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  In the spring of 1992, after a jury returned not guilty verdicts in the trial of four police officers charged in the brutal beating...

The first book on beloved Los Angeles community organizer and urban gardener Ron Finley, known as the “Gangsta Gardener”Ron Finley is a visionary designer, horticulturalist...

Rules to Win By: Participation and Power in Union Negotiations is a book for anyone who wants to understand how to build the power required to...

Los Angeles Times BestsellerThis riveting tour through 1960s Los Angeles is a “history from below, in the very best sense” as it celebrates the “grassroots heroes...

The hip break-out novel from 2016 Man Booker Prize winning author, Paul Beatty, about a disaffected Los Angeles DJ who travels to post-Wall Berlin in...

  Race, place, and identity in a changing urban America Over the last five decades, South Los Angeles has undergone a remarkable demographic transition. In South...

South Central Los Angeles is often characterized as an African American community beset by poverty and economic neglect. But this depiction obscures the significant Latina/o...

African American Artist in Los Angeles in the 1960's and 1970's  In South of Pico, Kellie Jones explores how the artists in Los Angeles's black communities during...

Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming-of-age debut novel explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy...

The ultimate backstage pass: a photographic inside look at the making of the pioneering hip hop documentary Rhyme & Reason In the mid-1990s, documentary filmmaker Peter...

A rising New York Times reporter tells the compelling story of The Compton Cowboys, a group of African-American men and women who defy stereotypes and continue the...

  In this young readers' edition, a rising New York Times reporter tells the compelling story of the Compton Cowboys, a group of African-American men and women who...

In the early 1960s, pianist Horace Tapscott gave up a successful career in Lionel Hampton's band and returned to his home in Los Angeles to...

The year is 2035, and Los Angeles County is awash in a tangelo haze of wildfire smoke. Xandria Anastasia Brown spends her days deep in...

In this poignant retelling of The Great Gatsby, set amongst L.A.’s Black elite, a young veteran finds his way post-war, pulled into a new world of tantalizing possibilities—and explosive...

A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICKA profoundly moving and unconventional mother-daughter saga, The Last Story of Mina Lee illustrates the devastating realities of being an immigrant in America.Margot...

The first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip hop mogul, artist, and activist whose transformative legacy inspired a generation with his motivational lyrics and...

A Black immortal in 1930s Los Angeles must recover the memory of her past in order to save the world in this extraordinarily affecting novel...

A Black immortal in 1930s Los Angeles must recover the memory of her past in order to save the world in this extraordinarily affecting novel...

Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one of Hollywood's most prolific but woefully underappreciated stars--and the first Black person...

Tattoos on the Heart meets Ghettoside in this gripping true story about a botched gang murder set in the invisible economy of LA's immigrant street vendors Baby-faced teen...

52 Walker presents THE WANDA COLEMAN SONGBOOK EP, produced by Cauleen Smith on the occasion of her exhibition at 52 Walker, New York, on view...

  The first novel from National Book Critics Circle Award and Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sellout Paul Beatty's hilarious and scathing debut novel is...

The incredible artwork of an Italian immigrant who followed his dream of monumental proportions in the impoverished Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles is revealed in...