“Mandatory reading for anyone interested in civil rights history and African American gender history.” — The Historian
“A well-conceptualized and engagingly written narrative study of the subject. . . . A welcome addition to the literature on gender and the civil rights era; it provides an insightful overview of manhood and the movement in one volume.” — Journal of American History
“Estes’s particular strength is found in the richness of detail and anecdote he provides. . . . Offers a new perspective on the black freedom struggle that is well worth considering.” — Journal of Southern History
“Eloquent and imaginative . . . I Am a Man! represents an indispensable contribution to civil rights historiography that, due to its breadth and style, will appeal not only to U.S. historians and specialists in the field but also laypersons and general readers.” — Alabama Review
“A fresh approach that extends and deepens our understanding of the Civil Rights Movement by allowing us to see it through the gendered lens of masculinist rhetoric and tactics.” — Southern Cultures
“A well-conceptualized and engagingly written narrative study. . . . It provides an insightful overview of manhood and the movement in one volume.” — Journal of American History
“I Am a Man! stands as a fascinating journey through the race and gender conflicts of the mid-twentieth-century United States and is a welcome addition to the historiography of civil rights.” — H-South
“An extremely readable and provocative book. . . . Highly recommended.” — Multicultural Review
“Estes adds to a discussion on the Civil Rights movement that all too often focuses exclusively on race and class. The narrative is organized in such a way that makes it useful for a lecture-style college course and should be considered mandatory reading for students of the Civil Rights movement and gender history.” — North Carolina Historical Review
“A stimulating critique . . . Estes should be commended for challenging us to rethink the relationship between the civil rights struggle and masculinity and his book should lead us towards some exciting new developments in civil rights historiography.” — Ethnic and Racial Studies
