AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist

Nancy Goldstein Jackie Ormes (1911–1985) blazed a trail as a popular cartoonist with the major black newspapers of the day. Her cartoon characters delighted readers and spawned other products, including an elegant doll with a stylish wardrobe and “Torchy Togs” paper dolls. The biography, recognized as a “Best Book” by the Village Voice and with “Best Book” citations in three Booklist categories, features a large sampling of Ormes’s cartoons and comic strips. This new paperback edition has been updated with a new preface. Pub Aug. 2019. 8.5 x 11 in. 240 pp. Univ. of Michigan Press 978-0-472-03755-1 P/$24.95

New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition

Edited by Keisha N. Blain, Christopher Cameron, and Ashley D. Farmer Essays that explore four central themes within the Black intellectual tradition: Black internationalism; religion and spirituality; racial politics and social justice; and Black radicalism. Pub Nov. 2018. 6 x 9 in. 240 pp. Northwestern Univ. Press 978-0-8101-3812-4 P/$34.95

They Stole Him Out of Jail

William B. Gravely On February 17, 1947, Willie Earle, an African American man arrested for the murder of a South Carolina taxi driver, was abducted from his jail cell by a mob and beaten, stabbed, and shot to death. An investigation produced 31 suspects and 26 confessions, but, after a nine-day trial that attracted national press attention, the defendants were acquitted by an all-white jury. This book is a compelling reminder not only of past traumas but of how far South Carolina and the country has yet to go. Pub Mar. 2019. 6 x 9 in. 309 pp. Univ. of South Carolina Press 978-1-61117-937-8 C/$29.99 978-1061117-938-5 E/$29.99