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Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe
Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe Crystal Hubbard 9781620143162 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books A picture book biography of tennis player Arthur Ashe, who began his career playing tenni...
Arthur R. Flowers
Arthur R. Flowers NONE Arthur Flowers, a Vietnam veteran, blues singer, and Memphis native, is a co-founder of the New Renaissance Writer's Guild and a notable performance poet. He teaches at Syracus...
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe 0000000087759773 Arthur Ashe, born in 1943, was the first and only African-American male tennis player to win the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, and the Australian Open, with three Grand Slam titl...
The Ashe Brothers: How Arthur and Johnnie Changed Tennis Forever
The Ashe Brothers: How Arthur and Johnnie Changed Tennis Forever Judy Allen Dodson 9781684465361 Nonfiction Capstone Editions Capstone Press In 1968, Arthur Ashe climbed his way to the top of the tenn...
A. C. Arthur, Barbara Keaton, Sapphire Blue, and Maureen Smith
A. C. Arthur, Barbara Keaton, Sapphire Blue, and Maureen Smith MULTIPLE A.C. Arthur, Barbara Keaton, Sapphire Blue, and Maureen Smith are renowned authors known for their compelling storytelling acro...
Reagan Arthur Books
Reagan Arthur Books Reagan Arthur Books Reagan Arthur Books
Reagan Arthur Books
Reagan Arthur Books Reagan Arthur Books Reagan Arthur Books
Arthur Ashe On Tennis: Strokes, Strategy, Traditions, Players, Psychology, and Wisdom
Arthur Ashe On Tennis: Strokes, Strategy, Traditions, Players, Psychology, and Wisdom Arthur Ashe 9780679437970 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House Featuring introductions by Billie Jean King, Lori ...
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Arthur Herzog, Jr. MULTIPLE Arthur Herzog, Jr., a songwriter, has penned a number of songs performed and recorded by top jazz musicians including John Coltrane and Dinah Washington. His most notable ...
A. C. Arthur
A. C. Arthur NONE Baltimore-based author C. Arthur, known for infusing romance with fresh dialogue, intriguing plots, and sensual scenes, captivates readers with her innovative style. Drawing from he...
Karima Mariama-Arthur
Karima Mariama-Arthur NONE Karima Mariama-Arthur, CEO of WordSmithRapport, specializes in leadership development, complex communication, and performance management. A trusted advisor globally, she of...
Arthur T. Downey
Arthur T. Downey NONE Arthur T. Downey, an accomplished lawyer, law professor, and diplomat, is a Saint Vincent graduate and author of “Civil War Lawyers.” He holds a Juris Doctorate from Villanova U...
Sinfree Makoni and Arthur K. Spears
Sinfree Makoni and Arthur K. Spears MULTIPLE Sinfree Makoni, Geneva Smitherman, Arthur K. Spears, Arnetha Ball, and NgÅ©gÄ© wa Thiong’o are respected professors and scholars in linguistics, English, ...
Cole Arthur Riley
Cole Arthur Riley NONE Cole Arthur Riley, a New York Times bestselling author, is a respected writer and poet known for her work in The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, and more. As the creator of Black L...
Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human Cole Arthur Riley 9780593593646 Nonfiction Convergent Books Penguin Random House New York Times Bestseller - A collection of prayer, ...
A Hard Road to Glory, Volume 2 (1919-1945): A History of the African American Athlete
A Hard Road to Glory, Volume 2 (1919-1945): A History of the African American Athlete Arthur Ashe 9780063162273 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins “The most comprehensive reference source on African-Ame...
A Hard Road to Glory, Volume 1 (1619-1918): A History of the African American Athlete
A Hard Road to Glory, Volume 1 (1619-1918): A History of the African American Athlete Arthur Ashe 9780063162242 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins With a Foreword by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe Available...
This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us Cole Arthur Riley 9780593239797 Nonfiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House New York Times Bestseller - In her stunni...
Lies Uncovered The Truth About the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys: The Long Journey Home
Lies Uncovered The Truth About the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys: The Long Journey Home Duane C. Fernandez B08BJGJ41C Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published Colson Whitehead’s P...
Arthur Ashe: A Life
Arthur Ashe: A Life Raymond Arsenault 9781439189047 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. The first comprehensive, authoritative biography of American icon Arthur Ashe—the Jackie Robinson...
Brer Rabbit Retold
Brer Rabbit Retold Arthur R. Flowers 9789383145461 Nonfiction Tara Books Tara Books The Brer Rabbit stories were originally oral tales told by slaves from the American South. In this powerful renderin...
Mojo Rising: Confessions of a 21st Century Conjureman
Mojo Rising: Confessions of a 21st Century Conjureman Arthur R. Flowers 9780971581609 Fiction Wanganegresse Press Wanganegresse Press To create art that impacts the heart and mind of the community req...
Cleveland Lee’S Beale St. Band
Cleveland Lee’S Beale St. Band Arthur R. Flowers 9780816736522 Fiction Troll Communications Troll Communications When Cleveland Lee says he wants to play trumpet in his sister’s marching band, everyon...
Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey
Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey MULTIPLE Oprah Winfrey and Arthur C. Brooks
Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey 9780593545409 Nonfiction Portfolio Penguin Random House You can get happier. And getting there will b...
I See The Promised Land: A Life Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
I See The Promised Land: A Life Of Martin Luther King, Jr. Arthur R. Flowers 9789380340043 Nonfiction Tara Books Tara Books "Both evocative and factually rich…Older teens, in addition to adults, will ...
Love for All Seasons
Love for All Seasons A. C. Arthur, Barbara Keaton, Sapphire Blue, and Maureen Smith 9781600430138 Fiction Parker Publishing Parker Publishing Love For All Seasons will keep you aroused with four sensu...
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg: Black Bibliophile & Collector
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg: Black Bibliophile & Collector Elinor Des Verney Sinnette 9780814321577 Nonfiction Wayne State University Press Wayne State University Press This is the first full biography o...
Days of Grace: A Memoir
Days of Grace: A Memoir Arthur Ashe 9780345386816 Nonfiction Ballantine Books Penguin Random House "Touching and courageous…All of it—the man, the life, the book—is rare and beautiful."COSMOPOLITANDAY...
Daddy and Me : A Photo Story of Arthur Ashe and his Daughter Camera
Daddy and Me : A Photo Story of Arthur Ashe and his Daughter Camera Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe 9780679850960 Fiction Alfred A. Knopf Penguin Random House The widow of tennis star Arthur Ashe, who recentl...
Sterling Brown, Arthur P. Davis, Ulysses Lee, and Julius Lester
Sterling Brown, Arthur P. Davis, Ulysses Lee, and Julius Lester MULTIPLE
Arthur P. Davis, J. Saunders Redding, and Joyce Ann Joyce
Arthur P. Davis, J. Saunders Redding, and Joyce Ann Joyce MULTIPLE
Arthur A. Levine Books
Arthur A. Levine Books Scholastic Inc. Scholastic Inc.
The Minister Primarily
The Minister Primarily John Oliver Killens 9780063079595 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Featuring an Introduction by Ishmael Reed A major literary event—the eagerly anticipated publication of a long...
One Perfect Moment (The Taylors of Temptation)
One Perfect Moment (The Taylors of Temptation) A. C. Arthur 9781335216786 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Arabesque Harlequin Enterprises Limited He thought he’d escaped his notorious history—Now she could t...
Poised for Excellence: Fundamental Principles of Effective Leadership in the Boardroom and Beyond
Poised for Excellence: Fundamental Principles of Effective Leadership in the Boardroom and Beyond Karima Mariama-Arthur 9783319645735 Nonfiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers This book is an...
Prince Ever After (The Royal Weddings)
Prince Ever After (The Royal Weddings) A. C. Arthur 9780373865055 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Arabesque Harlequin Enterprises Limited A royal wager Playboy prince Roland DeSaunters is ready to live up to...
To Marry a Prince (The Royal Weddings)
To Marry a Prince (The Royal Weddings) A. C. Arthur 9780373864973 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Arabesque Harlequin Enterprises Limited A royal seduction Crown prince Kristian DeSaunters has been groomed s...
One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York
One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York Arthur Browne 9780807012604 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Winner of the Christopher Award and the New York City Bo...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2014):Bringing it Forward Literary Activism
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2014):Bringing it Forward Literary Activism Clarence V. Reynolds 21551758v5 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College Fall& /& Winter 2...
Love in the Limelight Volume One: Star of His HeartSing Your Pleasure
Love in the Limelight Volume One: Star of His HeartSing Your Pleasure Brenda Jackson and A.C. Arthur 9780373091638 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Arabesque Harlequin Enterprises Limited Enjoy the first two ...
The Creole Affair: The Slave Rebellion That Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War
The Creole Affair: The Slave Rebellion That Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War Arthur T. Downey 9781442236615 Nonfiction Rowman & Littlefield Rowman & Littlefield The Creole Affair is ...
We Need New Names: A Novel
We Need New Names: A Novel NoViolet Bulawayo 9780316230810 Fiction Reagan Arthur Books Reagan Arthur Books A remarkable literary debut — shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize! The unflinching and power...
I See the Promised Land: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
I See the Promised Land: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr. Arthur R. Flowers 9781554983285 Nonfiction Groundwood Books Anansi Press This stunning graphic novel biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. desc...
Memphis Noir
Memphis Noir Laureen Cantwell and Leonard Gill 9781617753114 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "A remarkable picture of contemporary Memphis emerges in this Akashic noir volume…Something for everyon...
Pym: A Novel
Pym: A Novel Mat Johnson 9780812981582 Fiction Spiegel & Grau Penguin Random House In PYM, recently canned professor of American literature Chris Jaynes is obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe’s strange ...
Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me
Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me John Arthur Stokes 9781426301537 Nonfiction National Geographic Kids National Geographic Books John Stokes has waited more than 50 years to gi...
Chattel House Blues: Making of a Democratic Society in Barbados, from Clement Payne to Owen Arthur
Chattel House Blues: Making of a Democratic Society in Barbados, from Clement Payne to Owen Arthur Hilary Beckles 9780852554944 Nonfiction James Currey Ltd / Heinemann James Currey Ltd / Heinemann
Brooklyn Noir
Brooklyn Noir Tim McLoughlin 9781888451580 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Akashic Books announces Brooklyn novelist Tim McLoughlin as the editor of the anthology (in addition to his contributing ...
God Bless the Child
God Bless the Child Arthur Herzog, Jr. 9780060287979 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins "Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child That’s got his own! That’s got his own."The song "Go...
Shining
Shining Sterling Brown, Arthur P. Davis, Ulysses Lee, and Julius Lester 9780152007737 Fiction Harcourt Children’s Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt In a small mountain village, a young girl named Shinin...
Black Linguistics: Language, Society and Politics in Africa and the Americas
Black Linguistics: Language, Society and Politics in Africa and the Americas Sinfree Makoni and Arthur K. Spears 9780415261388 Nonfiction Routledge Routledge Enslavement, forced migration, war and col...
Testimony: Vernacular Art of the African-American South
Testimony: Vernacular Art of the African-American South Kinshasha Conwill and Arthur C. Danto 9780810944848 Nonfiction Harry N. Abrams Harry N. Abrams Speaking powerfully and directly to a growing aud...
A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Vol 3 1946-Present
A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Vol 3 1946-Present Arthur Ashe 9781567430080 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins This informative book gives readers the whole history of ...
A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Boxing
A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Boxing Arthur Ashe 9781567430363 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Boxing has given the African-American athlete an opportunity to catch...
A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Football
A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Football Arthur Ashe 9781567430387 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins African-American athletes changed the game of football. Who? How? ...
A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete
A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete Arthur Ashe 9781567430394 Nonfiction Harper Paperbacks HarperCollins African-American athletes have been excelling in track and field si...
A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete 1619-1918
A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete 1619-1918 Arthur Ashe 9781567430066 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins
The New Cavalcade: African American Writing from 1760 to the Present
The New Cavalcade: African American Writing from 1760 to the Present Arthur P. Davis, J. Saunders Redding, and Joyce Ann Joyce 9780882581330 Fiction Howard University Press Howard University Press
De Mojo Blues: De Quest of HighJohn de Conqueror
De Mojo Blues: De Quest of HighJohn de Conqueror Arthur R. Flowers 9780345339959 Fiction Ballantine Books Penguin Random House Three black soldiers are dishonorably discharged from the Vietnam War due...
James Baldwin
James Baldwin 0000000121446704 “No white critic can judge my work. I’d be a fool if I depended upon that judgement.” James Arthur Baldwin (1924-1987), born in Harlem, NY, was a ren...
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe 0000000083215402 Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, born in 1951, is a renowned artist with exhibitions worldwide, including at MoMA and the Whitney. Her work has been featured in Life,...
A Carnival Jangle
A Carnival Jangle Alice Dunbar-Nelson 9781037403415 Fiction Macmillan Collector’s Library Macmillan Publishers From the landmark writer and activist of the Harlem Renaissance, Alice Dunbar Nelson, A C...
Serious Music
Serious Music Percival Everett 9780385552585 Fiction Doubleday Books Penguin Random House A thrilling, darkly comic journey of a Black musician making his way from the trenches of the Somme to the jaz...
Touchdown in Brazil
Touchdown in Brazil Omar Tyree 9781496762894 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Amid the landmark NFL game in the electric city of São Paulo, Brazil, three very different family men cross path...
Just Above My Head
Just Above My Head James Baldwin 9798217010431 Fiction Vintage Books Penguin Random House The stark grief of a brother mourning a brother opens this novel with a stunning, unforgettable experience. H...
Scholastic Inc.
Scholastic Inc. Scholastic Inc. Arthur A. Levine Books Cartwheel Books Children’s Press Children’s Press (CT) Children’s Press and Franklin Watts Four Winds Press Graphix Kaepernick Publishing Push Sc...
Never Can Say Goodbye: The Life of a Death Doula and the Art of a Peaceful End
Never Can Say Goodbye: The Life of a Death Doula and the Art of a Peaceful End Darnell Lamont Walker 9780063421837 Nonfiction HarperOne HarperCollins “Never Can Say Goodbye is deliciously woven from t...
Mosaic Literary Magazine Issue #44: James Baldwin at 100
Mosaic Literary Magazine Issue #44: James Baldwin at 100 Roberto Carlos Garcia mosaic44 Nonfiction Mosaic Literary Magazine Mosaic Literary Magazine I first came to James Baldwin’s work by reading his...
Oathbound
Oathbound Tracy Deonn 9781665951906 Fiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Tracy Deonn’s #1 New York Times bestselling Legendborn Cycle continues in the sensational th...
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller Breanna J. McDaniel 9780593324202 Nonfiction Dial Books Penguin Random House From an award-winning author and illustrator...
Watson and Holmes: A Scandal in Harlem
Watson and Holmes: A Scandal in Harlem Brandon Easton, Karl Bollers, Greg Anderson Elysée, Lindsay Faye, and Steven Grant 9781960171030 Fiction Fairsquare Comics Fairsquare Comics Harlem, Now. The mos...
The Bronx Is My Home
The Bronx Is My Home Alyssa Reynoso-Morris 9780316397735 Fiction Christy Ottaviano Books Hachette Book Group Welcome to The Bronx, New York! A picture book celebration of hometown pride including the ...
Bloodmarked
Bloodmarked Tracy Deonn 9781534441637 Fiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! The shadows have risen, and the line is law. ...
The Minister Primarily (paperback)
The Minister Primarily (paperback) John Oliver Killens 9780063079601 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins A major literary event—the eagerly anticipated publication of a long-lost novel from legendary writer...
Dance Theatre of Harlem: A History, a Movement, a Celebration
Dance Theatre of Harlem: A History, a Movement, a Celebration Judy Tyrus and Paul Novosel 9781496733603 Nonfiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. From its modest beginnings in the 1960s in a Harle...
Five Midnight Moments: New Year Bae-Solutions
Five Midnight Moments: New Year Bae-Solutions Sheryl Lister 9781733867085 Fiction SL Books SL Books Valencia Townsend’s idea of an exciting affair involves a charismatic and attractive man, but not wh...
Hubert Harrison The Struggle for Equality, 1918-1927
Hubert Harrison The Struggle for Equality, 1918-1927 Jeffrey B. Perry 9780231182638 Nonfiction Columbia University Press Columbia University Press The St. Croix–born, Harlem-based Hubert Harrison (188...
Follow Your Dreams, Little One
Follow Your Dreams, Little One Vashti Harrison 9780316475150 Nonfiction LB Kids Hachette Book Group New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Vashti Harrison shines a bold, joyous light on black m...
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History Vashti Harrison 9780316475143 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Vashti...
The Parker Inheritance (paperback)
The Parker Inheritance (paperback) Varian Johnson 9780545952781 Fiction Arthur A. Levine Books Scholastic Inc. The Parker Inheritance joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and b...
Mem
Mem Bethany C. Morrow 9781944700867 Fiction Arthur A. Levine Books Scholastic Inc. Buzzfeed’s #1 Book to Read this SpringA Best Book of the Month at The Washington Post, Bustle, and Chicago Review of ...
September Newsletter: Recommended Reads, the MS Book Festival, and More
September Newsletter: Recommended Reads, the MS Book Festival, and More Troy Johnson Article Recommended Reads N. K. Jemisin the Only Writer to Win the Best Novel Hugo Award in three Consecutive Yea...
Memphis Literary Arts Festival
Memphis Literary Arts Festival Edge District of downtown Memphis Memphis Tennessee 2018 marks the 1st annual festival with appearances by more than twenty authors and artists including Kiese Laymon, E...
The Bashful Bride
The Bashful Bride Vanessa Riley 9781718906853 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC A friend’s newspaper advertisement for a groom nets the most famous actor in London, Arthur Bex. Shy heiress ...
Night Hawks: Stories
Night Hawks: Stories Charles Johnson 9781501184383 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. A masterful story collection—thirteen years in the making—from National Book Award winner Charle...
The Parker Inheritance
The Parker Inheritance Varian Johnson 9780545946179 Fiction Arthur A. Levine Books Scholastic Inc. Four starred reviews!"Powerful…. Johnson writes about the long shadows of the past with such ambition...
The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books)
The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books) Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9780871407535 Fiction Liveright W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. These nearly 150 African American folktales animate o...
Sparrow
Sparrow Sarah Moon 9781338032581 Fiction Arthur A. Levine Books Scholastic Inc. Sparrow has always had a difficult time making friends. She would always rather have stayed home on the weekends with he...
Ways of Grace: Stories of Activism, Adversity, and How Sports Can Bring Us Together
Ways of Grace: Stories of Activism, Adversity, and How Sports Can Bring Us Together James Blake and Carol Taylor 9780062354525 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Inspired by Arthur Ashe’s bestselling me...