Non-Fiction

An authoritative exploration of how Black Americans have shaped baseball from its emergence after the Civil War to the Negro Leagues and Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier, up to today's game--by award-winning author Gerald Early in...

From lifestyle trailblazer and author of The Afrominimalist’s Guide To Living with Less, a practical guide to move beyond decluttering your space and, instead, declutter your life.When people think of minimalism, they imagine white...

A powerful, incisive reckoning with the impacts of school desegregation that traces four generations of the author's family to show how the implementation of integration decimated Black school systems and did much of the Black community a disservice On...

Reginald Dwayne Betts is our foremost chronicler of the ways prison shapes and transforms American life. In Doggerel, Betts examines this subject through a more prosaic--but equally rich--lens: dogs. He reminds us that, as our lives are broken and put...

From the award-winning author of High on the Hog--inspiration for the "energetic, emotional, and deeply nuanced" (The New York Times) Netflix series of the same name--comes a new and updated edition of A Kwanzaa Keepsake, another important exploration of...

Kamala, The Motherland, and Me, a captivating memoir by Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey, takes you on a journey of self-discovery and political revelation. Join him aboard Air Force Two, where he accompanies Vice President Kamala Harris on a historic voyage to...

Writing scholarly books is stressful, and academic publishing can be intimidating--especially for women, queer folks, and scholars of color. Black Feminist Writing shows scholars how to prioritize their mental health while completing a book in race and...

Discover the history, practices, and magic of Hoodoo--from veneration of ancestors to worship rituals--in this miniature illustrated guidebook, written by a longtime practitioner. Hoodoo is a rich cultural and spiritual tradition, created by enslaved...

As our nation has experienced a renewal of reckoning with the reality of slavery in our past and the continued struggle for equality and liberation in the present, many previously untold stories have come to light. But not every story. Some histories...

A stunning and comprehensive look at the indelible contribution of Black designers, models, scene-makers, and stylists to fashion, from "the bible of fashion"--WWD.   Black in Fashion is a celebration of Black voices in fashion as captured by...

When your stories flow from the brackish waters of the Gulf South, where the land and water merge, your narratives cannot be contained or constrained by the Eurocentric conventions of autobiography. When your story is rooted in the histories of your West...