Biography

When Ernie Banks passed away in 2015, he was regarded as one of the most beloved men in baseball history. Making his start as a shortstop with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues as a teenager, Banks went on to become the first African American...

The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis A New Yorker "Best Book of 2024" Selection "The perfect book, at the right time."--Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) was a...

The rise and fall of one of America's first Black sports celebrities "Deeply and impressively researched. . . . Ms. Mooney pieces together a narrative with an arc so tight and clean that it's a wonder it actually happened. . . . It reads, in other...

An urban sociologist befriends a visionary Detroit craftsman, artist, and inventor. Over the course of the next several years Paul Draus records how Carlos Nielbock's life experiences act as a lens that refracts the key challenges facing the city of...

Could you create opportunity from adversity and transform your life?Perseverance, patience, generosity, resilience: these are the values Aminata Sy learned from her aunt growing up in Dakar. Her childhood was riddled with broken bonds and poverty, each...

Could you create opportunity from adversity and transform your life?Perseverance, patience, generosity, resilience: these are the values Aminata Sy learned from her aunt growing up in Dakar. Her childhood was riddled with broken bonds and poverty, each...

My mother smiled at me and said, "When you look out the window and see a regular bird, you don't necessarily pay much attention to it. The day you see a bluebird, though, you look at it a little longer and admire it. Not because you don't like it, but...

Black History Leaders: Volume 5: is a powerful graphic novel spotlighting the lives of four groundbreaking icons: Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Beyonc?, and Rihanna. Through striking visuals, this volume traces their influential journeys, showcasing their...

A tasty yet experimental recipe of creative memoir in poetic prose cooked up for your consumption -- one letter at a time.Alphabet Soup, A. Gregory Frankson's first full-length foray into the world of creative non-fiction, is a poetic exploration of the...

Lee Pierce's debut book takes you from the vineyards andprune orchards of beautiful Napa County, California, to a history making seat on the dais of Santa Rosa, California's governing body. Santa Rosa is the largest city between San Francisco and...

A moving Anthology containing a varied collection of personal, vibrant, introspective, and lyrical stories from a diverse and seasoned group ofsix dedicated writers. Their storytelling unfolds with grace, humor, anduniversal truths. These stories...

Christopher Wallace has more alter egos than your average comic book character: MC CWest, Big, Biggie Smalls, Frank White, Big Poppa, and The Notorious B.I.G.-each with its own fascinating backstory. Discover them all in TidalWave's comic book biography,...