From colorful characters like Cato Alexander, New York's first celebrity bartender, to sad and disturbing stories about Jack Daniel's heirs, Makers & Shakers has a little bit of everything for everyone. Join Washington, D.C.-based author and producer of...

A vital new volume exploring the history of Virginia's free Black population prior to emancipation.On the eve of the Civil War, around 60,000 Black men, women, and children lived free in the state of Virginia, often alongside enslaved neighbours. This...

Discover the history and importance of Kwanzaa, a week-long December holiday celebrated in Black, African, and African American culture. In The Kwanzaa Story, little Alliah (of The Juneteenth Story fame) is all grown up and, along with her husband...

The first major publication on Baltimore-based painter Jerrell Gibbs, whose contemplative portraits of Black sitters thrum with a vivid sense of place and reflect the complexity and emotional depth of everyday Black life. This book captures a prolific...

FROM THE STAR OF THE PHENOMENAL NETFLIX SHOW, ADOLESCENCE, COMES A POWERFUL EXPLORATION OF MASCULINITY, PACKED WITH INSPIRING STORIES AND HARD-EARNED WISDOM FOR LIFE'S MOST CHALLENGING MOMENTS. "I wanted to write this book for that person who feels...

Family trauma, race, and the destiny of a nation corrupted by slavery, cast in the light of epic myth: "More than a saga of Black revitalization . . . Part vision, part parable, it is a story for all America." (The New York Times Book Review) The Snowdon...

Equal parts prayer and protest, the poems in Dreams for Earth invite us to live fully in the power, responsibility, and joy of our interconnectedness.In her debut poetry collection, Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi chronicles experiences from quarantining in...

Encourage diversity in outdoor wilderness areas by reading interviews with 20 people of color who have active roles in nature.During his travels around the country as a wildlife photographer, Dudley Edmondson made a concerning observation: he was the...

A picture book that celebrates the community built at the hair salon and the dynamic variety of natural hairstyles! Today is the day! A little girl's first trip to the salon is a rite of passage, but choosing a new hairstyle is feeling like an impossible...

If you love science fiction adventures, you will love Cosmic Girls!Cosmic Girls follows the journey of Corina, a thirteen-year-old war orphan who becomes a bounty hunter for the United Empire of Earth in a distant future. She is amazing at her job but...

From the award-winning author and illustrator of Standing in the Need of Prayer comes a joyous picture book about an intergenerational Black family cooking a delicious feast and appreciating their quality time together. Aunts, uncles, cousins, all pitch...

"Derrick Barnes takes all forms of storytelling available to him­--allegory, folktales, and classics--to weave a novel that is empowered, empowering, and incredibly human. You won't be the same after reading it." --Erin Entrada Kelly, two-time...