Description: An inclusive survey from Frederick Douglass to the voices of Black Lives Matter
Brief description: Brian D. Behnken is associate professor in the Department of History and the US Latino/a Studies Program at Iowa State University. He is author of Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas and, with Gregory D. Smithers, Racism in American Popular Media: From Aunt Jemima to the Frito Bandito.
Review Quotes: This text brings focus and meaning to the major leaders of black intellectual inquiry. . . . This book is a good resource for academic libraries, public libraries and faculty who teach in Black and Women's Studies Programs.--Carol Walker Jordan "The Southeastern Librarian"