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Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Founded in 1978, by W. Paul Coates, Black Classic Press is devoted to publishing obscure and significant works by and about people of A...
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The Majority Press Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Announces, The TMP Series, Books Authored and Formerly Published by The Majority Press At the time of his death, Ma...
The Woodson Series
The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The Woodson Series is a joint publishing project of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and Black Cla...
Black Classic Press Kicks off a Year-Long Celebration of 35 Years in Business
Black Classic Press Kicks off a Year-Long Celebration of 35 Years in Business Author Interviews More About Paul Coates: https://aalbc.com/reviews/wpaulcoates.htm On June 12th 2013, BLACK CLASSIC PRESS...
The Ultimate Top 10 Books Lists, Great New Books, Black Classic Press Celebrates 40 Years, and More!
The Ultimate Top 10 Books Lists, Great New Books, Black Classic Press Celebrates 40 Years, and More! Troy Johnson Article Please join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Black Classic Press ...
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka 9781574780390 Fiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing was origin...
Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association Tony Martin 9781574781779 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press R...
Survey Graphic: Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro
Survey Graphic: Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro Alain Locke 9780933121058 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Celebrate the Centennial of Survey Graphic, with with Jeffrey C. Stewart and...
W. Paul Coates
W. Paul Coates 0000000029319323 Coates Wins the 2024 Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation W. Paul Coates, founder of Black Classic Press, specializes in republishing significant work...
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton Bobby Seale 9780933121300 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Seize The Time: The Story of The Black Panther Part...
History of the Negro Church
History of the Negro Church Carter G. Woodson 9781574781304 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Black Classic Press, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American...
When We Ruled: The Ancient And Mediaeval History Of Black Civilisations
When We Ruled: The Ancient And Mediaeval History Of Black Civilisations Robin Walker 9781580730457 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press This is an essential book for everyone.—Centerpris...
Sometimes Farmgirls Become Revolutionaries: Florence Tate on Black Power, Black Politics and the FBI
Sometimes Farmgirls Become Revolutionaries: Florence Tate on Black Power, Black Politics and the FBI Florence L. Tate and Jake-Ann Jones 9781574781649 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Pres...
Our Black Seminarians and Black Clergy Without a Black Theology
Our Black Seminarians and Black Clergy Without a Black Theology Yosef Ben-Jochannan 9780933121621 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press With colonization come the dismantling of tradition...
African Background Outlined
African Background Outlined Carter G. Woodson 9781574781328 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Black Classic Press, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American...
Education of the Negro Prior to 1861
Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 Carter G. Woodson 9781574781342 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Black Classic Press, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African...
The Mis-Education of the Negro
The Mis-Education of the Negro Carter G. Woodson 9781574781267 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Black Classic Press, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African Ameri...
African Heroes and Heroines
African Heroes and Heroines Carter G. Woodson 9781574781281 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Black Classic Press, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American...
Agents of Repression: The FBI’s Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement
Agents of Repression: The FBI’s Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement Ward Leroy Churchill and Jim Vander Wall 9781574782172 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black...
Andrew Billingsley Scholar and Institution Builder: Essays and Tributes
Andrew Billingsley Scholar and Institution Builder: Essays and Tributes Charles Jarmon 9781574782011 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Finally, the inestimable attainments of Dr. Andr...
African People in World History
African People in World History John Henrik Clarke 9780933121775 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Dr. John Henrik Clarke s African People in World History inaugurates the Black Class...
Susie Day, W. Paul Coates and Eddie Conway
Susie Day, W. Paul Coates and Eddie Conway MULTIPLE "Susie Day, W. Paul Coates, and Eddie Conway are notable figures in literature. Conway's life inspired Coates to establish Black Classic Press, a ...
A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X
A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X Jared Ball and Todd Steven Burroughs 9781574780499 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press A Lie of Reinvention is a response to...
Righteous Self Determination: The Black Social Work Movement in America
Righteous Self Determination: The Black Social Work Movement in America Patricia Reid-Merritt 9781580730433 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press At the height of the Civil Rights and Bla...
The Story of the Moors in Spain
The Story of the Moors in Spain Stanley Lane-Poole 9780933121195 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press First published in 1886, this book has held its place as the classic work on the Moo...
Return of the Kings
Return of the Kings Laini Mataka 9781574782295 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Return of the Kings continues Mataka’s unapologetic elevation of Black people’s lives and struggles, using...
A Panther Is a Black Cat: An Account of the Early Years of The Black Panther Party - Its Origins, Its Goals, and Its Struggle for Survival
A Panther Is a Black Cat: An Account of the Early Years of The Black Panther Party - Its Origins, Its Goals, and Its Struggle for Survival Reginald Major 9781574780376 Nonfiction Black Classic Press B...
The Black Man’s North and East Africa
The Black Man’s North and East Africa Yosef Ben-Jochannan and George Simmonds 9781574780321 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Few of Dr. Ben’s books are written with co-authors. The B...
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The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered]
The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered] Charles E. Jones 9780933121973 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Oakland, California, 1966-one of the nation’s most controversial political orga...
The Need for a Black Bible
The Need for a Black Bible Yosef Ben-Jochannan 9780933121584 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The third book in a 3-book volume set, The Need for a Black Bible is a companion volume ...
Todd Steven Burroughs
Todd Steven Burroughs 0000000140773292 Todd Steven Burroughs is a journalist, historian, and author with a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Maryland. He has co-authored and contributed t...
Black Power and the Garvey Movement
Black Power and the Garvey Movement Theodore G. Vincent 9781574780406 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press This provocative study examines the far-reaching influence of Marcus Garvey and...
Black Man Of The Nile
Black Man Of The Nile Yosef Ben-Jochannan 9780933121263 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In a masterful and unique manner, Dr. Ben uses Black Man of the Nile to challenge and expose ...
Black Genealogy
Black Genealogy Charles L. Blockson 9780933121539 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press First published in 1977, black genealogy remains a unique guide guide among standard genealogical r...
39 Bestselling Books and More About #ReadingBlack
39 Bestselling Books and More About #ReadingBlack Troy Johnson Article New Video Highlights 3 Books that Epitomize #ReadingBlack Spotlight is a new feature where I share, in short videos, informat...
Ta-Nehisi Coates Publishes With Oldest Black Owned Publisher
Ta-Nehisi Coates Publishes With Oldest Black Owned Publisher Author Interviews Paul Coates, founder of Black Classic Press, announces that his son Ta-Nehisi Coates will publish the French edition of W...
A Black Fire!
A Black Fire! Ras Baraka 9781574781182 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press A Black Fire! was written and delivered by Ras Baraka at the home going celebration for his father, Amiri Bara...
Race, Law, and Public Policy: Cases and Materials on Law and the Public Policy of Race
Race, Law, and Public Policy: Cases and Materials on Law and the Public Policy of Race Robert L. Allen 9781580730426 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Race, Law and Public Policy is a...
Cultural Genocide In The Black And African Studies Curriculum
Cultural Genocide In The Black And African Studies Curriculum Yosef Ben-Jochannan 9781574780222 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press As Black and African Studies programs emerged in the ...
Being a Strong Black Woman Can Get U Killed!!
Being a Strong Black Woman Can Get U Killed!! Laini Mataka 9781574780024 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The title is a lament for the strong Black woman "who carried her family in her ...
Race, law and public policy: Cases and materials on law and public policy of race
Race, law and public policy: Cases and materials on law and public policy of race Robert Johnson 9781580730198 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In Race, Law and Public Policy Johnson...
The Second Crucifixion of Nat Turner
The Second Crucifixion of Nat Turner John Henrik Clarke 9780933121959 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The Second Crucifixion of Nat Turner was originally published in 1968. Edited b...
We, The Black Jews: Witness To The ‘White Jewish Race’ Myth, Volumes I & II
We, The Black Jews: Witness To The ‘White Jewish Race’ Myth, Volumes I & II Yosef Ben-Jochannan 9780933121409 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Dr. Ben destroys the myth of a "white J...
The Myth Of Genesis And Exodus And The Exclusion Of Their African Origins
The Myth Of Genesis And Exodus And The Exclusion Of Their African Origins Yosef Ben-Jochannan 9780933121768 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The second book in a 3-volume set, The My...
AALBC is Done with Amazon!
AALBC is Done with Amazon! Troy Johnson Article For almost 22, years AALBC has exposed readers of all backgrounds to books written by, or about, people of African descent. AALBC has published th...
Fidel & Malcolm X: Memories of a Meeting
Fidel & Malcolm X: Memories of a Meeting Rosemari Mealy 9781574780581 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press More than five decades have lapsed since September 1960, when African American ...
Visions and Cyphers: Explorations of Literacy, Discourse, and Black Writing Experiences
Visions and Cyphers: Explorations of Literacy, Discourse, and Black Writing Experiences David Green 9781580730570 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press VISIONS AND CYPHERS is a rhetorical...
The Prince of Kokomo
The Prince of Kokomo Laini Mataka 9781574780468 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press This poet does not mellow. Laini Mataka is wiser, smarter, and stronger than ever. If you’ve read any of ...
Garvey and Garveyism
Garvey and Garveyism Amy Jacques Garvey 9781574781168 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Amy Jacques Garvey worked closely with her husband, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., throughout his c...
Blacks in Hispanic Literature: Critical Essays
Blacks in Hispanic Literature: Critical Essays Miriam Decosta-Willis 9781580730440 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Blacks in Hispanic Literature is a collection of fourteen essays b...
Death of White Sociology
Death of White Sociology Joyce A. Ladner 9781574780079 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In the 1970s, the battle for racial equality being waged in the streets an d the legislatures ...
Black Mutiny: The Revolt on the Schooner Amistad
Black Mutiny: The Revolt on the Schooner Amistad William A. Owens 9781574780048 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Set in 1839, this is the true story of a revolt on the Spanish slave ...
The Afro-American Woman: Struggles and Images
The Afro-American Woman: Struggles and Images Sharon Harley and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn 9781574780260 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Originally published in 1978, a collection of essa...
The Origin of Races and Color
The Origin of Races and Color Martin R. Delany 9780933121508 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Of the books authored by Martin R. Delany (1812-1885), The Origin of Races and Color is ...
Early Negro Writing - 1760-1837
Early Negro Writing - 1760-1837 Dorothy Porter 9780933121591 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In Early Negro Writing, first published in 1971, Dorothy Porter presents a rare and indi...
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States Martin R. Delany 9780933121423 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Delany used The condition,...
Never As Strangers
Never As Strangers Laini Mataka 9780933121751 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press "I see in her work, from ’White Traditions in Black-Face,’ to the title poem ’Never As Strangers,’ a comple...
The Real Facts About Ethiopia
The Real Facts About Ethiopia J. A. Rogers 9780933121072 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press 2015 Reprint of 1936 Edition. Full Facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with...
Word Hustle: Critical Essays and Reflections on the Works of Donald Goines
Word Hustle: Critical Essays and Reflections on the Works of Donald Goines L.H. Stallings and Greg Thomas 9781580730464 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Taking the street as its mod...
Andrew Billingsley Scholar and Institution Builder: Essays and Tributes
Andrew Billingsley Scholar and Institution Builder: Essays and Tributes Robert Fleming Book Review What makes a scholar great? The easy answer is the prolonged effort of an individual to provide a la...
My Global Journeys in Search of the African Presence
My Global Journeys in Search of the African Presence Runoko Rashidi 9781574781212 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press As a young man Runoko Rashidi was inspired by the traveling journal...
The Island of Memes: Haiti’s Unfinished Revolution
The Island of Memes: Haiti’s Unfinished Revolution Wade Nobles 9781580730532 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Through the lens of Black psychology, this book is a radical blending of...
Fathering Words: The Making Of An African American Writer
Fathering Words: The Making Of An African American Writer E. Ethelbert Miller 9781574780567 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Moving beyond the loss of both his father and brother, E.Ethe...
Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa
Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa John Henrik Clarke 9781574780475 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press First published in 1974, and edited by John Henrik Clarke with the aid of Amy...
Why Should White Guys Have All The Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created A Billion-Dollar Business Empire
Why Should White Guys Have All The Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created A Billion-Dollar Business Empire Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker 9781574780369 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Pr...
Introduction to African Civilizations
Introduction to African Civilizations John G. Jackson 9780806521893 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press This is a unique and pioneering survey of the ancient and contemporary (1937) Afr...
When Africa Awakes
When Africa Awakes Hubert Henry Harrison 9780933121560 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In this collection of articles, Harrison advocates an independent Black political thrust and a...
100 Years of Lynchings
100 Years of Lynchings Ralph Ginzburg 9780933121188 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Ginzburg compiles vivid newspaper accounts from 1886 to 1960 to provide insight and understanding...
Restoring the Queen
Restoring the Queen Laini Mataka 9780933121805 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The poems of Laini Mataka display her sharp wit, sincere political consciousness, and genuine love for Bla...
As Nature Leads
As Nature Leads J. A. Rogers 9780933121157 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Rogers focuses on the seldom discussed topic of Black "blood" in the white race. By exposing the extensive...
Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Book 1
Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Book 1 Drusilla Dunjee Houston 9780933121010 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press “Originally published in 1926, Houston’s masterwork ...
Your History: From Beginning Of Time To The Present
Your History: From Beginning Of Time To The Present J. A. Rogers 9780933121041 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press First published in 1940, this is a unique history which chronicles the...
Self-Healing Power and Therapy: Old Teachings from Africa
Self-Healing Power and Therapy: Old Teachings from Africa Fu-Kiau Kia Bunseki 9781580730266 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The wisdom of having good health can’t be overemphasized....
National Book Awards Honors IBPA Members’ Impact
National Book Awards Honors IBPA Members’ Impact Troy Johnson Article This article was originally published in the April 2025 issue of the IBPA Independent magazine, the magazine for members of the I...
Futureland: Nine Stories of an Imminent World
Futureland: Nine Stories of an Imminent World Walter Mosley 9781574782356 Fiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The citizenry of America struggles for survival in a dangerous, twisted future...
The Cointelpro Papers: Documents from the Fbi’s Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States
The Cointelpro Papers: Documents from the Fbi’s Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States Ward Leroy Churchill and Jim Vander Wall 9781574782158 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Pre...
The Poetical Works of Marcus Garvey
The Poetical Works of Marcus Garvey Tony Martin 9781574781953 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Marcus Garvey was many things race leader, journalist, orator, and ideologist. He was also ...
The Osiris Papers: Reflections on the Life and Writings of Dr. Frances Cress Welsing
The Osiris Papers: Reflections on the Life and Writings of Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Raymond A. Winbush and Denise Wright 9781574781625 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The Osiris Pa...
Pillars in Ethiopian History: African History Notebook Vol I
Pillars in Ethiopian History: African History Notebook Vol I William Leo Hansberry and Joseph E. Harris 9781574781557 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In the first of two groundbreak...
In African and Africans as Seen by Classical Writers: African History Notebook Vol II
In African and Africans as Seen by Classical Writers: African History Notebook Vol II William Leo Hansberry and Joseph E. Harris 9781574781540 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In Afr...
When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio
When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio Marta Moreno-Vega 9781574781564 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press When rock and roll was transforming American culture ...
Storming the Heavens: African Americans and the Early Fight for the Right to Fly
Storming the Heavens: African Americans and the Early Fight for the Right to Fly Gerald Horne 9781574781519 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The recent Hollywood film Hidden Figures ...
Social Action, Advocacy and Agents of Change
Social Action, Advocacy and Agents of Change Ruby M. Gourdine and Annie W. Brown 9781580730556 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press There are moments in time when the forces of society, ...
Introduction to African American Studies
Introduction to African American Studies James Stewart and Talmadge Anderson 9781580730396 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Highly Recommended. All levels/libraries—CHOICE Everything...
Forbidden Fairways: African Americans and the Game of Golf
Forbidden Fairways: African Americans and the Game of Golf Calvin H. Sinnette 9781574781229 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The emergence of Tiger Woods on the international golf sc...
Death of the Willie Lynch Speech: Exposing the Myth
Death of the Willie Lynch Speech: Exposing the Myth Manu Ampim 9781574780574 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Finally, proof that the Willie Lynch Speech is a hoax! Supposedly giv...
The Graphomaniac’s Primer: A Semi-Surrealist Memoir
The Graphomaniac’s Primer: A Semi-Surrealist Memoir Walter Mosley 9781574781366 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press “A memoir about the beginnings of my journey on the page. My half-ba...
Kikuyu Women, the Mau Mau Rebellion, and Social Change in Kenya
Kikuyu Women, the Mau Mau Rebellion, and Social Change in Kenya Cora Ann Presley 9781580730471 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Based on rare oral data from women participants in the...
Ethiopia Unbound
Ethiopia Unbound J.E. Casely Hayford 9781580730105 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press This book is extraordinary in its optimism. One could approach the book as a novel, a philosophica...
We Want for Our Sisters What We Want for Ourselves: African American Women Who Practice Polygyny by Consent
We Want for Our Sisters What We Want for Ourselves: African American Women Who Practice Polygyny by Consent Patricia Dixon 9781580730402 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Polygyny t...
Historical Sketches Of The Ancient Negro
Historical Sketches Of The Ancient Negro Edward E. Carlisle and Josephine E. Carlisle 9781580730174 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In this early African centered work, the Carlisle...
The Tempest Tales
The Tempest Tales Walter Mosley 9781574780437 Fiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Tempest Landry, an everyman African American, is “accidentally” killed by a cop. Denied access to heaven...
To All Gentleness: William Carlos Williams, The Doctor Poet
To All Gentleness: William Carlos Williams, The Doctor Poet Neil Baldwin 9781580730389 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Published to coincide with the 125th anniversary of William Ca...
Understanding the African Philosophical Concept Behind the "Diagram of the Law of Opposites"
Understanding the African Philosophical Concept Behind the "Diagram of the Law of Opposites" Yosef Ben-Jochannan 9781574780352 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Published while teachi...
The Negro
The Negro W.E.B. Du Bois 9781580730327 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Beginning work on The Negro in 1912, W.E.B. Du Bois labored against an intesten backdrop of colonialism and ra...
The River Niger
The River Niger A. Hamilton 9781574780307 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press
The aims and methods of a liberal education for africans
The aims and methods of a liberal education for africans Edward Wilmot Blyden 9781574780314 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press
Stroud’s Slave Laws
Stroud’s Slave Laws George M. Stroud 9781580730075 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In an analytical approach to the statutes of twelve slave holding states Stroud’s book exposed to ...
Hebrewisms of West Africa
Hebrewisms of West Africa Joseph J. Williams 9781580730037 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In Hebrewisms of West Africa Williams examines the relationship between the Jamaican and t...