An astounding multigenerational saga, Red Clay chronicles the interwoven lives of an enslaved Black family and their white owners as the Civil War ends and Reconstruction begins.In 1943, when a frail old white woman shows up in Red Clay, Alabama, at the...

Clothes to Make You Smile is a picture book biography about Patrick Kelly, one of fashion's most influential Black designers, joyously told by fashion expert and educator Eric Darnell Pritchard and beautifully illustrated by award-winning artist Shannon...

With lyrical verse and dazzling illustrations, this joyful ode to Black hair will empower readers ages 4-8 to celebrate the historical, cultural, and emotional significance of their natural hair. From the intricate coils of kings and queens to the...

From bestselling illustrator and Coretta Scott King honoree Laura Freeman and award-winning author Glennette Tilley Turner comes the little-known story of Harriet Tubman's daring rescue of her enslaved brothers on Christmas Day This historical picture...

Curls and Souls explores relationships through their various stages-the beginning, the middle, and the end. It draws a parallel between a young woman's journey of growing, styling, and ultimately embracing her natural hair and the different phases of...

Roots of Resilience: Black History Through the Eyes of Faith is a transformative guide designed to empower churches and communities to teach Black History with confidence and conviction. At a time when public education faces challenges in preserving...

A never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great--not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision.In the 1950s, as a...

From bestselling author Ruth Forman and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honoree Raissa Figueroa comes a lyrical and vivid picture book celebrating motherhood, daughterhood, and the magic of love. Do I love you? Love shapes every moment in our lives...

An intimate portrait of James Baldwin, offering a new understanding of his life and works as seen through his close relationships and private life "Baldwin authority Zaborowska's gracefully impassioned biography. . . . A creatively conceived appreciation...

From Young People's Poet Laureate Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier, a stirring account of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, as witnessed by the Alabama River.Some say water is the mightiest force on earth.But the...

Hidden History of Black Cincinnati reveals the untold stories that shaped a city and defined a people. Long before the Civil Rights Movement or the Harlem Renaissance, Black Cincinnatians were building communities, owning businesses, and resisting...