African American Studies

Introduced by Maya Angelou, the inspiring sermon-poems of James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and one of the most revered African Americans of all time, whose life demonstrated the full spectrum of...

A controversial and widely heralded look at the race-related pain and anger felt by the most respected, best educated, and wealthiest members of the black community.

Meet Black Madonna--Mother of Abundance, Holy Insurrectionist, Our Lady of F Around and Find Out This bold reclamation of the divine feminine offers a new vision of Black Madonna as a unifying figure of refuge, resistance, and renewal. When we are...

Black women are facing a systemic gynecological health crisis. This book gives them the tools needed to unlearn the medical normalization of their suffering and offers a path forward to healing--by a foremost physician, surgeon, researcher, and...

Anthony T. Browder's life unfolds like an epic journey--one that begins on the West Side of Chicago and stretches across continents, from the banks of the Nile to the global stage. From the Browder File, Vol. III: A Browder Perspective chronicles this...

This fiery manifesto provides a concrete action plan for legal professionals and activists advancing Black liberation and transformative social change. Revolutions happen in the streets, not in courtrooms. But in the struggle against systems...

Now available in a special hardcover Deluxe Collector's Edition featuring beautiful new packaging, including cloth case stamping with red foil, bold endpapers, and red sprayed edges! A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the...

Marable offers profound insight into the deeply intertwined problems of race and class in the United States historically and today.

From Devi Brown, master well-being educator and voice of the Chopra app, this full-bodied guide offers inside-out advice for getting unstuck, relieving your internal suffering, and harnessing the power of your authentic self for true personal growth. We...

The remarkable story of Edward McCabe, a Black man who tried to establish a Black state within the United States. In this paradigm-shattering work of American history, Caleb Gayle recounts the extraordinary tale of Edward McCabe, a Black man who...

The new book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Three Mothers. In Erased, Anna Malaika Tubbs recovers all that American patriarchy has tried to destroy.   Patriarchy has oppressed women and denied their contributions worldwide, but...

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...