Welcome to the UNC Press Virtual Exhibit for the African American Intellectual History Society.















Scroll through our newest releases!
Since we can’t be together at the conference, we’re bringing our book exhibit to you.
From virtually anywhere, you can browse our list of new and recent titles, or chat with one of our editors — Brandon Proia, Debbie Gershenowitz, or Andrew Winters.
You can learn about our new books just published in these great book series:
- Our brand new imprint, Ferris & Ferris Books
- John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
- David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History
- Studies in United States Culture
- Gender and American Culture
- Critical Indigeneities
- Where Religion Lives
- Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges
We’re highlighting our Justice, Power, and Politics book series.

The Justice, Power, and Politics series publishes new works that explore questions of social justice and political power and struggles for justice in the twentieth century. The series pursues—and brings into conversation with each other—books that use the lenses of justice, power, and politics to help readers better understand the evolution of the United States in the last century. The series includes works by both junior and more seasoned scholars that will find common ground not only in their content but also by broadening the way we think about these issues.
The first JPP books were published in 2013. For more information, visit the series website.
Congratulations!

At the Threshold of Liberty
by Tamika Y. Nunley, named a
Finalist for the 2022 Pauli Murray Book Prize,
African American Intellectual History Society
Recent events continue to bring new attention to subjects like police brutality, institutionalized racism, protests and activism, and more. These subjects are among the pillars of the UNC Press publishing program, and have cast new light on some of our newest books, and some of our classic bestselling titles.
You can also check out our full listing of new and classic books in African American Studies.

Check out this article in the Boston Review about
Black Marxism and the other books by Cedric Robinson.
Click here to shop our full list of books in our 2022 American History Catalog.
Follow the links at the left for information on submitting a book proposal, ordering desk or examination copies (even free digital exam copies), classroom permissions, disability resources, and more. We’ve even created a handy FAQ document, with answers to the most-asked questions we get at exhibit booths.
Click on any book below to learn more. And, using our View Inside feature, you can leaf through the pages for a preview of each new book, just as if you were standing at our booth. Check it out on each book page.
Forgeries of Memory and Meaning
Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II