Biography

This book honors the Tuskegee Airmen, known as the "Red Tails" who never lost escorted bombers. Read the personal account of a fighter pilot who overcame segregation in Europe and the United States.

This stunningly illustrated and intimate book--composed of Tupac's own words--is in many ways the autobiography Tupac Shakur never got to write. This richly illustrated companion to the Academy Award-nominated documentary film, Tupac: Resurrection brings...

Try Walking in My Shoes as a Black Man on Planet EarthBy: Kenneth E. Murrey Sr. Not for the faint-hearted, Try Walking in My Shoes as a Black Man on Planet Earth is the autobiography of Kenneth E. Murrey Sr. Murrey spares no details as he shares the hard...

In former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart's highly anticipated book, Truth: The Kordell Stewart Story, Stewart opens up about his often-discussed personal life, the thrills and challenges that he experienced in his football career, and...

John W. Fountain grew up on some of the meanest streets in Chicago, where drugs, crime, decay, and broken homes consigned so many black children to a life of despair and self-destruction. A father at seventeen, a college dropout at nineteen, a welfare...

Triumphs in Adversity is the compelling biography of a man who accepted fate's challenges, but also believed in his strength and determination to influence his destiny. Experiencing an accident resulting in amputation, watching history unfold during...

A jazz legend shares his life in a story as lyrical as his music A legend on both the clarinet and the soprano saxophone, one of the most brilliant exponents of New Orleans jazz, Sidney Bechet (1897-1959) played with such fellow jazz legends as Louis...

On October 8, 1930, Charles "Cap" Sauers, general superintendent of the Cook County Forest Preserve District, wrote a letter to Alfred M. Bailey, director of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, about an idea he had. He proposed developing several nature...

Dorothy Butler Gilliam, whose 50-year-career as a journalist put her in the forefront of the fight for social justice, offers a comprehensive view of racial relations and the media in the U.S. Most civil rights victories are achieved behind the scenes,...

Dorothy Butler Gilliam, whose 50-year-career as a journalist put her in the forefront of the fight for social justice, offers a comprehensive view of racial relations and the media in the U.S. Most civil rights victories are achieved behind the scenes,...

"Tracks Along the Left Coast more than accomplishes its self-appointed task of celebrating de Angulo's legacy." --Rain Taxi "Schelling's biography of Jaime de Angulo--'cattle puncher, medical doctor, bohemian, buckeroo, ' among other things--presents a...

Dr. Bobby Jones, host of BET's Bobby Jones Gospel and Video Gospel, joins nineteen acclaimed gospel performers who share personal stories celebrating God's glory. Includes stories from superstars Kirk Franklin, John P. Kee, Shirley Caesar, Rev. James...