Lineage Lists

Black American Culture Published by Black Americans in Decade: 2020s

  1. An Examination of African American Genius by Calvin Baker
  2. Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham-Risher
  3. Rice: A Savor the South® Cookbook by Michael W. Twitty
  4. The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
  5. On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed
  6. Black Beauties: African American Pageant Queens in the Segregated South by Kimberly Brown Pellum
  7. Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue by Adrian Miller
  8. Antagonistic Cooperation: Jazz, Collage, Fiction, and the Shaping of African American Culture by Robert O’Meally
  9. Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World by Wil Haygood
  10. A History of the Black Baptist Church: I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired by Wayne E. Croft
  11. Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration by Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts
  12. We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy by Natalie Baszile
  13. Lost Restaurants of Galveston’s African American Community by Ella Lewis
  14. Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores by Katie Mitchell
  15. Beyond the Shores: A History of African Americans Abroad by Tamara J. Walker
  16. Blacksound: Making Race and Popular Music in the United States by Matthew D. Morrison
  17. Supreme Sirens: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Music by Marcellas Reynolds
  18. Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions by Francesca Royster
  19. The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism by Denise Murrell
  20. Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture by Shirley Neal
  21. Black Artists in America: From Civil Rights to the Bicentennial by Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins and Alaina Simone
  22. The Gist of Bid Whist: The Culturally-Rich Card Game from Black America by Lamont Jones
  23. Swing Low, volume 1: A History of Black Christianity in the United States (Volume 1) (Swing Low Set) by Walter Robert Strickland II
  24. Swing Low, volume 2: An Anthology of Black Christianity in the United States (Volume 2) (Swing Low Set) by Walter Robert Strickland II
  25. If We Are Brave: Essays from Black Americana by Theodore Johnson
  26. Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture: Photographs by Ivan McClellan
  27. Building the Black City: The Transformation of American Life by Joe William Jr. Trotter
  28. A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects by Robell Awake
  29. Soul Food For Dummies by Charla L. Draper
  30. Soul School: Taking Kids on a Joy-Filled Journey Through the Heart of Black American Culture by Amber O’Neal Johnston
  31. The New Negro: A History in Documents, 1887-1937 by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Martha H. Patterson
  32. Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine by Jessica B. Harris
  33. The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic by Lindsey Stewart
  34. American Soul: The Black History of Food in the United States by Anela Malik and Renae Wilson
  35. Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy by Tre Johnson
  36. That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor edited by Damon Young
  37. Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema by Odie Henderson
  38. Makers & Shakers: A Hidden History of Black Americans in Booze
  39. Black Freedom A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days by Blair LM Kelley
  40. When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy by Beronda L. Montgomery
  41. I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month
  42. Black Film A History of Black Representation and Participation in the Movies By David F. Walker
  43. We Were Here: A History of Black People and Alternative Music by Stephanie Phillips
  44. Roll Call: Two Hundred Years of Black American Art by Jade Powers (Editor) , Katelyn D Crawford (Editor) , Kelli Morgan (Contributor)
  45. Stories in the Seams: A People’s History of Black Quilts and Their Makers by Dr. Sharbreon Plummer
  46. Soul: A Brief History of Black Cultural Life by Christopher Freeburg
  47. In Hush to Harbor: Black Sanctuary from Slavery to Trump’s America by La-Toya L. Scott
  48. Gullah-Geechee Diasporas: Knowledge, Culture, and Black Lowcountry Legacies by Muhammad Fraser-Rahim and Elizabeth J. West (Editors)
  49. Court Queens: Celebrate the Players, Teams, and History of Women’s Basketball Book by Emma Baccellieri and Jordan Robinson
  50. Broadway in Black and White: The Untold Story of the American Musical by John Mauceri and John H. McWhorter
  51. The Fight Game in Black and White: A History of Black Boxing by Ray Scott and Charley Rosen