Collection: Non-Fiction

Hailed as “the most compelling account of [Martin Luther] King’s life in a generation” by the Washington Post, the Pulitzer Prize–winning bestseller is now adapted for...

This book chronicles the transformative impact of Black curators on American art museums since the 1970s as told by visionaries at the forefront of the...

W.E.B. Du Bois and the interplay of data, technology, and race in the twenty-first century. Data Consciousness brings together original essays and an interview exploring W.E.B....

Celebrates the expansive creativity of Black artists who have contributed to the rich fabric of abstraction through artworks in the collection of the National Museum...

Finalist for the 2019 Lambda Literary Award, Transgender NonfictionNominated for the 2019 Forest of Reading Evergreen AwardWinner of the 2018  Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book...

Poems of tender knowledge, buoyant survival, and Black, trans embodiment.The simple yet fraught experience of embodiment lies at the thrumming heart of Kelsey L. Smoot’s SOULMATE...

A vibrant and inspiring celebration of America's leading Black interior designers In the House is a groundbreaking showcase of the talent, vision, determination, and impact of...

From the award-winning filmmaker and graphic novelist, comes the untold origin story of the multi-million-dollar AFROPUNK festival—beginning not with big stages or brand sponsorship, but...

Black lesbian feminist, essayist, journalist, poet, author, and cultural worker, Anita Cornwell wrote extensively about her experiences as a Black lesbian in the United States...

Guess who's hiding under the sea in this lushly illustrated, rhyming read-aloud guessing game, then lift the sturdy cardboard flaps to meet the ocean 's...

A rhyming, read-aloud introduction to dinosaurs and early life on our planet that, when opened up and folded back, creates a free-standing globe This exciting...

From Slate staff writer Aymann Ismail comes an exquisite memoir about fatherhood, religion, and the search for identity in an ever-shifting world.The son of Egyptian immigrants, Aymann...

  A tender, searching collection that breaks open notions of faith to ask how a daughter, alienated from kin, can find love and a home...

The Legacy Sites is a compelling and visually rich book exploring the groundbreaking work of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) through its transformative public spaces: the Legacy...

Reiland Rabaka provides an alternative history of funk since the mid-1960s, that uncovers the epoch that funk women influenced and were influenced by while wrestling...

Presented by a hospitality veteran and an authority on drinks, this non-alcoholic cocktail book is organized by seven different taste profiles. There are plenty of...

This innovative book lays out the journey of family therapist Makungu Akinyela in developing testimony therapy--a healing practice rooted in Black cultural traditions of testifying...

The untold story of the Black patriots—from soldiers in combat to peace protesters—who ended the Vietnam War and defended the soul of American democracy, from...

Critical conversations and reflections about lessons learned at the intersection of social movements and artist production. Diversity of Aesthetics collects powerful and timely conversations among leading...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRY • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • From the award-winning poet...

Throughout the nineteenth century, Black thinkers grappled with the material limits of freedom. They insisted that emancipation without economic self-determination would reproduce the inequalities of...

Black Earth Rising presents works by artists of African diasporic, Latin American, and Native American identity that address vital questions of land, presence, climate crisis, and...

In a world that feels more divided than ever, there has never been a greater need for a more nuanced conversation about bias. And while...