African American Studies

By turns harrowing, moving, and ultimately redemptive, this is a war story -- a war that rages out of control on the streets of the United States, claiming the lives of our loved ones and neighbors. In this memoir, complete with child soldiers, unspeakabl

"Just Like Us" offers a powerful account of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver--two of whom have legal documentation, two of whom who don't--and the challenges they face as they attempt to pursue the American dream. Review: "By the time...

The host of Comedy Central's "Chocolate News" shares his outrageously funny view of the melting pot that is American culture. FROM GROWING UP IN DETROIT, where he marched as a ten-year-old with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to attending the inauguration...

"Run In My Shoes" defines the pace that is sometimes required of African Americans to make up the socioeconomic distance between the races created by prejudice. This insightful book traces the racial divide from its historical origins up to the present...

This ground-breaking volume reminds us of the roots of soul food and the importance of food in African American identity.Like other Americans, African Americans partake of the general food offerings available in mainstream supermarket chains across the...

In the tradition of "New York Times" bestsellers "Confessions of a Video Vixen" and "It's No Secret," an entertainment industry insider presents an expos into the down low culture of Hollywood and hip hop, where straight male celebrities find themselves...

The old-fashioned, repressed, bland man has been banished to the Himalayas and a new breed is taking center stage. He is a man of style, sophistication, and security, just as strong and confident as his predecessor, but far more diverse in his interests,...

The old-fashioned, repressed, bland man has been banished to the Himalayas and a new breed is taking center stage. He is a man of style, sophistication, and security, just as strong and confident as his predecessor, but far more diverse in his interests,...

Smiley presents the successor to his bestselling book "The Covenant in Action. Accountable" serves as a report card, holding the politicians accountable to date for what they have promised and holding the community responsible for its actions, or...

12 Million Black Voices, first published in 1941, combines Wright's prose with startling photographs selected by Edwin Rosskam from the Security Farm Administration files compiled during the Great Depression. The photographs include works by such giants...