A long-overdue corrective to the history of rock 'n' roll and alternative music, repopulating it with the extraordinary Black artists and influential figures who steered its course, from an author, journalist, and front woman of the British post punk...

Trigger Words examines how language in the United States has been manipulated and politicized to sow division and dehumanization, rather than to encourage inclusion and equity. From "woke" to "DEI" to "CRT," words that once emerged from marginalized...

Based on the true story of Alessandro de' Medici, this sweeping novel follows a Black woman's secret plot to put her son on a Renaissance throne. In 1490, a dark-skinned baby girl arrives at the Santo Spirito foundling hospital with a bronze dagger...

From the critically-acclaimed writer of My Block Looks Like and Salon Saturday comes another picture book that celebrates a sacred ritual in Black culture: Sunday morning church services! A young girl and her family wake up before the sun rises and begin...

The autobiography of the godfather of urban streetwear, American fashion designer and hip-hop cultural icon, Karl Kani whose clothes were worn by everyone from Michael Jackson to Tupac, Aaliyah to Biggie, and Nas to Jay-Z. Karl Kani tells the story of...

Meticulously crafted and unflinchingly vulnerable, Nicole R. Fleetwood's multigenerational family portrait braids the intimate life of a neighborhood with the historic arc that shaped it to offer an untold story of the black Midwest. In 1973, Hamilton,...

Sin, sickness and shame-three powerful words that delve into the woes and repercussions of a life lived outside of Christ. People are victimized by the sickness and shame that stems from a sin-led life. As commissioned and enabled by God, Tamika Jackson...

The 1st South Carolina Volunteers, later the 33rd United States Colored Troops, were the first black unit of the Civil War. Preceding the famous 54th Massachusetts--seen in the film Glory--by one year, these South Carolina slaves turned soldiers were...

Black I Eye] on America, is one of the best contemporary literary additions to the world of poetry, and in particular the genre of African- American Poetry. The concepts, ideas, and pattern of thought portrayed within each line and verse of each poem...

Veteran Zambian journalist Samuel Ngoma tells the incredible story of the life of Nelson Mandela, covering his leadership, his courage, his triumphs, and his heart-searing losses. But Ngoma then takes it a step further, diving into the question of...

A New York Times Notable Book Whether Lee Stringer is describing "God's corner" as he calls 42nd Street, or his friend Suzy, a hooker and "past due tourist" whose infant child he sometimes babysits, whether he is recounting his experiences at Street...