Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art

Grass Roots: African Origins of an American ArtThrough the prism of America's most enduring African inspired art form, the Lowcountry basket, Grass Roots guides readers across 300 years of American and African history. In scholarly essays and beautiful photographs, Grass Roots follows the coiled basket along its transformation on two continents from a simple farm tool once used for processing grain to a work of art and a central symbol of African and African American identity. Featuring images of

Hatshepsut

Ron Stallworth finally lands in Salt Lake City

Finley conducted extensive interviews as well as participant-observation as a critic

Award-winning photographer Lorne Resnick showcases the beauty and vibrancy of Cuba in stunning images captured over twenty-one years

During the last captivity in the Western World

Created by comic book legends Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams

The book also attends to a nuanced understanding of how racism and inequality operate when an intersectional approach of race

The book aims to facilitate scholarly and policy-oriented discussions of the region’s sometimes complex inter-related challenges and

Liang’s by turns lyrically poetic and movingly raw investigation into the fate of her village became a bestselling book in China and brought her fame

A comfortable and gorgeous woven from 100% cotton

become an Army officer

It is about coming-of-age for a young activist