"The eye sees only what the mind is ready to comprehend"
Pushout
The criminalization of Black girls in schools. The first trade book to tell these untold stories, Pushout exposes a world of confined potential and supports the growing movement to address the policies, practices, and cultural illiteracy that push countless students out of school and into unhealthy, unstable, and often unsafe futures.
Black fatigue
How racism erodes the mind, body, and spirit. This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people - and explain why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects.
Black women's history of the united states
Two award-winning historians compile over four hundred years of Black women's stories, highlighting the versatility of their experiences and celebrating Black womanhood and resilience, from past to present. Black women have been instrumental in shaping our country.
So You want to talk about race
In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from police brutality and cultural appropriation to the model minority myth in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race, and about how racism infects every aspect of American life.
She took justice
The Black woman, law, and power - 1619 to 1969. In She Took Justice, we see centuries of courage in the face of racial prejudice and gender oppression. We gain insight into American history through The Black Woman's fight against race laws, especially criminal injustice. She became an organizer, leader, activist, lawyer, and judge – a fighter in her own advancement.
The warmth of other suns
The epic story of America's Great Migration. In this beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson presents a definitive and dramatic account of one of the great untold stories of American history: the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West in search of a better life, from World War I to 1970.
say it louder
Black voters, white narratives, and saving our democracy - a political analysis of electoral power and U.S. history. A breakout media and political analyst delivers a sweeping snapshot of American Democracy and the role that African Americans have played in its shaping while offering concrete information to help harness the electoral power of the country’s rising majority and exposing political forces aligned to subvert and suppress Black voters.
You can't touch my hair: and other things i still have to explain
Being a black woman in America means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities every day. Comedian Phoebe Robinson has experienced her fair share over the years. Now, she's ready to take these topics to the page—and she’s going to make you laugh as she’s doing it.