Through meticulous documentation of literature and the arts Blue Sky for Black America highlights the representation of African Americans in Western thinkers' imagination. It is a call to encourage and inspire Americans to produce and distribute imaginings of the long-term future for African America culture.

JESSE RHINES Ph.D. is author of the Gustavus Mayer Human Rights Award winning book Black Film/White Money and the 2011 book Black Harvard/Black Yale. He holds an M.A. in African American Studies from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from the University of California Berkeley.