Oral History Association Virtual Exhibit

Welcome to the UNC Press Virtual Exhibit for the Oral History Association.

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, chat with one of our acquisitions editors, and more.


Current 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.

Some of these books are highlighted in our Justice, Power, and Politics series.

You can also check out our full listing of new and classic books in African American Studies.

Gun Country

From Here to Equality, Second Edition

Race for Profit

Free Justice

Policing Los Angeles

City of Inmates

Chocolate City

Caging Borders and Carceral States

Black Food Geographies

Black Faces, White Spaces


All of our books (in fact, our entire site) are available now at our 40 percent OHA conference discount. Plus if your order totals $75, domestic U.S. shipping is FREE! Just use promo code 01DAH40 at checkout.

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.


Beyond Norma Rae

Beyond Norma Rae

How Puerto Rican and Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class

Aimee Loiselle

In Pursuit of Health Equity

In Pursuit of Health Equity

A History of Latin American Social Medicine

Eric D. Carter

Teaching Public History

Teaching Public History

Julia Brock, Evan Faulkenbury

Ybor City

Ybor City

Crucible of the Latina South

Sarah McNamara

The Multiracial Promise

The Multiracial Promise

Harold Washington's Chicago and the Democratic Struggle in Reagan's America

Gordon K. Mantler

Who We Are Now

Who We Are Now

Stories of What Americans Lost and Found during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Michelle Fishburne

The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women

The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women

Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South

Kami Ahrens

Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists

Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists

Queer Women in the Urban South

La Shonda Mims

Making Our Future

Making Our Future

Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia

Emily Hilliard

Surfing the South

Surfing the South

The Search for Waves and the People Who Ride Them

Steve Estes

We Are Not Slaves

We Are Not Slaves

State Violence, Coerced Labor, and Prisoners' Rights in Postwar America

Robert T. Chase

Twice Forgotten

Twice Forgotten

African Americans and the Korean War, an Oral History

David P. Cline

Living Queer History

Living Queer History

Remembrance and Belonging in a Southern City

Gregory Samantha Rosenthal

Meatpacking America

Meatpacking America

How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland

Kristy Nabhan-Warren

Gone Home

Gone Home

Race and Roots through Appalachia

Karida L. Brown

The Lumbee Indians

The Lumbee Indians

An American Struggle

Malinda Maynor Lowery

Porn Work

Porn Work

Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism

Heather Berg

Committed

Committed

Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions

Susan Burch

The Shadow of El Centro

The Shadow of El Centro

A History of Migrant Incarceration and Solidarity

Jessica Ordaz

Color and Character

Color and Character

West Charlotte High and the American Struggle over Educational Equality

Pamela Grundy

Broke

Broke

Patients Talk about Money with Their Doctor

Michael Stein

Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis

Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis

How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community

Jodi Eichler-Levine

The Hamlet Fire

The Hamlet Fire

A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives

Bryant Simon

Blue Texas

Blue Texas

The Making of a Multiracial Democratic Coalition in the Civil Rights Era

Max Krochmal

Free the Land

Free the Land

The Republic of New Afrika and the Pursuit of a Black Nation-State

Edward Onaci

Redefining the Immigrant South

Redefining the Immigrant South

Indian and Pakistani Immigration to Houston during the Cold War

Uzma Quraishi

Self-Defense in Mexico

Self-Defense in Mexico

Indigenous Community Policing and the New Dirty Wars

Luis Hernández Navarro, Ramor Ryan

The Young Lords

The Young Lords

A Radical History

Johanna Fernández

Semi Queer

Semi Queer

Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers

Anne Balay

On the Freedom Side

On the Freedom Side

How Five Decades of Youth Activists Have Remixed American History

Wesley C. Hogan

Tobe: A Critical Edition

Tobe: A Critical Edition

New Views on a Children's Classic

Benjamin Filene, Charles A. Farrell, Stella Gentry Sharpe

Speaking of Feminism

Speaking of Feminism

Today's Activists on the Past, Present, and Future of the U.S. Women's Movement

Rachel F. Seidman

Poll Power

Poll Power

The Voter Education Project and the Movement for the Ballot in the American South

Evan Faulkenbury

Lovie

Lovie

The Story of a Southern Midwife and an Unlikely Friendship

Lisa Yarger

Black. Queer. Southern. Women.

Black. Queer. Southern. Women.

An Oral History

E. Patrick Johnson

Transforming the Elite

Transforming the Elite

Black Students and the Desegregation of Private Schools

Michelle A. Purdy

Gone Home

Gone Home

Race and Roots through Appalachia

Karida L. Brown

Migrant Longing

Migrant Longing

Letter Writing across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

Miroslava Chávez-García

Liberia, South Carolina

Liberia, South Carolina

An African American Appalachian Community

John M. Coggeshall

Abortion after Roe

Abortion after Roe

Johanna Schoen

C. Wright Mills and the Cuban Revolution

C. Wright Mills and the Cuban Revolution

An Exercise in the Art of Sociological Imagination

A. Javier Treviño

Children of Reunion

Children of Reunion

Vietnamese Adoptions and the Politics of Family Migrations

Allison Varzally

From Reconciliation to Revolution

From Reconciliation to Revolution

The Student Interracial Ministry, Liberal Christianity, and the Civil Rights Movement

David P. Cline

Defiant Braceros

Defiant Braceros

How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom

Mireya Loza

Beyond Integration

Beyond Integration

The Black Freedom Struggle in Escambia County, Florida, 1960-1980

J. Michael Butler

Long Past Slavery

Long Past Slavery

Representing Race in the Federal Writers' Project

Catherine A. Stewart

Steel Closets

Steel Closets

Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers

Anne Balay

From Brown to Meredith

From Brown to Meredith

The Long Struggle for School Desegregation in Louisville, Kentucky, 1954-2007

Tracy E. K'Meyer

Crabgrass Crucible

Crabgrass Crucible

Suburban Nature and the Rise of Environmentalism in Twentieth-Century America

Christopher C. Sellers

Sexual Revolutions in Cuba

Sexual Revolutions in Cuba

Passion, Politics, and Memory

Carrie Hamilton, Elizabeth Dore