Family & Relationships

An interracial couple gives an honest glimpse into how they've dealt with the tension of race in their relationship and their lives. When Tineka Smith and Alex Court first fell in love, neither were prepared for the disconnect between them when it came...

"An Invisible Thread "tells of the life-long friendship between a busy sales executive and a disadvantaged young boy, and how both of their lives were changed by what began as one small gesture of kindness.When Laura Schroff brushed by a young panhandler...

Face it. Your girlfriends can tell you what you need to know about just about everything...except men. For that, you need comedian and Essence columnist Finesse Mitchell. Eager to help his sistas out and show them how to avoid the types of men who have...

Aslan, Indus, and Poem are three women living uniquely different lives. The way they are within the walls of their home is very different from how they are to the rest of the world, but the reasons for their complicated existence remains the same:...

"Wings Over the Virgin Islands" is the third and final installment in the Caribbean series by Aisha Banks. It's a brilliant blend of gritty inner city and tranquil island life styles that forces its characters to wrestle with personal integrity and...

Claude M. Steele, who has been called "one of the few great social psychologists," offers a vivid first-person account of the research that supports his groundbreaking conclusions on stereotypes and identity. He sheds new light on American social...

Here, social psychologist Claude M. Steele offers an insider's look at his findings on stereotypes and identity. Through dramatic personal stories, he shares the experiments and studies that show, again and again, that exposing subjects to stereotypes...

What really happened to Chloe Everheart after she was kidnapped and assaulted by the wealthy socialite, Shannon Wilks? When Your Nightmare Becomes Reality takes us back to that terrifying night, then flashes one year forward, where once again Chloe is...

When Your Dream Becomes a Nightmare (WDBN) is a novel about the life of Chloe Everheart, a young beautiful attorney who believes that after God, there is nothing more important than family. Her dream is to become a successful attorney, but a series of...

When Your Dream Becomes a Nightmare (WDBN) is a novel about the life of Chloe Everheart, a young beautiful attorney who believes that after God, there is nothing more important than family. Her dream is to become a successful attorney, but a series of...

The poems in this collection function almost like diary entries. Things are pulled from the news: Tony Fauci, the Orange Man, murder hornets, mask mandates, George...

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BLACK MEN AND WOMEN IN AMERICA ARE IN CRISIS. IT'S TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GONE WRONG AND START THE HEALING PROCESS. The current divorce rates for black couples has quadrupled since 1960 and is now double that of the general...

The perfect companion to Julia Cook's What Shoes Will You Wear? picture book.Finding a career is difficult. Where do I start?Full of activities and worksheets, this fun book assists children in starting on the pathway of being college and career ready...

You're never too young to dream about your future!Myrtle and Erytle are twins who don't look alike or act the same, but they do share one common love...SHOES! Their father uses their love of shoes to encourage the young twins to start thinking about...

Billy Grate has a zeal to bring restoration to broken family relationships. He believes that the only hope for the generation today is for men to take their rightful place in the family structure.His desire is to bring healing to those who have been...

What does it mean to be a man? Being physically strong? Not being too emotional? Having courage, or being in charge? When asked what it means to be a black man, the question becomes even more complicated.Shan Foster, Vanderbilt University's basketball...