{"product_id":"black-in-the-middle-an-anthology-of-the-black-midwest-paperback","title":"Black in the Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerrion L. Williamson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ambitious, honest portrait of the Black experience in flyover country. One of \u003ci\u003eThe St. Louis Post Dispatch's\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2020.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack Americans have been among the hardest hit by the rapid deindustrialization and accompanying economic decline that have become so synonymous with the Midwest. After the 2016 election, many traditional media outlets renewed their attention on the conditions of \"Middle America,\" but they often marginalized or completely overlooked the experience of the Black people who live there. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by Terrion Williamson, the director of the Black Midwest Initiative, \u003ci\u003eBlack in the Middle\u003c\/i\u003e places the voices of Black midwesterners front and center. Filled with compelling personal narratives, thought-provoking art, and searing commentaries, this anthology explores the various meanings and experiences of blackness throughout the Rust Belt, the Midwest, and the Great Plains. It brings together people from major metropolitan centers like Detroit and Chicago as well as smaller cities and rural areas where the lives of Black residents have too often gone unacknowledged to create \"a timely, compelling collection that allows predominantly Black Midwesterners to reclaim their home, histories, and future.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA much-needed corrective to common narratives about the Midwest. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerrion L. Williamson\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of African American \u0026amp; African Studies at the University of Minnesota and the director of the Black Midwest Initiative. A native of Peoria, she is author of \u003cem\u003eScandalize My Name: Black Feminist Practice and the Making of Black Social Life\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Minneapolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382809804978,"sku":"9781948742696","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/feb690ab7e2aa6ad37feb54691397bcf.webp?v=1777845092","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/black-in-the-middle-an-anthology-of-the-black-midwest-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}