Non-Fiction

A comprehensive and definitive guide to America's 107 historically black colleges and universities, this commemorative gift book explores the historical, social, and cultural importance of the nation's HBCUs and celebrates their rich legacy.Included in...

In I Was Born This Way, Carl Bean, former Motown recording artist, noted AIDS activist, and founder of the Unity Fellowship of Christ Church in Los Angeles, shares his extraordinary personal journey from Baltimore foster homes to the stage of the Apollo...

As a 6'2" dreadlocked black man, Tyler Merritt knows what it feels like to be stereotyped as threatening, which can have dangerous consequences. But he also knows that proximity to people who are different from ourselves can be a cure for racism. Tyler...

Choosing the title of this collection was an easy decision for Donald. He has written poems for weddings, birthdays, funerals, and other occasions. His father, however, disappeared from his life when Donald was just four years old.I Never Rhymed for My...

In short, poignant verses, Reyna Biddy's poems explore pain, emotional reckoning, and the power of self-love. The debut collection from 22-year-old poet Reyna Biddy, I Love My Love tells the story of Reyna's childhood, her parents' toxic relationship,...

This inaugural collection of contemporary poems frames the human experience in 30 lyrical and diverse poems about life. Getahun's voice sings with a hint of sadness, a heart full of passion and longing for home--the home we desire in a partner, in a...

The story of Belvie Rooks and Dedan Gills, their journey and their transformation, is "as old as eternity and as new as now." As individuals, Dedan and Belvie were already activists, mentors and voices for justice, but in their union, they became an even...

In this New York Times bestselling memoir, Ray Lewis--legendary Baltimore Ravens linebacker and one of the greatest defensive players of his generation--holds nothing back on the state of football as well as his troubled childhood, his rise to athletic...

I will be talking to 2,000000 people "who" have died in southern Sudan defending their right, to stay Christian, Their voices were silenced. I will speak for them. I will also tell the world the truth about who was killing us. Osama Bin Laden, Saddam...

I will be talking to 2,000000 people "who" have died in southern Sudan defending their right, to stay Christian, Their voices were silenced. I will speak for them. I will also tell the world the truth about who was killing us. Osama Bin Laden, Saddam...

Always thinking nothing you say is good enough and soon enough you start to actually believe it. There's this constant fear of not saying the right thing at the right time. So you say nothing at all.A lot of us have started to go through life like this--...

A sometimes serious, often hilarious, and always inspiring guide that encourages young women to live a life full of ownership, confidence, and freedom from singer and popular Scream Queens and Grease Live! actress Keke Palmer, delightfully illustrated in...

A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police--from the bestselling author of The Divide NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON...

Disrupting the racist and sexist biases in conversations on reconciliationChanequa Walker-Barnes offers a compelling argument that the Christian racial reconciliation movement is incapable of responding to modern-day racism. She demonstrates how...

Meet Elaine Brautigam, a family doctor's wife from Upstate New York, USA. She's on a World Medical Missions trip to Kijabe, Kenya. There, her daily job will be to move from bed to bed in the Pediatric Ward of Bethany Kids Hospital. She'll pray for the...

"I Am Black But Comely" looks from Genesis to Revelation on the presence of black people in Scripture, God's black messengers in Scripture, puts to silence the false teachings on the supposed "Curse of Ham," looks at hidden racism in the church, looks at...