The Black Book
35th Anniversary Edition
Edited by Middleton A. Harris, Ernest Smith, Morris Levitt and Roger Furman
Foreword by Toni Morrison

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $35.00

Seventeenth-century sketches of Africa as it appeared to marauding European traders. Nineteenth-century slave auction notices. Twentieth-century sheet music for work songs and freedom chants. Photographs of war heroes, regal in uniform. Antebellum reward posters for capturing runaway slaves. An 1856 article titled “A Visit to the Slave Mother Who Killed Her... Read more >

Princess Noire
The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone
Written by Nadine Cohodas

Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $30.00

From the author of the acclaimed Dinah Washington biography Queen comes this complete account of the triumphs and difficulties of the brilliant and high-tempered Nina Simone. Her distinctive voice and music occupy a singular place in the canon of American song.
   
Tapping into newly unearthed material—including stories of family and... Read more >

Street Shadows
A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Redemption
Written by Jerald Walker

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2010
Price: $25.00

Masterfully told, marked by irony and humor as well as outrage and a barely contained sadness, Jerald Walker’s Street Shadows is the story of a young man’s descent into the “thug life” and the wake-up call that led to his finding himself again.

Walker was born in a Chicago housing project... Read more >

Jesus, Jobs, and Justice
African American Women and Religion
Written by Bettye Collier-Thomas

Format: Hardcover, 736 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $37.50

“The Negroes must have Jesus, Jobs, and Justice,” declared Nannie Helen Burroughs, a nationally known figure among black and white leaders and an architect of the Woman’s Convention of the National Baptist Convention. Burroughs made this statement about the black women’s agenda in 1958, as she anticipated the collapse of Jim... Read more >

In My Sister's House
A Novel
Written by Donald Welch

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $14.00

Skylar and Storm Morrison may be gorgeous twin sisters, but they are as different as night and day. Skylar is savvy and book-smart; Storm is shrewd and street-smart. But a twist of fate lands Storm in jail, where she must trade her Fendi bags and Prada boots for an orange jumpsuit... Read more >

Best African American Essays 2010

Written by Gerald Early

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $25.00

Here is the superb second edition of the annual anthology devoted to the best nonfiction writing by African American authors—provocative works from an unprecedented and unforgettable year when truth was stranger (and more inspiring) than fiction.
 
The galvanizing election of Barack Obama was on the minds—and the pages—of authors everywhere. Best African... Read more >

Best African American Fiction 2010

Written by Gerald Early

Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $25.00

Bursting with energy and innovation, the second volume in the annual anthology collects the year's best short stories by African American authors. 
 
Dealing with all aspects of life, from the pain of war to the warmth of family, the superb tales in Best African American Fiction 2010 are a tribute to the... Read more >