Non-Fiction

The civil rights movement in South Carolina has an epic and tumultuous history, beginning with the very first statewide meeting of the NAACP in 1939.With stories of sit-ins, movements and the integration of state universities, this is the first...

Award-winning rapper, producer, and champion of healthy living -- Khnum Ibomu, widely known as 'Stic' from the revolutionary but gangsta hip hop duo, dead prez, has inspired millions with his music and lifestyle. But he wasn't always the people's champ...

In this astonishing volume of poems and lyric prose, Whiting Award-winner A. Van Jordan draws comparisons to Black characters in Shakespearean plays--Caliban and Sycorax from?The Tempest, Aaron the Moor from?Titus Andronicus, and the eponymous antihero...

A master chronicler of the African-American experience, Richard Wright brilliantly expanded his literary horizons with Pagan Spain, originally published in 1957. An amalgam of expert travel reportage, dramatic monologue, and arresting sociological...

Kwajelyn Lewis' new book titled The Gift of Poetry is written from the place of an unending love of poetic expression. A deep connection with Kwajelyn's heart, soul, and mind is what birthed this introspective and masterful collection of poems. Through...

Between the onset of puberty and marriage, every man and woman faces the issues of being single. How do you handle the weekends alone -- or with a dating partner? How do you build a healthy relationship? How can you tell when it's the relationship of a...

This companion to Revolutionary Love presents do-tomorrow, asset-based strategies for preK-grade 2--all grounded in a culturally-responsive framework. A key goal of this book is to activate and energize early childhood educators so that they will view...

Rev. Beecher Hicks Jr. knows that great preaching and great storytelling go hand in hand. He believes in the power of imagination to teach us about God and about life, and he knows that nothing can spark the imagination like a story well told. In My...

What happens when DNA test results or traditional genealogy research reveal close family members you never knew about, or people you thought were blood family but aren't actually related, or kin from different races or religions? Kathy Marshall will...

A first poetry collection from Cave Canem fellow Nikia Chaney, this book percolates with experiment, energy, and love as the poet tackles race, poverty, aging, sexism, and more with wild insight and deft skill. Nikia Chaney sets form on fire in the...