Cultural Literature

The life's work of one of the most important photojournalists of our time, covering major events in American history from the 1960s to presentStephen Shames is an American photojournalist for more than five decades. In his award-winning photo essays, he...

From Charlamagne Tha God, host of the morning radio phenomenon The Breakfast Club, and founder and CEO of iHeartRadio's Black Effect Podcast Network, a rundown on how small talk from small minds have taken over our world, and the BIG conversations needed...

At the age of fifteen, Fred Anderson left home and was sucked into the maelstrom of the U.S. southern civil rights movement. He became active with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and other civil rights organization, working with...

Through paintings, sculptures, drawings and more, John Wilson's work foregrounds the human experience and refuses invisibilityAmerican artist John Wilson was not only a master draftsman, printmaker, painter and sculptor active for over seven decades, but...

A fiercely-argued, deeply-informed examination of why defunding the police is the only way to support a model of security and protection that increases public safety overall Over the last few years, in response to videos demonstrating the brutal and...

In his first new novel since winning the 2021 Nobel Prize, a master storyteller captures a time of dizzying global change. At the turn of the twenty-first century, three young people come of age in Tanzania. Karim returns to his sleepy hometown after...

A collection of darkly humorous, intensely personal essays by cult fave and multi-hyphenate artist Jean Grae In My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae, debunks the myth that coming-of-age narratives should be reserved for the kids,...

One of conservatism's most articulate voices dissects today's most important economic, racial, political, education, legal, and social issues, sharing his entertaining and thought-provoking insights on a wide range of contentious subjects. --"This book...

While blacks have played an important role--as explorers, scouts, Indian consorts, soldiers, cowboys, farmers--in the exploration, conquest, and settlement of the American West, they have received scant attention from the chroniclers of the pageant of...

In three global conflicts and countless colonial campaigns, tens of thousands of black West Indian soldiers fought and died for Britain, first as slaves and then as volunteers. These all but forgotten regiments were unique because they were part of the...

They called him "pale faced or mixed race." They called him "light, bright, almost white." But most of the time his family called him "high yella." Steve Majors was the white passing, youngest son growing up in an all-Black family that struggled with...