Collection: Non-Fiction

“Even though writing is a solitary act, when I sit with words that I trust will be read by someone, I know that I can...

This richly personal cookbook celebrates African plant-based cuisine from across Africa through its regional traditions, powerful storytelling, and vibrant, nourishing recipes.In her debut cookbook, African...

“I spent over a decade volunteering and working at Rikers Correctional Facility as their first-ever Mindfulness Coach. It was the most powerful and challenging work...

A triumphant, cross-generational exploration of Black joy and resilience. Remember frolicking outside during the long, jubilant days of summer? This vibrant collection invites readers to...

A successful investor, philanthropist, and leading wellness CEO provides a practical, thoughtful testimony on the impact of deep friendships in our personal and professional lives,...

From “tomorrow’s greatest designer” (The Atlantic), a personal and deeply researched look at how the choices we build into our environment reflect and determine the...

By 1960, musicians, critics, record buyers, and club patrons in New York City agreed that a "new thing" in jazz had arrived. That new thing was what we...

Titled after a Zora Neale Hurston short story, E. Jane's musical multimedia installation celebrates the Black diva Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist E. Jane (born 1990), author...

Intimate and sweeping poetry that examines race and lineage. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (2025) Room Swept Home serves as a gloriously...

"As official narratives everywhere strain and crack, Peter and Paul—and Durbin—offer a desperately needed alternative way of seeing and being." —Benjamin Moser, author of Susan Sontag:...

A special commemorative box set featuring six of Dr. Martin Luther King’s most iconic speeches, part of Dr. King’s archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. Witness...

  The first monograph on Vietnam veteran, Black Panther Party member and griot Akinsanya Kambon, whose paintings and sculptures sing with revolutionary history Published with...

The first biography of the revolutionary political prisoner who laid the foundation for contemporary abolitionist struggles and Black anarchism. A Continuous Struggle is a political biography...

In The Anarchy of Black Religion, J. Kameron Carter examines the deeper philosophical, theological, and religious history that animates our times to advance a new approach...

The political independence of Ghana in 1957 became the catalyst of freedom in many other African countries. In the midnight pronouncement of independence on 5...

A bestselling author reveals how to prioritize and care for yourself when uncomfortable change is thrust upon you. Lee guides you through the hard times...

One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker...

It is impossible to imagine New Orleans, and by extension American history, without the vibrant and singular Creole culture. In the face of an oppressive...

You know that 3 a.m. feeling? When you’re wide awake asking yourself: Is this really it? That nagging feeling that "this isn’t enough anymore" isn’t...

From Diaspora Spice Co., the progressive spice company rooted in flavor and equity, comes a cookbook celebrating beautiful, simple, and seasonal cooking with 85 recipes...

One of the New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books WITH AN APPENDIX OF NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED WORK Fusing the personal and the political in high-voltage verse,...

Youth workers are essential to the fabric of society. Schools, families, and many of our social institutions rely heavily on their work, yet their contributions...

Rooted in a Chicago-based street gang, the Young Lords grew into one of the most dynamic revolutionary community organizations of the late 1960s and early...

Two LGBTQ affirmative US Supreme Court Rulings occurred in the second decade of the twenty-first century: the 2015 Obergefell ruling in support of same sex...