We Shall Independent Be
African American Place-Making and the Struggle to Claim Space in the United States

by Leslie M. Alexander (editor), Angel David Nieves (editor)


With twenty chapters from leading scholars in African American history, urban studies, architecture, women’s studies, American studies, and city planning, “We Shall Independent Be ” illuminates African Americans’ efforts to claim space in American society despite often hostile resistance.
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Distant Bugles, Distant Drums
The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico

by Flint Whitlock

“Worthwhile reading just for its cast of characters, many of whom merge the spirit of the Civil War with the Wild West. . . . An equally wild and woolly read for Civil War or Western buff alike.”
—Civil War Times
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