Cultural Literature

Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and the maritime connection it established between West and East; others the accidental unearthing of...

James Beard Foundation Leadership Award 2019: Leah Penniman Choice Reviews, Outstanding Academic Title An extraordinary book...part agricultural guide, part revolutionary manifesto--VOGUE In 1920, 14 percent of all land-owning US farmers were black...

Comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory's million-copy-plus bestselling memoir--now in trade paperback for the first time. "Powerful and ugly and beautiful...a moving story of a man who deeply wants a world without malice and hate and is doing...

In Art on My Mind, bell hooks, a leading cultural critic, responds to the ongoing dialogues about producing, exhibiting, and criticizing art and aesthetics in an art world increasingly concerned with identity politics. Always concerned with the...

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER and NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE From the New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop, a passionate call to America to finally reckon with race and start the journey to redemption."Powerfully illuminating,...

The story every mother in America needs to read. As featured on NPR and the TODAY Show. All moms have to deal with choosing baby names, potty training, finding your village, and answering your kid's tough questions, but if you are raising a Black child,...

In the spirit of Amy Poehler's Yes Please, Lena Dunham's Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman...

A celebration of African American cooking with 109 recipes from the National Museum of African American History and Culture's Sweet Home Café. Named a 2019 James Beard Foundation Book Award nominee for best American cookbook; a Food & Wine best cookbook...

These are the major speeches made by Malcolm X during the last eight tumultuous months of his life. In this short period of time, his vision for abolishing racial inequality in the United States underwent a vast transformation. Beginning with his break...

Over 41 Pages of Stunning Black Women in Various Self-Care Activities to Color, Relieve Stress, and Celebrate Black Beauty!This coloring book features 41 beautiful illustrations featuring the unique beauty of African American women in different self-care...

A fun and thoughtful dictionary of Black language you didn't know you needed, Historically Black Phrases is a love letter to the Black community and the ways it drives culture.   "This perfect blend of explanation, definition and social commentary...

A rousing abolitionist speech with themes that still resonate today, from equality under the Constitution and God to a vision of America that defends freedom for all.One of the most memorable speeches in American history, Frederick Douglass's "What to...