Biography & Autobiography
Biography & Autobiography
Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness
A vibrant new vision of food justice that celebrates Black food and recognizes the power of gathering to create sustainable, systemic change. Food justice is defined as the understanding that our food system is unequal and that something needs to...
$24.00
Freedom's Gate: Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, Abbey Lincoln, Miriam Makeba, and Nina Simone Live at the New York Nightclub that Shaped the Civil Rights Movement
An illuminating portrait of five Black woman artists and the New York nightclub that helped inspire the civil rights movement. Before they were household names, Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, Abbey Lincoln, Miriam Makeba, and Nina Simone needed a place to...
$35.00
Freedom's Daughters: How a Generation of Black Women Resisted Oppression Through Literacy and Education
From bestselling author Celeste Headlee, an urgent and eye-opening story of the women who risked everything to ensure a generation of Black Americans had the right to read.In the waning days of the antebellum South, millions of African Americans were...
$31.00
Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea
A definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad’s long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the award-winning author of The Slave ShipAs many as 100,000 enslaved people fled successfully from the horrors of bondage in the antebellum...
$33.00
Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America's Civil Rights Revolution
A “captivating and compelling” (Keisha N. Blain, coeditor of the #1 New York Times–bestseller Four Hundred Souls) narrative history of 1963, the pivotal moment in America’s long civil rights movement—the year of the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from...
$34.00
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A chorus of extraordinary voices tells the epic story of the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present—edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, and Keisha N. Blain, author of Set the World on...
$32.00
Forgotten Souls: The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen
NPR investigative journalist and the daughter of a Tuskegee Airman, Cheryl W. Thompson explores the stories of the 27 Tuskegee Airmen – the Black pilots who fought for America in WWII – who went missing in combat, the lives they...
$30.00
Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way
The triumphant story of how an all-Black Broadway cast and crew changed musical theatre—and the world—forever. "This musical introduced Black excellence to the Great White Way. Broadway was forever changed and we, who stand on the shoulders of our brilliant...
$27.00
Fix Me a Plate: Traditional and New School Soul Food Recipes from Scotty Scott of Cook Drank Eat
$23.00
Fix Me a Plate: Traditional and New School Soul Food Recipes from Scotty Scott of Cook Drank Eat
Take an Amazing Soul Food Journey With 60 Authentic, Unique and Indulgent RecipesGet ready to shake up your home cooking with the most soul-satisfying dishes you’ve ever encountered. From hilarious and beloved chef Scotty Scott comes a deep dive into...
$23.00
The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation
From one of America's most venerable politicians, the powerful, untold story of the pioneering Black congressmen from South Carolina who were elected in the aftermath of the Civil War, revealing why it took nearly a century before the ninth, James...
$30.00
Fences
From legendary playwright August Wilson comes the powerful, stunning dramatic bestseller that won him critical acclaim, including the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize.Troy Maxson is a strong man, a hard man. He has had to be...
$15.00
Fearless and Free: A Memoir
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: The TODAY Show, Vanity Fair, Financial Times, W Magazine, Oprah Daily, LibraryReadsPraised as “funny and witty” by Kwame Alexander on the TODAY show, now published in the US for the first time, Fearless and Free is the...
$32.00
The Essential June Jordan
Honored as a "Best Book of 2021" by Publishers Weekly"This volume of verse displays the undeniable legacy June Jordan left on both our literature and culture. Collected here are blazing examples of poetry as activism, stanzas that speak truth to power...
$18.00
The Emmett Till Case
Summer 1955. The murder of a young Black teenager becomes a pivotal moment in American history.At the end of August 1955, the lifeless and disfigured body of a teenager was fished out of the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi. The body...
$16.00
Eat with Afia: A Celebration of Plant-Based Ghanaian Cooking
"A dazzling journey into the delicious world of Ghanaian cooking" (Nisha Vora)—from the beloved creator of Eat with AfiaAfia Amoako grew up in a kitchen that was never quiet, never empty, and never boring. Food, she understood from a young...
$40.00
Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America’s haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black...
$30.00
A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power
From CNN’s Abby Phillip comes a fresh, nuanced portrait of legendary civil rights activist, Rev. Jesse Jackson.“A joyful, rich, must-read biography of a politician whose flaws and gifts were in constant, intense competition.” ―Jake TapperJesse Jackson was one of the...
$31.00
The Double Dutch Fuss: A Memoir
In this raw and lyrical memoir as rich and insightful as How to Say Babylon and as vulnerable and provocative as Heavy, an Emmy Award-winning director chronicles his struggle to break free from—and live outside of—the prescribed paradigms of Blackness and masculinity that shaped...
$30.00
Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Through honest stories and inspiring lessons from her life, A’ja Wilson reminds us to never doubt who we are or apologize for being true to ourselves. Dear Black Girls is a must-read for every Black girl out there.” ―Gabrielle...
$25.00
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
WINNER • 2021 PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY • WINNER ― 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION • TIME Magazine ― 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020 • A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 and Editors' Choice Selection • Best Books of 2020:...
$35.00
King: A Life
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHYFeatured on Amazon's Al Woolworth's Top 10 Books of the Past 25 YearsA finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award | Named one of the ten best books of 2023 by The Washington...
$35.00
Dead and Alive: Essays
Named a Best Book of 2025 by The New Yorker, TIME, Vanity Fair, and Kirkus Reviews • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025"Smart, somber . . . There’s pleasure in watching a novelist wired to see all sides at once wrangle with her...
$30.00
Keep It Beautiful: Inside the Funkyverse of Shock G and Digital Underground
Visionary rapper of the groundbreaking "The Humpty Dance," producer of Tupac Shakur's iconic "I Get Around," and driving force of legendary hip-hop group Digital Underground, Shock G shares his story in Keep It Beautiful.This fully illustrated memoir by Gregory "Shock G"...
$35.00
Just as I Am: A Memoir
“In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only succeeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history.” –President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony "Just as I Am is my truth. It is...
$29.00
Jumpman: The Making and Meaning of Michael Jordan
How Michael Jordan’s path to greatness was shaped by race, politics, and the consequences of fameTo become the most revered basketball player in America, it wasn’t enough for Michael Jordan to merely excel on the court. He also had to...
$30.00
The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America
“In writing a book about Minneapolis, Justin Ellis has really written a book about America's favorite lie—that good intentions lead to justice. Ellis is a rigorous historian and a visceral storyteller, and he has produced something essential: a reckoning with...
$30.00
I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America
In a deeply personal follow-up to his #1 bestseller This is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends about Racism, a modern media iconoclast faces a test of faith—and reveals how such tribulations can make us stronger, as individuals and...
$30.00
Crowned with Glory: How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History
America was founded on the concept of the innate and inalienable rights of humankind. Many Christians see an echo of the imago Dei--that every human being carries the image of God--within those ideals. Yet these rights were systemically withheld from...
$18.00
Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: A Cocktail Recipe Book: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks
JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • IACP AWARD FINALIST • Discover the fascinating history of Black mixology and its enduring influence on American cocktail culture through 70 rediscovered, modernized, or celebrated recipes, by the James Beard Award–winning author of Jubilee.TONI TIPTON-MARTIN NAMED...
$30.00
Crowned: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora
*NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work - Children**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*From the New York Times bestselling duo who brought you GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty, comes CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora. Filled with visual magic and storytelling wonder,...
$35.00