Cultural Literature

Are you looking for a special companion? Frustrated because you can't seem to communicate with the person you are with? Determined to meet someone whose vision matches yours? If so, Friends, Lovers, and Soulmates is for you! Filled with self-assessments,...

The inspiring, instructive, and ultimately triumphant memoir of a man who used hard work and a Master Plan to turn a life sentence into a second chance.   Growing up in a tough Washington, D.C., neighborhood, Chris Wilson was so afraid for his life...

In "No Man Can A-Hinder Me," Dr. Robinson chronicles a 93-year search for the answer to White-On-Black hostility. Not only does he expose the hypocrisy of documents like the Constitution and the Emancipation Proclamation, he offers solutions that can...

In this timely addition to the Ohio Short Histories of Africa series, Pamela Scully takes us from the 1938 birth of Nobel Peace Prize winner and two-time Liberian president Ellen Johnson through the Ebola epidemic of 2014-15. Charting her childhood and...

Author and world renowned actor Omar Epps chronicles his journey from humble beginnings in Brooklyn, New York, to the bright lights of Hollywood. Having grown up without his biological father, then becoming a father himself, Epps shares his story of pain...

Rooted in his own powerful personal story, twenty-one-year-old Zachary Wood shares his dynamic perspective on free speech, race, and dissenting opinions--in a world that sorely needs to learn to listen. As the president of the student group...

The Emmy award-winning news anchor of Outnumbered Overtime with Harris Faulkner and co-host of the talk show Outnumbered shares the lessons she learned growing up in a military family paying homage to the military ideals that shaped her and showing how...

If friendship and reconciliation can happen in Washington, DC, it can happen anywhere. Unified tells the remarkable story of two men who came from very different backgrounds: one the ambitious grandson of a cotton picker, the other trained as a lawyer...

This book, although entitled "Autistic Now . . . at Twenty Years Old?," could be applicable to any difficult situation one suddenly finds himself thrust into. I wrote about my ups and downs after having received such a devastating diagnosis and how God's...

The Dallas police chief who inspired a nation with his response to the killing of five of his officers shares his personal story and his faith in America's potential to unite communities through a dedication to transparency and trust.  On July 7,...

When was the last time a Christian hurt you? The spirits of slander, gossip, and offense began their work in the garden of Eden, and they have been raging ever since. They ruin families, destroy churches, and discredit those in spiritual leadership...

Originally published as William Styrons's Nat Turner. These essays address the misrepresentation of Turner's life and activities by white writers. The contributers include Lerone Bennett Jr., John O. Killens, Alvin Poussaint, and John A. Williams.