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  • Eslanda

    by Barbara Ransby

    The first biography of the bold, principled, and fiercely independent woman who defied convention to make her own mark on the world.

  • Abolition. Feminism. Now.

    by Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, et al.

    An urgent, vital contribution to the indivisible projects abolition and feminism, from leading scholar-activists Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, and Beth E. Richie.

  • Angela Davis

    by Angela Y. Davis

    Featuring a new introduction by the author, Angela Davis: An Autobiography is a classic account of a life in struggle.

  • Watch My Smoke

    by Eric Dickerson and Greg Hanlon

    Eric Dickerson is the record-holder for most rushing yards in a season, and his prime was the best of any running back in NFL history. Yet an aura of negativity trailed him his entire career.

  • From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation (Expanded Second Edition)

    by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
    This updated and expanded edition of Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 's groundbreaking book features a new chapter and a foreword by Angela Y. Davis.

  • Haunted by Slavery

    by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall

    A stirring memoir by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall: historian of slavery, veteran political activist, and widow of Black Bolshevik author Harry Haywood.

  • We Do This 'Til We Free Us

    by Mariame Kaba

    A reflection on prison industrial complex abolition and a vision for collective liberation from organizer and educator Mariame Kaba.

  • Doppelgangbanger

    by Cortney Lamar Charleston

    In his highly anticipated second poetry collection, Doppelgangbanger, Cortney Lamar Charleston examines the performance of Black masculinity in the U.S., and its relationship to family, love and community.

  • Black Lives Matter at School

    by Jesse Hagopian and Denisha Jones

    Black Lives Matter at School connects thousands of educators around the country who are fighting racial and economic inequality in schools. 

  • We Still Here

    by Marc Lamont Hill

    In the midst of loss and death and suffering, our charge is to figure out what freedom really means—and how we take steps to get there.

  • Black Power Afterlives

    Edited by Diane Fujino and Matef Harmachis

    A powerful and wide-ranging collection examining the persistent impact of the Black Panther Party on subsequent liberation struggles.

  • The Brother You Choose

    by Susie Day

    Former Black Panthers Paul Coates and Eddie Conway discuss lives, politics, and their friendship that helped Eddie survive decades in prison.

  • Long Shot

    by Rory Fanning and Craig Hodges

    Black-balled NBA champion explores the challenges and rewards of using a celebrity platform to stand up against racism and exploitation.

  • Too Much Midnight

    by Krista Franklin

    Krista Franklin’s work emerges at the intersection of poetics, popular culture, and the dynamic histories of the African Diaspora. Krista lives in Chicago, IL.

  • Can I Kick It?

    by Idris Goodwin

    Award-winning poet and playwright Idris Goodwin interrogates and remixes our cultural past in order to make sense of our present and potential futures.

  • Missing Daddy

    by Mariame Kaba

    A father and daughter's love cannot be broken even when prison bars separate them.

  • Things That Make White People Uncomfortable

    by Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin

    Super Bowl Champion and three-time Pro Bowler Michael Bennett is an outspoken proponent for social justice and a man without a censor.

  • Things That Make White People Uncomfortable (Adapted for Young Adults)

    by Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin

    Super Bowl Champion and three-time Pro Bowler Michael Bennett is an outspoken proponent for social justice and a man without a censor.

  • 1919

    by Eve L. Ewing
    Reflections on race, class, violence, segregation, and the hidden histories that shape our divided urban landscapes.

  • Build Yourself a Boat

    by Camonghne Felix
    Build Yourself a Boat redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.

  • Black Toledo

    Edited by Abdul Alkalimat and Rubin Patterson

    Black Toldeo is a documentary history of the African American experience of resettlement focusing on the particular experience of Toledo, Ohio.

  • Black Queer Hoe

    by Britteney Black Rose Kapri
    A refreshing, unapologetic intervention into ongoing conversations about the line between sexual freedom and sexual exploitation.

  • The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2

    Edited by Mahogany L. Browne, Idrissa Simmonds, et al.
    A BreakBeat Poets anthology to celebrate and canonize the words of Black women across the diaspora.

  • Hip Hop's Hostile Gospel

    by Daniel White Hodge
    Hip Hop’s Hostile Gospel is a wide-ranging and highly enjoyable attempt to unearth the theology of Hip Hop