African American Studies
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
Hardback
Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he...
Firebrand of Liberty: The Story of Two Black Regiments That Changed the Course of the Civil War
Hardback
A nearly forgotten Civil War episode is restored to history in this masterful account.
An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene's Journey from Prejudice to Privilege
Hardback
The secret life of the sensational woman behind the Morgan masterpieces, who lit up New York society.
In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays
Paperback
Lively, insightful writings on Black music, feminism, literature and events from a “masterful critic and master teacher” (Walton Myumba, Boston Globe)
Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun
Paperback
A wry account of the road from Harvard scholarship student to ordination as northern Thailand's first black Buddhist nun.