The History of Black Studies

'Abdul Alkalimat is one of the most rigorous and committed Black radical thinkers of our time'

-- Barbara Ransby, award-winning author of 'Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement'

'Magisterial [...] The most comprehensive history of the field of Black Studies. This landmark book will become a standard in the history of our field.'

-- Molefi Kete Asante, Professor at the Department of Africology, Temple University

'Abdul Alkalimat, one of the pioneers of Black Studies, has done a great service by providing a powerful, expansive, and compelling history of the field'

-- Keisha N. Blain, award-winning author and co-editor of the #1 New York Times Bestseller '400 Souls'

‘This is Alkalimat’s magnum opus […] a focal point for scholarship on the history of Africana thought in the academy. It is required reading for Black Studies scholars and intellectual historians’

-- Fabio Rojas, Virginia L. Roberts Professor of Sociology Indiana University

‘A visionary and a documentarian, Alkalimat has been a major figure in the Black Studies movement since its modern inception. This landmark book is indispensable’

-- Martha Biondi, author of ‘The Black Revolution on Campus’

'Stunning [...] a precious guide to a forgotten past as well as a valuable tool for future battles over the political direction of education against racism'

-- Paul Gilroy, author of 'There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack'

'A must-read chronicle of one of the most significant developments in US social movements, making more visible the role of Black women who have too often been footnotes in this history. Even veteran pioneers and Black Studies comrades will be wowed!'

-- Beverly Guy-Sheftall, the Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women's Studies at Spelman Col