Books
QUEST FOR EQUALITY: THE FAILED PROMISE OF BLACK-BROWN SOLIDARITY
As the United States championed principles of freedom and equality during World War II, it denied fundamental rights to many non-white citizens. In the wake of President Franklin Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor" policy with Latin America, African American and Mexican American...
$25.00
GLORY: MAGICAL VISIONS OF BLACK BEAUTY
With stunning images of natural hair and gorgeous, inventive visual storytelling, GLORY puts Black beauty front and center with more than 100 breathtaking photographs and a collection of powerful essays about the children. At its heart, it is a recognition and celebration...
$30.00
THE CHIFFON TRENCHES: A MEMOIR
During André Leon Talley’s first magazine job, alongside Andy Warhol at Interview, a fateful meeting with Karl Lagerfeld began a decades-long friendship with the enigmatic, often caustic designer. Propelled into the upper echelons by his knowledge and adoration of fashion, André moved...
$28.00
THE OBAMA PORTRAITS
From the moment of their unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in early 2018, the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have become two of the most beloved artworks of our time. Kehinde Wiley's portrait of President Obama and Amy...
$24.95
THE NOTEBOOKS
Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) was one of the most important artists of the 1980s. A key figure in the New York art scene, he inventively explored the interplay between words and images throughout his career, first as a member of...
$29.95
CHICKEN BONE BEACH: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF ATLANTIC CITY'S MISSOURI AVENUE BEACH
Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks has compiled this history of Atlantic City's racially segregated beach during its heyday from the 1920s through the 1960s and the residents who lived on the Northside near the established Missouri Avenue Beach. Included are images, research, and...
$9.99
MICHELLE OBAMA: THE FIRST LADY IN PHOTOGRAPHS
There has never been a First Lady like her before. While there have been a slew of Obama celebrity books, none contain the message of Deborah Willis and Emily Bernard’s eye-opening book. With nearly 200 compelling photographs, these two noted...
$25.99
DREADS
Dreadlocks are a modern phenomenon with roots reaching as far back as the fifth century. According to ancient Hindu beliefs, dreads signified a singleminded pursuit of the spiritual. Devotion to God displaced vanity, and hair was left to its own...
$31.02
HOW TO SLAY: INSPIRATION FROM THE QUEENS AND KINGS OF BLACK STYLE
One of the few surveys of Black style and fashion ever published, How to Slay offers a lavishly illustrated overview of African American style through the twentieth century, focusing on the last thirty-five years. Through striking images of some of the most...
$65.00
$55.00
THE ROCK: THROUGH THE LENS: HIS LIFE, HIS MOVIES, HIS WORLD
Hiram Garcia, who has known Dwayne Johnson since college, is a longtime collaborator, producing partner, and talented photographer. As a film and television producer as well as in his role as the President of Production at Seven Bucks Productions, Garcia...
$35.00
KONGO ACROSS THE WATERS
“A powerful statement through both word and image of how individuals of African descent have negotiated African cultural practices, whether through remembrance or rediscovery, as strategies for their physical and psychological health.”—Jean Borgatti, Boston University “Uses an interdisciplinary approach...
$50.00
MRS. O: DEMOCRACY OF STYLE (COMING SOON)
Celebrated for her style and substance, Michelle Obama has transformed the role of first lady and become a 21st century icon, attracting attention from all over the world. The qualities so admired in her - intelligence, strength and charisma -...
$30.00
TANGO: THE ART HISTORY OF LOVE
In this generously illustrated book, world-renowned Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson gives us the definitive account of tango, "the fabulous dance of the past hundred years–and the most beautiful, in the opinion of Martha Graham.”Thompson traces tango’s evolution in the...
$18.00
RIHANNA
From her Barbados childhood to her worldwide tours, from iconic fashion moments to private time with friends and family, the book showcases intimate photographs of her life as an artist, performer, designer, and entrepreneur. Many of these images have never...
$150.00
I STILL DO
Photographer, Kea Taylor, takes us on a heartwarming journey as she shares her most beloved images from ten years of photographing African-American weddings. Taylor artfully balances her romantic images with interviews of couples from diverse backgrounds, who openly share the...
$29.99
NEW DAUGHTERS OF AFRICA: AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF WRITING BY WOMEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT
Twenty-five years ago, Margaret Busby’s Daughters of Africa was published to international acclaim and hailed as “an extraordinary body of achievement . . . a vital document of lost history” (Sunday Times) and “the ultimate reference guide” (Washington Post). New Daughters of Africa continues...
$32.99
THERE WAS A COUNTRY
The defining experience of Chinua Achebe’s life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967–1970. The conflict was infamous for its savage impact on the Biafran people, Chinua Achebe’s people, many of whom were...
$27.95
CULTURE SMART!: NIGERIA: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CUSTOMS & CULTURE
Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa with an internal market of 150 million people and an economy growing at around 8 percent a year, is potentially Africa’s next powerhouse. It is nearly one and a half times the size...
$35.00
THE AFRICAN TRILOGY: THINGS FALL APART/NO LONGER AT EASE/ARROW OF GOD (COMING SOON)
Chinua Achebe is considered the father of modern African literature, the writer who "opened the magic casements of African fiction." The African Trilogy--comprised of Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God, and No Longer at Ease--is his magnum opus. In these masterly novels, Achebe brilliantly...
$35.00
CAMEROON (BRADT TRAVEL GUIDE CAMEROON)
With ancient chiefdoms tucked between terraced fields and volcanic mountains, Mount Cameroon―Africa's highest peak, the impressive Waza National Park with its herds of elephants, and the coast's sleepy palm-fringed beaches, Cameroon has no shortage of attractions, yet it somehow fails...
$25.99