-horror-film-oxford-up-2024) — 2026-05-29T08:00:00+00:00
- [Michael E. Sawyer, "The Door of No Return: Being-As-Black" (Temple UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/michael-e-sawyer-the-door-of-no-return-being-as-black-temple-up-2026) — 2026-05-28T08:00:00+00:00
- [The Instigators](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/the-instigators) — 2026-05-28T08:00:00+00:00
- [David Faflik, "Segregation Games: Boston, Busing, and the Making of Red Sox Nation" (U Massachusetts Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/david-faflik-segregation-games-boston-busing-and-the-making-of-red-sox-nation-u-massachusetts-press-2026) — 2026-05-27T08:00:00+00:00
- [Claudia Smith Brinson, "Stories of Struggle: The Clash over Civil Rights in South Carolina" (U South Carolina Press, 2020)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-african-american-studies-614218/claudia-smith-brinson-stories-of-struggle-the-clash-over-civil-rights-in-south-carolina-u-south-carolina-press-2020) — 2026-05-25T08:00:00+00:00

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