In the United States, the fight to secure full civil rights for African American people has endured for centuries. The movement has included many voices, among them, working people, charismatic activists, musicians and artists, the LGBTQIA community,...

In Revolutionary Poetics, Sarah RudeWalker details the specific ways that the Black Arts Movement (BAM) achieved its revolutionary goals through rhetorical poetics--in what forms, to what audiences, and to what effect. BAM has had far-reaching influence,...

In this final installment in the acclaimed Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is juggling work, relationships, and a newborn baby--but will she find the happy ending she's always wanted?After a whirlwind year, Tabitha Walker's carefully...

The speaker of Testify returns to divulge his parents' love story. Set in Anderson, Indiana in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, Trouble Funk exposes ways Black Love is thwarted but never destroyed by racism, classism, and sexism. Eschewing the "lyrical I" in...

An engaging examination of Black Girl Magic and its significance in American literatureIn Light and Legacies, author Janaka Bowman Lewis examines Black girlhood in American literature from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The representation of...

Authored during a time of great personal challenge, this book collects poems and rhymes that will inspire a range of emotions. Often relatable in their depiction of the universal human condition, hopefully you will see some of your own journey reflected...

Set primarily in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the 1920s, the story centers around the reunion of two childhood friends--Clare Kendry and Irene Redfield--and their increasing fascination with each other's lives. The story is told as a third...

This new edition of Phillis Wheatley Peters is the first full-length biography of the poet whose remarkable odyssey took her from being a child enslaved in Africa to becoming an international celebrity by the time she was in her early twenties, only to...

Power for Effectiveness in Troubled TimesIn these turbulent times, do you see evil raging against believers but feel powerless to stop it? Do you feel there is a deeper purpose and calling on your life to make a difference, but it is out of reach?Bishop...

"A Cinderella story as you've never seen it before." After the untimely passing of her father, Tillar Reed had to grow up quickly and let go of her childish desires for fairytales, romance and true love's first kiss. But when she finds herself back home...

This is a children's book based on building a village that requires that helping hands from others. Jerjuan has huge dreams but isn't quite able to acquire the tools he needs to make those dreams come true. It isn't until he's visited from his friend...

"A reluctant princess who'd rather break balls than attend them."Never seen with a hair out of place, Nicole Jones has a great life by anybody's standards. She was adopted at birth and welcomed into the loving Jones Tailoring family of Atlanta and she's...