African-American Philosophers brings into conversation seventeen of the foremost thinkers of color to discuss issues such as Black existentialism, racism, Black women philosophers within the academy, affirmative action and the conceptual parameters of African-American philosophy.

George Yancy is a book review for the Philadelphia TribuneMagazine and a clinical family therapist at the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia.

George Yancy -- Introduction: Philosophy and Moving the Center of Conversation,One: Angela Y. Davis,Two: Cornel West,Three: Adrian M. S. Piper,Four: Howard McGary, Jr,Five: Lewis R. Gordon,Six: Michele M. Moody-Adams,Seven: Albert Mosley,Eight: Anita L. Allen,Nine: Tommy L. Lott,Ten: Leonard Haris,Eleven: Naomi Zack,Twelve: Joy Ann James,Thirteen: Joyce Mitchell Cook,Fourteen: Laurence Thomas,Fifteen: Lucius T. Outlaw, Jr.,Sixteen: Bernard R. Boxill,Seventeen: Robert E. Birt,