Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies

Our History Has Always Been Contraband is a comprehensive collection of canonical texts and authors in Black Studies, edited by Colin Kaepernick, Robin D.

G.

Kelley, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.

This groundbreaking volume excerpts readings that span across literature, political theory, law, psychology, sociology, gender and sexuality studies, queer and feminist theory, and history, providing a powerful tool for understanding the ongoing attack on Black history and culture.

The editors and contributors offer insightful commentary and analysis, outlining the ways in which we can collectively fight back against these forces of oppression.

With readings from renowned scholars and activists such as David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Anna Julia Cooper, Zora Neale Hurston, W.

E.

B.

Du Bois, C.

L.

R.

James, James Baldwin, June Jordan, Angela Y.

Davis, Robert Allen, Barbara Smith, Toni Cade Bambara, bell hooks, Barbara Christian, Patricia Hill Collins, Cathy J.

Cohen, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Saidiya Hartman, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, and many others, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand and combat the systemic erasure of Black history and culture.