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For many people, especially those who came of age after landmark civil rights legislation was passed, it is difficult to understand what it was like...

By the bestselling author of American Nations, the story of how the myth of U.S. national unity was created and fought over in the nineteenth...

Hundreds of stunning images from Black history have been buried in the New York Times photo archives for decades. Four Times staff members unearth these overlooked photographs and investigate...

Explores the Black activist’s ideas and political strategies, highlighting their relevance for tackling modern social issues including voter suppression, police violence, and economic inequality.“We have...

  In 1968, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer called for Americans to "wake up" if they wanted to "make democracy a reality." Today, as...

We all have the power to make meaningful change! This story about one step in the civil rights movement – the Montgomery Bus Boycott –...

From the acclaimed cultural critic and New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing—a writer whom Roxane Gay has hailed as “a force to be...

In 1950, after over fifty years of military occupation and colonial rule, the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico staged an unsuccessful armed insurrection against the...

"This book is as celebratory as it is incisive, as it is, at times, heartbreaking. A massive achievement." — Hanif Abdurraqib, National Book Award-winning author...

From an award-winning poet praised for his “rhapsodic, rigorous” work (The New Yorker) comes an immersive meditation on kindship, collectivity, and environmental thoughtWe is a formally...

Tyriek White did not come to play. He is doing something for New York narratives I've never seen, and really never imagined. This novel is...

A groundbreaking anthology that illuminates historical and contemporary solidarity between Black and Asian feminists, helping us make sense of the world we're in and the...

Weaving together poetry, personal narrative, and never-before-seen documents from the Jefferson Lewis Edmonds' family archive, Arianne Edmonds provides a wide-ranging look at how the Black...

A radical reframing of the past and present of Black resistance--both nonviolent and violent--to white supremacy Black resistance to white supremacy is often reduced to...

A groundbreaking look at the history of transgender representation in TV and film, by an of-the-moment and in-demand culture reporter.We See Each Other is a personal...

“We were eight years in power” was the lament of Reconstruction-era Black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of...

What Maya Angelou Says is a collection of the beloved American icon's most uplifting quotes. Maya Angelou's life is a rich and remarkable one; using her...

The triumphant story of how an all-Black Broadway cast and crew changed musical theatre―and the world―forever. "This musical introduced Black excellence to the Great White...

For readers of The Sum of Us and South to America, an essential new look at the roots of American inequality—and the seeds of its transformation Once the...

How the Word Is Passed meets Braiding Sweetgrass in a cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery, shared through the stories of long-lived trees.The...

A timely and impassioned exploration of how our society has commodified feminism and continues to systemically shut out women of color.Join the important conversation about race,...

Even before they were recognized as citizens of the United States, Black women understood that the fights for civil and human rights were inseparable.  Over...

A "heartening inspiration"(The New York Times), the untold story of the people who have helped spark America's most transformative social movements throughout history: teenage girls...

From a preeminent King scholar, the origin story of the man, minister, and civil rights hero who would lead the nation and change the world....