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Pamala McCoy: A Community Shero’s Story
Pamala McCoy: A Community Shero’s Story Ersula Knox Odom with Pamala McCoy 9781733954228 Nonfiction Sula Too LLC Sula Too LLC There are countless times we walk among our heroes and she-roes of tomorro...
Black Picket Fences : Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class
Black Picket Fences : Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class Mary Pattillo-McCoy 9780226649290 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press Black Picket Fences is a sta...
Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education
Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education Danielle Allen 9780226014678 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press “Don’t talk to stranger...
Remember Her Name!: Debbie Allen’s Rise to Fame
Remember Her Name!: Debbie Allen’s Rise to Fame Tami Charles 9781623545659 Fiction Charlesbridge Charlesbridge Young Debbie Allen is destined for fame, and everyone will know her name! This poetic, up...
Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma, and Redemption
Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma, and Redemption Phil Allen Jr. 9781506469331 Nonfiction Fortress Press 1517 Media On December 10, 1953, tragedy hit a family when Nathaniel Allen was mur...
When You Learn the Alphabet
When You Learn the Alphabet Kendra Allen 9781609386290 Nonfiction University of Iowa Press University of Iowa Press “Kendra Allen’s When You Learn the Alphabet is a roaring meditation on what black da...
The Legacy…: Keep the Family Close
The Legacy…: Keep the Family Close Joy Deja King 9781942217374 Fiction King Productions King Productions The Legacy introduces you to the very prominent yet deadly, Collins Family. Allen Collins is th...
Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.
Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A. Danielle Allen 9781631493119 Nonfiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company In a shattering work that shifts between a woman’s private anguish...
The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities
The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities Will Allen 9781592407101 Nonfiction Gotham Penguin Random House A pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur “Genius Award” winner po...
A Test of Faith
A Test of Faith Renée Allen McCoy 9781539958154 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church… Ephesians 5:25 Joshua and Gayle were the m...
A Time to Praise: A Christmas Anthology
A Time to Praise: A Christmas Anthology Renée Allen McCoy 9781534893412 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Four lives intersect at a crossroad, prompting each to seek God’s direction. Benjam...
Single, Saved, & Searching
Single, Saved, & Searching Renée Allen McCoy 9780983604655 Fiction Faythefiction Faythefiction He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord. Proverbs 18:22 "She’s getting ma...
In the Presence of My Enemies
In the Presence of My Enemies Renée Allen McCoy 9780983604648 Fiction Faythefiction Faythefiction Kara Bentley, the child prodigy from a small southern town, has grown into a talented and beautiful yo...
The Christmas Beau
The Christmas Beau Renée Allen McCoy 9780615925943 Fiction Faythefiction Faythefiction Love suffers long and is kind… 1 Corinthians 13:4 "Why did I even come here for my vacation?" Charity Maxwell que...
Even If the Sky Is Falling
Even If the Sky Is Falling Taj McCoy 9781335452559 Fiction Canary Street Press HarperCollins Includes a special introduction by USA TODAY bestselling author, Mia Sosa, author of The Worst Best Man and...
Misunderstood: A Memoir
Misunderstood: A Memoir Allen Iverson 9781476784397 Nonfiction Gallery Books/13A Simon & Schuster, Inc. A compelling and candid memoir from Allen Iverson, the NBA’s most misunderstood Hall of Famer, d...
Fat Time and Other Stories
Fat Time and Other Stories Jeffery Renard Allen 9781644452394 Fiction Graywolf Press Graywolf Press A ferocious, innovative story collection about Black lives in the past, present, and future In Fa...
Justice by Means of Democracy
Justice by Means of Democracy Danielle Allen 9780226777092 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press From leading thinker Danielle Allen, a bold and urgent articulation of a n...
No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter Devin Allen 9780306925900 Nonfiction Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group Award-winning photographer Devin Allen has devoted the la...
A Beautiful Ghetto
A Beautiful Ghetto Devin Allen 9781608467594 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books On April 18, 2015, the city of Baltimore erupted in mass protests in response to the brutal murder of Freddie Gr...
No Jewels: A Biography (of sorts) Writ in Stanza
No Jewels: A Biography (of sorts) Writ in Stanza Tai Allen B06XKL8T7J Poetry Flowered Concrete Flowered Concrete The 20-poem collection reinterprets classic literary forms, such as triolets and haiku,...
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality Danielle Allen 9780871406903 Fiction Liveright W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Winner of the Zócalo Book Prize Shortli...
The Butler: A Witness to History
The Butler: A Witness to History Wil Haygood 9781476752990 Nonfiction Atria / 37 Ink Simon & Schuster, Inc. Read a review of Lee Daniel’s film made from this book. “The book is brief, but the two...
Every Boy Should Have a Man
Every Boy Should Have a Man Preston L. Allen 9781617751578 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Nominated for the 2014 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Fiction!A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Fiction Pick f...
Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytical History
Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytical History Robert H. Allen 9780865431577 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Black Awakening in Capitalist America is...
Plus Size Player
Plus Size Player Danielle Allen 9781250331182 Fiction Bramble Macmillan Publishers “No one does banter, humor, or spice as magnificently as Danielle Allen! She’s one of the most unique, sizzling voice...
A-Train Allen
A-Train Allen Lesley Younge 9781534111837 Fiction Sleeping Bear Press Sleeping Bear Press Everyone in the neighborhood knows Allen is the fastest kid around. As soon as school lets out, he’s racing th...
The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to Darnella Frazier
The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to Darnella Frazier Phil Allen Jr. 9781506484198 Nonfiction Fortress Press 1517 Media Martin Luther King used news cameras as a means of ...
My Voice Is a Trumpet
My Voice Is a Trumpet Jimmie Allen 9780593352182 Fiction Flamingo Books Penguin Random House Jimmie Allen, multi-platinum selling recording artist and the first Black musician to win The Academy of Co...
The Collection Plate: Poems
The Collection Plate: Poems Kendra Allen 9780063048478 Poetry Ecco Press HarperCollins A deeply wrought and joyful debut poetry collection from an exciting new voice Looping exultantly through the ...
It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America
It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America Reniqua Allen 9781568585864 Nonfiction Bold Type Books Hachette Book Group Young Black Americans have been trying to ...
The Spice Diet: Use Powerhouse Flavor to Fight Cravings and Win the Weight-Loss Battle
The Spice Diet: Use Powerhouse Flavor to Fight Cravings and Win the Weight-Loss Battle Judson Todd Allen 9781538727430 Nonfiction Grand Central Life & Style Hachette Book Group Celebrity chef Judson T...
Education and Equality
Education and Equality Danielle Allen 9780226373102 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press American education as we know it today—guaranteed by the state to serve every chi...
Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson
Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson Kent Babb 9781476778976 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Shortlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writi...
The Invention of the White Race (Second Edition, Two-Books)
The Invention of the White Race (Second Edition, Two-Books) Theodore W. Allen 9781844677719 Nonfiction Verso Books Verso Books The Invention of the White Race is a groundbreaking analysis of the birth...
Jesus Boy
Jesus Boy Preston L. Allen 9781936070046 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "Allen has created a consummate tragicomedy of African Americanfamily secrets and sorrows, and of faith under duress and wi...
In The Nude
In The Nude C. Alexandra Allen 9780615208206 Poetry Devreux Publishing & Art Media, LLC (DPAM) Devreux Publishing & Art Media, LLC (DPAM) C. Alexandra Allen delivers an impressive collection of poetry...
Holding Pattern: Stories
Holding Pattern: Stories Jeffery Renard Allen 9781555975098 Fiction Graywolf Press Graywolf Press The world of Jeffery Renard Allen’s stunning short-story collection is a place like no other. A recogn...
Trinidad Noir
Trinidad Noir Lisa Allen-Agostini and Jeanne Mason 9781933354552 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books The Caribbean provides no shelter from the delicious terror of the Akashic Noir Series. Trinidad...
Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines
Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines Eddie B. Allen 9780312383510 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers Donald Goines was a pimp, truck driver, heroin addict, factory worker, an...
Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines
Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines Eddie B. Allen 9780312291242 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers Donald Goines was a pimp, a truck driver, a heroin addict, a factory work...
The Revolution Of Eve
The Revolution Of Eve C. Alexandra Allen 9781401039349 Poetry Xlibris Author Solutions The Revolution of Eve is a groundbreaking literary debut. C. Alexandra Allen takes her readers on a journey throu...
Harbors And Spirits
Harbors And Spirits Jeffery Renard Allen 9781559212083 Poetry Asphodel Press Asphodel Press Poet, novelist and critic, Jeffery Renard Allen brings a number of characteristics to his first collection o...
Zora Books Her Happy Ever After: A Rom-Com Novel
Zora Books Her Happy Ever After: A Rom-Com Novel Taj McCoy 9780778333524 Fiction Mira Books Harlequin Enterprises Limited A heart-pounding, curvy romance about an indie bookstore owner who finds hers...
Jaxon’s Black History Coloring Book - Book One
Jaxon’s Black History Coloring Book - Book One Tamara Shiloh 9780998969640 Fiction Just Imagine Books & Services Just Imagine Books & Services Coloring Book: Jaxon’s Magical Adventure with Black Inv...
Bona5d BITS: Where Inspiration & Intellect Collide With Your Finances
Bona5d BITS: Where Inspiration & Intellect Collide With Your Finances Pamala McCoy B01GBVS9OA Nonfiction BONA5D Credit Consultants BONA5D Credit Consultants BONA5D ™ BITS: where inspiration & in...
Where Was God
Where Was God Sheila L. Jackson 9780692583104 Fiction Virtuous Books Virtuous Books Where Was God? Fayth Angelica Hope, questioned after the death of her father. Reared by a mother who could give, C...
Good Morning Means I Love You
Good Morning Means I Love You Kendra Allen 9780063388413 Fiction Ecco Press HarperCollins The electrifying and intimate first novel from the author of The Collection Plate and Fruit Punch, a searing s...
To Catch a Sinner
To Catch a Sinner Dylan Allen 9798903270255 Fiction Blue Box Press Blue Box Press From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Dylan Allen writing as Lucy Wilson-Tagoe comes the first story in her new ...
The Daredevil
The Daredevil Dylan Allen 9798903270453 Fiction Blue Box Press Blue Box Press From Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Dylan Allen comes a new story in her Rivers Wilde series… “I ...
The Mastermind
The Mastermind Dylan Allen 9798903270477 Fiction Blue Box Press Blue Box Press From Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Dylan Allen comes a new story in her Rivers Wilde series… He...
The Wild Card
The Wild Card Dylan Allen 9798903270491 Fiction Blue Box Press Blue Box Press Wall Street Journal bestselling author Dylan Allen continues the Rivers Wilde series with a neighbors-to-lovers second-cha...
Big Girl Blitz
Big Girl Blitz Danielle Allen 9781250331168 Fiction Bramble Macmillan Publishers "Nothing is hotter and more fun than Danielle Allen’s writing." — Ali Hazelwood Because life’s too short, ...
Gabe & Ree’s Ramen Adventure
Gabe & Ree’s Ramen Adventure Shandon D. Allen 9798278520450 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Noodles, Chopsticks, and a Big Splash of Courage! Join Gabe and Ree on a deliciou...
Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark
Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark Allen R. Wells 9780374391355 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers Up to become one of the first Black female engin...
Curvy Girl Summer
Curvy Girl Summer Danielle Allen 9781250331045 Fiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Survival of the Thickest in Danielle Allen’s Curvy Girl Summe...
I Disappeared Them: A Novel
I Disappeared Them: A Novel Preston L. Allen 9781636141619 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books A serial killer’s desire to protect children fuels a parallel drive to murder other sadistic men in this ...
Between Two Brothers
Between Two Brothers Crystal Allen 9780063047297 Fiction Balzer & Bray/Harperteen HarperCollins Inspired by real events, Between Two Brothers is a powerful and uplifting story about forgiveness, broth...
All You Have to Do
All You Have to Do Autumn Allen 9780593619049 Fiction Kokila Penguin Random House Powerful, thought-provoking, and heartfelt, this debut YA novel by author Autumn Allen is a gripping look at what it t...
There Are Dinosaurs in the Library!
There Are Dinosaurs in the Library! A.G. Allen 9798218197698 Fiction AllenED AllenED It’s library day and Mrs. Barker would love to take her class for a visit. But it will take some creative thinking ...
Fruit Punch
Fruit Punch Kendra Allen 9780063048539 Nonfiction Ecco Press HarperCollins An arresting and one-of-a-kind memoir about the alternately exultant and harrowing trip growing up as a Black child desperat...
The Invention of the White Race: The Origin of Racial Oppression
The Invention of the White Race: The Origin of Racial Oppression Theodore W. Allen 9781839763922 Nonfiction Verso Books Verso Books When the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619, there were no "...
We Can Overcome: An American Black Conservative Manifesto
We Can Overcome: An American Black Conservative Manifesto Allen Bernard West 9781612544335 Nonfiction Brown Books Publishing Group Brown Books Publishing Group Something has happened to the black comm...
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy 9781681198521 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Publishing Recipient of a Robert ...
Hold Texas, Hold the Nation: Victory or Death
Hold Texas, Hold the Nation: Victory or Death Allen Bernard West 9781612542980 Nonfiction Brown Books Publishing Group Brown Books Publishing Group Texas is booming. In recent years, the Lone Star Sta...
I Took You for Granted: The Short Stories of Allen Griff’s Double Life
I Took You for Granted: The Short Stories of Allen Griff’s Double Life Johanna Sparrow B07FB4R72R Fiction Amazon Digital Services Amazon Digital Services, Inc. I knew my marriage was over after my w...
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs Spirit Week Showdown
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs Spirit Week Showdown Crystal Allen 9780062342331 Fiction Balzer + Bray HarperCollins A hilarious and spunky new heroine in the vein of the heroines of such beloved books as R...
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality Danielle Allen 9781631490446 Nonfiction Liveright W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize,...
Song Of The Shank: A Novel
Song Of The Shank: A Novel Jeffery Renard Allen 9781555976804 Fiction Graywolf Press Graywolf Press A contemporary American masterpiece about music, race, an unforgettable man, and an unreal America d...
In Strict Confidence
In Strict Confidence Dwayne S. Joseph 9781625173683 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Psychiatrist Allen Kline is forced to make the agonizing choice of life over death when a killer approac...
The Laura Line
The Laura Line Crystal Allen 9780061992742 Fiction Balzer + Bray HarperCollins A touching and funny story of one girl’s journey to discover where she came from and the unlimited possibilities of who s...
Stellar Places
Stellar Places Jeffery Renard Allen 9781559213851 Poetry Asphodel Press Asphodel Press Collected poems of Jeffery Renard Allen.
A Sense of Wonder: Samuel R. Delany, Race, Identity, and Difference
A Sense of Wonder: Samuel R. Delany, Race, Identity, and Difference Jeffrey Allen Tucker 9780819566898 Nonfiction Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press Samuel R. Delany is one of today’s...
Bounce
Bounce Preston L. Allen 9780595298716 Fiction iUniverse Author Solutions Welcome to the bright red bouncing-ball world of Cindique Sanders-Lassiter in this slick, sleek, sexy tale from the undisputed ...
Churchboys & Other Sinners
Churchboys & Other Sinners Preston L. Allen 9780932112446 Fiction Carolina Wren Press Carolina Wren Press Preston Allen’s stories explore the boundary between boy and man, church and smut shack in spa...
A Place Between Stations
A Place Between Stations Stephanie Allen 9780826214447 Fiction University of Missouri Press University of Missouri Selma detests my small considerations of strangers. When she catches me nodding at th...
Brothers of the Knight
Brothers of the Knight Debbie Allen 9780142300169 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House Debbie Allen’s contemporary retelling of the classic tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses with illustrations f...
When Divas Laugh: The Diva Squad Poetry Collective
When Divas Laugh: The Diva Squad Poetry Collective Ienett Nefertiti Allen, Linda Joy Burke, and Jaki Terry 9781580730310 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press This mesmerizing collection of v...
Where I’m Bound: A Novel
Where I’m Bound: A Novel Allen Ballard 9780684870311 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. "Where I’m Bound," a stunning and engaging Civil War novel, is the first work of fiction to focus s...
Touched
Touched Linda Armstrong-Miller 9780595139187 Fiction iUniverse Author Solutions Be careful who you turn your back on. Help comes in many forms. Matthew Allen found that to be true. Matthew Allen expe...
Dancing In The Wings
Dancing In The Wings Debbie Allen 9780803725010 Fiction Dial Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Sassy worries that her too-large feet, too-long legs, and even her big mouth will keep her fro...
Banneker: The Afro-American Astronomer
Banneker: The Afro-American Astronomer Will Allen 9780933121485 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press As a self-trained scientist, inventor, astronomer, and mathematician, Benjamin Bannek...
Hipology: Horizons in Poetry
Hipology: Horizons in Poetry Ron Alle and Stella Crews 9780940713079 Poetry Broadside Press Broadside Press Includes the following Poems: "Doors Of Perception" by Allen Adkins "No. 125: ...
One More Day’s Journey: The Making Of Black Philadelphia (Ishi Publications)
One More Day’s Journey: The Making Of Black Philadelphia (Ishi Publications) Allen Ballard 9780897270724 Nonfiction Institute for the Study of Human Issues Institute for the Study of Human Issues Book...
The Legend
The Legend Dylan Allen 9781968707934 Fiction Blue Box Press Blue Box Press She’s the one who got away. He’s the one she never forgot. Can they give love a second chance? Remington Wilde had heart...
The Legacy
The Legacy Dylan Allen 9781968707958 Fiction Blue Box Press Blue Box Press He holds the keys to a kingdom. But he covets the keys to her heart. Heir to a multibillion-dollar business empire, Hayes...
The Jezebel
The Jezebel Dylan Allen 9781968707972 Fiction Blue Box Press Blue Box Press And what fate has brought together, no man—or scandal—can separate. After years of playing the trophy, puppet, perfection...
The Best Man: Unfinished Business
The Best Man: Unfinished Business Malcolm D. Lee with Jayne Allen 9780593974254 Fiction Storehouse Voices Penguin Random House The beloved characters from The Best Man movies and hit television series...
The Most Wonderful Time
The Most Wonderful Time Jayne Allen 9780063392878 Fiction Harper HarperCollins The author of the beloved, bestselling Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy returns with an intriguing blend of Such a ...
The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration
The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration David Nicholson 9781643364544 Nonfiction University of South Carolina Press University of South Carolina...
Black Girls Must Have It All
Black Girls Must Have It All Jayne Allen 9780063296640 Fiction Harper HarperCollins In this final installment in the acclaimed Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is juggling work, relatio...
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...
Black Girls Must Be Magic
Black Girls Must Be Magic Jayne Allen 9780063137929 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins In this highly anticipated second installment in the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series, Tabitha Walker co...
Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
Black Girls Must Die Exhausted Jayne Allen 9780063142992 Fiction Harper HarperCollins Read Jayne’s Inspiration for Black Girls Must Die Exhausted Black Girls Must Die Exhausted is the first of thre...
The Bread the Devil Knead
The Bread the Devil Knead Lisa Allen-Agostini 9781912408993 Fiction Myriad Editions Myriad Editions Alethea Lopez is about to turn 40. Fashionable, feisty and fiercely independent, she manages a bouti...
Home Home
Home Home Lisa Allen-Agostini 9781984893611 Fiction Ember Ember Fans of Monday’s Not Coming and Girl in Pieces will love this award-winning novel about a girl on the verge of losing herself and her un...
Escape From … Hurricane Katrina
Escape From … Hurricane Katrina Judy Allen Dodson 9781499811681 Fiction Little Bee Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive storms in American history. In this fi...
Zanele Muholi
Zanele Muholi Sarah Allen, Yasufumi Nakamori, and Zanele Muholi 9781849766821 Fiction Tate Publishing Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC Explore the stunning, moving, and exciting work of visual artis...
A Long Way from the Strawberry Patch: The Life of Leah Chase
A Long Way from the Strawberry Patch: The Life of Leah Chase Carol Allen with Leah Chase 9781455625031 Fiction Pelican Publishing Company Pelican Publishing Born in 1923 in Madisonville, Louisiana, Le...
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs Mya in the Middle
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs Mya in the Middle Crystal Allen 9780062839398 Fiction Balzer + Bray HarperCollins The third book in the hilarious middle-grade series about Mya, the cowgirl-loving fourth gr...