Cultural Literature

Take a trip down the Pennsylvania Avenue of years past, the heart of Baltimore's African-American community, when the streets vibrated with life and bass.From 1930 to 1980, Baltimore was a key city to the success of Black entertainers, such as The Ink...

Over the past two decades, in workshops and personal consultations, thousands of persons have received the expertise and knowledge of author Frazine Taylor about Alabama genealogical research. In addition, she has taught the art to hundreds of students...

This deluxe hardcover survey, featuring profiles of 50 artists on the rise, is the definitive guide to contemporary African art. With African artists attracting sizable audience numbers to museums, setting sky-high auction records, and appearing in...

From Jeffrey Gettleman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist, comes a passionate, revealing story about finding love and finding a calling, set against one of the most turbulent regions in the world.A seasoned war correspondent, Jeffrey...

Genocide--the intent to destroy in whole or in part, a group of people.TIME's 42 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2019Book Riot's 50 of the Best Books to Read This FallAs seen on CBS This Morning, award-winning attorney Ben Crump exposes a heinous truth in...

The Rainbow People Of God traces South Africa's glorious victory over apartheid in the writings and speeches of one its central figures, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. From the graveside of Steven Biko to the triumphant inauguration of Nelson Mandela as...

Seventy lost gems from the pen of Duke Ellington arranged as advanced piano solos that capture the music exactly as it was written. Now these titles are available for the first time in the U.S.A. Some of the songs are: New Orleans Lowdown * Sweet Mamma *...

(Jazz Piano Solos). 24 tunes from the '50s and '60s jazz cats who invented cool! Includes piano solo arrangements with chord names for: All Blues * Blue in Green * Con Alma * Django * Epistrophy * Jeru * Lullaby of Birdland * Nardis * So What * Stella by...

The African continent is home to numerous outstanding textile traditions, many dating to antiquity and all playing a multifaceted role in their respective societies: these eye-catching fabrics proclaim wealth and status, convey symbolic meanings, and of...

The result of more than twenty years' collaborative work focusing on the heart of successful parenting, the acclaimed five disciplines program developed by Drs. Robert L. Johnson and Paulette Stanford has helped thousands of African-American children and...

When students at Oxford University called for a statue of Cecil Rhodes to be removed, following similar calls by students in Cape Town, the significance of these protests was felt across continents. This was not simply about tearing down an outward...

What does it mean when God is presented as male?What does it mean when - from our internal assumptions to our shared cultural imaginings - God is presented as white? These are the urgent questions Chine McDonald asks in a searing look at her experience...

A major new history of Britain that will transform our understanding of this country's past Despite the best efforts of researchers and campaigners, there remains today a steadfast tendency to reduce the history of African and Caribbean people in Britain...