Cultural Literature

Edited and with Notes by Shelly EversleyIntroduction by Robert Reid-Pharr In this truly astonishing eighteenth-century memoir, Olaudah Equiano recounts his remarkable life story, which begins when he is kidnapped in Africa as a boy and sold into slavery...

An inspiring memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand ourselves, from the renowned founder of Well-Read Black Girl "She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather...

The impossible life of Tiger Woods--how did he become the G.O.A.T., what drove him to fall so spectacularly, and how has he made his way back to the pinnacle of golf? In Patterson's hands, Tiger's story is an unputdownable thriller. On April 13, 1986,...

The world's oddest drag artist This book is an intimate and in-depth look into the life of Yvie Oddly, winner of season eleven of RuPaul's Drag Race. It begins with their childhood and then tells of their coming out and coming to terms with their...

AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH PICK By turns harrowing and hopeful, MAKE IT COUNT is the inspiring story of the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA title, following her traditional upbringing in Jamaica, her fight to become a US citizen, and...

A deeply reported work of journalism that explores the promises and perils of microfinance, told through the eyes of international lenders and women borrowers in West Africa In the mid-1970s, Muhammad Yunus, an American trained Bangladeshi economist, met...

A riveting true story of an unsuspecting woman who creates an ingeniously clever white-collar scheme that manipulates the Federal banking system out of millions--who eventually loses everything that is most important to her. In Never Saw Me Coming, Tanya...

How states are making their legal systems more equitable, seen through the story of a Black man falsely imprisoned for thirty years for murder. In 1987, Ben Spencer, a twenty-two-year-old Black man from Dallas, was convicted of murdering white...

Discover a boundless love for your Black Neighbor with this inspiring and actionable guide to moving toward racial healing. "Griffin's work invites us to embark on a transformative journey toward a more inclusive and loving Christian community."--J. W...

The Fantasy in Black adult coloring book series celebrates representation. Fairies, angels, mermaids, visual diversity matters.Explore the ocean depths of the Enchanted Kingdom of Reef, where mermen race hippocampi and mermaids commune with water dragons...

The Fantasy in Black adult coloring book series celebrates representation. Fairies, angels, magicians, visual diversity matters.Awaken.Stretch.Soar.Away from stereotypes and shadows and toward self-actualization. Care and love begin with self.Relax and...

The distinguished American civil rights leader, W. E. B. Du Bois first published these fiery essays, sketches, and poems individually nearly 80 years ago in the Atlantic, the Journal of Race Development, and other periodicals. Reflecting the author's...

A searing critique of the disability rights movement from within, and a call for collective liberation that is pro-Black and centers disabled people of color   For over twenty years, Dara Baldwin has often been the only person of color in the room...

Colm T?ib?n's personal account of encountering James Baldwin's work, published in Baldwin's centenary year. Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm T?ib?n first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university...

The life, work, and legacy of one of the twentieth century's most published African American women. This book explores the life and legacy of Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), the most-published African American woman of the first half of the twentieth...

A stunning lyrical commentary on the constructions of race, gender, and class in the fraught nexus of a Black woman's personal experience and cultural history The Fair Housing Act passed in 1968, and more than fifty years later, yours seems to be the...