Black & African American

Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Moving from ...

The second volume of Branch's trilogy on the civil rights era. Jeff Shesol Branch spins an intricate, seamless web of politics and personalities, ambition ...

A Powerful, Revealing Story Of Hope, Love, Justice, And The Power Of Reading By A Man Who Spent Thirty Years On Death Row For A Crime He Didn't Commit-- In ...

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The Black Leader Discusses His Political Philosophy And Reveals Details Of His Life, Shedding Light On The Ideas That Enabled Him To Gain The Allegiance Of ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA bracing, provocative, and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada's most celebrated and uncompromising writers, Desmond Cole. The...

A Chillingly Personal And Exquisitely Wrought Memoir Of A Daughter Reckoning With The Brutal Murder Of Her Mother At The Hands Of Her Former Stepfather, And...

A riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or save us.Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father be...

There is only one Diana Ross. And this is her story. Drawn from hundreds of interviews conducted over four decades and featuring rare, never-before-publis...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • From America’s “forgotten war” in Korea comes an unforgettable tale of courage by the aut...

David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello's exuberant exploration of rap music and culture. Living together in Cambridge in 1989, David Foster Wallace and lo...

By Charles B. Rangel ; With Leon Wynter. Includes Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & Notable PeoplePolitical

"Throughout history, blame for the introduction of slavery to America has been squarely placed upon the male slave traders who ravaged African villages, the...

'country Crock' First Published, In Different Form, In Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, And Revolution In Trump's America (macmillan Publishing Group, 201...

In A Heart-wrenching, Candid Autobiography, A Human Rights Activist Offers A Firsthand Account Of War From The Perspective Of A Former Child Soldier, Detail...

In A Memoir About The Power Of Race To Share One's Personal Identity, The Daughter Of Jewish Father And African-american Mother Recalls Her Confusing But Ul...

From celebrated ballerina and New York Times bestselling author Misty Copeland, a heartfelt memoir about her friendship with trailblazer Raven Wilkinson whi...

New York Times BestsellerCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & GovernmentPublic Affairs & Policy

Patricia Williams is a lawyer and a professor of commercial law, the great-great-granddaughter of a slave and a white southern lawyer. The Alchemy of Race ...

The First Account Of The Events Of September 11, 2012, When Terrorists Attacked The U.s. State Department Special Mission Compound And A Nearby Cia Station ...

From Civil Rights To Ferguson, Franchise Reveals The Untold History Of How Fast Food Became One Of The Greatest Generators Of Black Wealth In America. Often...

A major new biography of the Nobel Prize–winning playwright whose brilliantly original plays revolutionized American theaterFinalist for the Los Angeles ...

#1 New York Times Bestseller * The Compelling, Inspiring, And Comically Sublime Story Of One Man's Coming-of-age, Set During The Twilight Of Apartheid And T...

A former Augusta National caddie recounts the invaluable life lessons he learned from the late Freddie Bennett, the fabled club’s legendary caddie master...

One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots, galvanized the nation, and created an extraordinary political, racial, social ...

Immaculee Ilibagiza Grew Up In A Country She Loved, Surrounded By A Family She Cherished. But In 1994 Her Idyllic World Was Ripped Apart As Rwanda Descended...

There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gangbanging,...

In this spellbinding account of the real facts of the Central Park jogger case, Sarah Burns powerfully reexamines one of New York City's most notorious crim...

The autobiography of the hip-hop and rap star, television actor, and positive role model details his career, childhood, private life, public service, and vi...

Photojournalist Pete Souza Documents The Meteoric Rise Of The Charismatic Barack Obama From His First Day In The U.s. Senate Up To The Pennsylvania Presiden...

By Antwone Quenton Fisher And Mim Eichler Rivas.Categories: Science & MathEssays & Commentary

Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy.It's been a minute. Readers last sat down with Tiffany in her...

The Autobiography Of A Young Black Man Raised In Harlem. A Realistic Description Of Life In The Ghetto. Claude Brown ; With A New Introduction By Nathan Mcc...

celia Was An Ordinary Slave—until She Struck Back At Her Abusive Master And Became The Defendant In A Landmark Trial That Threatened To Undermine The Very...

The inside look at one of the most captivating and consequential figures in our culture--with never-before-heard interviews. Kobe Bryant's death in Januar...

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller The Global Icon, Award-winning Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Actress, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Storyteller, And Ar...

The Author's First Encounter With A Racialized America Came At Age Seven, When Her Parents Told Her They Named Her Austin To Deceive Future Employers Into T...

From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing—now in paperback...

Obama: An Intimate Portrait Reproduces More Than 300 Of Souza's Most Iconic Photographs With Fine-art Print Quality In An Oversize Collectible Format. Toget...

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a brutally honest, surprisingly poignan...

For The First Time, Curtis 50 Cent Jackson Opens Up About His Amazing Comeback--from Tragic Personal Loss To Thriving Businessman And Cable's Highest-paid E...

Whether It Was Helping Michael Jordan And The Chicago Bulls Win Three Consecutive Nba Titles In The 1990s, Or Showing Up To A Book Signing In A Dress And Fu...

Within these visionary pages, meditation and dharma teacher Spring Washam meets the spirit of one of America's greatest ancestors, Harriet Tubman. The Spiri...

What would cause an eighteen-year-old senior class president and homecoming queen from Nashville, Tennessee, to disobey and disappoint her parents by forgo...

First published in 1989, I Dream a World, a collection of 75 portraits, has become a landmark in publishing history. Now the 10th anniversary of this book ...

Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2017 Washington Post Best Book of 2017 Amazon Editors' Top 100 Pick of the Year Amazon Best Humor and Entertainment Pick of ...

From the vital voice of Elijah Anderson, Black in White Space sheds fresh light on the dire persistence of racial discrimination in our country. A birder s...

Jarvis Jay Masters Has Taken An Extraordinary Journey Of Faith. Strangely Enough, His Moment Of Enlightenment Came Behind The Bars Of San Quentin's Death Ro...