Non-Fiction

Readings in African American Church Music and Worship features important articles and essays on music and worship written by some of the most influential voices of the past century, including W. E. B. DuBois, Wendell P. Whalum, V. Michael McKay, Wyatt...

In Paula Deen's The Deen Family Cookbook, Paula and the Deens, Hiers, Groovers, and Orts share their recipes and memories. "Many of the bonds my family has were forged over the dinner table and through the sharing of recipes. Cooking is the way we...

The deeply personal story of artist, activist, and influencer Laetitia Ky, told through the powerful sculptures she creates with her own hair that embrace Black culture and beauty, the fight for social justice, and the journey toward self-love. Laetitia...

Unlike most white Americans who can search their ancestral records, identifying who among their forebears was the first to step foot on this country's shores, most African Americans encounter a series of daunting obstacles when trying to trace their...

The words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech have become enshrined in US history. But after the end of King's generation of leadership, what happened to the African American struggle for freedom? Like the ancient Israelites, the African...

In a world generally run by men, women have struggled to earn, justify and maintain a dignified place in it.Our roles have changed in meaningful and favorable ways, but there is still much work to be done.This book covers many areas surrounding the...

Unique in its audience and its hands-on approach, The Black Woman's Guide to Menopause is a smart, step-by-step guide filled with specific advice written from the viewpoint of a black woman. Because of cultural and physical reasons, women of color have...

"Best of the Best from Mississippi Cookbook was the first cookbook to be published in the BEST OF THE BEST STATE COOKBOOK SERIES (1985). This completely new edition contains over 400 down-home favorite recipes (see sample at right) collected from ninety...

Imagine having a blueprint designed to steer you away from self-destruction and towards your creative potential. This is precisely what @ScholarGamerNerd and @JFLOW_323 have co-created in this unprecedented collaboration between a Salvi dreamer (SGN) and...

This spiritual memoir is a recounting of Joshua McClure's journey from early childhood to adulthood, spanning over eight decades from birth in 1931 in Brooklyn, New York to the present in Bradford, Rhode Island. Included are images of youthful...

From the author of The Chaos of Longing comes a powerful second collection in which Robinson uses the metaphor of water to tell a story about achieving wholeness through letting go. Organized in three sections, Submerge explores immersion in and release...

Everyone loves chili, soup, and stew, and most folks make their own. It's a food that just tastes better-and is still more affordable, especially for a crowd-when you make it yourself. Across the South and throughout the nation, there are are loads of...

'Soulful Colour'. Each page has an affirmation statement or mantra that is accompanied by an image that speaks to that affirmation. The look and feel is urban and you, the colouring artist, can bring these images to life in your own way. The thought...

A captain who continued to live on the wreck of the Kakapo for three years, Table Mountain's most exclusive hiking, a restaurant in a maximum security prison, the arboreal evidence of apartheid's earliest manifestation, a woman disguised as a man for 56...

Winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, selected by Major JacksonThe stub of your left leg danglesas I hold you up, my hands inserted under your armslike a child. You are complaining about the itch, the burn; scratch the ghost of your calf and heel...