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: In this timely new collection, editors Brian D. Behnken, Gregory D. Smithers, and Simon Wendt have assembled a group of stellar essays that highlight the range and complexities of black intellectual thought in the United States. Drawing insights from several academic fields of inquiry including critical race theory and feminist theory, this volume is a necessary text for anyone interested in understanding black intellectual history.--Keisha Blain, assistant professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh and author of Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom