Books in the Collected Black Writings series

The Works of Alain Locke provides a definitive collection of writings by a towering figure in African American thought.

Best known today for his introduction to Frederick Douglas' My Bondage and My Freedom (1855), James McCune Smith was the foremost black intellectual in antebellum America and the first African American to receive a medical degree (from the University of Glasgow). This volume showcases Smith's writings on black education and self-help, citizendship, and fight against racism.