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Afeni Shakur, one of the most visible figures in both the hip-hop and civil rights movements, reveals her moral and spiritual development in an innovative memoir spanning...

Watch This Before You Turn 18!—the follow-up to Hey Kids, Watch This!—is packed with recommendations for movies that hit hardest when you’re a teenager. Whether...

A warm-hearted, generous businesswoman discovers her dark side when she’s betrayed by both the younger man she thought was the love of her life and the best...

For readers of Terry McMillan, Shanora Williams, Tia Williams, Kennedy Ryan, and Regina Black, an insightful and suspenseful novel about four women fighting to save...

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...

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...

The "powerful" (Michelle Alexander) exploration of the harsh and harmful experiences confronting Black girls in schools, revised and updated for its tenth anniversaryOn the day...

Tanita S. Davis, author of Partly Cloudy and Serena Says, has written another funny, warm story featuring middle school and family life—all about the complex calculations it takes...

How Black painters use color to create meaning, provoke remembrance, stir emotion, and uplift the spirit Color does more than capture a viewer's attention. It...

Great and Unfortunate Things is Jason Arday’s memoir of overcoming remarkable challenges and responding to adversity with resilience.Jason Arday grew up in a lively corner of...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. Finalist for the 2026 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Dua Lipa's Service95 Book Club Pick for August...

"Bursting with high energy, positivity, and understanding." —Nanny Miss Monique, Childcare Industry Influencer and Early Literacy AdvocateA joyful ABC picture book that helps kids reclaim...

As tech bosses fall in line with the right, tech workers are fighting back. This is the rousing inside story of their movement--and the way...

"An absolute must-read for anyone interested not just in big tech, but in what it takes to not lose your soul in modern-day America." —Naomi...

Radical activist, thinker, comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the Caribbean's most important political voices. For the first time, her writings are published...

For fans of The Wild Robot and Rebecca Stead, a middle grade novel that explores what makes us human—and what it means to be irreplaceable. Summer 2.0...

"I found these stories both heartening. . . and terrifying as the expression of a racial hatred that has never ceased to grow and gets...

Towards What Hurt is a debut poetry collection structured as a ceremony. In three movements - The Portal Opens, The Wildfire, and The Return - Detroit...

Finalist, Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, Constructive-Reflective Studies, given by the American Academy of ReligionExplores how Black Buddhist Teachers and Practitioners interpret...

In Gauthier, love isn't just found. It's forever. Leslie Kirkland is surviving, not living. Between raising two daughters, singing in the church choir, and dodging...

A unique treasury of words especially written for children in grades K-2, ages 5-7. This beginner's dictionary introduces young readers to 3,000 words using 1,000...

WHY do elephants have trunks? WHY are clouds different shapes? WHY does my tummy rumble?   Britannica's huge, authoritative, and lavishly illustrated question and answer...