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A Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings' family explores America's racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestors--both the enslaver and the enslaved. Gayle Jessup White had...

A Washington D.C. insider discusses both the historical and current influence of African Americans in our electoral process and offers ideas for how they can use their rising power to affect...

Creator of the internationally popular, multiple award-winning blog, MsAfropolitan, Minna Salami, takes an original look at racism and sexism, from an Africa-centered feminist sensibility that...

The award-winning, genre-crossing writer demonstrates her power as a funkadelic and formidable feminist voice in this rich and beautiful collection of verse and image--a multi-part retrospective that...

2016 NAACP Image Award Winner Winner of the 2016 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction An award-winning journalist reveals a little-known and shameful episode in American history, when an African...

In the New York Times bestseller Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man?the basis for the #1 box office smash?Steve Harvey gave millions of women around the globe insight into what men really think about...

Rakim has been hailed for his brilliant artistic style, adding tiers, complexity, depth, musicality, and soul to elevate the art of rap. But he is not just a revolutionary songwriter--he's a great...

Author: Robbie Montgomery, Tim NormanPublisher: AmistadPublication Date: Oct 04, 2016Number of Pages: 224 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0062322818ISBN-13: 9780062322814

Based on acclaimed author Zora Neale Hurston's personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica?where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer during her visits in the 1930s?Tell My...

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History In The Old SouthAuthor: Michael W. TwittyPublisher: AmistadPublication Date: Jul 31, 2018Number of Pages: 480 pagesLanguage:...

The Little Book Of Big Lies: A Journey Into Inner Fitness - 9780062930293Author: Tina LiffordPublisher: AmistadPublication Date: Nov 17, 2020Number of Pages: 224 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

A collection of African proverbs that illuminate the secret to peace and joy--Provided by publisher.Author: Ebony RobertsPublisher: AmistadPublication Date: May 19, 2020Number of Pages: 304...

The New York Times bestselling author of My Vanishing Country examines the modern political landscape and policies that are impacting Black families and communities and offers solutions for a better...

The Mother Of Black Hollywood: A MemoirAuthor: Jenifer LewisPublisher: AmistadPublication Date: Nov 06, 2018Number of Pages: 336 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0062410415ISBN-13:...

Author: Elizabeth Dowling TaylorPublisher: AmistadPublication Date: Jan 30, 2018Number of Pages: 544 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0062346105ISBN-13: 9780062346100

Chicago PI Ashe Cayne is the perfect hero for our times.--Harlan Coben #1 New York Times bestselling author Ian K. Smith brings back former Chicago detective turned private eye Ashe Cayne in this...

The Polished Hoe: A NovelAuthor: Austin ClarkePublisher: AmistadPublication Date: May 25, 2004Number of Pages: 480 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0060557621ISBN-13: 9780060557621

The Rib King : A NovelAuthor: Ladee HubbardPublisher: AmistadPublication Date: Jan 11, 2022Number of Pages: 384 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0062979078ISBN-13: 9780062979070

As wrenching and luminous as Omar El Akkad's What Strange Paradise and Mohsin Hamid's Exit West, a searing exploration of the global migration crisis that moves from Nigeria to Libya to Italy, from...

In this riveting narrative of family and middle-age angst, Esi Edugyan gives us Aster, an all-white suburban enclave. Far removed from the frenzied ways of city life, this small town at first seems...

The author of Dancing on the Edge of the Roof, now a Netflix film starring Alfre Woodard, returns with a riveting, emotionally rich, novel that explores the complex relationship between mothers and...

Named one of Newsweek's "25 Must-Read Fall Fiction and Nonfiction Books to Escape the Chaos of 2020" The critically acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of The Rage of a Privileged Class...

With echoes of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Susan Sontag's Illness as Metaphor, an extraordinary debut collection from a prize-winning poet that chronicles a Black woman's journey through...

Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston's rediscovered classic Barracoon, an immersive and revelatory history of the Clotilda, the last slave...

The runaway international bestseller is now an American must-read for lovers of adventure, travel writing, and romance. Corinne Hofmann tells how she falls in love with an African warrior while on...

Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Octavia Butler, a biting social commentary from the acclaimed author of Lakewood that speaks to our times--a piercing dystopian novel...

One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston's beloved 1937 classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with...

This is a truly character-driven novel that explores how people define themselves, the creation of family and home, and the importance of memory and language. . . . Fans of historical epics won't be...

Think Black: A MemoirAuthor: Clyde W. FordPublisher: AmistadPublication Date: Dec 08, 2020Number of Pages: 304 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0062890573ISBN-13: 9780062890573

From beloved entertainer Omarion comes a profound redefinition of what it means to live a good life--revealing The King of Unbothered's secrets to wholeness, love, and the power of choosing joy. As a...