Non-Fiction

Winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets James Laughlin Award A blistering exploration of America's legacy of anti-Black violence from an indispensable poet of our time American history got you down? Are you feeling alienated? Join poet James Cagney...

British Street Fashion has a rich history. Its trajectory from the streets onto international catwalks has been fast and heavily documented. A Quick Ting On Bamboo Earrings will be the first book to explore the politics of street fashion staple that is...

The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world Until the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis,...

A groundbreaking exposé of how our legal system makes it nearly impossible to overturn wrongful convictions Thousands of innocent people are behind bars in the United States. But proving their innocence and winning their release...

Sylvia Woods has been barbecuing, baking, frying, and smothering New York City's best soul food for nearly thirty years. According to the Zagat New York City Restaurant Survey, For down-home delicious Soul Food, this funky Harlemite is the real thing;...

Join superstar restaurateur and chef Justin Sutherland on his tour of American Southern cuisine shaped by his upbringing in the Northern Midwest and the South, and by his African-American and Asian heritage.Justin owns multiple restaurants in the Twin...

A third collection that reveals an acclaimed poet further extending his range into the realm of speculative fiction, while addressing issues as varied as abolition, Black ecological consciousness, and the boundless promise of parenthood Across three...

An unforgettable coming-of-age memoir about a Black boy adopted into a white, Christian fundamentalist family Perfect for fans of Educated, Punch Me Up to the Gods, and Surviving the White Gaze A powerful, experiential journey from white cult to Black...

This compelling look at the relationship between the majority of African American students and their teachers provides answers and solutions to the hard-hitting questions facing education in today's black and mixed-race communities. Are teachers prepared...

With the arrival of the No Child Left Behind Act, the so-called racial achievement gap has attracted more concern and controversy than ever before. According to this timely analysis, the myth of the racial achievement gap has nothing to do with...

Packed with over 200 color photos, this visual journey through Black history and the Civil Rights Movement is told through the objects--buttons, badges, flyers, pennants, posters, and more--designed by activists as tools to advance the fight for justice...