Cultural Literature

The story of an influential Black Panther member who has lived in exile in Africa for 55 yearsFlorida Book Awards, Silver Medal for General NonfictionIn the tumultuous year after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, 29-year-old Pete O'Neal became...

An "incredible, humane, insightful" (Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize winner) account of humankind's battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role in deepening inequality along racial, ethnic, class, and gender lines--in the vein of Medical Apartheid and...

Black and Blue TV explores the ways television productions have responded to the Black Lives Matter movement. Television programs' engagement with BLM was common before George Floyd's murder sparked international protests in the summer of 2020, at which...

A memoir of basketball, dedication, and longevity from Boston Celtics legend Robert Parish Growing up in the heart of Louisiana, Robert Parish and his three younger siblings played baseball, football, and tennis--but never basketball. Still, by seventh...

A Best Book of the Year 2023: TIME NPR's Best Books New York Public Library Electric Lit The Root NBC Today Mother JonesThe New York Times bestselling poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn) from...

The author of It's Me They Follow chronicles the improbable true story of how she left an abusive past to build a bookshop that survived the Covid pandemic and become an international sensation.Jeannine Cook always thought she'd open a bookshop in her...

An electrifying memoir from the pioneering cultural icon The New Yorker called "the coolest person in New York," whose fearless creativity reshaped the worlds of art, music, and style Fab 5 Freddy doesn't just have a great story--he is the story. Name a...

"Wade's attention to how personal change can contribute to societal shifts elevates this above other titles that focus on the self, and the solid research drives home the scope of the problem. This deeply empathetic overview of medical racism will...

Black Georgetown Remembered is a compelling journey through more than two hundred years of history. This one-of-a-kind book invites readers to consider how the unique heritage of this neighborhood intersects and contributes to broader themes in African...

This book profiles 136 Negro League players, managers, and executives, presenting details of their playing careers and the circumstances surrounding their deaths. It includes Hall of Famers like Josh Gibson and Rube Foster; stars like Rap Dixon, Bill...

The Nurse Midwife Who Transformed the SouthDiscover the true story of Maude Callen, South Carolina's pioneering Black nurse-midwife, who brought life-saving healthcare to the rural South from 1923 to 1990. When Callen arrived in Pineville by mule-drawn...