Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

Randal Maurice Jelks is a professor of American studies and African and African American studies at the University of Kansas. His most recent book is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/faith-and-struggle-in-the-lives-of-four-african-americans-9781350074637/">Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali</a>.

Randal Maurice Jelks

How to Tell Africa’s History?

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

History

Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

The Struggle for Black Education: On Jarvis R. Givens’s “Fugitive Pedagogy”

Education

Four Hundred Souls

All Souls Rising

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

Randal Maurice Jelks is a professor of American studies and African and African American studies at the University of Kansas. His most recent book is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/faith-and-struggle-in-the-lives-of-four-african-americans-9781350074637/">Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali</a>.