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Legacy Lit

An Imprint of Hachette Book Group

Led by Krishan Trotman Legacy Lit is the first imprint focused on work by writers of color at Hachette Book Group.

26 Publications Found

Colorism: The Politics of Skin Tone and How We Get Free
Colorism
Sarah L. Webb
Jul 2026
The Broken Hearts Agency
The Broken Hearts Agency
Clarence A. Haynes
Jun 2026
The Problem with Pretty: Beauty, Bias and the Surprising Science of Good Looks
The Problem with Pretty
Allycin Powell-Hicks
Jun 2026
Malcolm in the Desert: Wisdom from the Spiritual Transformation of Malcolm X
Malcolm in the Desert
Ilyasah Shabazz
May 2026
Love, Me: A Letter to Black Women in a Toxic Country, Career, and Relationship
Love, Me
Tiffany D. Cross
May 2026
Who’s Watching Shorty?: Reclaiming Myself from the Shame of R. Kelly’s Abuse
Who’s Watching Shorty?
Reshona Landfair
Feb 2026
Hush: How to Radiate Power and Confidence Without Saying a Word
Hush
Linda Clemons
Jan 2026
How I Know White People are Crazy and Other Stories: Notes from a Frustrated Black Psychologist
How I Know White People are Crazy and Other Stories
Jonathan Mathias Lassiter
Nov 2025
Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines
Independent
Karine Jean-Pierre
Oct 2025
Iron Will: An Amputee’s Journey to Athletic Excellence
Iron Will
Roderick Sewell
Aug 2025
The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic
The Conjuring of America
Lindsey Stewart
Jul 2025
The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery
The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery
Clarence A. Haynes
Jun 2025
Battle for the Black Mind
Battle for the Black Mind
Karida L. Brown
May 2025
Teacher by Teacher: The People Who Change Our Lives
Teacher by Teacher
John B. King Jr.
Apr 2025
A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics
A More Perfect Party
Juanita Tolliver
Jan 2025
Blues in Stereo: The Early Works of Langston Hughes
Blues in Stereo
Langston Hughes
Nov 2024
Undiplomatic: How My Attitude Created the Best Kind of Trouble
Undiplomatic
Deesha Dyer
Apr 2024
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
Madness
Antonia Hylton
Jan 2024
Sing a Black Girl’s Song: The Unpublished Work of Ntozake Shange
Sing a Black Girl’s Song
Imani Perry
Sep 2023
I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir
I Am Debra Lee
Debra Lee
Mar 2023
Bet on Black: The Good News about Being Black in America Today
Bet on Black
Eboni K. Williams
Jan 2023
No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
No Justice, No Peace
Devin Allen
Sep 2022
Black Boy Smile: A Memoir in Moments
Black Boy Smile
D. Watkins
May 2022
Grief Is Love: Living with Loss
Grief Is Love
Marisa Renee Lee
Apr 2022
The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How We Can Fix It
The Plot to Betray America
Malcolm Nance
Nov 2020
Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream
Proud
Ibtihaj Muhammad
Jul 2018

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