Books by Robin D. G. Kelley

A groundbreaking contribution to the history of the "long Civil Rights movement", Hammer and Hoe tells the story of how, during the 1930s and `40s, Communists took on Alabama's repressive, racist police state to fight for economic justice, civil and political rights, and racial equality.

This collective biography of four jazz musicians from Brooklyn, Ghana, and South Africa demonstrates how modern Africa reshaped jazz, how modern jazz helped form a new African identity, and how musical convergences and crossings altered the politics and culture of both continents.