Biography

FAIRYTALE is the first and only book to provide inside portraits of The Pointer Sisters' formative and professional life--June, Bonnie, Anita and Ruth come of age as "mold-breaking" artists during the Civil Rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s...

T.C. Stallings burst onto the Hollywood scene in 2015 with his first leading role in the hit film War Room, which soared to #1 in the box office. But long before his acting success, he endured countless disappointments, setbacks, and failures. With...

This is the story of Condoleezza Rice that has never been told, not that of an ultra-accomplished world leader, but of a little girl--and a young woman--trying to find her place in a sometimes hostile world, of two exceptional parents, and an extended...

Experiences Sweet and SourBy: Dennis Wayne ProthroExperiences Sweet and Sour is about genealogy, nationality, racial injustice, and strength found in a faithful, spiritual commitment and converted life.Truthful and educational in his writings, Dennis...

Evelyn Dove embraced the worlds of jazz, musical theatre and, most importantly, cabaret, in a career spanning five decades from the 1920s through to the 1960s. A black British diva with movie star looks, she captivated audiences and admirers around the...

The life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music genre. Pivotal are the questions surrounding why Johnson was ignored by the core black...

Erroll Garner (1921-1977) was an inimitable jazz pianist and composer who enjoyed international recognition performing for audiences in concert halls and clubs throughout the world. He released many of his own compositions as well as popular songs on...

This program is read by the author From the New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop For more than thirty years, Michael Eric Dyson has played a prominent role in the nation as a public intellectual, university professor, cultural...

ENIGMATIC YEARS presents an assemblage of vignettes from teenage years at Aga Khan High School, Nairobi. The author's perspective of teenage characters is an honest, authentic and real portrayal of young people living as part of a small but close-knit...

African-American stories were overlooked by mainstream media until John H. Johnson showed the world the value of black life. In his magazines EBONY and JET, the publisher and businessman presented never-before-told accounts and used captivating,...

THE FIGHT FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM: A VIEW FROM THE GRASSROOTSThe dramatic story of Elvira Arellano, an undocumented mother who took sanctuary in a Chicago church in August of 2006 in order to stay with her U.S. -citizen son-. Her highly publicized year in...

The life of the very private and media-shy Ella Fitzgerald has long been shrouded in a mixture of half-truths and fiction. What emerges in Stuart Nicholson's groundbreaking biography is a remarkable story of a poor black girl's determination to realize...

A lyrical and haunting depiction of American racial violence and lynching, evoked through stunning full-color artwork In late May 1918 in Valdosta, Georgia, ten Black men and one Black woman--Mary Turner, eight months pregnant at the time--were lynched...

Egyptians are relative newcomers to the United States. For thousands of years, ruling powers came and went, but the inhabitants of the Nile valley tended to stay in the land of their birth. They rarely emigrated from Egypt. Modern times have seen a...

"Edward R. Roybal: The Mexican American Struggle for Political Empowerment" showcases Roybal's accomplishments as a leader in the political struggles of his time and inspires us all to work for the betterment of our communities.

A luminous and inspiring portrait of a Black pioneer and artistic force--Eartha Kitt--and one of the most moving mother/daughter stories in Hollywood history. In this unique combination of memoir and cultural history, we come to know one of the greatest...