Collection: History

From The New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello, a groundbreaking collection of Thomas Jefferson's writings on race that every American should...

The remarkable story of how Frederick Douglass went from condemning the Constitution as a proslavery pact to celebrating it as a "glorious liberty document" that...

1864-Fort Independence: When a bloody carriage appears at the front gate, Black's greatest fear is realized. Mayhem has found its way to his doorstep, forcing...

In the spirit of So You Want to Talk about Race and The Year of Living Biblically, a deeply personal and provocative narrative that unveils a progressive, largely ignored...

  The sweeping cultural history of a spice so coveted it launched empires across oceans, reshaped global trade, and bound generations of Sri Lankans to...

A historian's guide to understanding Reconstruction and the lessons it offers for navigating our own fraught political moment In the wake of a shocking presidential...

A landmark career retrospective celebrating Ray Billingsley, the cartooning powerhouse behind Curtis, America’s longest-running syndicated comic strip about middle-class Black life.This is a must-have collector's item...

An indictment of the racial terror that code-switching has wreaked upon people of color for centuries—and a vision for linguistic justiceWhat is it like to...

A historical examination of the Black census undercount as a transnational civil rights issueUS census taking is more accurate today than when the practice was...

WHY do elephants have trunks? WHY are clouds different shapes? WHY does my tummy rumble?   Britannica's huge, authoritative, and lavishly illustrated question and answer...

Barrels sent to the Caribbean island of Grenada aren’t just full of presents. Families share love, hope, and say “I miss you” through this special...

“This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration...It’s an ominous look at an...

A scathing investigation into the apocalyptic thinking of the Christian nationalists, tech-bro reactionaries, and populist survivalists who increasingly define the contemporary right—and a recipe for...

In this urgent and incisive reckoning, bestselling author Julissa Arce uses Bad Bunny’s rise to challenge what success really means—and makes the case that it...

A powerful chronicle of the last year of Malcolm X’s life, and what we can learn today from the legendary activist as he envisioned and...

In this groundbreaking work, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement offers a new perspective on the troubles facing Africa today....

From the critically acclaimed author of Grace and The Perishing A young woman is forced to confront the cost of freedom and her own self-actualization in the midst of...

An ambitious and vast family history by the nephew of Soledad Brother author George Jackson and son of Black Panther martyr Jonathan Jackson, whose famous act of...

An impassioned, boundary-pushing work of criticism traversing an array of subjects, from fine arts to design to architecture, taking aim at the ubiquity of white...

Teacher and former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith explores the art of poetry through twenty of her favorite Emily Dickinson poems.In this small intimate volume, acclaimed poet and former U.S. Poet...

An intimate view into the life of Little Richard, the trailblazing artist who helped create rock 'n' roll out of the Black church traditions of...

A cultural history of the record-shattering Broadway musical The Wiz, and the beloved movie it inspired, revealing the never-before-told story of the man behind the sensationSince...

Dispelling the persistent narrative that abject poverty followed the end of slavery in New York City, acclaimed historian Shane White finally sets the historical record...

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