There's Dirt on My Shirt: The American Dreamsicle tells the story of an immigrant family boy navigating two cultures and growing American roots. His family adopted American values, idealism, and discovered the essence of America and the land of...

This kaleidoscopic portrait of an unprecedented time brings together some of our most treasured writers today--Edwidge Danticat, Layli Long Soldier, Monica Youn, Julia Alvarez, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor--to give voice to the...

Every day words we taking for granted when God has given us POWER in the word. The word still works. You have to know and understand the word in order for it to work. Find you in the word and build a real relationship with the one that created you and...

From an unflinchingly black perspective, Harding writes of the struggle of heroic African americans to achieve freedom from slavery. Index; photographs.

"Although loneliness is a quality that we all must endure (sometimes even while we are with someone), in every instance of it that I can think of, there is always an intervening event that rips you up in the end, apprehensively targets the tedium at...

When a dinner-party guest named Miles locks himself in an upstairs room and refuses to come out, he sets off a media frenzy. He also sets in motion a mesmerizing puzzle of a novel, one that harnesses acrobatic verbal playfulness to a truly affecting...

SUMMARYThis book is divided into two sections (spiritual & social). The Spiritual part is coming from a person that was raised in the church and have seen countless violations and has documented them. Some of the poems simply come from an elevated plain,...

SUMMARYThis book is divided into two sections (spiritual & social). The Spiritual part is coming from a person that was raised in the church and have seen countless violations and has documented them. Some of the poems simply come from an elevated plain,...

An intriguing introduction to Christian doctrine from an African perspective. Using a framework of excerpts from Chinua Achebe's well-known novel, Things Fall Apart, the author introduces the major themes of Christian doctrine: God, Trinity, creation,...

STRUGGLING THROUGH SHAMEDISCOVERING TRUE SUCCESSIn this charming, powerful and beautifully written memoir set in a small Southern town teeming with unforgettable characters, Donald Dorman tells how his seemingly idyllic boyhood for years was clouded by a...

In Their Own Receive Them Not, Griffin provides a historical overview and critical analysis of the black church and its current engagement with lesbian and gay Christians, and shares ways in which black churches can learn to reach out and confront all...

Sister Thea Bowman spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ as only an African American born in 1937 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, could. Throughout her adult life, she embraced Catholicism and religious life and never abandoned the beautiful gift of her...

Have you ever observed the conventional antics or overheard the colorful conversation of a group of older and distinguished gentlemen at a sporting event, in a restaurant, or at a backyard barbecue and wondered about their relationship? How did they...

"The Zoo," is a collection of poems that is a snapshot of the life and beliefs of Kito Fortune, told through the imagery and personification of his first true passion. Animals!! The story of a black as hell, Guyanese, Christian, nerdy, sober, bleeding...

"Names change," writes Wilfred Zinavage, "but genes don't; neither does history." In this detailed history of one family's struggle across generations, Zinavage records how history has marked the descendants of Antoni and Ketrin Ziniewicz. From humble...

'The Yummiest Githeri' takes us on a journey to the majestic central highlands of Kenya and introduces us to the tasty African cuisine, githeri. This is the story of a confident young girl, Wanja, who faces bullying and other challenges at school with...