The New Black Sociologists follows in the footsteps of 1974s pioneering text Black Sociologists: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by tracing the organization of its forbearer in key thematic ways. This new collection of essays revisit the legacies of significant Black scholars including James E. Blackwell William Julius Wilson Joyce Ladner and Mary Pattillo but also extends coverage to include overlooked figures like Audre Lorde Ida B. Wells James Baldwin and August Wilson - whose lives and work have inspired new generations of Black sociologists on contemporary issues of racial segregation feminism religiosity class inequality and urban studies.
