Cultural Literature

Something has happened to the black community. Over the past decades, black America stopped believing that "we shall overcome." Instead, they began accepting handouts from the government, turning away from the values of family, selfless military service,...

Including oral history, letters and excerpts from diaries, this is a documentary study of 2 million black slave women and 200,000 free black women in the 19th century.

From the author of Queen Sugar--now a critically acclaimed series on OWN directed by Ava Duvernay--comes a beautiful exploration and celebration of black farming in America. In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems,...

When Cassandra Lane finds herself pregnant at thirty-five, the knowledge sends her on a poignant exploration of memory to prepare for her entry into motherhood. She moves between the twentieth-century rural South and present-day Los Angeles, reimagining...

We All Matter reflects on racism and the injustices that plague many lives within our nation. Yet it also offers hope for an effective change when humility, equity, and genuine compassion for all are embraced.

We All Matter reflects on racism and the injustices that plague many lives within our nation. Yet it also offers hope for an effective change when humility, equity, and genuine compassion for all are embraced.

Inspired by Arthur Ashe's bestselling memoir Days of Grace, a collection of positive, uplifting stories of seemingly small acts of grace from across the sports world that have helped to bridge cultural and racial divides.Like many people of color, James...

The first comprehensive presentation of the core teachings of the Kalahari Bushmen as told by the Tribal Elders - Reveals how the Bushmen are able to receive direct transmissions of God's love for healing and spiritual transformation - Explores tribal...

Scoop, Evelyn Waugh's bestselling comedy of England's newspaper business of the 1930s is the closest thing foreign correspondents have to a bible -- they swear by it. But few readers are acquainted with Waugh's memoir of his stint as a London Daily Mail...

For one hundred years, housing cooperatives in various sizes and shapes have been a positive part of the urban landscape of Washington, D.C. Co-ops first arose in the city in the 1920s. Building slowed during the Great Depression, but their numbers...

Lecture & Lab. All work & no play. That's life for a year-round college student at Full Sail University. Now essentially at the halfway point, the struggles, the hardships, the studying & the grind gets real for Young King JSTA, but so are the good...

During her lifetime, Audre Lorde (1934-1992), author of the landmark Cancer Journals, created a mythic identity for herself that retains its vitality to this day. Drawing from the private archives of the poet's estate and numerous interviews, Alexis De...

Alice Walker and Pratibha Parmar expose the secret of female genital mutilation, a practice that affects one hundred million of the world's women. New Introductions by the Authors.

Welcome to the world of the modern Asian American woman, where the willingness to cause trouble -- to stir the waters, think deeply, and go against what is expected -- is the first of many steps to self-discovery and power. Now, Phoebe Eng shatters...

In this World War II military history, Rommel's army is a day from Cairo, a week from Tel Aviv, and the SS is ready for action. Espionage brought the Nazis this far, but espionage can stop them--if Washington wakes up to the danger. As World War II...

Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar leads an army that controls most of Libya, stands at the gates of Tripoli, and is threatening to overthrow the Government of National Accord. Backed by the powerful Libyan tribes, Khalifa Haftar has also won the backing of...