Have you ever felt unseen, unheard, misjudged, or misunderstood?In What About Me: Walking the Tightrope as a Black Man in America, D. John Jackson, a Fortune 50 corporate leader with over thirty...
A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from venerable civil rights champion, the late Congressman John Lewis at the end of his remarkable life. Congressman...
The long-awaited autobiography from Georgetown University's legendary coach, whose life on and off the basketball court threw America's unresolved struggle with racial justice into sharp relief. John Thompson was never...
New York Times Bestseller Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person...
Finding self-acceptance both on and off the mat. In Sanskrit, yoga means to "yoke." To yoke mind and body, movement and breath, light and dark, the good and the bad....
Insightful essays, poignant life advice, and pithy pearls of wisdom from one of comedy's brightest rising stars Comedian, writer, actress, and social media star Amanda Seales is a force...
Discover the joy of cooking for yourself with more than 160 perfectly portioned, easy-to-execute recipes, flexible ingredient lists to accommodate your pantry, and ideas for improvising to your taste. Taking...
How have Black women elders managed stress? In Black Women's Yoga History, Stephanie Y. Evans uses primary sources to answer that question and to show how meditation and yoga from...
An Eater Best Cookbook of Fall 2020 - This groundbreaking new cookbook from chef, bestselling author, and TV star Marcus Samuelsson celebrates contemporary Black cooking in 150 extraordinarily delicious recipes....
An unapologetic exploration of the Black mental health crisis--and a comprehensive road map to getting the care you deserve in an unequal system. We can't deny it any longer: there...
New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceHow do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency...
The struggles African American women and their adolescent daughters face in living healthy, active lives From heart disease and diabetes to HIV and obesity, Black women and girls face serious...
From an award-winning journalist at The Atlantic, these searing essays make a damning case that cruelty is not merely an unfortunate byproduct of the Trump administration but its main objective...
An enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit's legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and politics, Black Bottom Saints is a powerful blend of fact and imagination reminiscent...
Indian freedmen and their descendants have garnered much public and scholarly attention, but women's roles have largely been absent from that discussion. Now a scholar who gained an insider's perspective...
Forget the aesthetics of mainstream minimalism and discover a life of authenticity and intention with this practical guide to living with less...your way. When Christine Platt set out on her...
"Richly detailed, vividly depicted, and sweeping in scope, Island Queen is historical fiction at its absolute finest. A stunning must-read "--Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of The Most...
For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo's journey from crime, prison, addiction, and loss to unexpected fame as Hollywood's favorite bad guy with...
How Far You Have Come is an exquisitely illustrated collection of poetry and essays from bestselling artist and writer Morgan Harper Nichols. In the midst of the hurt and the...
*** A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK *** An electrifying novel about the meteoric rise of an iconic interracial rock duo in the 1970s, their sensational breakup, and the dark...
Realistically speaking, women of the Bible are women of color! So immerse yourself into the life of the women of that day and see how your life intersects theirs. You...
CREATE THE DAY BEFORE YOU EVEN BEGINBrely Evans presents The ABCs of I AMs so that you can declare from your mouth positive affirmations that will speak to the very...
Now is the time to take responsibility for your own spirituality! Sometimes you just can't make it to the church house. The Women of Color Spiritual Self-Care Journal is designed...
Now is the time to take responsibility for your own spirituality! Sometimes you just can't make it to the church house. The Women of Color Spiritual Self-Care Journal is designed...
You have big life questions. This book will give you clear, direct answers!After successfully serving in one place for more than twenty years, Charles Jenkins came to a critical point...
"Cute, not-so-cute, smart, not-so-smart...thin, not-so-thin... athletic or not-so-athletic." If you're breathing and moving around, you are labeled. Labels attach themselves to us from day one, when our parents decide if...
In this stirring and lyrical debut novel--perfect for fans of The Water Dancer and the Legacy of Orïsha series--the Yoruba deity of the sea, Yemaya, is brought to vivid life...
The award-winning poet and essayist makes her fiction debut with this magisterial epic--an intimate yet sweeping novel with the freshness and forcefulness of Homegoing, The Turner House, and The Water...
A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance. Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding...
Kaia Alderson's debut historical fiction novel reveals the untold, true story of the Six Triple Eight, the only all-Black battalion of the Women's Army Corps, who made the dangerous voyage...
From Elizabeth Keckly's designs as a freewoman for Abraham Lincoln's wife to flamboyant clothing showcased by Patrick Kelly in Paris, black designers have made major contributions to American fashion. However,...
A deeply wrought and joyful debut poetry collection from an exciting new voice Looping exultantly through the overlapping experiences of girlhood, Blackness, sex, and personhood in America, award-winning essayist and...
Are you looking for a bedtime and/or nap-time book to share with the favorite child? Everyday a child should know that bed time serves a larger purpose. Dreams happen while...
The Plush Crew Alphabet Safari is a wonderful tool to help young children learn their ABCs. It takes the beginning reader on a journey through the animal kingdom, exploring creatures domestic and exotic from...
The Little Professor Skye Coloring Book is filled with vibrant ideas of science, math and enterprise. Combined with “Little Professor Skye Favorite Things” the books highlight the activities that we...
"In She Memes Well, Quinta gives more than a peek behind the curtain. She invites us in, lets us poke around and offers a balm for our aching souls. She...
This Peace and Purpose meditation coloring book is designed to have a therapeutic impact that is produced by conscious self-introspection. The journey to mindfulness is allowing spiritual wings to grow. We affirm there are Peace and Purpose for...
From celebrated national leader and bestselling author Stacey Abrams, While Justice Sleeps is a gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court. Brilliant and mesmerizing....
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the...
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by...
A haunting novel about a black woman who returns to her hometown for a plantation wedding and the horror that ensues as she reconnects with the blood-soaked history of the...
"Richly detailed, vividly depicted, and sweeping in scope, Island Queen is historical fiction at its absolute finest. A stunning must-read "--Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of The Most...
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Time, The Washington Post, Harper's Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, Marie Claire, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Parade, Goodreads, Fortune, and BBC "Riveting, fearless, and vividly original."...
*** A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK *** An electrifying novel about the meteoric rise of an iconic interracial rock duo in the 1970s, their sensational breakup, and the dark...
"Pure brilliance. So much will be written about Kaitlyn Greenidge's Libertie--how it blends history and magic into a new kind of telling, how it spins the past to draw deft...
Her name's Antonia Toni Bennette (yeah, she's heard all the jokes before) and she's not a rock star. Neither are the Lillys--not yet. But the difference between being famous and...
A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal...
As seen in OprahMag, Bustle, Parade, PopSugar, New York Post, Essence, Travel & Leisure, Ms. Magazine, TheSkimm, Betches, Shondaland, and Buzzfeed Named one of the Best Books of the Year...
A New Yorker writer's intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur's life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death. In the...
The award-winning poet and essayist makes her fiction debut with this magisterial epic--an intimate yet sweeping novel with the freshness and forcefulness of Homegoing, The Turner House, and The Water...
In this stirring and lyrical debut novel--perfect for fans of The Water Dancer and the Legacy of Orïsha series--the Yoruba deity of the sea, Yemaya, is brought to vivid life...
Christopher Aiden is is a burned-out 20-year veteran homicide detective assigned to solve the murder of a world champion boxer. Aiden is forced to work with a detective he loathes...
A chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoir of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and the moving, intimate story...
YOU, you... God thinks about you.God was thinking of you long before your debut. From early on, children are looking to discover their place in the world and longing to...
Hair Like Mine is the first book in the Kids Like Mine Series. It is a fun and easy read following a little girl who doesn't like that her naturally...
Find out how Neil deGrasse Tyson became one of America's best-known scientists. When he was nine years old, Neil deGrasse Tyson went on a trip that would change his life....
From the letter A to the letter Z, B is for Breathe celebrates the many ways children can express their feelings and develop coping skills at an early age. Fun,...
En esta edici n en espa ol del primer lbum ilustrado escrito por una beneficiaria de DACA -una dreamer- Areli Morales narra su poderosa historia como inmigrante. En la casa...
From award-winning, best-selling author and illustrator Mo Willems comes a bind-up of five Elephant & Piggie adventures to help foster early readers' problem-solving skills. Titles include: There is a Bird...
This Peace and Purpose meditation coloring book is designed to have a therapeutic impact that is produced by conscious self-introspection. The journey to mindfulness is allowing spiritual wings to grow. We affirm there are Peace and Purpose for...
This keepsake book gives clear information about the life of Jesus and gives readers a better understanding of who He is, where He lived, loved, taught, healed, died and rose...
"A masterful book...reaffirms the urgency of the current state of Black people in America and the power we all have to win transformative change." --Marc Lamont Hill, New York Times...
Are you looking for a bedtime and/or nap-time book to share with the favorite child? Everyday a child should know that bed time serves a larger purpose. Dreams happen while...
The Plush Crew Alphabet Safari is a wonderful tool to help young children learn their ABCs. It takes the beginning reader on a journey through the animal kingdom, exploring creatures domestic and exotic from...
Who runs the world? GIR– oh, wait. Sorry. Hang on. We want to think about this for a second. We’re going to switch things up this time. Who runs the...
The beloved OB-GYN, celebrity doctor, and star of Bravo's Married to Medicine reveals the twelve principles behind a happy and healthy vagina…and other lady parts.After twenty years of private obstetrics...
The Little Professor Skye Coloring Book is filled with vibrant ideas of science, math and enterprise. Combined with “Little Professor Skye Favorite Things” the books highlight the activities that we...
This revolutionary, award-winning play by a lauded playwright and poet is a fearless portrayal of the experiences of women of color--"extraordinary and wonderful...that anyone can relate to" (The New York...
An insightful, witty novel set in early twentieth-century black Boston by the Harlem Renaissance's youngest member. "A powerful work." --Essence The first novel by Dorothy West--author of The Wedding--was one...
Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters....
When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in...
An unforgettable novel, written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears. -- Herald Tribune Book ReviewPassionate, compelling . . . an impressive accomplishment. -- Saturday ReviewRemarkable for its courage,...
Their Eyes Were Watching God, a luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern black woman in the 1930s whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 ethnic & national memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. While often categorized...
"A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world." --Barack Obama Nominated as one...
The narratives of former slaves and the children of slaves in Plantation Slave Weavers Remember is an oral history of the weaving, spinning, dyeing and knitting activities of African-Americans during...
Dynamic and truthful, inspirational and wise; Iyanla Vanzant, author, orator and authority on spirituality from an African perspective, delivers a soaring message of faith and empowerment to Black men and...
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the...
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An Emma Watson Our Shared Shelf Selection for November/December 2018 - NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018/ MENTIONED BY: The New York Public...
Winner of the PEN/ Hemingway AwardWinner of the NBCC's John Leonard AwardShortlisted for the British Book Award - Debut of the YearA New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Notable...
A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best friend. Perfect for readers of Elizabeth Acevedo and Nikki Grimes. Mahogany L. Browne's...
