Cultural Literature

This book accompanies a six-part streamed video series available only on MennoMedia.org.Racism feeds on denial. Lament moves us to tell the truth. And the truth can set us free. Stories of racial injustice fill our news feeds. Yet for too long many in...

This book accompanies a six-part streamed video series available only on MennoMedia.org.Racism feeds on denial. Lament moves us to tell the truth. And the truth can set us free. Stories of racial injustice fill our news feeds. Yet for too long many in...

Billie Holiday deserves a biography in which her musicianship isn't overshadowed by the tragic events of her life. O'Meally has written that book, says Entertainment Weekly about this absorbing and authoritative account of the greatest jazz singer in...

This collection of unique works by 151 Los Angeles graffiti and tattoo artists represents an unprecedented collaboration across the city's diverse artistic landscape. Many graffiti artists carry sketchbooks, called black books, and they ask crew members...

TEXT IN FRENCHEl Alamein--where Rommel's seemingly irresistible offensive was stopped in its tracks as he sought to capture Alexandria in the summer of 1942. This followed many weeks of minor engagements, each side taking positions from the other in the...

FROM PREPARATION TO CELEBRATION, MAKE YOUR KWANZAA A FAMILY TRADITION! Traditionally, Kwanzaa brings family, friends, and the community together for a winter celebration. But Kwanzaa can be a part of your life year-round. Steeped in cultural richness,...

In his latest book, Known Unknowns, Charles Saatchi provides fascinating insights into some of the world's lesser-known but truly extraordinary historical events. Illustrated with arresting photographs, Saatchi's 100 essays tackle subjects as varied as...

From Breonna, Jacob, and Floyd now - to Tamir, Sandra, and Philando then; so much has happened. And justice in the Black community is still a limited commodity. Being Black, living, and living abundantly is revolutionary. But how does one write about the...

Equal parts freedom fighter and statesman, Nelson Mandela bestrode the world stage for the past three decades, building a legacy that places him in the pantheon of history's most exemplary leaders.As a foreign correspondent based in South Africa, author...

Muzorewa is chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. He is also the author of The Origins and Development of African Theology and The Great Being: Yahweh, Chuku, Allah, God, Brahman.

About the Contributor(s): Gwinyai H. Muzorewa is Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of 'The Origins and Development of African Theology' and 'The Great Being: Yahweh, Chuku, Allah,...

For readers of Braiding Sweetgrass and The Overstory From The Center for Humans and Nature, a collection in five volumes: essays, interviews, poetry, and stories of solidarity that highlight the interdependence that exists between humans and nonhuman...

The bestselling biography of Muhammad Ali--with an Introduction by Salman Rushdie On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, he was widely regarded as an irritating freak who danced and...

In this fast-paced biography, Harvard Sitkoff presents a concise, stunningly relevant and radical Martin Luther King, Jr. whose greatest accomplishments may have been yet to come. King's murder in April 1968 did far more than cut tragically short the...

In this slim volume, anthropologist Paul Kockelman showcases, reworks, and extends some of the core resources anthropologists and like-minded scholars have developed for thinking about value. Rather than theorize value head on, he offers a careful...