Cultural Literature

This unforgettable memoir was the basis for the Academy Award nominated film 12 Years a Slave. This is the true story of Solomon Northup, who was born and raised as a freeman in New York. He lived the American dream, with a house and a loving family - a...

This unforgettable memoir was the basis for the Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave. This is the true story of Solomon Northup, who was born and raised as a freeman in New York. He lived the American dream, with a house and a loving family - a...

The story that inspired the major motion picture, with an introduction by the bestselling author of Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery. The story that inspired...

Now the major motion picture that won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Picture, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, and Lupita Nyong'o, and directed by Steve McQueen Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Slave is...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Once upon a time, the news was only 15 minutes long and middle-class families huddled around a tiny black-and-white screen, TV dinners on their...

The uplifting story of the valiant Tuskegee men and women whose impact on Philadelphia during World War II will surprise even the most avid armchair historian.At the outbreak of World War II, Philadelphians heeded the call, including

This book honors the Tuskegee Airmen, known as the "Red Tails" who never lost escorted bombers. Read the personal account of a fighter pilot who overcame segregation in Europe and the United States.

This book honors the Tuskegee Airmen, known as the "Red Tails" who never lost escorted bombers. Read the personal account of a fighter pilot who overcame segregation in Europe and the United States.

Were it not for the Buddhadharma, says Charles Johnson in his preface to Turning the Wheel, I'm convinced that, as a black American and an artist, I would not have been able to successfully negotiate my last half century of life in this country. Or at...

Turn the Lights On is based on fatherless urban youth trying to find their way through life. This includes being involved in the drug game and witnessing murder at an early age. The title Turn the Lights On is reference to the youth living life in the...

This stunningly illustrated and intimate book--composed of Tupac's own words--is in many ways the autobiography Tupac Shakur never got to write. This richly illustrated companion to the Academy Award-nominated documentary film, Tupac: Resurrection brings...

Tupac: The Modern-Day Messiah is a courageous attempt to connect the late Tupac Shakur's intricate lyricism and profound interviews into a variety of societal flaws including, but not up to, racial oppression, police brutality, and economic inequality...

Tupac: The Modern-Day Messiah is a courageous attempt to connect the late Tupac Shakur's intricate lyricism and profound interviews into a variety of societal flaws including, but not up to, racial oppression, police brutality, and economic inequality...

Try Walking in My Shoes as a Black Man on Planet EarthBy: Kenneth E. Murrey Sr. Not for the faint-hearted, Try Walking in My Shoes as a Black Man on Planet Earth is the autobiography of Kenneth E. Murrey Sr. Murrey spares no details as he shares the hard...

In former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart's highly anticipated book, Truth: The Kordell Stewart Story, Stewart opens up about his often-discussed personal life, the thrills and challenges that he experienced in his football career, and...

In this book, author Pamela Rose Toulouse provides current information, personal insights, authentic resources, interactive strategies and lesson plans that support Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners in the classroom. This book is for all teachers...