Catch Me If You Can
In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo―the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world―shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections.
More info →THE BURNING: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
The Burning will recreate the town of Greenwood at the height of its prosperity, explore the currents of hatred, racism, and mistrust between its black residents and neighboring Tulsa's white population, narrate events leading up to and including Greenwood's annihilation
More info →Whaling Captains of Color: America’s First Meritocracy
The history of whaling as an industry on this continent has been well-told in books, including some that have been bestsellers, but what hasn't been told is the story of whaling's leaders of color in an era when the only other option was slavery.
More info →Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
- The epic, unique, and haunting story an enslaved woman and her quest for justice
- Incorporates recent scholarship on slavery, reparations, and the ongoing connection between slavery and incarceration of black Americans
- McDaniel received a Public Scholar fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities that enabled him to write this book
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Saving Our Cities: A Progressive Plan to Transform Urban America
In Saving Our Cities, William W. Goldsmith shows how cities can be places of opportunity rather than places with problems.
More info →The Parents Smart Guide to Sending you Kids to College without Going Broke
Gwen Thomas is the founder of Fresh Perspectives Seminars. She is the author of "The Parents Smart Guide to Sending you Kids to College without Going Broke".
More info →Carla Hall’s Soul Food
Beloved TV chef (ABC’s Emmy Award-winning The Chew and fan favorite on Bravo’s Top Chef), Carla Hall takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackin’ look at America’s favorite comfort cuisine.
More info →Trouble in Lafayette Square: Assassination, Protest & Murder at the White House (Landmarks)
Author Gil Klein reveals the role of Lafayette Square in the nation's history
More info →Field to Factory – Voices of the Great Migration
Sections on labor recruiters, the black press, letters and visits home, life in the south, farm work, southern schools, the decision to move, community and church, heading north, a journey in stages, up north, housing, a mixed reception, factory work, discrimination on the job, blacks and unions, black women at work, Nannie Helen Burroughs, northern black businesses and much more.
More info →Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
What are the jobs of the future? How many will there be? And who will have them? As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves, fewer people will be necessary.
More info →The Long Road to Hard Truth: The 100-Year Mission to Establish the National Museum of African American History and Culture
In Long Road to Hard Truth: The 100 Year Mission to Create the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Robert L. Wilkins tells the story of how his curiosity about why there wasn't a national museum dedicated to African American history and culture became an obsession-eventually leading him to quit his job as an attorney when his wife was seven months pregnant with their second child, and make it his mission to help the museum become a reality.
More info →Book of Addis
In this epic tale of love, loss and the cost of liberation, Addis, a 17-year-old enslaved girl, escapes from her enslaver, the first president of a young country.
More info →Between the World and Me
In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis.
More info →Pimps in the Pulpit
People go to church for redemption and salvation. Unfortunately some of the people who are charged with the responsibility to provide it have other agendas, some not so savory.
More info →The Presidency in Black and White
In The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan gives readers a compelling and personal behind-the-scenes look at race relations in contemporary America from the epicenter of American power and policy making—the White House, her beat since 1997.
More info →Virtually Human: The Promise—and the Peril—of Digital Immortality
Virtually Human explores what the not-too-distant future will look like when cyberconsciousness—simulation of the human brain via software and computer technology—becomes part of our daily lives.
More info →Einstein
His Life and Universe
More info →Leadership In The New Normal
This book is a short course designed to help you become a more effective leader in your field. It describes modern leadership principles and techniques and illustrates them with stories from the author s vast life experiences.
More info →Mobilizing the Community
Hugh B. Price shares the lessons learned while helping to do just that during his tenure as president of the National Urban League.
More info →The Kings Years
Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement.
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