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In the critical essays collected in Black Looks, bell hooks interrogates old narratives and argues for alternative ways to look at blackness, black subjectivity, and whiteness....

In this incredible-but-true crime memoir from “The First Lady of BMF” (Black Mafia Family), Tonesa Welch reveals the dramatic story of her unlikely rise from...

The creators of the popular website Black Nerd Problems bring their witty and unflinching insight to this engaging collection of pop culture essays on everything from Mario Kart and The...

A piercing collection of essays on racial tension in America and the ongoing fight for visibility, change, and lasting hope"There are stories that must be...

The award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour presents a sweeping and insightful retrospective on the history of Black comedy in America. Black comedians have long played a pivotal...

The first biography of Ericka Huggins, a queer Black woman who brought spiritual self-care practices to the Black Panther Party.   In this groundbreaking biography,...

An unflinching look at nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies.In an accessible, conversational format, Cornel West, with distinguished scholar Christa Buschendorf,...

A canonizing, bold, and urgent anthology setting a new precedent for Black Punk Lit, created by generations of Black punks--featuring both new voices and those...

A refreshing, unapologetic intervention into ongoing conversations about the line between sexual freedom and sexual exploitation. Women’s sexuality is often used as a weapon against...

A new interpretation of the life of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture  Among the defining figures of the Age of Revolution, Toussaint Louverture is the...

Fearless essays that reclaim the work and words of Black women activists, abolitionists, and movement makers who have long fought for liberation and justice--from a...

In this long-overdue celebration of Black women's resilience and unheralded strength, the revered, trailblazing White House correspondent reflects on "The Year That Changed Everything"--2020--and African-American...

From his childhood in the Jim Crow South to his triumphant reign as the King of Blues, Blues Boy tells the aspirational story of American music icon...

A visually stunning celebration of the world's most brilliant, bold, and boundary-pushing makeup artists Makeup is empowering. It's a means of experimentation, reinvention, provocation, disguise,...

Basketball on New York City's 700+ outdoor courts was bubbling during the seventies and eighties and coincided with the birth of hip-hop and sneaker culture. Bobbito...

Body Impossible theorizes the concept of virtuosity in contemporary dance and performance through a study of the career of dancer Desmond Richardson. A virtuoso for the...

Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and...

Born in South LA is a celebration of the lives and legacies of over 100 African Americans from South Los Angeles. The book contains 16 distinct...

Jodie Patterson, activist and Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board, shares her transgender son's experience in this important picture book about identity and...

Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero The essential, “richly researched”* biography of Harriet Tubman, revealing a complex woman who “led a remarkable life, one that her...

In this empowering picture book by a groundbreaking Sesame Street Puppeteer, a shy girl finds her voice with the help of her favorite puppet.At home,...

In this provocative and captivating dialogue, bell hooks and Cornel West come together to discuss the dilemmas, contradictions, and joys of Black intellectual life. The...

The never-before-told story of the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh--icons who changed each other and the world   The day...