From left: Ruha Benjamin, Amaney Jamal, Kevin Kruse, Aisha Beliso De-Jesús. Photo of Ruha Benjamin by Cyndi Shattuck; photo of Kevin Kruse by Ricardo Barros; photos of Amaney Jamal and Aisha Beliso-De Jesús by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Detail of the cover of Tiffany King’s 2019 book, The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies. The Black Shoals received the American Studies Association’s Lora Romero First Book Prize.