Citing the Archive (Chicago):
Foster, Harry. "Detroit Badman Archive." 2026. https://detroitbadmanarchive.com.
Citing an Individual Entry (Chicago):
Foster, Harry. "[Figure Name]." Detroit Badman Archive. 2026. https://detroitbadmanarchive.com/[figure-id].
Citing the Archive (MLA):
Foster, Harry. Detroit Badman Archive. 2026, detroitbadmanarchive.com.
Citing the Archive (APA):
Foster, H. (2026). Detroit Badman Archive. https://detroitbadmanarchive.com
Sources coming soon as archive entries are completed.
Sources coming soon as archive entries are completed.
Gates, Henry Louis. The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism. Oxford University Press, 1988.
Roberts, John W. From Trickster to Badman: The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989.
Robinson, Cedric J. Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition. 3rd ed., University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
Spillers, Hortense J. "Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: An American Grammar Book." Diacritics, vol. 17, no. 2, 1987, pp. 65-81.
Bryant, Jerry H. Born in a Mighty Bad Land: The Violent Man in African American Folklore and Fiction. Indiana University Press, 2003.
Soitos, Stephen F. The Blues Detective: A Study of African American Detective Fiction. University of Massachusetts Press, 1996.
Ogbar, Jeffrey Ogbonna Green. Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Van DeBurg, William L. New Day in Babylon: The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975. University of Chicago Press, 1992.
Tighe, Michael. Detroit Skyline. 26 September 2015. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. commons.wikimedia.org.
For those seeking deeper engagement with the badman tradition and its scholarly context, we recommend exploring the works listed above as well as the following topics:
A curated reading list organized by topic will be added as the archive expands.