Cultural Literature

Return of the King tells the story of Muhammad Ali's return to the ring in 1970, after a more than three-year suspension for refusing his draft notice as a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. With Ali's career still in doubt, he found new...

From an award-winning historian of Black radical politics comes the definitive biography of Audley Moore--mother of modern Black Nationalism and trailblazer in the fight for reparations "Queen Mother is a monumental achievement, a rendering worthy of the...

Foreword by Viola DavisFrom award-winning actress Edwina Findley Dickerson, a faith-full and laugh-out-loud guide to manifesting your "God Dream" and creating the life you've always wanted. Is it possible that everyone on earth was born with a special...

From CNN's Abby Phillip, a triumphant new look at Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns of the 1980s and how they changed Black political power "A joyful, rich, must-read biography of a politician whose flaws and gifts were in constant, intense...

Drawing on new archival material, original research, and interviews, this spellbinding book is the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades, revealing how profoundly his personal relationships shaped his life and work.   Baldwin: A...

A crucial telling of American history centering the Black women whose magic gave rise to the rich tapestry of American culture we see today.   Emerging first in the American South during slavery, conjure women who were enslaved on plantations used...

A vibrant, deeply researched biography of A'Lelia Walker--daughter of Madam C.J. Walker and herself a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance--written by her great-granddaughter.   Dubbed the "joy goddess of Harlem's 1920s" by poet Langston...

Revealing a history that is deep, broad, and infuriating, The Black Tax casts a bold light on the racist practices long hidden in the shadows of America's tax regimes. American taxation is unfair, and it is most unfair to the very people who critically...

The new book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Three Mothers. In Erased, Anna Malaika Tubbs recovers all that American patriarchy has tried to destroy.   Patriarchy has oppressed women and denied their contributions worldwide, but...

Honorable Mention, 2024 William Sanders Scarborough Prize, Modern Language Association One Sunday afternoon in February 1977, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, and several other Black women writers met at June Jordan's Brooklyn apartment to...

A powerful, incisive reckoning with the impacts of school desegregation that traces four generations of the author's family to show how the implementation of integration decimated Black school systems and did much of the Black community a disservice On...

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