Biography

A successful investor, philanthropist, and leading wellness CEO provides a practical, thoughtful testimony on the impact of deep friendships in our personal and professional lives, illustrating how all relationships help us show up and strengthen our...

With their two voices alternating throughout the telling, this is the true story of a unique relationship that manages to transcend today's racial and cultural divide. One is a successful Caucasian author of numerous non-fiction books who shares a home...

A Black Renaissance WomanRenaissance Woman uncovers the remarkable life and legacy of Louise E. Jefferson, a trailblazing Black creative whose work left a deep yet overlooked impact on art and culture in the 20th century. As one of the first female and...

As a member of the integrated Women's Army Corps, Private First Class Sarah Keys served her country as a receptionist at Fort Dix, New Jersey. When she boarded a bus home to North Carolina in 1952, she never expected to be arrested and charged with...

Writing alongside the specter of premature death, Tisa Bryant traces the contours of Black women's interior lives and domestic spaces through meditations on literature, cinema, installations, and archival research to reaffirm her own way of being.In the...

As a member of the integrated Women's Army Corps, Private First Class Sarah Keys served her country as a receptionist at Fort Dix, New Jersey. When she boarded a bus home to North Carolina in 1952, she never expected to be arrested and charged with...

One family's story of racism, redemption, and the legacy of the No. 2 Black Construction Battalion. From an early age, Lance B. Dixon had heard about his grandfather George Dixon, one of six hundred men who served in the only Black battalion in Canadian...

The inside story of young Tiger Woods' training for greatness, developing the unique traits that would not only help him achieve the pinnacle of success but also ingrain the personal flaws that brought him crashing down. Eldrick "Tiger" Woods was...

Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972) was the golden voice behind a musical revolution--a soaring tenor whose electrifying performances helped define the sound of early rock 'n' roll. From his breakthrough with the Dominoes to founding the Drifters and launching a...

A memoir of basketball, dedication, and longevity from Boston Celtics legend Robert Parish Growing up in the heart of Louisiana, Robert Parish and his three younger siblings played baseball, football, and tennis--but never basketball. Still, by seventh...

A personal meditation on, examination of, and tribute to Black single motherhood, unapologetically told through poignant essays and candid interviews by a celebrated cultural critic   "Jamilah Lemieux is one of the most important feminist writers...

The author of It's Me They Follow chronicles the improbable true story of how she left an abusive past to build a bookshop that survived the Covid pandemic and become an international sensation.Jeannine Cook always thought she'd open a bookshop in her...