Dance like everyone's watching. Because they are. As the only Black student at her ballet academy, Naomi Morgan knows her feelings of isolation and artistic sacrifice are the price she has to pay in order to win the Youth American Grand Prix, the...

LaQuette's debut sexy romantic comedy Vanessa Jared's Got a Man tells the story of a woman getting her groove back and getting a second chance at love. Vanessa Jared, a 40-something divorcee, decided that the best way to pull herself out of their...

Join superstar restaurateur and chef Justin Sutherland on his tour of American Southern cuisine shaped by his upbringing in the Northern Midwest and the South, and by his African-American and Asian heritage.Justin owns multiple restaurants in the Twin...

A third collection that reveals an acclaimed poet further extending his range into the realm of speculative fiction, while addressing issues as varied as abolition, Black ecological consciousness, and the boundless promise of parenthood Across three...

An unforgettable coming-of-age memoir about a Black boy adopted into a white, Christian fundamentalist family Perfect for fans of Educated, Punch Me Up to the Gods, and Surviving the White Gaze A powerful, experiential journey from white cult to Black...

The New York Times best-selling author's time-travel classic that makes us feel the horrors of American slavery and indicts our country's lack of progress on racial reconciliation Soon to be an FX Networks TV series adaptation with a pilot directed by...

Newly discovered archive of photographer and Oakland native Jeffrey Henson containing origin story photos of the emergence of the Black Panther Party in the 60s; rare and intimate portraits of the movement's leaders in action and in repose, featuring...

The instant New York Times bestseller and "inspiring and vulnerable" (Trevor Noah) memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplatinum recording artist known as Logic and the #1 bestselling author of Supermarket. This Bright Future is a raw and unfiltered journey...

Packed with over 200 color photos, this visual journey through Black history and the Civil Rights Movement is told through the objects--buttons, badges, flyers, pennants, posters, and more--designed by activists as tools to advance the fight for justice...

Every other Christmas, I celebrate with my mom.Every other Christmas, I celebrate with my dad.Sometimes I wish we could still be together.But my favorite holiday is special, no matter who I celebrate with. After his parents' divorce, a young biracial...

A 2021 Newbery Honor Book In a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery. What have I to fear?My...

A Geisel Honor-winning series! Author Kelly Starling Lyons selected as the 2021 Piedmont Laureate! Join Ty on his imaginative adventures in Ty's Travels: Winter Wonderland, a My First I Can Read book by acclaimed author and illustrator team Kelly...