Collection: Non-Fiction

How a largely Latino/a workforce of immigration agents reconciles the moral ambiguities of its work Immigration agents have a frontline view of the racial, economic,...

Contemporary artists and writers reflect on the Great Migration and the ways that it continues to inform the Black experience in America The Great Migration...

Elizabeth Leiba is a professor, author, business consultant, and social advocate for Black women in business. With backgrounds in communication, politics, and academics, she launched her...

One of the most decorated and celebrated women's basketball players of all time breaks down her ultimate recipe to success, using her own deeply inspiring...

Ousmane Sembène was one of the greatest, most groundbreaking filmmakers in the history of cinema, an acclaimed novelist, and the most renowned African director of...

Throughout hooks' powerful life she envisioned, described, and enacted a radical, engaged pedagogy and praxis rooted in love, rather than power, while simultaneously modeling transgressive...

Featuring more than 100 artists, this landmark book charts the intricate connections between photography and the Black Arts Movement The Black Arts Movement brought together...

For close to a decade, technology analyst Dan Wang--"a gifted observer of contemporary China" (Ross Douthat)--has been living through the country's astonishing, messy progress. China's...

Drawing on new archival material, original research, and interviews, this spellbinding book is the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades, revealing how...

Lydia Hudgens’s debut photo book, featuring only plus-sized models: a first in fashion publishing.In a landscape where magazine covers are still dominated by skinny bodies...

A collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity, that advocates for linguistic decolonization. 'The language of literature',...

Walter Rodney was a scholar, working class militant, and revolutionary from Guyana. Strongly influenced by Marxist ideas, he remains central to radical Pan-Africanist thought for...

It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. After 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only...

For the first time, and with surprising and revealing insights, Kamala Harris tells the story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns...

  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An accessible and inspirational guide to bringing the art and creativity of songwriting into your life, from the Grammy-winning...

Olujimi's recent transcendent watercolor and ink paintings, sculpture, murals and film works imagine the liberatory possibilities of boundlessness Through an exploration of weightlessness, Olujimi contests...

In over a dozen interviews, Conversations with Kiese Laymon provides an in-depth look at author Kiese Laymon as an educator, creative writer, activist, family member, and Mississippian....

The long history of the racial wealth gap in America told through the stories of seven Black families who struggled to build wealth over multiple...

'If you want to know the real Baldwin, this is the book to read' -- Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk James Baldwin is an icon of...

Basketball on New York City's 700+ outdoor courts was bubbling during the seventies and eighties and coincided with the birth of hip-hop and sneaker culture. Bobbito...

From the dagger mistress Ezili Je Wouj and the gender-bending mermaid Lasiren to the beautiful femme queen Ezili Freda, the Ezili pantheon of Vodoun spirits...

What Maya Angelou Says is a collection of the beloved American icon's most uplifting quotes. Maya Angelou's life is a rich and remarkable one; using her...

Embrace joy, reclaim your narrative, and achieve your wildest dreams in business and beyond with this inspiring hands-on guide to transforming your life with proven...

Blending mythology and memory, Saga Boy follows a young Black immigrant's vibrant personal metamorphosis. Growing up as a clever, willful boy in a tiny village in the...