Cultural Literature

The classic account of moving from slavery to freedom, by the celebrated African-American educator and university founder. Booker T. Washington believed that every man and woman deserved a chance, regardless of their skin color. This classic work of...

The First Amendment of the US Constitution's Bill of Rights provides expressive freedoms through a number of "clauses." Among these, the least explored clauses are the Assembly and Petition Clauses, which provide that "Congress shall make no law.....

Now an HBO film! Catch the premiere this fall.   In 1966 Muhammad Ali announced his intention to refuse induction into the United States Army as a conscientious objector. This set off a five-year battle that would strip him of his world...

Cincinnati played a large part in creatng a refuge for escaped salaves and in the Underground Railroad movement.Nearly a century after the American Revolution, the waters of the Ohio River provided a real and complex barrier for the United States to...

Baltimore, MD- Abecedarian Books, Inc. is pleased to announce the publication of A Fighter All My Life, a memoir, by Sam Johnson, a union organizer and professed militant. Compiled from tapes made over a ten-year period and lovingly transcribed, A...

Lord knows, Rev Al has had his personal and very public ups and downs - but he's come out bigger and better than ever. Though the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation is as fiery and outspoken as ever about the events and issues that matter most, he's learned...

The discipline of black history has its roots firmly planted at 1538 Ninth Street, Northwest, in Washington, D.C. The Victorian row house in Black Broadway was once the modest office-home of Carter G. Woodson. The home was also the headquarters of the...

"Norman offers a broad and global perspective on life, the arts, and spirituality . . . Inspiring." - Booklist In Stand Up Straight and Sing!, Jessye Norman recalls in rich detail the strong women who were her role models, from her ancestors to family...

Documents the strong relationship between miseducation and incarceration of black boys and young men Why are so many black boys being expelled from preschool? Why are so many black boys being retained? Why are so many suspended? Why are so many placed in...

Essence magazine is the most popular, well respected, and largest circulated black women's magazine in history. Largely unknown is the remarkable story of what it took to earn that distinction. The Man from Essence depicts with candor and insight how...

In this "urgently relevant"* collection featuring the landmark essay "The Case for Reparations," the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me "reflects on race, Barack Obama's presidency and its jarring aftermath"*--including the...

'Lorna Goodison has come to be recognised as a hugely significant and influential contemporary author both at home and internationally, ' Simon Armitage declared, when she was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2019. 'Through poems rooted in...