Collection: History

Perfect Victims is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal―an ode to the steadfastness of a nation.Palestine is a microcosm of the...

Tracing five centuries of exploitation in Latin America, a classic in the field, now in its twenty fifth year Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century...

A groundbreaking collection of photographs and essays that shed new light on the history of Black America, from the Picturing Black History project. "An astonishing...

Major literary figure and "master of language" (The New York Times) John Edgar Wideman uses his unique generational perspective to explore what he calls the "slaveroad,"...

Gather the midnight strands,tend the roots that gave you life,weave hopes into pathways--paths that lead you home.Day after day, Nemy sows seeds, pulls weeds, and...

We are in the fray of another signature moment in the long history of the United States as a project of anti-Black and racial-colonial violence. ...

This book, written with so much love, so much realism, so much honesty and so much literary beauty by my friend and comrade in the...

A radical analysis of Palestinian resistance from one of their most influential voices. Revisit Ghassan Kanafani's pivotal text in a new English edition. Kanafani presents...

"In The Conjuring of America, Lindsey Stewart offers nothing less than a rethinking of our national culture through the stories of 'conjure women.' When we talk...

From forgotten innovators like Anna M. Mangin to well-known inventors like James West, this picture book is a celebration of Black history and inventors with...

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture In the ebullient spirit of Ocean's 8, The Heist, and Thelma & Louise, a sensational and entertaining memoir of the...

A kaleidoscopic narrative history of 1963, the pivotal moment in America’s long civil rights movement—the year of the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s...

The Battle for the Black Mind delves into the complex history of Black education in the United States from the end of the Civil War in 1865 until...

The founder of popular BlackCrossword.com and author of the groundbreaking Black Crossword returns with a second fabulous collection, featuring 100 diverse-sized puzzles once again inspired by the...

The jazz musician-composer-arranger Mary Lou Williams spent her sixty-year career working in--and stretching beyond--a dizzying range of musical styles. Her integration of classical music into...

In the years immediately after the Civil War, tens of thousands of former slaves deposited millions of dollars into the Freedman's Bank. African Americans envisioned...

Tatreez — elaborate hand-embroidery — is an ancient Palestinian craft characterised by remarkable beauty and complexity. Beginning with an introduction to the regional diversity of...

'Fugitive Archives' is not a book about African architecture or its history. It is a book about the role of primary research in the work...

An NAACP Image Award Nominee, Queenie: Godmother of Harlem is a historical graphic novel inspired by the life of legendary mobster Stephanie Saint-Clair, the infamous criminal who made herself...

Run, Eisner Award Winner for Best Graphic Memoir, is an essential graphic novel, whether for the home or the classroom. First you march, then you...

Merging waves of feminist thought from established and emerging Mexican women writers, Tsunami arrives with seismic, groundbreaking force. Featuring personal essay, manifesto, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Tsunami gathers the...

This powerful collection of articles, essays, and letters spans the period between Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Fanon's...

A spectacular graphic novel about the life and times of the legendary Fela Kuti—the Pan-African frontman, multi-instrumentalist, sociopolitical powerhouse, and father of Afrobeat. In this...