Our History Has Always Been Contraband

Since its founding as a discipline, Black Studies has been under relentless attack by social and political forces seeking to discredit it. Our History Has Always Been Contraband was born out of an urgent need to respond to the latest threat: efforts to remove content from an AP African American Studies course being piloted in high schools across the US. This volume brings together canonical texts and authors in Black Studies, including those excised from or not included in the AP curriculum.