From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement. In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the...

From acclaimed author and illustrator Don Tate, the rousing story of Ernie Barnes, an African American pro football player and fine artist He realized how football and art were one and the same. Both required rhythm. Both required technique. Passing,...

The poignant, often comical story of a grown daughter getting to know her dying father in his last months in the rural town he'd fled as a young man. Pig Candy is the poignant and often comical story of a grown daughter getting to know her dying father...

This stunning picture book looks into the life of Georgia Gilmore, a hidden figure of history who played a critical role in the civil rights movement and used her passion for baking to help the Montgomery Bus Boycott achieve its goal. Georgia decided to...

Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award WinnerNew York Times bestsellerTimely and timeless. --Jacqueline WoodsonImportant and deeply moving. --John Green Acclaimed author Renee Watson offers a powerful story about a girl striving for success in...

Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award WinnerNew York Times bestsellerTimely and timeless. --Jacqueline WoodsonImportant and deeply moving. --John Green Acclaimed author Renee Watson offers a powerful story about a girl striving for success in...

Pieces. And Me. The Stuff That Wakes Me Up At Night is a re-released edition of E. Claudette Freeman's first published work. She made her debut in contemporary fiction with a collection of short stories that ring with vibrance and character. Throughout...

Terron Wilkerson's shares a myriad of incredible experiences, thought provoking imaginatives, and LIFE through a creative expression of poetic rhythms that establishes an in-depth reflective of life and spirit.

Part memoir and part urban social history, Pieces from Life's Crazy Quilt is an African American woman's personal account of her life during a racially turbulent period in a northern American city. Raised in a black neighborhood in urban Detroit,...

Most people know where they belong. As an outcast, even among misfits, I'm not that lucky. It's fine. I don't need them. These walls I've built keep me safe. Until they don't anymore. With the rebellion under way, I have enough on my hands gaining my...

By the time she was eight, Lundyn knew that important things get broken. She spent years trying to forget the missing fragments until she realized that restoration, or just the attempt, is necessary. She learned that scattered pieces can take years to...

Photographer Otis Hairston's camera snapped nearly forty years of fond memories and historic Greensboro events--from community gatherings and North Carolina A&T Aggie homecomings to celebrations of the historic 1960 sit-in. This stunning photo collection