Meet the Black Brooklynites who defined New York City's most populous borough through their search for social justice Before it was a borough, Brooklyn was our nation's third largest city. Its free Black community attracted people from all walks of...

From the founder of Black Girl Hockey Club, a collection of deeply insightful and piercing essays shedding light on the history of Black excellence in hockey, the future of Black joy within the sport, and the ways we can all do better when it comes to...

"One of the best books I have read this year (maybe ever)." --Colby Sharp, Nerdy Book ClubNPR Books We Love 2023 Publishers Weekly Best of 2023 Winner of the Governor General's Literary Awards for Young People's LiteratureA heart-wrenching middle grade...

Yolanda's year is on fire - but it's not the good kind. Just as things are clicking at school and with her friends, a bad feeling rolls into the Bronx. A new white student sets Yolanda on edge, and her bruja initiation brings terrifying visions of...

This paperback is the introduction to the first 1920s character from American Girl and the first children's book from NYT best-selling author Brit Bennett. Claudie Wells wants more than anything to be a person whose imagination can fly, instead of a...

In the first entertaining installment in a new early chapter book series, one unfortunate kale incident isn't enough to stop the unbeatable Wednesday Wilson from pursuing her entrepreneurial dreams -- or is it? The most important thing to know about...

A warm-spirited elegy to an abandoned work, brilliantly comic and wryly contemplative, by one of the great artist-investigators of our time. Originally published in 2008 in the groundbreaking Atelos series, To After That (TOAF) introduced a new kind of...

Her job is to track a murderer. His mission is to keep her alive. LA cop turned PI Travis Collins was a rookie when Chelsea Harper's father was put away for murder. Now Chelsea needs Travis to find the true culprit and clear her dad's name. When she...

Making an impressive dinner doesn't have to take an impressive amount of time. Grill, roast, air fry, and sear your way to a perfect family dinner with recipes that mix creativity with simplicity. Get ready to grill, roast, air fry, and sear your way to...

Artistic perspectives on the connections between water and nation, sovereignty and ecology Neither the metaphorical birth of a nation nor its actual violent formation is a one-time event. It is a process. A process of erasing, naming, and unnaming...

"This book is a masterpiece. It captures the essence of the Tuskegee Airmen's experience from the perspective of one who lived it. The action sequences make me feel I'm back in the cockpit of my P-51C 'Kitten'! If you want to know what it was like...

"The Most Wonderful Time is a lovable, unexpectedly thought-provoking Christmas romp of a novel from the ever-sparkling pen of Jayne Allen!" -- Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Alice NetworkThe author of the...

Fresh and startling thoughts on the progress and backlash that is reality for African Americans today. Trapped in a confusing maze of contradictions, there is still a measured hope for living, working, and loving alongside those who embrace equality...

The speeches of film legend Sidney Poitier--given at commencement addresses, awards shows, memorials, and more, on topics ranging from entertainment history to filmmaking, civil rights, and parenthood--come to vibrant life in this inspirational and...

Now in its first American edition, Dionne Brand's groundbreaking A Map to the Door of No Return has emerged as a modern classic, a highly influential exploration of "being" in the Black Diaspora.Since its first publication in 2001, Dionne Brand's...

No one knows maps like Nikki -- but can she get her family to Grandma's house in time? Nikki's family is preparing for a long road trip from Toronto to the Bronx to attend Uncle Travis's wedding. They pack their suitcases, boxes of Jamaican black cake,...