When Nari brings her traditional Asian lunch to her school, she doesn't expect her classmates' reaction... "Pee-yoo! It smells like someone farted!"Feeling embarrassed and rejected, she asks her mother to make her American lunches from now on, only to...

Famous as a football star and prizewinning student, then acclaimed as a world-class concert singer and record-breaking actor on stage and screen, Paul Robeson became one of America's most controversial figures during the Cold War. Hailed by many as a...

New York Times bestselling author and beloved actress Victoria Rowell delivers another hilarious novel and shocking send-up of the soap opera world, featuring Calysta Jeffries, the unstoppable diva of daytime drama. As we learned from Victoria Rowell's...

The legend of the Yellow Rose of Texas holds an indisputable place in Lone Star culture, tethered to a familiar song that has served as a Civil War marching tune, a pop chart staple and a halftime anthem. Almost two centuries of Texas mythmaking successfu

In this magical middle-grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isn't the perfect place she imagined when she moves from Haiti to Brooklyn. With the help of a clever witch, Gabrielle becomes the perfect American -- but will she lose...

Tobias Wright has always gotten everything he's wanted, including Niecey, the love of his life. A chance meeting at one of the lounge bars that he owns was all it took for him to fall head over heels in love with her. Fast forward two years later, Toby...

The Wrath Of Palzora is a story of love, lust, hatred, greed, deception and murder. Set in the early days of Oklahoma statehood, it begins with the mysterious death of a farmer who fell dead while drawing water from a well in Lincoln County, Oklahoma; a...

In this "sharp-eyed account of a nearly forgotten African-American sports legend" (Publishers Weekly)--the remarkable Major Taylor who became the world's fastest bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era--"Kranish has done historians and fans a service...

"You're trying to do too much with this collection," a friend told him. "I can't tell if you're writing jokes or poems or stories. This book is all over the place!"He nodded. Maybe it was. But then there are so many different aspects to a person's...

Created as a living memorial to the philosophies and ideas of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this essential volume includes more than 120 quotations from the greatest civil rights leader's speeches, sermons, and writings. Selected and introduced by Coretta...

Celebrating notable African Americans, this inspirational and thoughtprovoking collection of quotations covers a wide range of African-American heroes, from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall to Jackie Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald to...

"You don't know me," Martin Luther King, Jr., once declared to those who criticized his denunciation of the Vietnam War, who wanted to confine him to the ghetto of "black" issues. Now, forty years after being felled by an assassin's bullet, it is still...

This is the bittersweet life story of a beloved bandleader who rose to fame and fortune, then spent the last 20 years of his life working to pay $1.6 million in back taxes. Written with Troup, jazz critic for New York Newsday, the book is a...

When Tina's nephew, Ronnie is killed, she is left to care for his siblings and to solve a series of mysterious murders involving only black men. Investigating each murder thrusts her and her team into a world of deities, demons, and fallen angels,...

The Womb Rebellion is the latest in the popular genre of books and movies related to slavery. It continues in the legacy of popular books and films such as: 12 Years a Slave, The Birth of a Nation, The Underground Railroad; and the new Hulu television...

The Woman Trapped in the Dark is the propulsive third novel in J.D. Mason's contemporary trilogy about unforgettable love, scorching desire, and dangerous secrets.Marriage can be deadly.People disparaged their relationship. Enemies tried to tear them...