General History

Faith Confronts Evil tells the stories of African American women before the Civil War who countered the rampant evil of slavery with the strength of their Christian faith. They claimed the words of the gospel, that Jesus comes to set the captives free...

Both an epic history and an intimate family story, a startling account of the lives of Black cops in one Midwestern city. In the wake of the George Floyd protests, a Black police organization in Cleveland called the Black Shield was causing a stir...

Dispelling the persistent narrative that abject poverty followed the end of slavery in New York City, acclaimed historian Shane White finally sets the historical record straight. A Moment in the Sun, a revisionist and immersive retelling of antebellum...

This amazing true story of America's first Black generals, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and Jr., a father and son who helped integrate the American military and created the Tuskegee Airmen, is "the book Black America needs in this moment" (Eboni K. Williams,...

"A valuable biography of an unsung scientist." - Kirkus Reviews The untold story of a pioneer among America's first Black meteorologists. Perfect for fans of Hidden Figures and The Things Our Fathers Saw. When Alonzo Smith Jr. walked into rooms where no...

"A valuable biography of an unsung scientist." - Kirkus Reviews The untold story of a pioneer among America's first Black meteorologists. Perfect for fans of Hidden Figures and The Things Our Fathers Saw. When Alonzo Smith Jr. walked into rooms where no...

A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua, by the author of Annie John.Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright, A Small Place magnifies our vision of one small place with Swiftian wit and precision. Jamaica Kincaid's expansive essay candidly...

In Journey with Jesus through Black History, Glenn Porter's sermonic reflections cleverly interweave the Gospel of Luke's orderly account of Jesus' life and ministry with Carter G. Woodson's inspiration to accurately present Black history to the US and...

Decades before the impeachment of an American president for a similar offense, Angelo Herndon was charged under Georgia law with "attempting to incite insurrection"--a crime punishable by death. In 1932, the eighteen-year-old Black Communist Party...

Just days after it released a blistering report on what really happened 100 years ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma -- detailing how the white citizens literally massacred Tulsa's black citizens, and how it was covered up -- the Trump administration stopped all...

"Spell Freedom draws us in with lucid prose, filling in the holes of American history with the work of Septima Clark and Bernice Robinson and their compatriots, who deftly wielded reading and writing as their weapons of choice in the 20th century fight...

For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers--including his own ancestors--who enlisted in the...