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Groundwork(Updated)
Local Black Freedom Movements in America
by Jeanne Theoharis, Komozi Woodard, Charles M. Payne, Walt Whitman, Editor-Charles Payne
Hardcover, 328 Pages, Published 2005 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-8284-2, ISBN: 0-8147-8284-1

"Over the last several years, the traditional narrative of the civil rights movement as largely a southern phenomenon, organized primarily by male leaders, that roughly began with the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and ended with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has been complicated by studies that root the movement in smaller communities across the country. These local movements had varying agendas and organizational development, geared to t ..."

Displays of Power(Updated)
(with a new afterword): Controversy in the American Museum from the Enola Gay to Sensation!
by Steven C. Dubin, Jeanne Theoharis, Komozi Woodard, Charles Payne
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2001 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-1890-2, ISBN: 0-8147-1890-6

"Museums have become ground zero in America's culture wars. Whereas fierce public debates once centered on provocative work by upstart artists, the scrutiny has now expanded to mainstream cultural institutions and the ideas they present. In Displays of Power, Steven Dubin, whose "Arresting Images" was deemed "masterly" by the "New York Times," examines the most controversial exhibitions of the 1990s. These include shows about ethnicity, ..."

From Stumbling Blocks to Stepping Stones(Updated)
The Life Experiences of Fifty Professional African American Women
by Kathleen F. Slevin, C. Ray Wingrove, Dayo Gore, Jeanne Theoharis, Komozi Woodard
Paperback, 196 Pages, Published 1998 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-8100-5, ISBN: 0-8147-8100-4

"Whether in popular culture, academic research, or public consciousness, African American women are often defined by their presumed poverty or lack of education. In this unique antidote to public perception, Kathleen F. Slevin and C. Ray Wingrove focus on the experiences of an unusual group of pioneers: one of the first generations of African American women to work as white-collar professionals, retire in considerable comfort, and remain ..."

In Defense of Single-Parent Families(Updated)
by Nancy E. Dowd, Dayo Gore, Jeanne Theoharis
Hardcover, 222 Pages, Published 1996 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-1869-8, ISBN: 0-8147-1869-8

"Single-parent families succeed. Within these families children thrive, develop, and grow, just as they do in a variety of family structures. Tragically, they must do so in the face of powerful legal and social stigma that works to undermine them. As Nancy E. Dowd argues in this bold and original book, the justifications for stigmatizing single-parent families are founded largely on myths, myths used to rationalize harshly punitive soci ..."