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The untold story of the Black patriots—from soldiers in combat to peace protesters—who ended the Vietnam War and defended the soul of American democracy, from a pre-eminent civil rights historian and the award-winning author of Half AmericanAs the civil rights...
An "impressively researched," sweeping and original look at American slavery in the early nineteenth century that reveals the gamble slaves had to take to survive (The Christian Science Monitor).Images of American slavery conjure up cotton plantations and African...
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller! “It's the best memoir I've ever read.” —Oprah Winfrey“Will Smith isn't holding back in his bravely inspiring new memoir . . . An ultimately heartwarming read, Will provides a humane glimpse of the man behind the actor,...
Winner of the 2021 Wolfson History Prize"Black Spartacus is a tour de force: by far the most complete, authoritative and persuasive biography of Toussaint that we are likely to have for a long time . . . An extraordinarily gripping read." —David A. Bell, The GuardianA...
Pulitzer Prize Finalist New York Times Book Review Top 100 Books of 2024 Explore the “comprehensive and compelling” (Jon Meacham) biography of civil rights leader John Lewis, celebrated as “the conscience of Congress,” through a narrative that weaves together...
***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!***From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date—an inspirational memoir of discovery, found family, and self-acceptance. The House of Hidden Meanings is a...
"A moving saga of three generations of black women" grappling with one troubling secret, from the bestselling author of If I Could (Essence)."A warm-hearted and inspiring family saga about strength and forgiveness." —Sandra Kitt, author of She's the OneIt all begins...
With a new preface, a "profound, chilling, and heartbreaking, contribution to American history" that investigates the causes of the twentieth century's deadliest race riot and how its legacy has scarred and shaped a community (Boston Globe).On May 30, 1921, a...
"Controlled and fearless perfection," this National Book Award–nominated memoir is a moving meditation on family and grief (Carolyn See, The Washington Post).Jamaica Kincaid's brother Devon Drew died of AIDS on January 19, 1996, at the age of thirty-three. Kincaid's...
Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world history.Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history....
