Biography
COMING OF AGE IN MISSISSIPPI: THE CLASSIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GROWING UP POOR AND BLACK IN THE RURAL SOUTH
The unforgettable memoir of a woman at the front lines of the civil rights movement—a harrowing account of black life in the rural South and a powerful affirmation of one person’s ability to affect change. “Anne Moody’s autobiography is an eloquent,...
$8.99
LIFE IN MOTION: AN UNLIKELY BALLERINA (PB)
When Misty Copeland first placed her hands on the ballet barre at an after-school community centre, no one expected the undersized, underprivileged and anxious thirteen-year-old to become one of America's most groundbreaking dancers. A true prodigy, she was attempting in...
$15.56
MAKES ME WANNA HOLLER: A YOUNG BLACK MAN IN AMERICA
One of our most visceral and important memoirs on race in America, this is the story of Nathan McCall, who began life as a smart kid in a close, protective family in a black working-class neighborhood. Yet by the age...
$16.95
GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME (PB)
In this second volume of her poignant autobiographical series, Maya Angelou powerfully captures the struggles and triumphs of her passionate life with dignity, wisdom, humor, and humanity.“A curiously heartening story in which decency, honor, truth, love do exist, imperfectly, fractionally...
$16.00
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Publisher: 37 Ink A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of “extraordinary grit” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to...
$26.00
MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND
Published during a literary era marked by the ascendance of black writers such as Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Alex Haley, this thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown’s childhood as a hardened, streetwise criminal trying to survive the...
$18.00
MORE MYSELF: A JOURNEY
As one of the most celebrated musicians in the world, Alicia Keys has enraptured the globe with her heartfelt lyrics, extraordinary vocal range, and soul-stirring piano compositions. Yet away from the spotlight, Alicia has grappled with private heartache―over the challenging...
$29.99
BLACK KLANSMAN: RACE, HATE, AND THE UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION OF A LIFETIME (PB)
When detective Ron Stallworth, the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department, comes across a classified ad in the local paper asking for all those interested in joining the Ku Klux Klan to contact a...
$17.99
AROUND THE WAY GIRL: A MEMOIR (PB)
Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson reads her inspiring and funny book about family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood, and the joy of living in your own truth. With a...
$17.00
BLACK PRIVILEGE: OPPORTUNITY COMES TO THOSE WHO CREATE IT
In Black Privilege, Charlamagne presents his often controversial and always brutally honest insights on how living an authentic life is the quickest path to success. This journey to truth begins in the small town of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, and leads...
$16.00
On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker
Publisher: Scribner Book Company Soon to be a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, On Her Own Ground is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C.J. Walker—the legendary African American entrepreneur...
$19.00
BLOOD BROTHERS: THE FATAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN MUHAMMAD ALI AND MALCOLM X (PB)
In 1962, boxing writers and fans considered Cassius Clay an obnoxious self-promoter, and few believed that he would become the heavyweight champion of the world. But Malcolm X, the most famous minister in the Nation of Islam-a sect many white...
$18.00
MY SOUL LOOKS BACK: A MEMOIR
In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls her youth “surrounded by some of the most famous creative minds of the seventies and eighties…James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Nina Simone” (New York magazine)—in a vibrant, lost era...
$17.00
MO' META BLUES: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO QUESTLOVE (PB)
"You have to bear in mind that [Questlove] is one of the smartest motherf*****s on the planet. His musical knowledge, for all practical purposes, is limitless." --Robert ChristgauA punch-drunk memoir in which Everyone's Favorite Questlove tells his own story while...
$17.99
GARVEY & GARVEYISM
Amy Jacques Garvey worked closely with her husband, Marcus Garvey, throughout his crusade. Here she gives an insider detailed account of Garvey, Garveyism, and this nascent period of Black Nationalism. Like all great dreamers and planners, Marcus Garvey dreamed and...
$24.95
HUNGRY HEARTS: ESSAYS ON COURAGE, DESIRE, AND BELONGING
Sixteen innovators, creatives, and thought leaders—Austin Channing Brown, Sue Monk Kidd, and Luvvie Ajayi Jones, among others—share intimate stories of uncovering beauty and potential through moments of fear, loss, heartbreak, and uncertainty.“If you are looking for a little bit of...
$26.00
DIE NIGGER DIE!: A POLITICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JAMIL ABDULLAH AL-AMIN
More than any other black leader, H. Rap Brown, chairman of the radical Black Power organization Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), came to symbolize the ideology of black revolution. This autobiography—which was first published in 1969, went through seven printings...
$14.95
She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
Publisher: 37 Ink
In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and illustrated tribute to one of the most exceptional women in American history—Harriet Tubman—a heroine whose fearlessness and activism still resonates today.
$23.99
BUCK (PB)
A coming-of-age story about navigating the wilds of urban America and the shrapnel of a self-destructing family, Buck shares the story of a generation through one original and riveting voice. MK Asante was born in Zimbabwe to American parents: his mother a...
$17.00
LONG WALK TO FREEDOM: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NELSON MANDELA
Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his...
$19.99