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South End Press is a nonprofit, collectively run book publisher with more than 250 titles in print. Since our founding in 1977, we have tried to meet the needs of readers who are exploring, or are already committed to, the politics of radical social change.

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Historic Partnership Realized

Historic Partnership Realized

On October 1, 2009, a historic partnership was realized when South End Press—one of the country's oldest independent, nonprofit presses—opened a new office on the campus of Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York. Through the joint efforts of the College's Center for Black Literature and DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy, the 32-year-old press has taken residence in the College’s space at MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn.

Founded in Boston, Massachusetts, South End Press is a collectively-run press dedicated to publishing books that encourage critical thinking and constructive action on the key political, cultural, social, economic, and ecological issues shaping life in the United States and in the world, while providing an alternative to the practices and products of corporate publishing. The Press's author list—which includes bell hooks, Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Winona LaDuke, Andrea Smith, Manning Marable, Cherríe Moraga, Arundhati Roy, Vandana Shiva, and Howard Zinn—reflects the Press’s commitment to publish on diverse issues from diverse perspectives, while developing the publishing capacity of individuals and groups from diverse communities.

Medgar Evers College was founded as a result of collaborative efforts by community leaders, elected officials, the Chancellor, and the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York. The College, named for the late civil rights leader, Medgar Wiley Evers (1925-1963), was established in 1969 and named in 1970, with a mandate to meet the educational and social needs of the Central Brooklyn community. In keeping with the philosophy of The City University and Medgar Evers College, the College is committed to the power of education to positively transform.

The mission of the Center for Black Literature is to expand, broaden, and enrich the public’s knowledge and aesthetic appreciation of the value of black literature. Through a series of programs that build an audience for the reading, discussion, and critical analysis of contemporary black literature and that serve as a forum for the research and study of black literature, the Center convenes and supports various literary programs and events such as author signings, writing workshops, panel discussions, conferences, and symposia. The DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy (DBC) is an academy of scholar activists and advocates dedicated to forging solutions to the challenges confronting people of color living within urban communities in the United States and throughout the African Diaspora. DBC produces research, formulates policies, sponsors conferences and produces public affairs media programming that advances economic and social justice.

The Press and the Centers will collaborate closely on joint programming that will directly benefit all members of the College as well as the broader community, while sustaining one of the country's most respected independent presses and the broad-based democratic social movements it has helped advance for over three decades.

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