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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...

New insights into the work of an acclaimed science fiction author Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), a pioneer of science fiction and foremother of Afrofuturism, is...

How Black women's visual work functions in an era of new racial and gender meaning In the wake of contemporary art's post-Black turn and the...

Without credentials, connections or a college degree, a hip-hop journalist and community leader conquered her imposter syndrome while landing one of the most exclusive, sought-after...

Undrowned is a book-length meditation for social movements and our whole species based on the subversive and transformative guidance of marine mammals. Our aquatic cousins are...

In this follow-up to Cultivating Genius, Dr. Gholdy Muhammad adds a fifth pursuit--joy--to her groundbreaking instructional model. She defines joy as more than celebration and...

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...

Overworked? Underpaid? Frustrated with your boss?This guide, based on the collective experience of organizers and workers in non-unionized workplaces, is a critical tool to help...

One of the world's greatest revolutionary leaders, Amílcar Cabral's long and arduous campaign for the liberation of Portuguese-dominated Africa is explored in this vivid compilation...

  In-depth discussions on bootlegging and its myriad definitions in the creative world Over the last few decades, the term "bootlegging"--a practice once relegated to...

A LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - Shortlisted for the Inc. Non-Obvious Book Award To most of us, it seems like recent developments in artificial intelligence...

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves...

From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing   It's easy to be...

As a result of childhood learning disabilities and educational neglect, Oliver James graduated from high school and became one of over 47 million functionally illiterate...

If your story isn't working, flip the script. "Exactly the kind of no-nonsense and loving advice you'd expect from a big sister or longtime friend."...

"Black feminisms have provided a foundation from which it becomes more possible to speak and write of interconnection--of a spirited life, soul, a natural mystic...

An award-winning author presents a portrait of Black America in the nineteenth century Over the course of two decades, award-winning poet Patricia Smith has amassed...

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...

An inspiring, indelible memoir from the daughter of sharecroppers in East Texas who became the first Black president of an Ivy League university--an uplifting story...

An empowering, unabashedly bold memoir by The Atlantic journalist and former ESPN SportsCenter co-anchor about overcoming a legacy of pain and forging a new path, no matter how uphill...

Los Angeles in the late nineteenth century was bustling with the rise of industrialization, but the growing labor force that propelled it, mostly consisting of...

In his greatly anticipated new full-length book of poetry, the first since The Dead Emcee Scrolls in 2006, "the poet laureate of hip-hop" (CNN) Saul...

Welcome to the wondrous world of Vaginal Davis: visual artist, punk rocker, "drag terrorist" and genderqueer icon In Vaginal Davis' pioneering and incredibly diverse oeuvre,...