Loving Black Boys

Name: Loving Black Boys
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A Black Feminist Bible on Racism and Revolutionary Mothering

Tamura Lomax

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Duke University Press
12 May 2026

Religion & beliefs; Gender studies, gender groups; Ethnic studies; Black & Asian studies

Loving Black Boys is not just a love letter to Tamura Lomax’s own sons, but to all Black boys, men, fathers, and brothers. With understanding and urgency, Lomax writes honestly about Black endangerment and what it means to endure living in what James Baldwin called the “burning house” of white supremacist capitalist heteropatriarchal America. Seeing the full humanity of Black boys and men, and the liberation of all Black people, Lomax writes, requires a Black feminist lens. A companion piece to Freeing Black Girls, this book connects the everyday and extraordinary moments of Black mothering: phenomena as varied as “the talk” about police brutality, physical and emotional violence, Christian nationalism, miseducation, emotional health, sports, and more, which produce not only shared vulnerabilities but also tensions among Black folks. To her sons and to all Black men, Lomax insists that Black feminism, which emphasizes mutuality, protection, ethical autonomy, and healing, is vital to forging a safer future for individual and collective survival.

By: Tamura Lomax
Imprint: Duke University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 445g
ISBN: 9781478038702
ISBN 10: 1478038705
Pages: 332
Publication Date: 12 May 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Tamura Lomax is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Michigan State University and author of Freeing Black Girls and Jezebel Unhinged, also published by Duke University Press.

Reviews for Loving Black Boys: A Black Feminist Bible on Racism and Revolutionary Mothering

""This important and ground-breaking book engages questions of mothering and rearing young Black boys from a Black feminist perspective. Lomax offers a rare blend of compelling storytelling together with both deep engagements with contemporary Black culture, history, and feminist theory. Loving Black Boys is a compelling defense of Black boyhood as a category whose integrity should be maintained. The adultification of Black children is a social crisis and this book offers an important corrective.""--Brittney Cooper, author of, Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower