The Harlem Renaissance combined art and social change in the early 1900s. Black leaders and artists celebrated their cultural roots and demanded equitable treatment. Readers get a firsthand look at history though photos from the era. Uncover the lasting...

The first collection of poetry by spoken word artist S.C. Says, dealing with his journey with mental health, surviving depression, on being bi-racial, navigating family and relationships, and finding God.

She's a gem.And on an entirely different level than the women I'm accustomed to.She's loyal and about her paper. That's why I'd sacrifice the only friendships I'd ever known, wait for however long it took her to be ready, and happily sever ties with...

From Billy Porter, the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, Unprotected is a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing. "Bold, hilarious, honest, and singular . . . Unprotected is a record of survival,...

NULL LANDING sings the nuances of black queer life and experiments with the motif of "nullness, '' that is, of being without properties, having no legal or binding force, and amounting to nothing. These poems commune and conspire with bacterium, birds,...

Strong, sassy, always surprising--and titled after a Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" monologue by Tina Fey--Bitch Is the New Black is a deliciously addictive memoir-in-essays in which Helena Andrews goes from being the daughter of the town lesbian...

A high school track relay team is in the hunt for their ultimate goal. When tragedy strikes, the team bands together to capture a dream they've had since childhood. Totally within their grasp, they must come together as one to achieve the final victory...

Maurice Broaddus's Sweep of Stars is the first in a trilogy that explores the struggles of an empire. Epic in scope and intimate in voice, it follows members of the Muungano empire - a far-reaching coalition of city-states that stretches from O.E...

Vision of young lady, Lula Hood going off to college for the very first time in a time and place in the early 1900's . She attended an all black University and endured trials and tribulations of life . She passed on this Legacy . Madelene is a mother and...

The incredible true story of a blind musician, a brutal crime, and the making of an American folk legend In June 1936 James Lee Strother performed thirteen songs at the Virginia State Prison Farm for famed folklorist John Lomax and the Library of...