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Marcus Martin, Hansen and Fairs Advertising Inc.’s newest junior copywriter, is finally getting his life going in the right direction after he gets rejected by the NBA. But amidst his recent success and his high hopes for a grand future, he struggles with self-doubt and disagreements with his family,...

In this innovative approach to southern literary cultures, Thadious Davis analyzes how black southern writers use their spatial location to articulate the vexed connections between society and environment, particularly under segregation and its legacies. Basing her analysis on texts by Ernest...

From Essence bestselling author Kayla Perrin comes the compelling story of three generations of African-American women---of their deepest secrets and most cherished lies. The Grayson family is a pillar of the African-American community in New Orleans. But Sylvia Grayson, the matriarch, has...

Whether centuries ago in Africa or yesterday in America, racism defines the black struggle. The two young men in A Tribalist Two find their societies and cultures pulling them in many different directions. The choices they make are influenced by history, and the consequences could very well be deadly.Even...

A thought-provoking novel about African-American culture seen through the eyes of a famous rapper who is transported to the days of slavery and forced to experience it firsthand. When Da Nigga is sent back in time, he finds himself a slave forced to live the life of his ancestors. A rapper...

Quotes from The Crossroads of Time: “Every savior of the people must die.” “Ayodele knew it was a door through which they would never return.” They dream in their own times. They struggle in their own places. They meet at the crossroads. The road they choose to take will decide...

Jasmine does not like middle school at all. With her father away in the army, Jasmine struggles to endure every boring day of eighth grade. Desperate to escape her unhappy reality, Jasmine etches her feelings into her desk in an effort to prove that she really is a mean kid. As the days drag on, it...

My name is Pernell Demetrius Saulsberry Sr and I was born in Memphis, Tennessee on May 23rd, 1964; I am the older of two males. I was raised between two historical cites; three blocks from Mason Temple and five blocks from the Lorraine Motel during the civil rights movement. Growing up in Memphis...

“Original and arresting….[Jones’s] stories will touch chords of empathy and recognition in all readers.” —Washington Post  “These 14 stories of African-American life…affirm humanity as only good literature can.”  —Los Angeles Times A magnificent collection of short...

“A richness of language and observation pervades this collection of short stories by a black writer about real black people” (The New York Times Book Review).   Award-winning playwright Ed Bullins received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for his play The Taking of Miss Janie, and is also...

Almost one-hundred years ago, W.E.B. Du Bois proposed the notion of the "talented tenth," an African American elite that would serve as leaders and models for the larger black community. In this unprecedented collaboration, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cornel West--two of Du Bois's most prominent intellectual...

Lower Richland County encompasses approximately 360 square miles in the heart of South Carolina�s geographic center. The Wateree River cradles it to the east, and the Congaree River borders the south and southwest. Virginia settlers discovered this rich land over 250 years ago. They became wealthy...

Who likes spooky stories?_________________Africans stowed away on a slave ship are stalked by ancient evil...Bohlale was the beginning of her bloodline's curse. Trickery and murder was her sin, and the Mimic, desperate to collect the blood offering vowed to it, accidentally crosses the path of an equally...

In 1995, a South African journalist informed Frank Wilderson, one of only two American members of the African National Congress (ANC), that President Nelson Mandela considered him "a threat to national security." Wilderson was asked to comment. Incognegro is that "comment." It...