Cultural Literature

From colorful characters like Cato Alexander, New York's first celebrity bartender, to sad and disturbing stories about Jack Daniel's heirs, Makers & Shakers has a little bit of everything for everyone. Join Washington, D.C.-based author and producer of...

A Scientific American Favorite Book of 2025 The riveting story of the McKissack family--the founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the mid-1800s to its thriving status today--in a moving...

A Ms. Magazine "Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2026" Pick Gives voice to the Black women whose lives were devastated by the carceral system and sheds powerful light on its slavery-based roots to transform how we think about mass incarceration...

Embrace and learn to love your natural hair with this eye-opening guide from "hair whisperer" to the stars, Felicia Leatherwood. As a child there was nothing Felicia Leatherwood wanted more than long, flowy hair. But Felicia's short afro grew up and out,...

An updated and revised biography of Patrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Patrice Lumumba (1926-61) is perhaps the most famous leader of the African independence movement. He became an icon of anti-imperialist...

Getting Deals Done is a new-millennium memoir written with universal and urgent applications, focused at the intersection of Race on the generation X axis, Capitalism on the generation Y axis and the New Age of the generation Z axis Getting Deals Done...

Urban violence is often stereotyped as senseless, but in fact, it is highly regulated through an unwritten code of the street. This set of rules is a powerful and pervasive form of etiquette that governs the way people negotiate safety in public spaces...

A hopeful, music-infused poetry collection from Congolese poet Alain Mabanckou. These compelling poems by novelist and essayist Alain Mabanckou conjure nostalgia for an African childhood where the fauna, flora, sounds, and smells evoke snapshots of a...

Get On Board the New Underground Railroad is a call to unity, courage, and Love in Actions for today's world. Inspired by the legacy of Harriet Tubman, this book invites readers to see themselves as modern freedom seekers-people committed to breaking the...

BoyA true story of love, loss, survival and finding your voice.Before the roads. Before the raves. Before the reputation. Before the man.There was just the boy. A black child raised in a white seaside town, searching for somewhere-anywhere-to belong.This...

Admire stunning Christian imagery of Ethiopian Orthodox Church art in this lavishly illustrated volume with informative essays and more than 100 images Ethiopia is one of the world's oldest Christian civilizations, and its rich artistic history often...