Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 photographs, including never-before-seen images, The Look is a stunning journey through Michelle Obama’s style evolution, in her own words for the first time. In this celebration of style, from the...

Rogers' work was concerned with "the Great Black Man" theory of history. This theory presented history, specifically black history, as a mural of achievements by prominent black people. Rogers devoted a significant amount of his professional life to...

David Walker's Appeal is an uncompromising African-centered discourse that attacks white injustice and advocates Black self-reliance. Its publication in 1830 intensified the debate and struggle against slavery. More than a petition against slavery, the...

Ethiopia Unbound: Studies in Race Emancipation (1911) is a novel by J. E. Casely Hayford. Published at the height of his career as a politician, journalist, and activist, Ethiopia Unbound is considered the first pan-Africanist work of...

First published in 1954, a time when few books on African history were written from an African perspective. An intimate history of Africa and its ancient civilizations, the book opposed the stereotyped and often racist histories of Africa. Today, a half...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

AN AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK - A diverse group of New Yorkers are brought together by the search for a missing woman--in this electric novel of secrets, connection, and community."Cinematic, preternaturally humane, and absolutely unputdownable--I just...

The true story of Andrew Heidelberg, who against incredible barriers, became the first African-American to play previously "white" high school football in the South. The story, as told by Andrew to Robert D. Gaines, covers his childhood in the racist...

The personal words, thoughts, and feelings in this book bring out the author's vulnerability and offer a safe space for you to feel your deepest emotions. A book that honestly touches on important topics like love, womanhood, heartbreak, friendship, and...

In her first book, author Margaret Marie Hailey Crudup tells the story of the many challenges she faced as a blind, Black woman growing up and being educated in the South. "I Can See Clearly Now" is a heart-warming testimony of how she endured hardship...