African American Studies

This is a personal memoir of 50 year membership in the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and a general story about the experience of African American fraternal life and history. As a native Washingtonian, who was inducted at Howard University, site of the...

Fifty years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. noted political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson, in his new book, 50 Years Later: Why the Murder of Dr. King Still Hurts (Middle Passage Press), March 2018, takes an in-depth look at the...

The dangerous, trailblazing work of a white journalist and black leader who struck a shocking early blow against legal segregation In 1948, most white people in the North had no idea how unjust and unequal daily life was for 10 million African Americans...

Solomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and placed in an underground slave pen. Northup was transported by ship to New Orleans where he was sold into slavery. He spent the next 12 years...

The first edition of Joel Augustus Rogers's now legendary 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof, published in 1934, was billed as "A Negro 'Believe It or Not.'" Rogers's little book was priceless because he was delivering enlightenment...

Black History Month is a year-round affair!

Dr. Lonnie Woods, Esq. resides in the Dallas- Fort Worth area. Dr. Woods graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.A. in Political Science with honors and later the University of Texas School of Law, where he obtained his law degree. He later...

An unprecedented and timely collection that captures the global vision of Dr. King--in his own words Too many people continue to think of Martin Luther King, Jr., only as "a Southern civil rights leader" or "an American Gandhi," thus ignoring his...

There is rarely just a single cause for a complex problem, but if we wait to solve all causes contributing to a complex problem, we may never get the job done. This book offers a possible contributing cause to one of society's basic flaws.....

There is rarely just a single cause for a complex problem, but if we wait to solve all causes contributing to a complex problem, we may never get the job done. This book offers a possible contributing cause to one of society's basic flaws.....

2021 Outreach Resource of the Year - Racial Reconciliation 2020 The Gospel Coalition Book Award - First-Time Author Award - Honorable Mention The church is at its best when it pursues the biblical value of unity in diversity. Our world has been torn...