Cultural Literature

A poignant and inspiring memoir from the former mayor of Atlanta about her modest, hardscrabble upbringing, and fully appreciating the selfless, loving, fierce, and altogether Southern-twinged lessons her family taught her.Long before Keisha Lance...

Television writer, producer, and bestselling author of the acclaimed The Broke Diaries and Mixed charts her unexpected role as her terminally ill mother's caretaker in this funny, moving, and unforgettable memoir.Angela Nissel always wanted her mother's...

A centennial celebration of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and its vital role in the development of Black Studies In 1926, the Afro-Puerto Rican bibliophile Arturo Schomburg's collection of four thousand books, pamphlets, papers, and...

A top Democratic Party strategist and media contributor offers a bold and urgent reminder that young Black women hold the key to saving our democracy and building a truly multi-racial future that benefits all Americans.Agitator. Troublemaker. Motivator...

Bold, unflinching, and urgent--a pioneering guide to dismantling racist stereotypes and creating real change. From Black Lives Matter to the stark inequities exposed by COVID-19, America's history of racial bias demands a new approach to understanding...

Loving Black Boys is not just a love letter to Tamura Lomax's own sons, but to all Black boys, men, fathers, and brothers. With understanding and urgency, Lomax writes honestly about Black endangerment and what it means to endure living in what James...

In this lyrical memoir, Robin Michel Caudell meditates on memory and identity as she traces her childhood in a Black family navigating poverty and racism on the Delmarva Peninsula. Many know Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman's exodus stories out of...

An exploration of how African American innovators and artists--whose impact and financial value in American music, movies, and TV is disproportionately greater than their numbers--have fought for and often won the rights to own and benefit from their own...

The collected creative nonfiction of a singular American writer, Jesmyn Ward, including widely shared classics, three never-before-published speeches, and an introductory essay. Respair (noun, obsolete), fresh hope after despair. From the two-time...

"Africulture is a gift and inspiration."--Michael W. Twitty, author of the James Beard Foundation Award-winning The Cooking Gene A bold, timely history illuminating the essential contributions to U.S. agriculture arising from the expertise and...

An empowering, step-by-step guide that will equip readers with the essential tools and insights to build successful boutique farm brands.   Merging agricultural know-how with entrepreneurial...

An irresistible delight, this hilarious and heartwarming essay collection gathers essential tales about growing up in the South, the pitfalls of date night, and why no one should ever tell a Black girl how to Black Girl. Black women always find a place...