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Combs, Jessica Kenyatta Walker, and Jova Lynne bring together perspectives from Black feminist theory, curatorial practice, and contemporary art to frame Brown's work within longer...

The first biography of a preeminent postwar architect who championed the cause of freedom through architecture and transformed Black history and modernism J. Max Bond...

A fascinating look at the role of printmaking in the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat The "Blue Ribbon paintings" represent a pivotal moment in Jean-Michel Basquiat's...

A philosophical framework for resistance that connects Socrates to the street Does social change happen "top down" or "bottom up"--brought about by those who hold...

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...

The NAACP IMAGE-AWARD NOMINATED SERIES!  The Curlfriends are back and getting ready for their first school dance in this graphic novel series, perfect for fans...

The "powerful" (Michelle Alexander) exploration of the harsh and harmful experiences confronting Black girls in schools, revised and updated for its tenth anniversaryOn the day...

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...

Katie Hale is the assistant editor for the L.A. Times Crossword. She has published puzzles with The New York Times, L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Universal, and others. She...

Brianna Justice won the fifth-grade presidency, but can she win her summer camp's high-stakes baking contest? Fans of Kelly Yang's Front Desk series will enjoy this sweet story. After...

What if what you drew came to life? Destiny Ink uses her imagination and her love of drawing to overcome her anxieties in this third...

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book In this haunting story about family, legacy, and sacrifice, a young Black girl living in a Texas sundown...

For readers of Drama Free and The Origins of You, popular mental health educator Minaa B., LMSW, explores one of our most influential yet least examined family bonds:...

Sail away on a whimsical and heartfelt adventure of unexpected friendship from Loren Long, the #1 New York Times-bestselling creator of The Yellow Bus -- featuring a stunning...

Based on the true story of 19th-century naturalist Philip Henry Gosse's study of Jamaican wildlife, this picture book illustrated by a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe...

From a powerful new voice in fiction comes a stunning multigenerational epic, spanning from 1920s Haiti to 1990s New York, centered on the disappearance of...

Tanita S. Davis, author of Partly Cloudy and Serena Says, has written another funny, warm story featuring middle school and family life—all about the complex calculations it takes...

How Black painters use color to create meaning, provoke remembrance, stir emotion, and uplift the spirit Color does more than capture a viewer's attention. It...

For fans of The Cartoonists Club and Frizzy comes the second in a fresh, funny kids' graphic novel series about three problem-solving besties--and this time, a bad hair day...

  Begin the journey to freedom, even when the way is uncertain“Every page in Temper sizzles with ancient truth and brand new, desperately needed hope. The world...

Timnit Gebru, one of the fiercest voices in the world speaking truth to power, chronicles her journey as a refugee and Black woman in STEM—delivering an...

From the 2022 TIME100 NEXT honoree, 2026 TIME100 CREATOR honoree, and author of The Intersectional Environmentalist, comes a fresh exploration of one of humanity's most enduring metaphors and the implications on...

Emmy Award-winning journalist Jemele Hill has made a career of speaking the truth, standing up for what's right, and being unapologetic and unbothered. Now she...

Harlem Renaissance author Claude McKay's semi-autobiographical novel about Black former dockworkers living in France, freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line.  On the...