Biography

They Call Me Trusty: A Black Firefighter's Fight for Social Justice is the compelling memoir of Dudley "Trusty" Bynoe, a San Jose firefighter who dedicated his career to challenging the institutional racism entrenched in the fire service. Faced with...

They Call Me Trusty: A Black Firefighter's Fight for Social Justice is the compelling memoir of Dudley "Trusty" Bynoe, a San Jose firefighter who dedicated his career to challenging the institutional racism entrenched in the fire service. Faced with...

GO BACK AND GET IT!Reclaim Your Life, Dreams, and FreedomThis is not just a story. This invitation is for you to heal, grow, and rise.Guided by the powerful African principle of Sankofa, Marcia M. Spence shares her experiences with trauma and illness,...

A Scientific American Favorite Book of 2025 The riveting story of the McKissack family--the founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the mid-1800s to its thriving status today--in a moving...

Embrace and learn to love your natural hair with this eye-opening guide from "hair whisperer" to the stars, Felicia Leatherwood. As a child there was nothing Felicia Leatherwood wanted more than long, flowy hair. But Felicia's short afro grew up and out,...

An updated and revised biography of Patrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Patrice Lumumba (1926-61) is perhaps the most famous leader of the African independence movement. He became an icon of anti-imperialist...

Getting Deals Done is a new-millennium memoir written with universal and urgent applications, focused at the intersection of Race on the generation X axis, Capitalism on the generation Y axis and the New Age of the generation Z axis Getting Deals Done...

BoyA true story of love, loss, survival and finding your voice.Before the roads. Before the raves. Before the reputation. Before the man.There was just the boy. A black child raised in a white seaside town, searching for somewhere-anywhere-to belong.This...

My American Journey is a powerful story of grace, resilience, and divine purpose. It chronicles how God lifted me from the shores of Africa and redirected my life toward fulfillment and destiny.This isn't merely a story of career transitions or physical...

NOTE: This edition contains a black and white photo section.About this EditionThis is the Paperback Edition of Rooted. It includes the complete memoir in its entirety, with all photographs presented in black and white. This edition offers the same...

Who am I? How did I get here? Have I arrived? After a lifetime of struggle, perseverance, and faith, these are the questions Norman Nhamu Musewe finds himself asking and the reason he wrote this memoir.Norman knew from a young age he wanted to be a...