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Dr. Artika R. Tyner Founder of Planting People Growing Justice Children's Bookstore
Dr. Artika R. Tyner Founder of Planting People Growing Justice Children's Bookstore Book Spotlights
Artika R. Tyner
Artika R. Tyner NONE Dr. Artika R. Tyner is an influential leader, author, and speaker focused on fostering inclusive leadership and social justice. With a background in law, education, and nonprofit...
Artika R. Tyner and Monica Yaa Habia
Artika R. Tyner and Monica Yaa Habia MULTIPLE Dr. Artika Tyner is a passionate educator, award-winning author, civil rights attorney, sought-after speaker, and advocate for justice. She lives in Sai...
Planting People Growing Justice
Planting People Growing Justice Planting People Growing Justice Planting People Growing Justice Founded by Dr. Artika Tyner Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute seeks to plant seeds o...
Planting People Growing Justice
Planting People Growing Justice Planting People Growing Justice Planting People Growing Justice Founded by Dr. Artika Tyner Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute seeks to plant seeds o...
Marilyn Tyner
Marilyn Tyner NONE Marilyn Tyner (1943-2014) was an author from Pittsburgh, PA. An avid reader, Tyner attended Howard University studying psychology and zoology, and worked on the college literary ma...
Amazing Africa: A to Z
Amazing Africa: A to Z Artika R. Tyner and Monica Yaa Habia 9781735123974 Nonfiction Planting People Growing Justice Planting People Growing Justice A fun and resourceful book that takes children and...
Inclusive Leader: Taking Intentional Action for Justice and Equity
Inclusive Leader: Taking Intentional Action for Justice and Equity Artika R. Tyner 9781641058650 Nonfiction American Bar Association American Bar Association What is inclusive leadership? How can you ...
The Lawyer As Leader: How To Plant People And Grow Justice
The Lawyer As Leader: How To Plant People And Grow Justice Artika R. Tyner 9781627226646 Nonfiction American Bar Association American Bar Association
Anita L. Helm and Matthew Tyner, Sr.
Anita L. Helm and Matthew Tyner, Sr. MULTIPLE Anita L. Helm and Matthew Tyner, Sr.
Planting People Growing Justice Press and Bookstore
Planting People Growing Justice Press and Bookstore Minneapolis MN We launched Planting People Growing Justice Books in partnership with Gideon's Barber Shop.
The Courageous Six Triple Eight: The All-Black Female Battalion of World War II
The Courageous Six Triple Eight: The All-Black Female Battalion of World War II Artika R. Tyner 9781666334067 Nonfiction Capstone Press Capstone Press When the United States entered World War II, it h...
The Lawyer as Leader: How to Plant People and Grow Justice
The Lawyer as Leader: How to Plant People and Grow Justice Kam Williams Book Review “The social challenges of our time are enormous. About one in seven U.S. residents live in poverty, and t...
Fast & Hard: From Addictions to Redemption
Fast & Hard: From Addictions to Redemption Anita L. Helm and Matthew Tyner, Sr. 9798350986259 Poetry BookBaby BookBaby In Fast and Hard, you’ll follow Matt Tyner on a roller-coaster ride from his earl...
Matthew Tyner, Sr.
Matthew Tyner, Sr. MULTIPLE Matthew (Matt) Tyner, Sr. is the author of Fast and Hard: From Addictions to Redemption. He is a man who has reinvented himself and has invested his second chance at life...
The Green Belt Movement: Sharing The Approach And The Experience
The Green Belt Movement: Sharing The Approach And The Experience Wangari Maathai 9781590560402 Nonfiction Lantern Books Lantern Books Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya in 1940. In 1960, sh...
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore Vaunda Micheaux Nelson 9780761339434 Fiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group In the 1930s, Lewis’s dad, Lewis Michaux Sr., had a...
Circles of Wellness: A Guide to Planting, Cultivating and Harvesting Wellness
Circles of Wellness: A Guide to Planting, Cultivating and Harvesting Wellness Queen Afua 9781512098662 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Circles of Wellness: A Guide to Planting, Cultiva...
Planting Peace: The Story of Wangari Maathai
Planting Peace: The Story of Wangari Maathai Gwendolyn Hooks 9781623718855 Nonfiction Crocodile Books Interlink Pub Group Inc A bold and brightly colored illustrated biography of Wangari Maathai who f...
Planting People Growing Justice
Planting People Growing Justice Author Interviews
Planting Peanuts
Planting Peanuts Christine Platt 9781644945247 Fiction Calico Kid Magic Wagon Ana & Andrew get to start a backyard garden They go along to the nursery to pick up peanut seedlings. While they’re planti...
Seeds Of Change: Planting A Path To Peace
Seeds Of Change: Planting A Path To Peace Jen Johnson 9781600603679 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books A picture book biography of scientist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman—and first ...
Marcus Dewan Williams
Marcus Dewan Williams NONE Marcus Dewan Williams, more than just the owner of Nubian Books bookstore, is an active advocate for African and African-American culture and education. As a publisher and ...
Tamara Shiloh
Tamara Shiloh NONE Tamara Shiloh, a Northern California native, owns the Multicultural Bookstore and Gifts in Richmond. She is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother residing in Point Richmond,...
Monique Couvson
Monique Couvson NONE Monique Couvson, Ed.D. is a scholar and author with over 20 years of experience in education, civil rights, and social justice. She's known for her work on improving conditions f...
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore Char Adams 9780593474235 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore is...
I Am the Spirit of Justice
I Am the Spirit of Justice Jemar Tisby with Malcolm Newsome 9780310145561 Fiction Zonderkidz HarperCollins Christian Publishing From New York Times bestselling author Jemar Tisby, I Am the Spirit of J...
Prince Justice
Prince Justice NONE Prince Justice, born into a Nigerian ruling house and raised in Africa, is a London-born author who studied in Africa and the US. Living in various Black communities across Americ...
Nubian Bookstore Presents The ABC Book
Nubian Bookstore Presents The ABC Book Marcus Dewan Williams 9780578689487 Nonfiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Presents the ABC Book is a children’s picture book that teaches...
Secrets (Arabesque)
Secrets (Arabesque) Marilyn Tyner 9780786005956 Fiction Pinnacle Kensington Publishing Corp. When Samantha Desmond’s parents die, she is left to raise her young stepsister, Jessica. To save the girl f...
Step by Step (Arabesque)
Step by Step (Arabesque) Marilyn Tyner 9780786004065 Fiction Pinnacle Kensington Publishing Corp. Successful accountant Leah Preston has her life completely mapped out, with a future that does not in...
Nubian Bookstore
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Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Occupation Book For Boys
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Occupation Book For Boys Marcus Dewan Williams 9798218185251 Nonfiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Occupation Book For Boys...
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Sport Book For Girls
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Sport Book For Girls Marcus Dewan Williams 9780578863894 Fiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Sport Book for Girls is packed ...
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Sport Book For Boys
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Sport Book For Boys Marcus Dewan Williams 9780578785509 Fiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore The Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Sport Book for Boys. Written...
Help Keep the Country's Oldest Black-owned Bookstore Open
Help Keep the Country's Oldest Black-owned Bookstore Open Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note (posted May 8th 2014): Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted Sign the petition to help save the sto...
The Key Bookstore
The Key Bookstore Hartford CT The Key Bookstore is a fully interactive bookstore experience. The Key engages readers through curation, activities, subscriptions, events, events, and community engageme...
Liberation Station Bookstore
Liberation Station Bookstore Raleigh NC Liberation Station Bookstore is reopening August 24th, 2025 by Liberation Station Bookstore, Organizer We’re 52% Funded—And the Work Continues...
Nkechi Taifa
Nkechi Taifa NONE Nkechi Taifa is a distinguished attorney, author, and advocate for justice system reform. She heads The Taifa Group LLC and the Justice Roundtable, and is a Senior Fellow at Columbi...
Albert Tate
Albert Tate 0000000117939653 Albert Tate, a Mississippi native, is a pastor, public speaker, and podcast host. He accepted his call to ministry at 21, graduated from Wesley Bible College, and is purs...
Hugh Mulzac
Hugh Mulzac 0000000399996487 Hugh Nathaniel Mulzac (1886-1971), the first African American ship commander, served on British and American ships during WWI. A graduate of Swansea Nautical College, he ...
Waibinte E. Wariboko
Waibinte E. Wariboko 0000000078447946 Waibinte E. Wariboko is a senior lecturer in African history at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He specializes in missionary enterprise in Southern N...
Stories of the Spirit of Justice
Stories of the Spirit of Justice Jemar Tisby 9780310145592 Nonfiction Zonderkidz HarperCollins Christian Publishing New York Times bestselling author Jemar Tisby collects the true, impactful stories o...
The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance
The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance Jemar Tisby 9780310144854 Nonfiction Zondervan HarperCollins Christian Publishing The Black History You Never Knew: Uncovering Unsung...
Social Justice Fallacies
Social Justice Fallacies Thomas Sowell 9781541603929 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books In this instant New York Times bestseller, renowned economist Thomas Sowell demolishes the myths that underpin...
Nubian Bookstore Presents When I Grow Up I Want To Own …: Volume 2
Nubian Bookstore Presents When I Grow Up I Want To Own …: Volume 2 Marcus Dewan Williams 9780578856490 Nonfiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore When I Grow Up I Want To Own … Volume 2 was created ...
Nubian Bookstore Presents When I Grow Up I Want To Own …
Nubian Bookstore Presents When I Grow Up I Want To Own … Marcus Dewan Williams 9780578825359 Fiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore When I Grow Up I Want To Own was created to help children envisio...
Sorrow’s Kitchen: Recipes for Justice and True Safety
Sorrow’s Kitchen: Recipes for Justice and True Safety James Bell 9780063411050 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins From MacArthur Genius and award-winning justice reform leader James Bell comes a bold an...
Pieces of Justice
Pieces of Justice Saundra 9780988709386 Fiction Delphine Publications Delphine Publications Making partner at Garrett & Rhem law firm and being engaged to the man she loves has Justice riding on a nat...
Christena Cleveland
Christena Cleveland NONE Christena Cleveland Ph.D., a social psychologist, public theologian, and activist, is the founder of the Center for Justice + Renewal. A former Duke University professor, she...
Sarah Lewis
Sarah Lewis 0000000434612603 Sarah Lewis is the founder of Vision & Justice and the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies ...
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America Troy Johnson Article This is a follow up to an article, “Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Book...
La Casa Azul Bookstore "An Independent Bookstore Bucking the Trend"
La Casa Azul Bookstore "An Independent Bookstore Bucking the Trend" Book Spotlights
Hakim’s Bookstore and Gift Shop
Hakim’s Bookstore and Gift Shop Philadelphia PA Hakim’s Bookstore & Gift Shop is the oldest African American Bookstore in Philadelphia.
The Underground Bookstore
The Underground Bookstore Chicago IL How one Black-owned bookstore has navigated business since 2020 (WBEZ, Feb 19, 2025)
That Bookstore In Blytheville
That Bookstore In Blytheville Blytheville AR Mission: “The Literary Hub of the Community” Slogan: “We Are Your Source For Signed, First Edition John Grisham Books.” I'm sorr...
Roots Bookstore & Market
Roots Bookstore & Market Miami FL A Black-owned community bookstore in Miami’s Liberty City. They offer new and used books with a focus on banned, Black, and local authors. More than a bookstore, th...
AALBC.com’s Black Wall Street Bookstore
AALBC.com’s Black Wall Street Bookstore Tulsa OK Pop-up Bookstore Only Our mission is to share information and celebrate Black culture through books. We also run the Black Wall Street Bookstore.
Comma Bookstore & Social Hub
Comma Bookstore & Social Hub Flint MI “Not your average bookstore, we specialize in BIPOC books, art, and products. Established in 2020, during the height of the pandemic. Egypt, who is a Flint ...
Aimée Felone
Aimée Felone NONE Aimée Felone, Founder and Managing Director of Knights Of, a multi-award-winning inclusive children's publisher, focuses on amplifying underrepresented voices. Her team, primarily w...
Ricekeepers: A Play
Ricekeepers: A Play Rashidah Ismaili 9781592212446 Fiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Ricekeepers is a full-length play in eleven scenes, with ten characters, two of who...
When Law Fails: Making Sense of Miscarriages of Justice
When Law Fails: Making Sense of Miscarriages of Justice Austin Sarat and Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. 9780814740521 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press Since 1989, there have be...
Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores
Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores Katie Mitchell 9780593581346 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House A stunning visual homage to Black bookstores around the country alon...
Neely Fuller, Jr.
Neely Fuller, Jr. MULTIPLE AALBC Mourns the Passing of Neely Fuller, Jr. Neely Fuller, Jr., born in 1929, is an author and activist committed to combating racism. His work, influenced by personal expe...
Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice
Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice Carol Taylor Book Review Much more than a memoir, Black Power, Black Lawyer traces not only Nkechi Taifa’s personal life, and her decad...
Tarana Burke
Tarana Burke NONE Tarana Burke, founder of the “me too” movement, is dedicated to combating sexual violence and systemic issues affecting marginalized communities. She started her activism in the 198...
Justice Ketanji: The Story of Us Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Justice Ketanji: The Story of Us Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Denise Lewis Patrick 9781338885293 Nonfiction Orchard Books Orchard Books 2024 Jane Addams Peace Association Children’s Boo...
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice Bryan Stevenson 9780593177044 Nonfiction Ember Ember Movie Tie-In Edition, Adapted for Young AdultsBryan Stevenson’s incred...
Justice League of America by Brad Meltzer: The Deluxe Edition
Justice League of America by Brad Meltzer: The Deluxe Edition Brad Meltzer 9781779502452 Fiction DC Comics DC Comics New York Times bestselling novelist Brad Meltzer’s whole run on Justice League of A...
Thirsty
Thirsty Mike Sanders 9780981854540 Fiction Wahida Clark Presents Publishing Green and Company LLC Meet Justice, a half-black, half-Filipino goddess whose appetite for a quick dollar is insatiable. Hav...
Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir
Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir Dexter Scott King 9780446692373 Nonfiction Warner Books Hachette Book Group Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir by Dexter Scott King is a deeply personal account fr...
Victoria Scott-Miller
Victoria Scott-Miller NONE Victoria Scott-Miller is an acclaimed entrepreneur, author, and owner of North Carolina's first black-owned children's bookstore. She's notable for creating 'The Museum Liv...
Delightfulee
Delightfulee Robert Fleming Book Review One of Jazz’s trumpet kings, Dizzy Gillespie, a founder of bop, considered Lee Morgan one of the major post-bop trumpet stylists, along with Fr...
I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon
I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul 9781512449143 Nonfiction Millbrook Press Lerner Publishing Group "Even as a young child Tantoh Nforba loves th...
Mark Makabi
Mark Makabi NONE Mark Makabi is an accomplished author from Brockton, Massachusetts, who is passionate about education, justice, religion, and history. The seventh of ten children, Makabi founded Bit...
Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze
Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze MULTIPLE Meredith Davis, a former bookstore worker and children's book writers' society founder from Austin, Texas, holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. ...
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Bryan Stevenson 9780812994520 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion ca...
Wayétu Moore
Wayétu Moore 0000000474741880 Wayétu Moore is the founder of One Moore Book, a non-profit publishing culturally relevant books to promote literacy in countries with low rates. She opened her first b...
Hey You!: An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up Black
Hey You!: An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up Black Dapo Adeola 9780593529423 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House This remarkable picture book is a lyrical, inspirational exploration ...
Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm
Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm NONE Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm is a celebrated writer, playwright, and founder of Candace Magazine. She's received awards including the National Black Women Achievement Awards a...
Emotional Justice: A Roadmap for Racial Healing
Emotional Justice: A Roadmap for Racial Healing Esther Armah 9781523003365 Nonfiction Berrett-Koehler Publishers Berrett-Koehler Publishers It is time for an emotional reckoning on our path toward rac...
Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America
Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America Al Sharpton 9781335639912 Nonfiction Hanover Square Press Hanover Square Press Bestselling author Reverend Al Sharpton...
Andy Johnson and the March for Justice
Andy Johnson and the March for Justice Esau McCaulley 9780593580646 Fiction Convergent Books Penguin Random House From the bestselling author of Reading While Black comes a sweet and inspiring picture...
Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind Julius Garvey 9781506488721 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media AALBC’s founder, Troy Johnson, is a contributor to this anthology. Marcus G...
Only for the Brave at Heart: Essays Rethinking Race, Crime, and Justice
Only for the Brave at Heart: Essays Rethinking Race, Crime, and Justice Leon E. Pettiway 9798989182008 Nonfiction Meishin Press Meishin Press Only when we transform our minds can we break the chains o...
Love and Justice: A Journey of Empowerment, Activism, and Embracing Black Beauty
Love and Justice: A Journey of Empowerment, Activism, and Embracing Black Beauty Laetitia Ky 9781648960529 Nonfiction PA Press Princeton Architectural Press Download a Discussion Guide for Love and Ju...
While Justice Sleeps
While Justice Sleeps Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery 9780385546577 Fiction Doubleday Books Penguin Random House From celebrated national leader and bestselling author Stacey Abrams, While Justice ...
Rest for the Justice-Seeking Soul
Rest for the Justice-Seeking Soul Susan K. Williams Smith 9781641233088 Nonfiction Whitaker House Whitaker House Susan K. Williams Smith is a minister and activist who has been on the front lines of s...
Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment
Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment Angela J. Davis, Bryan Stevenson, Marc Mauer, Bruce Western, and Jeremy Travis 9780525436614 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House A com...
Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System
Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System Robbin Shipp and Nick Chiles 9781932841909 Nonfiction Agate Bolden Agate Publishing, Inc Justice...
Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System
Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System Kam Williams Book Review “The August 9th fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown by poli...
Larry Donell Covin, Jr.
Larry Donell Covin, Jr. MULTIPLE Dr. Larry Donell Covin Jr. is a globally recognized public theologian, ethicist, and author specializing in social justice, corrections ethics, theology, law, and hom...
The Color of Justice
The Color of Justice Thumper Book Review Gary Hardwick, author of Cold Medina, Double Dead and Supreme Justice, is back on the literary scene with his latest inner-city crime drama, The Color of Just...
Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice Sys
Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice Sys Kam Williams Book Review “The August 9th fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown by police ...
Justice Smith - The "American Gladiators" Interview
Justice Smith - The "American Gladiators" Interview Kam Williams Interview Jesse ’Justice’ Smith can be caught kicking butt and taking names on the revitalized, classic reality seri...
Dave Landry Co-Founder of CLASS Bookstore, Houston, TX
Dave Landry Co-Founder of CLASS Bookstore, Houston, TX Book Spotlights
Isis Asare
Isis Asare NONE Isis Asare is the CEO/Founder of Sistah Scifi, the first Black-owned US bookstore focused on science fiction and fantasy in the US. She also serves as Exec. Director of Aunt Lute Book...
Alkebu-Lan Images Bookstore & Gift Shop
Alkebu-Lan Images Bookstore & Gift Shop Nashville TN Alkebu-Lan Images Founder Yusef Harris Passed Away Nashville’s Center for African-American Books, Educational Materials, Gifts and Positive ...