My mother smiled at me and said, "When you look out the window and see a regular bird, you don't necessarily pay much attention to it. The day you see a bluebird, though, you look at it a little longer and admire it. Not because you don't like it, but...

An exploration of racism and anti-racism in the world of professional cycling in the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Ex-international cyclist Marlon Lee Moncrieffe examines how the cycling industry is tackling racism within the sport today...

Black Republicans left an indelible mark on the history of their party, the civil rights movement, and twentieth-century political development Reflecting on his fifty-year effort to steer the Grand Old Party toward black voters, Memphis power broker...

Black History Leaders: Volume 5: is a powerful graphic novel spotlighting the lives of four groundbreaking icons: Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Beyonc?, and Rihanna. Through striking visuals, this volume traces their influential journeys, showcasing their...

For numerous migrants who ventured westward in the twentieth century in search of greater opportunities, the glitter of California often proved to be mere fool's gold--promising easy riches but frequently resulting in dispossession and displacement. Poet...

A tasty yet experimental recipe of creative memoir in poetic prose cooked up for your consumption -- one letter at a time.Alphabet Soup, A. Gregory Frankson's first full-length foray into the world of creative non-fiction, is a poetic exploration of the...

In this second edition of African American Management History: Insights on Gaining a Cooperative Advantage, authors Leon C. Prieto and Simone T. A. Phipps dive deep into the powerful legacy of African American management thought. With a new foreword by...

A Stranger's heart shows the journey of a young Jacinta following the death of her mother. Her father----distraught over the death of his wife----never recovered. Shortly after his wife's death, Jacinta's father took her to live with her aunt, an...

In A Sense of Arrival, Kevin Adonis Browne blends literary, visual, and material forms to present a narrative of Caribbean blackness. Arguing that the story of Caribbeanness cannot be told through words alone, Browne interweaves essays, memoir,...

Lee Pierce's debut book takes you from the vineyards andprune orchards of beautiful Napa County, California, to a history making seat on the dais of Santa Rosa, California's governing body. Santa Rosa is the largest city between San Francisco and...

A moving Anthology containing a varied collection of personal, vibrant, introspective, and lyrical stories from a diverse and seasoned group ofsix dedicated writers. Their storytelling unfolds with grace, humor, anduniversal truths. These stories...

*Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner * New York Times Notable Book * Locus Award Finalist * Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Jackson Award * "You're in for a treat...one of those books you can't put down...Due hit it out of the park."...

WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY A finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award Named one of the ten best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Time A New York Times bestseller and notable book of 2023 One...

In an emotional ode to the color blue--and the blues--from writer Nancy Johnson James and illustrator Constance Moore, the creators of Brown: The Many Shades of Love and Black: The Many Wonders of My World, The Many Ways I Feel features a colorful...

Ripped from the pages of his New York Times bestselling novel To Paris with Love, Carl Weber brings you No More Mr. Nice Guy, the origin story of Niles Monroe, the super-bad hitman who will one day become Paris Duncan's one true love. Niles has just...