Representing the race: a new political history of African American literature

Introduction: Toward a political history of African American literature

The politics of early African American literature

The culture of racial politics after slavery

New Negro politics from reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance

The geopolitics of African American autobiography between the world wars

Copyright law, free speech, and the transformative value of African American literature

The political audacity of Barack Obama's literature

Epilogue: The politics of African American literature after Obama.

Introduction: Toward a political history of African American literature

The politics of early African American literature

The culture of racial politics after slavery

New Negro politics from reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance

The geopolitics of African American autobiography between the world wars

Copyright law, free speech, and the transformative value of African American literature

The political audacity of Barack Obama's literature

Epilogue: The politics of African American literature after Obama.