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Jenifer Lewis
Jenifer Lewis 0000000114741342 “The Mother of Black Hollywood” Jenifer Lewis, renowned Hollywood actress, has starred in over 300 films and TV shows including ABC's Black-ish. She has als...
The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir
The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir Jenifer Lewis 9780062410412 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins From her more than three hundred appearances for film and television, stage and cabaret, performing...
Walking in My Joy: In These Streets
Walking in My Joy: In These Streets Jenifer Lewis 9780063079656 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In this exciting collection infused with her sharp humor and buoyant spirit, Jenifer Lewis, the author ...
E. B. Lewis
E. B. Lewis 0000000367331472 E.B. Lewis, an award-winning illustrator, has worked on over 70 children's books. Inspired by his uncles, he developed his artistic skills from a young age and later spec...
Keep Going No Matter What: The Reginald F. Lewis Legacy: 20 Years Later
Keep Going No Matter What: The Reginald F. Lewis Legacy: 20 Years Later Ponchitta Pierce and Produced by Loida Lewis 9780988631816 Nonfiction Bookmark Publishing Bookmark Publishing Featuring intervie...
Reginald F. Lewis
Reginald F. Lewis 0000000082053675 Reginald F. Lewis (1942-1993) was an influential American businessman, known as the richest African-American in the 1980s with an estimated net worth of $400 millio...
Rupert Lewis and and Maureen Warner-Lewis
Rupert Lewis and and Maureen Warner-Lewis MULTIPLE Rupert Lewis and Maureen Warner-Lewis are renowned authors specializing in Caribbean culture and history. Their work significantly contributes to li...
David Levering Lewis
David Levering Lewis 0000000121202232 David Levering Lewis is a Pulitzer Prize-winning professor and historian at New York University. He has written extensively on American civil rights history and ...
The Edna Lewis Cookbook
The Edna Lewis Cookbook Edna Lewis 9781604191066 Nonfiction Hunter Lewis Foundation Hunter Lewis Foundation The Edna Lewis Cookbook, Lewis’s first book, published in 1972, contains over 100 recipes, a...
His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope Jon Meacham 9781984855022 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U...
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement (Reissue)
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement (Reissue) John Lewis and Michael D'Orso 9781476797717 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. An award-winning national bestseller, Walking w...
The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis the Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis
The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis the Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Kathleen Benson 9781620148549 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books This new entry in the innovative “Story” li...
John Lewis
John Lewis 0000000114586629 Born to sharecroppers, John Robert Lewis became a key figure in the US Civil Rights Movement. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and a speaker at...
Malaika Adero
Malaika Adero 0000000384232281 Malaika Adero runs a literary agency, Adero's Literary Tribe, where she works with publishers and individual clients. She is the author of several books including “Up S...
Thinker, Sailor, Black Man, Spy: The Memoir of an Intelligence Warrior
Thinker, Sailor, Black Man, Spy: The Memoir of an Intelligence Warrior Malcolm Nance 9781250279026 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers New York Times bestselling author Malcolm Nance te...
John Lewis
John Lewis Denise Lewis Patrick 9781665907880 Nonfiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. Get to know John Lewis, social justice activist and politician, in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 R...
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor Gabriel Garcia Marquez 9780679722052 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House In 1955, Garcia Marquez was working for El Espectador, a newspaper in Bogota, when in Febru...
Ikwo Ntekim
Ikwo Ntekim NONE Ikwo Ntekim received her MFA in Creative Writing from Stony Brook Southampton, where her fiction appeared in The Southampton Review. She’s been a bookseller for many years and lives...
John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement Kathleen Benson 9781584302506 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books How does an Alabama sharecropper’s son grow up to help change his ...
Lewis Kelley
Lewis Kelley NONE Lewis Kelley, a dedicated family man and grandfather, is a former lieutenant of the Denver Fire Department and US Army veteran. He has two sons, a standup comedian and a musician/ac...
Hollywood Black
Hollywood Black Donald Bogle 9780762491414 Nonfiction Running Press Hachette Book Group The films, the stars, the filmmakers — the struggles, the triumphs: all get their due in Hollywood Black, a swee...
Loida Lewis
Loida Lewis 000000008483319X Loida Nicolas Lewis is a Filipino-American CEO, immigration lawyer, and philanthropist. As the current chairperson of TLC Beatrice, she oversees diverse business sectors....
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...
Because of You, John Lewis
Because of You, John Lewis Andrea Davis Pinkney 9781338759082 Nonfiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. An inspiring story of a friendship between Congressman John Lewis and 10-year-old activist Tyb...
March Book One
March Book One John Lewis and Andrew Aydin 9781603093002 Nonfiction Top Shelf Productions Top Shelf Productions Congressman John Lewis is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights m...
Reginald F. Lewis Before Tlc Beatrice: The Young Man Before The Billion-Dollar Empire
Reginald F. Lewis Before Tlc Beatrice: The Young Man Before The Billion-Dollar Empire Lin Hart 9780985347925 Nonfiction LHA Publishing Company LHA Publishing Company As the man behind the unprecedente...
Edna Lewis
Edna Lewis 000000006657645X Edna Lewis, one of the greatest American chefs, revived Southern cooking almost single-handedly. Commemorated by a US Postal stamp, she was often referred to as “the Gra...
There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood
There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood Rasheed Newson 9781250406149 Fiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The Nerd Daily, Queerty, She Reads, and more! A c...
To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness
To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness Robin Coste Lewis 9781524732585 Poetry Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House A genre-bending exploration of poetry, photography, and human migration—an...
Vip: Lewis Latimer: Engineering Wizard
Vip: Lewis Latimer: Engineering Wizard Denise Lewis Patrick 9780062978073 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Get ready to light up the world with Lewis Latimer in this exciting middle grade nonfic...
Lights, Love & Lip Gloss (Hollywood High)
Lights, Love & Lip Gloss (Hollywood High) Ni-Ni Simone and Amir Abrams 9780758288547 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. Pretty little lies gone viral have left Hollywood High’s elite Pampered P...
Edmonia Lewis: Wildfire in Marble
Edmonia Lewis: Wildfire in Marble Rinna Evelyn Wolfe 9780382397134 Nonfiction Silver Burdett Pr Silver Burdett Pr Edmonia Lewis endured prejudice throughout her life from those who saw her as a savag...
Rudolph Lewis
Rudolph Lewis NONE Rudolph Lewis is an author and the Editor and Founder of ChickenBones: A Journal one of the webs most importsant and oldest websites Rudolph Lewis (born 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland...
ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood: A Salute to Trailblazers at the Oscars
ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood: A Salute to Trailblazers at the Oscars Editors of Essence Magazine 9781547843152 Nonfiction Essence Time Inc The bold and the beautifulFrom the moment that Hattie McD...
Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood
Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood Donald Bogle 9780345454195 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first ti...
Loida Lewis and Blair S. Walker
Loida Lewis and Blair S. Walker MULTIPLE Loida Lewis and Blair S. Walker are renowned authors known for their impactful literature. Lewis's works focus on business, while Walker excels in mystery and...
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 ...
Robin Coste Lewis
Robin Coste Lewis NONE Robin Coste Lewis, a Provost's Fellow at USC, Cave Canem fellow and LA Institute for Humanities fellow, is known for her wide-ranging poetry. With an MFA from NYU and MTS from ...
Put Your Diamonds Up (Hollywood High)
Put Your Diamonds Up (Hollywood High) Ni-Ni Simone and Amir Abrams 9780758288523 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. Explosive rumors and a mega-media frenzy almost ended the Pampered Princesses...
Class Struggle in Hollywood, 1930-1950: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds, and Trade Unionists
Class Struggle in Hollywood, 1930-1950: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds, and Trade Unionists Gerald Horne 9780292731387 Nonfiction University of Texas Press University of Texas Press As World War II wou...
Across That Bridge
Across That Bridge John Lewis 9780316510936 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group "The most important lesson I have learned in the fifty years I have spent working toward the bu...
March Book Two
March Book Two John Lewis and Andrew Aydin 9781603094009 Nonfiction Top Shelf Productions Top Shelf Productions Don’t miss the long-awaited sequel to the #1 bestseller March: Book One! Congressman ...
Joan Wright Lewis
Joan Wright Lewis NONE Jamaican-born author Joan Wright Lewis, now a US citizen, is known for her works that inspire youth and young adults to embrace self-love, pursue dreams, and foster genuine fri...
Heidi R. Lewis
Heidi R. Lewis NONE Dr. Heidi R. Lewis is an Associate Professor and Director of the Feminist & Gender Studies Program at Colorado College. Specializing in Feminist Theory, Hip Hop Culture, and Criti...
Hollywood Fantasies of Miscegenation
Hollywood Fantasies of Miscegenation Kam Williams Book Review "Hollywood Fantasies of Miscegenation analyzes white fantasies of interracial desire in the history of popular American film. Fro...
Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C. P. Cavafy
Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C. P. Cavafy Robin Coste Lewis 9781524732608 Poetry Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House The National Book Award, PEN/Voelcker Award, and NAACP Image...
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—And Helped Change History
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—And Helped Change History Pat Zietlow Miller 9780593524909 Nonfiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A poignant picture book ...
James W. Lewis
James W. Lewis NONE James W. Lewis, an award-winning novelist and freelance writer, is a managing partner at The Pantheon Collective publishing company. Known for his debut novel 'Sellout', he has re...
Cathie Wright-Lewis
Cathie Wright-Lewis NONE Cathie Wright-Lewis, a lover of linguistics, ancient history, and metaphysics, is a former NYC high school English teacher with a passion for diverse cultures and dialects. O...
Cicely Lewis
Cicely Lewis NONE Cicely Lewis, a Georgia-based school librarian, is passionate about fostering reading habits. She initiated the Read Woke challenge in 2017, addressing social issues and literature ...
Andrés Reséndez
Andrés Reséndez 0000000122799608 Andrés Reséndez, a renowned history professor at UC Davis and Carnegie fellow, is known for his award-winning book, 'The Other Slavery'. He is also an avid sailor. ...
The Life of Olaudah Equiano
The Life of Olaudah Equiano Thumper Book Review In a continuing effort to broaden my horizon and go outside of my comfort zone, I decided to read The Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano, eve...
Look Younger When You’re Older: (No Botox, No Surgery)
Look Younger When You’re Older: (No Botox, No Surgery) Loida Lewis 9798217089147 Nonfiction Storehouse Voices Penguin Random House Advice and wisdom from entrepreneur, bestselling author, and business...
John Lewis: A Life
John Lewis: A Life David Greenberg 9781982142995 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. A comprehensive, authoritative biography of Civil Rights icon John Lewis, “the conscience of the Con...
Carry on: Reflections for a New Generation
Carry on: Reflections for a New Generation John Lewis 9781538707128 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisd...
Preaching to the Chickens
Preaching to the Chickens Jabari Asim 9780399168567 Nonfiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis gi...
The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks: A Cookbook
The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks: A Cookbook Edna Lewis 9780375400353 Nonfiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House Edna Lewis—acclaimed aut...
John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
John Lewis and Andrew Aydin MULTIPLE Nate Powell, John Lewis, and Andrew Aydin are an acclaimed trio of authors, known for their significant contributions to literature. (l to r) Nate Powell, John Le...
Ponchitta Pierce and Produced by Loida Lewis
Ponchitta Pierce and Produced by Loida Lewis MULTIPLE "Ponchitta Pierce is an esteemed author, partnered with producer Loida Lewis. Their collaboration brings a unique blend of literary talent and pr...
Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker
Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker MULTIPLE Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker are accomplished authors known for their compelling narratives. Their works span across various genres, showcasing...
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee MULTIPLE Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee are renowned figures in the entertainment industry, with significant contributions to film and literature. Their creative works ha...
Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal Mccrary Anthony
Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal Mccrary Anthony MULTIPLE Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal Mccrary Anthony are renowned authors known for their engaging works. They've made significant contributions to the lit...
Patrick J. Gilpin, Marybeth Gasman, and David Levering Lewis
Patrick J. Gilpin, Marybeth Gasman, and David Levering Lewis MULTIPLE "Patrick J. Gilpin, Marybeth Gasman, and David Levering Lewis are renowned authors specializing in history and education. Their c...
Heidi R. Lewis, Dana Maria Asbury, and Jazlyn Tate Andrews
Heidi R. Lewis, Dana Maria Asbury, and Jazlyn Tate Andrews MULTIPLE Dr. Heidi R. Lewis, Dana Maria Asbury, and Jazlyn Tate Andrews are distinguished authors with significant contributions in their re...
Cayla Bellanger DeGroat and Cicely Lewis
Cayla Bellanger DeGroat and Cicely Lewis MULTIPLE Cayla Bellanger DeGroat and Cicely Lewis are accomplished authors, known for their profound and engaging writings. Their work spans various genres, r...
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis 0000000121235691 C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) was a renowned British novelist, poet, academic, and lay theologian. He taught English Literature at Oxford, later becoming the Chair of Medieval a...
L.A. Lewis
L.A. Lewis NONE Bestselling author L.A. Lewis from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is known for her Dirty Little Secrets series. She's a contributing writer for Motherhood Diaries and a member of M-LAS writi...
Stephanie Casher, James W. Lewis, and Omar L. Harris
Stephanie Casher, James W. Lewis, and Omar L. Harris MULTIPLE The Pantheon Collective is a mission-driven collaboration of three co-founders, Omar Luqmaan-Harris, Stephanie Casher, and James W. Lewis...
Rupert Lewis
Rupert Lewis 0000000066437652 Rupert Lewis, Professor Emeritus at the University of the West Indies, has dedicated 50 years to educating on Marcus Garvey and the Garvey movement. Lewis has authored a...
David Levering Lewis, Michael H. Nash, and Daniel J. Leab
David Levering Lewis, Michael H. Nash, and Daniel J. Leab MULTIPLE David Levering Lewis, Michael H. Nash, and Daniel J. Leab are renowned authors. They are known for their significant contributions i...
Damien Lewis
Damien Lewis 0000000110262264 Damien Lewis, an award-winning author and former war reporter, has penned over 20 bestselling books, many adapted into films or TV series. Specializing in military histo...
The Next Thing Is Joy: The Gospel According to Vivian Grace
The Next Thing Is Joy: The Gospel According to Vivian Grace Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts 9780991532209 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Power to the people… Knowing that she doesn’...
Hattie Mcdaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood
Hattie Mcdaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood Jill Watts 9780060514914 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Hattie McDaniel is best known for her performance as Mammy, the sassy foil to Scarlett O’Ha...
Kellye Garrett
Kellye Garrett NONE Kellye Garrett, award-winning author of “Like a Sister” and “Hollywood Homicide”, is known for her thrilling mystery novels. Prior to writing, she spent eight years in Hollywood, ...
Black Hollywood Unchained
Black Hollywood Unchained Ishmael Reed 9780883783535 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press In Black Hollywood Unchained, Ishmael Reed gathers an impressive group of scholars, critics, intelle...
The Man from Essence: Creating a Magazine for Black Women
The Man from Essence: Creating a Magazine for Black Women Edward Lewis 9781476703480 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Essence magazine is the most popular, well respected, and largest cir...
A Generation of Curses - Second Edition
A Generation of Curses - Second Edition Patricia A. Bridewell 9781530090785 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Moving to California per God’s direction was the best move Khadesia Hill had ev...
The Final Victim of the Blacklist: John Howard Lawson, Dean of the Hollywood Ten
The Final Victim of the Blacklist: John Howard Lawson, Dean of the Hollywood Ten Gerald Horne 9780520248601 Nonfiction University of California Press University of California Press Before he attained ...
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963 David Levering Lewis 9780805025347 Nonfiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers The second volume of the Pulitzer Priz...
Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems
Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems Robin Coste Lewis 9781101875438 Poetry Knopf Penguin Random House A stunning poetry debut: this meditation on the black female figure throughout time introdu...
Why Should Guys Have All the Fun?: An Asian American Story of Love, Marriage, Motherhood, and Running a Billion Dollar Empire
Why Should Guys Have All the Fun?: An Asian American Story of Love, Marriage, Motherhood, and Running a Billion Dollar Empire Loida Lewis and Blair S. Walker 9781119989837 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley The ...
The Million Dollar Divorce: A Novel
The Million Dollar Divorce: A Novel R.M. Johnson 9780743258173 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. RM Johnson, the Essence bestselling author of Dating Games and The Harris Family, deliver...
Baggage Claim
Baggage Claim Kam Williams baggage-claim.jpg Film Review Baggage Claim In Theaters: Sep 27, 2013 Limited Rated PG-13 for profanity and sexuality Running time: 96 minutes Comedy Directed By: Dav...
Lewis V. Baldwin
Lewis V. Baldwin 0000000109176289 Born in 1949, Lewis V. Baldwin is a civil rights activist and professor emeritus of religious studies at Vanderbilt University. Inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr., ...
Jessica Lewis
Jessica Lewis NONE Jessica Lewis is a Black author who writes in many eclectic genres. Her first novel, Bad Witch Burning, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, and she’s written everything from ...
Hunter Lewis Foundation
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Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis
Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781534496620 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year The “informative, ...
Who Was John Lewis?
Who Was John Lewis? Crystal Hubbard 9780593658512 Nonfiction Penguin Workshop Penguin Random House Learn about the incredible legacy of civil rights legend and Georgia congressman John Lewis in this i...
Run: Book One
Run: Book One John Lewis and Andrew Aydin 9781419730696 Nonfiction Abrams ComicArts Abrams First you march, then you run. From the #1 bestselling, award–winning team behind March comes the first book ...
In Pursuit of Flavor: The Beloved Classic Cookbook from the Acclaimed Author of the Taste of Country Cooking
In Pursuit of Flavor: The Beloved Classic Cookbook from the Acclaimed Author of the Taste of Country Cooking Edna Lewis 9780525655510 Nonfiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House The classic...
God’s Crucible: Islam And The Making Of Europe, 570-1215
God’s Crucible: Islam And The Making Of Europe, 570-1215 David Levering Lewis 9780393064728 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. "A furiously complex age; a powerful narrativ...
The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Southern Classic Cookbook
The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Southern Classic Cookbook Edna Lewis 9780307265609 Nonfiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House In this classic Southern...
Thabiti Lewis
Thabiti Lewis NONE Thabiti Lewis is an English professor and associate vice chancellor at Washington State University. He's the editor of several books and writes extensively on masculinity, sports, ...
LeVar Burton with Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts
LeVar Burton with Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts MULTIPLE LeVar Burton with Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts
Sherri Lewis
Sherri Lewis NONE Sherri Lewis, a former Family Physician, is a Howard University and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine graduate. Now a full-time minister and bestselling Christian fictio...
Tonya Lewis Lee
Tonya Lewis Lee NONE Tonya Lewis Lee is an attorney, author, and health expert, known for her work as a children's television producer with Disney and Nickelodeon. She is an award-winning author of c...
Valerie J. Lewis Coleman
Valerie J. Lewis Coleman NONE Valerie J. Lewis Coleman, with 20+ years of experience in family and relationships, helps families overcome challenges. She also guides aspiring authors in self-publishi...
Denise Lewis Patrick
Denise Lewis Patrick NONE Denise Lewis Patrick, a Louisiana-born author and professor, has contributed significantly to children's publishing as both a writer and editor. With a Journalism degree fro...