Biography

People tend to think of legacies as concrete things that we pass on from one generation to another. However it is the desire of the author to leave a legacy of memories of people, events, and everyday activities that highlighted her life. As she...

Description: Albert Raboteau was born into a Catholic family in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, three months after his father was shot and killed by a white man. It was during the 1940s, when blacks couldn't swim at the same beach as whites, when the priest...

"A story of daring in a time of great danger ... of two unknown heroes working for justice."--Dennis Flannigan, Washington State Representative, 2002-2010Part biography, part history, part love story, A Small Town Rises chronicles the lives of two civil...

A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua--by the author of Annie John"If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see. If you come by aeroplane, you will land at the V. C. Bird International Airport. Vere Cornwall (V. C.)...

Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged...

BlurbAt a time when our country grapples with issues like gun control, violence between its citizens, or whether to consider reparations for former slaves or their descendants, The Sharecropper's Daughter shines light on the life of one African American...

There is a level of defensiveness that comes with having a child out of wedlock. Both the child and the mother experience a lot of harsh criticism and judgment from almost everyone. Victims of teenage pregnancy are often stigmatized and stereotyped...

Most of the contents of the book has to do with my work with the US government. I traveled to many countries performing my assigned duties and encountered many unusual situations. I have been held at gunpoint in several countries and was aboard aircraft...

This is the gritty story of one man's lifelong education in the school of hard knocks, as his journey took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private industry...

Weaving through African American music, folklore, and mores, A Newark Childhood is a coming-of-age story that journeys from the author's years in kindergarten through high school graduation. It covers the period from 1948 to 1961 when he heads off to...

As violence erupted in her once idyllic village in southern Sudan, Adout Goi Ungua fled all she had known to get her children to safety. Her remarkable journey from that small village to a shining city upon a hill reassures readers that the American...

REGIONAL BESTSELLER Now a documentary narrated by Common, produced by Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, and 9th Wonder, from filmmaker Mary Mazzio The moving true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago's West side who form the first all-Black high...