Cultural Literature

"Darius has always been one of my favorite people to sing with and to call a friend in this industry and yet even knowing him well for as long as I have, there are so many incredible stories in Life's Too Short that I enjoyed learning for the first time...

The astonishing debut monograph from contemporary abstract expressionist painter Genesis TramaineGimme Some Sugar is the much-anticipated first monograph from Genesis Tramaine, the renowned American artist whose star continues to rise in the...

"Karine Jean-Pierre illuminates her path to insider status so others can follow in her footsteps." --Essence "Jean-Pierre inspires us to get involved in politics--every single one of us, no matter where we are from or who we are." --The Atlantic ...

How Black Protestants in Chicago created Ethiopianism, a transnational religious movement against Western imperialism City of Black Souls uncovers the history of how, from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, Black Protestants in Chicago...

At a time of renewed activism, the story of the young people who bravely turned a local issue into a national movement for justice, from a professor of Black studies at Amherst who participated in the Ferguson uprising Stefan M. Bradley was a young...

A must-have for every Boyz II Men fan, this handsome volume traces forty years of the groundbreaking group through stunning photography, fascinating facts, and interviews with fans and industry pros. Philly's own Boyz II Men is an iconic boy band that...

Shaunie Henderson--wife, mother, entrepreneur, producer, and creator of the hit TV show Basketball Wives--opens up about finding love, offers advice for raising strong, smart, grounded Black children in today's world, and reveals how to define your...

Crystal Simone Smith's new poetry collection, Runagate, reimagines the experiences of enslaved and formerly enslaved persons in a stark and chilling response to the archives of chattel slavery: bills of sale, interviews, narratives, and fugitive runaway...

The first monograph on the internationally celebrated Nigerian American painter who blends her personal history and African diasporic identity in layered compositions "Critics have often (and rightly) marveled at the care and finesse with which Akunyili...

Built on the grounds of a former cotton plantation, the Tuskegee Institute, founded by Booker T. Washington, offered agricultural and industrial education as a strategy for Black self-determination. There--and in many other communities in the U.S. South,...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz--Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie--who, born within a few years of one another, overcame racist...

A transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for healing. In Another Word for Love, Carvell Wallace excavates layers of his own history, situated in the struggles and beauty of growing up Black and queer in...