Cultural Literature

The first Muslim to be elected to Congress speaks out about what divides Americans and what can bring us together. As a former Catholic who converted to Islam, Keith Ellison, is the first Muslim elected to Congress from a district with fewer than 1...

"The Civil Rights Revolution" carries Bruce Ackerman's sweeping reinterpretation of constitutional history into the era beginning with Brown v Board of Education. Laws that ended Jim Crow and ensured equal rights at work, in schools, and in the voting...

"Madiba A to Z: The Many Faces of Nelson Mandela," tells the story from personal experience and goes beyond the surface with a lively sense of humor and deep caring that even we South Africans can learn from." --Ronnie Kasrils, former commander in the...

"In this, his first book in over a decade, Reverend Al will take you behind the scenes of some unexpected places--from officiating Michael Jackson's funeral, hanging out with Jay-Z and President Barack Obama at the White House, to taking charge of the...

PRE-SALE Ikard's incorporation of autobiographical moments... to show the intersections of the personal and the political, ... his candid discussions of his father's sexual abuse of a young female relative, and the various teachable moments he has had...

Winter Ramos, one of the new faces of VH1's hit reality television show, 'Love and Hip Hop New York' Season 3, delivers a brazen and unabashed memoir of her life in the world of hip hop.Winter Ramos, one of the new faces of VH1's hit reality television...

Complete with never-before-seen photos, this book is the definitive account of Whitney Houston's astonishing life, groundbreaking career, and tragic death from the only one who truly knows the story behind the headlines--her mother.The definitive account...

SPECIAL ORDER: This title may take up to two weeks to ship. About the Author: Yorli Huff was born on August 7, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois, to Jansilyne Berthania Huff and Samuel Huff. She has an older brother, Samuel Louis Huff III, and a younger...

Publisher Comments: The inspiring sequel to the acclaimed memoir The Ditchdiggers Daughters. Dr. Yvonne Thorntons memoir The Ditchdiggers Daughters has captured the hearts of readers everywhere since it was first published in 1995. Translated into 19...

For the first time, music legend and humanitarian Dionne Warwick reflects on 50 years in show business and the lessons she has learned about being an artist, mother, and global icon.Dionne Warwick made her singing debut in church at the request of her...

Publisher Comments: IN THIS LUMINOUS MEMOIR, LEGENDARY SINGER AND ACTRESS NATALIE COLE TELLS A REMARKABLE STORY OF LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS AND RECOVERY, AND THE STORY OF A DEATH THAT BROUGHT NEW LIFE. In 2009 Natalie Cole was on dialysis, her kidneys...

About the Authors Janet Jackson is a five-time Grammy Award-winning international superstar. One of the bestselling pop artist in history, she is known ofer her innovative music, choreography, and social conscious lyrics. The youngest member of the...