Collection: History

Uses an intersectional and intertextual methodology to present a rigorous yet accessible study of Black queer women artists in theater and film. In A Conditional Embrace, Kristyl...

Recovers a previously hidden theater and performance history of Black women engaging with Shakespeare as actors, playwrights, costume designers, and directors. This catalog documents and...

The remarkable story of pastor Donald Gay and his family's lasting contributions to gospel music and Chicago culture. When the preacher Gregory Donald Gay joined...

Percival Everett meets Sinners in this gripping, haunting novel of history, rebellion, and the unpredictable nature of truth When antiquarian Malcolm Washington is sent to a decaying...

From the critically acclaimed and award-winning creators of Crown and I Am Every Good Thing, Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James, comes an illustrated nonfiction young adult homage...

A rallying cry and groundbreaking mental health guide for Black women to build a freer way of living.  For generations, Black women have been expected...

  A blistering exposé of how anti-Black racism has influenced the most essential cornerstones of American life — from where we live and where we go to school to our...

ONE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'S TOP 10 POETRY BOOKS OF FALL 2017 NPR'S MOST ANTICIPATED POETRY BOOKS OF 2017 A striking, full-length debut collection from Virgin...

From Coretta Scott King Honor artist and illustrator of Questlove's The Idea in You, Sean Qualls comes a captivating introduction on how Black people have influenced...

With this, his 17th book and his 4th poetry collection, Kevin Powell further cements his legacy as one of the most celebrated political, cultural, literary,...

A breathtaking portrait of modern Haiti told through the voices of the downtrodden and overlooked—from one of the country’s preeminent writers.A minister’s nephew is dispatched...

Drive a more innovative, inclusive culture that welcomes all talent. Many technology leaders believe in having more women and people of color in technical and leadership positions...

This vibrant and compelling picture book biography tells the story of Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian hero who led his people to freedom.Ayiti, the Pearl of...

A mind-expanding anthology of early Black science fiction—the visionary origins of Afrofuturism.The future is waiting—come aboard.This collection, introduced by Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Nisi Shawl,...

The first biography of a preeminent postwar architect who championed the cause of freedom through architecture and transformed Black history and modernism J. Max Bond...

A fascinating look at the role of printmaking in the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat The "Blue Ribbon paintings" represent a pivotal moment in Jean-Michel Basquiat's...

A philosophical framework for resistance that connects Socrates to the street Does social change happen "top down" or "bottom up"--brought about by those who hold...

From The New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello, a groundbreaking collection of Thomas Jefferson's writings on race that every American should...

The remarkable story of how Frederick Douglass went from condemning the Constitution as a proslavery pact to celebrating it as a "glorious liberty document" that...

1864-Fort Independence: When a bloody carriage appears at the front gate, Black's greatest fear is realized. Mayhem has found its way to his doorstep, forcing...

In the spirit of So You Want to Talk about Race and The Year of Living Biblically, a deeply personal and provocative narrative that unveils a progressive, largely ignored...

  The sweeping cultural history of a spice so coveted it launched empires across oceans, reshaped global trade, and bound generations of Sri Lankans to...

A historian's guide to understanding Reconstruction and the lessons it offers for navigating our own fraught political moment In the wake of a shocking presidential...

A landmark career retrospective celebrating Ray Billingsley, the cartooning powerhouse behind Curtis, America’s longest-running syndicated comic strip about middle-class Black life.This is a must-have collector's item...