A Question of Manhood, Volume 2

A Question of Manhood: A Reader in U.S. Black Men's History and Masculinity is the first anthology of historical studies focused on themes and issues central to the construction of Black masculinities. The essays were selected from several hundred articles published in recent years in leading American history journals and academic periodicals. Volume 2 picks up where Volume 1 left off, continuing to focus on gender by examining the lives of African American men in the tumultuous period following the Civil War through the end of the 19th century. The writings included in this volume touch on leadership, work and the professions, family and community, sports and the military, and the image of Black men in the larger society. Darlene Clark Hine is John A. Hannah Professor of History at Michigan State University. She is co-editor of Crossing Boundaries: Comparative History of Black People in Diaspora and More Than Chattel: Black Women and Slavery in the Americas, co-author of A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America, and author of Hine Sight: Black Women and the Reconstruction of American History. Earnestine Jenkins is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Memphis. She has published articles that have appeared in numerous books and journals, including Milestones in Black American History, and Aspects of Ethiopian Art.