Cultural Literature

As visually arresting as it is informative.--The Boston Globe Du Bois's bold colors and geometric shapes were decades ahead of modernist graphic design in America.--Fast Company's Co.Design W.E.B. Du Bois's Data Portraits is the first complete...

These thrilling, whimsically and action packed anthology of adventurous stories bring to life some vital aspects of traditional African culture. These wonderful African traditional stories offer a rare glimpse into a portion of African traditional...

A riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: These are the true stories of the Underground Railroad. Featuring a powerful introduction by Ta-Nehisi Coates As a conductor for the...

Ancient Hebrew Slavery1870-1440 BCAfrican Slave Trade1440-1870 ADWhat if the European slave traders descended from Israel's lost tribes? Does that mean the African slave trade was a case of sowing and reaping? Can seeds sown in antiquity come to harvest...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, this modern American classic is about family, and the legacy of slavery in America. August Wilson has already given the American theater such...

This is a wonderful overview of the life of America's favorite daughter and sister, Thelma Evans, from the famous sit-com, Good Times. BernNadette Stanis who played to role of Thelma was the first Black female teenager ever on television. Ms. Stanis...

Covering six decades of performers - from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to John Coltrane and Miles Davis - this collection is as much a comprehensive catalogue of jazz greats as it is a salute to the photographers who captured them - Herman Leonard,...

The Delicate Dance: Living White Being Black A MemoirBy: Paula Heariold-KinneySocietal forces that shaped her life as a black woman impact Paula's life. She finds herself attempting to fit into a dominant white society. She describes events from...

A memoir and manifesto from the comedian, hit podcast host, and star of United Shades of America   You may know W. Kamau Bell from his critically acclaimed hit show on CNN United Shades of America. Or maybe you've read about him in the New York...

An approachable guide to being an informed, compassionate, and socially conscious person today--from discussions of race, gender, and sexual orientation to disability, class, and beyond--from critically acclaimed historian, educator, and author Blair...

The remarkable story of the Algebra Project, a community-based effort to develop math-science literacy in disadvantaged schools--as told by the program's founder "Bob Moses was a hero of mine. His quiet confidence helped shape the civil rights movement,...

Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out in society at large and Buddhist communities in particular, this urgent call to action outlines a new dharma that takes into account the ways that...