Category: Books

Walk On Before Bo Jackson and Cam Newton, Thom Gossom made history in 1970 by walking onto the Auburn football team as a wide receiver—and ended up being one of the first African Americans to integrate the team and the first African-American athlete to graduate from the nearly all-white University.  Even the flap copy to […]

Black educators and scholars remain divided over the decision to purge the n-word from Mark Twain’s classic “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” The years of critical acclaim—and disdain—of the use of that and other racial epithets in the text have lead to the widespread banning of the book in the nation’s school districts. Now a […]

1. The Grace of Silence: A Memoir by Michele Norris 2. Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority by Tom Burrell 3. Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family by Condoleezza Rice 4. The Next Big Story by Soledad O’Brien with Rose Marie Arce 5. Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve […]

Black Business Secrets During these dire economic times when the overall unemployment rate in the U.S. is at 9.8 percent, you can be sure that that figure is at least double in the African-American community. And after the Democrats took what President Obama referred to as a “shellacking” on Election Day, they appear prepared to […]

Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep and Understand a Man Following the exceptional success of his No.1 New York Times bestseller, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, comedian-turned-author Steve Harvey is back with a new relationship book, Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep and Understand a Man. Harvey shares […]

“In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O’Keefe to the courage of Jackie Robinson, from the strength of Helen Keller to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees […]

“My life after childhood has two main stories: the story of the hustler and the story of the rapper, and the two overlap as much as they diverge. I was on the streets for more than half of my life from the time I was thirteen years-old… The feelings I had during that part of […]

‘Til Death From bestselling author Miasha comes Til Death: A Novel, the third and final installment of the Celess drama. The book blends the twists of 2006’s Secret Society with the 2008 release Never Enough. In Secret Society, readers follow Celess and her closest friend Tina as they rise to the top of their game […]

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice released the first two installments of an expected three-book set of memoirs on Oct. 12. In the memoir, “Extraordinary, Ordinary People,” Rice recounts her experiences growing up as an only child in a Black middle class family in Birmingham, Ala. during the Jim Crow era. Rice also details her […]

Yummy Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty is a dramatization based on events that occurred in Chicago in 1994. It tells the story of Robert “Yummy” Sandifer, a young boy whose death made national headlines. In the comic book-style novel written by G. Neri and illustrated by Randy DuBurke, 11-year-old Roger is trying […]

The Truth Inside Africa Thoughts of Africa draw images as diverse as the people residing on the massive continent. But according to Noah G. Kumi, author of The Truth Inside Africa, much of those thoughts are inaccurate and marred by the aftermath of colonial invasion. The book is an educational guide that explores Africa’s rich […]

Mystery Dish BOWIE, Md. – Mystery Dish, written by substitute teacher and theatre major at Bowie State University Laurie L. Michael, is a children’s book that focuses on family values mixed with open-minded perspectives of human beings. The book, released in May, is based on the idea that the learning process for children starts at […]