From an acclaimed scholar of Toni Morrison, an intimate and searching account of the life and the art of one of our greatest and most prophetic writers Few critics have mapped the terrain of black American literature and culture with the range, rigor,...

Why has the racial wealth gap between the median white households and median Black households remained stagnant over the past century, never narrowing below six to one?Leading expert on race and financial equality Mehrsa Baradaran attempts to answer this...

An acclaimed journalist and political analyst strips away the hero worship often found in history books to look at how each president--from Washington to Trump--impacted Black lives. "An intellectual gem...about the vicious legacy of white supremacy and...

CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR ARTIST, SEAN QUALLSFrom Coretta Scott King Honor artist and illustrator of Questlove's The Idea in You, Sean Qualls comes a captivating introduction on how Black people have influenced music throughout history and what music...

The extraordinary biography of Salif Ke?ta, a Malian singer born with albinism, who overcame all odds to become a musical and social justice icon reminding all who hear his voice, they can accomplish anything. Salif Ke?ta was born in the Malian village...

"This singular memoir stunned me. With a poet's precision, Rachel Eliza Griffiths renders two interwoven tragedies few others could have lived through, much less written about with such clear-eyed candor."--Mary Karr, New York Times bestselling author of...

James Weldon Johnson's trailblazing coming-of-age novel on passing and racial ambiguity at the turn of the 20th century in America, freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line. From a cigar factory in Jacksonville to an elite...

From the 2025 Children's Literature Legacy Award winner, New York Times bestselling, and multiple award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford comes a powerful nonfiction picture book that follows the individual acts of courage behind the 1955...

For fans of Ainsley Earhardt and Matthew Paul Turner, this lyrical and heartwarming board book introduces little ones to prayer and its infinite meanings, encouraging connection with God in moments big and small. When we lie down to sleep or bless our...

From the author of Finding Jupiter comes a powerful new novel about love, self-esteem, and mental health. Reeling from unresolved family trauma and a viral heartbreak, a Black teen is thrust onto an unexpected journey of self-discovery, healing, and...

An ambitious and vast family history by the nephew of Soledad Brother author George Jackson and son of Black Panther martyr Jonathan Jackson, whose famous act of defiance redefined Black Power and American dissent in the early 1970s. "In his quest for...

Angie Thomas' #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy trilogy comes to a thrilling conclusion as Nic Blake makes a perilous journey through the Remarkable world--whether to save it, or to destroy it, she does not yet know. Nic Blake is finishing her first...