Bøker av Joy James

A tribute to the power of self-determined stories. This dynamic collection spotlights the relational and political desires of Indigenous, African, and Afro-Indigenous people to overcome historical genocide, displacement, and disposability in an imperialist culture and nation. Activists, organizers, and academics gather to interrogate capture, care, environmental justice, sovereignty, and resistance. Engage is an invitation to interrogate everything, a toolkit to build a future free from the harmful legacies of colonialism, racism, and genocide.

Come and meet sixteen MARVELLOUS Black inventors and find out about their inventions!This book is a great introduction for very young children to discover the wonderful world of invention and creativity, with fantastic role models and exciting stories to pique their interest.Beautifully and imaginatively illustrated throughout to help inform and inspire young minds.

Joy James has a long, well regarded career marked by praise from author/activists including Angela Davis, Robin D.G. Kelly, Howard Zinn, Manning Marable and reviews in trade, academic, and popular press.This, her first book published by a trade publisher, is poised to break out and join with her academic/activist peers in reaching a broader audienceThis book was inspired by and is dedicated to Erica Garner–Eric Garner’s daughter–and will be embraced by Black Lives Matter activists

Violence is arrayed against me because I'm Black, or female, or queer, or undocumented. There is no rescue team coming for us. With that knowledge, we need a different operational base to recreate the world. It is not going to be a celebrity savior. Never was, never will be. If you're in a religious tradition that is millennia-old, consider how the last savior went out. It was always going to be bloody. It was always going to be traumatic. But there's a beauty to facing the reality of our lives. Not our lives as they're broken apart, written about and then sold back to us in academic or celebrity discourse. But our lives as we understand them. The most important thing is showing up. Showing up and learning how to live by and with others, learning how to reinvent ourselves in this increasing wasteland. That's the good life. Foreword by Da'Shaun L. Harrison Afterword by Mumia Abu-Jamal

The United States has the highest incarceration and execution rate in the industrialized world. Using a broad multicultural approach, "States of Confinement" uncovers the political, social, and economic biases in policing and punishment systems.

As the political climate of the United States moves rightward, effective and visionary voices from the left become both rarer and more essential. In this volume, the author provides such a voice.

The role of black public intellectuals is being passionately debated both within and outside academia. This book offers an expansive examination of African-American intellectuals, both historically and in contemporary life.