Available in the Richland Library collection in print format. From the founder and activist behind one of the largest movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the “me too” movement, Tarana Burke debuts…
Available from the University of South Carolina Press. A pioneering history of the Carolina rice kitchen and its African influences. Where did rice originate? How did the name Hoppin’ John evolve? Why was…
Published May 2014 Available from the University of South Carolina Press. In Notes from a Colored Girl, Karsonya Wise Whitehead examines the life and…
Published December 2022 Available from the University of South Carolina Press. Francis is found. Beyond Francis, a family is found—in archival material that barely deigned to notice their existence. This is…
Published May 2022 Available from the University of South Carolina Press. Child is the story of Judy Goldman’s relationship with Mattie Culp, the Black woman who worked for her family as a live-in maid…
Published May 2022 Available from the University of South Carolina Press. A vivid and moving story about family, courage, and the power of education Ruth remembers the day the sheriff pulled up in…
An Intimate History of School Desegregation in South Carolina Published January 2022 Available in the Richland Library collection in print format and at the University of…
Published October 2018 Available in the Richland Library collection in print format. Gender discrimination is often seen from a human rights perspective; it is a…
Published February 2020 Available in the Richland Library collection in print format. Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths…
Published February 2021 Available in the Richland Library collection in in print, eBook, and eAudiobook. Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails…