Founded in 1897 by Lydia Moss Bradley, Bradley University has embraced a diverse population for over 100 years. This photographic history, featuring close to 200 vintage images, focuses on the development of this institution and the African-American...

African Americans of Western Long Island is a tribute to a particular people who have given much to their communities and made history along the way. It focuses on African Americans who have not only with distinguished themselves but also served to make...

Clinton Junior College was one of many schools established by the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church during Reconstruction to help eradicate illiteracy among freedmen. The oldest institution of higher education in Rock Hill, South Carolina, it has...

Pleasant City, a neighborhood of West Palm Beach, Florida, is the oldest African-American community in Palm Beach County. The first black settlers came to a place called the Styx--later owned by white millionaires who then rented their backyards to black...

Two isolated teens struggle against their complicated lives to find a true connection in this "timely and timeless" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) debut novel about first love and the wreckage of growing up. Lily is returning to her privileged...

"A heartfelt voyage through time and space." - Kirkus Rodney Barnes and Selina Espiritu return for another Quincredible adventure, this time diving into the world of Voodoo. Quinton West is back as the would-be hero of his city New Orleans, battling...

Pax Samson: The Cookout is the first volume in a new action-packed, fantasy trilogy that depicts a world struggling to find peace in the midst of threats, and a young superhero chef torn between following his passion and following in his family's...

Afam Izuwa didn't expect that taking care of three orphaned children would be easy. And it isn't, especially since one of them is an albino. Depending on who you ask in this African society, albinos can be a blessing or a curse to a family. The three...

This book is about learning and seeing my family's wealth that my grandad and his children struggled to hold on to, but in the end, most of the family ended up with none of. And the events and problems that they went through. Grandad had ten girls and...

Madam C.J. Walker was one of the first Black woman millionaires in the US. While she was a laundry worker, she started having trouble with her scalp and decided to create a solution. She developed a line of haircare and skincare products. At first,...

From New York Times bestselling author Walter Mosley, Detective Easy Rawlins' latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgia--blinding him to reason and risk. January 1970 finds Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, LA's premier Black detective, at 50...

Greatness and mediocrity are separated by one thing--how you respond to rejection.People who crumble beneath the weight of rejection never realize their full potential, but people who learn to use rejection as a catalyst experience fulfillment in their...