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The Essence of Reparations
The Essence of Reparations Amiri Baraka 9780913441602 Poetry House of Nehesi Publishers House of Nehesi Publishers A new collection of Essays on American history; Black studies; progressive political ...
The National Reparations Declaration: A Qualitative and Quantitative Framework for Black Redress
The National Reparations Declaration: A Qualitative and Quantitative Framework for Black Redress National Reparations Institute REPARATIONS Nonfiction The National Reparations Institute The National R...
Reparations!
Reparations! Earl Ofari Hutchinson 9798890749451 Nonfiction Middle Passage Press Middle Passage Press In Reparations! Hutchinson examines the many facets of the raging debate over reparations. He expl...
The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice
The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen, and Lucas Hubbard 9780520383814 Nonfiction University of California Press University of Californi...
Reparations on Fire: How and Why it’s Spreading Across America
Reparations on Fire: How and Why it’s Spreading Across America Nkechi Taifa 9781737982517 Nonfiction House of Songhay II House of Songhay II Reparations on Fire explores the spread of the reparation m...
Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations
Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations Raymond A. Winbush 9780060083113 Nonfiction Community Press Community Press Growing interest in reparations for African Americans has ...
Reparations: Pro & Con
Reparations: Pro & Con Alfred L. Brophy 9780195304077 Nonfiction Oxford University Press, USA Oxford University Press “A book about reparations and its contentious qualities that is a must-read for al...
Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation
Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation Marcus Anthony Hunter 9780063004726 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A timely groundbreaking book in the vein of Derrick Bell’s Faces at the Bottom of...
The National Reparations Institute
The National Reparations Institute The National Reparations Institute The National Reparations Institute, Inc. The mission of the National Reparations Institute, Inc. is to provide comprehensive rese...
The National Reparations Institute
The National Reparations Institute The National Reparations Institute, Inc. The National Reparations Institute The mission of the National Reparations Institute, Inc. is to provide comprehensive rese...
Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning with Our Past
Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning with Our Past Dorothy A. Brown 9780593593615 Nonfiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House A bold manifesto argui...
African American History in the United States of America (Volume Two): A Blueprint for Monetizing Reparations
African American History in the United States of America (Volume Two): A Blueprint for Monetizing Reparations Tony Rose 9798990717404 Nonfiction Amber Communications Group Amber Communications Group T...
Time for Reparations: A Global Perspective
Time for Reparations: A Global Perspective Jacqueline Bhabha, Margareta Matache, and Caroline Elkins 9780812225044 Nonfiction University of Pennsylvania Press University of Pennsylvania Press In this ...
Case for Black Reparations
Case for Black Reparations Boris I. Bittker 9780807009819 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press The groundbreaking first book on black reparations, essential reading for the twenty-first century Ori...
Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation
Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation Alfred L. Brophy 9780195161038 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press The 1921 Tulsa Rac...
National Reparations Institute
National Reparations Institute NONE The National Reparations Institute focuses on research and policy development for Black holocaust decedents in America, advocating for their restitution through se...
From Here to Equality, Second Edition: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century (Second Edition, with a New Preface by the Authors)
From Here to Equality, Second Edition: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century (Second Edition, with a New Preface by the Authors) William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen 97814...
Belinda’s Petition: A Concise History of Reparations for the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Belinda’s Petition: A Concise History of Reparations for the Transatlantic Slave Trade Raymond A. Winbush 9781441514431 Nonfiction Xlibris Author Solutions Such a legacy must endure the heavyweight of...
Boris I. Bittker
Boris I. Bittker 0000000116400103 Boris Irving Bittker (1916-2005) was a renowned US legal academic and Yale Law School professor. Known for his extensive contributions to tax law, he authored numero...
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT!
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT! Troy Johnson Article A few weeks ago, I visited Essence Magazine’s website to learn which Black owned bookstore they were going to use as the books...
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore Ashley D. Farmer 9780593701546 Nonfiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House From an award-winning historian of Blac...
Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?: Essays
Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?: Essays Jesse McCarthy 9781324091479 Nonfiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company Ranging from Ta-Nehisi Coates's case for reparations to...
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...
Essence Presents Ledisi Better Than Alright: Finding Peace, Love & Power
Essence Presents Ledisi Better Than Alright: Finding Peace, Love & Power Ledisi 9781603201827 Nonfiction Essence Time Inc Over the past four decades ESSENCE introduced our readers to inspirational voi...
Susan L. Taylor
Susan L. Taylor 000000006763368X Susan L. Taylor, the driving force behind Essence Magazine for 4 decades, is leaving to focus on the National Cares Mentoring Movement. With numerous awards and honor...
ESSENCE Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul, 1942 - 2018
ESSENCE Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul, 1942 - 2018 Editors of Essence Magazine 9781547846047 Nonfiction Essence Time Inc She was the undisputed Queen of Soul. With 18 Grammy Awards to her credit,...
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...
ESSENCE The Obamas: The White House Years
ESSENCE The Obamas: The White House Years Editors of Essence Magazine 9781683304524 Nonfiction Essence Time Inc ESSENCE has followed the journey of this first family since long before they entered the...
Essence Maya Angelou: Her Phenomenal Life & Poetic Journey
Essence Maya Angelou: Her Phenomenal Life & Poetic Journey Editors of Essence Magazine 9781618931474 Nonfiction Essence Time Inc Maya Angelou was a true Renaissance woman. ESSENCE Editors celebrate th...
Lisa Armstrong's Moving Article in Essence Magazine [Jan. 2011]
Lisa Armstrong's Moving Article in Essence Magazine [Jan. 2011] Troy Johnson Article [caption id="attachment_248" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Photograph by Andre Lamberston - Essence Mag...
Essence: 50 Of The Most Inspiring African-Americans
Essence: 50 Of The Most Inspiring African-Americans Patricia M. Hinds and Susan L. Taylor 9781933405292 Nonfiction Essence Time Inc Essence Books presents a revised and updated edition of its popular ...
Stephanie Stokes Oliver
Stephanie Stokes Oliver NONE Stephanie Stokes Oliver is an accomplished publishing professional, heading SSO Media, serving as a literary scout for Atria Book Group and as author curator for Anguilla...
Tiny Reparations Books
Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House Bertelsmann Tiny Reparations is a production company that’s dedicated to showing how women, people of color and anyone, on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum are ...
My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations
My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations Mary Frances Berry 9780307277053 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House “My face is black is true but its not my fault bu...
The Pacman Plan
The Pacman Plan Sam A Kempt 9780974445908 Nonfiction DeViv Publishing DeViv Publishing The Pacman Plan is the story of a struggle for reparations for African Americans. This is the first fiction work ...
Alfred L. Brophy
Alfred L. Brophy 000000005569053X Alfred L. Brophy, a law professor at the University of North Carolina, is known for his work on reparations and his contributions to the Tulsa Race Riot Commission. ...
Viola Ford Fletcher
Viola Ford Fletcher NONE ”Every day, I have lived through the massacre. While our country may forget this history, I cannot.” Viola Ford Fletcher, born in 1907, is a notable figure in Afri...
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ESSENCE The Black Woman’s Guide to Healthy Living: The Best Advice For Body, Mind + Spirit In Your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s + Beyond
ESSENCE The Black Woman’s Guide to Healthy Living: The Best Advice For Body, Mind + Spirit In Your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s + Beyond Angela Burt-Murray 9781603200431 Nonfiction Essence Time Inc From the Afr...
Essence Atkins: The “Are We There Yet?” Interview
Essence Atkins: The “Are We There Yet?” Interview Kam Williams Article Essence Atkins was born in New York City on February 7, 1972. Between her innate sense of comedy and girl-next-door ch...
2008 Essence Literary Award Winning Books Announced
2008 Essence Literary Award Winning Books Announced Troy Johnson Article 2008 Essence Literary Award Winning Books Announced http://books.aalbc.com/2008_essence_literary_awards_nominees.htm Would yo...
Intimate Soul: Embracing the Passion
Intimate Soul: Embracing the Passion Surreal 9780974595405 Nonfiction Writersandpoets.com Writersandpoets.com Intimate Soul is a life changing read. Intimate Soul delivers to its reader what all have...
Wisdom Of The Ages: Extraordinary People Ages 19-90 (Essence)
Wisdom Of The Ages: Extraordinary People Ages 19-90 (Essence) Patricia M. Hinds 9781932273168 Nonfiction Time Inc. Home Entertainment Time Inc. Home Entertainment or more than 30 years, Essence has be...
Former Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine Opens Akwaaba D.C. Inn for Black Writers
Former Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine Opens Akwaaba D.C. Inn for Black Writers Jamie Walker Article Washington, D.C.: Hundreds of book lovers (in addition to a host of best-selling authors...
Britain’s Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide
Britain’s Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide Hilary Beckles 9789766403492 Nonfiction University of the West Indies Press University of the West Indies Press Very good co...
Pawned Sovereignty: Sharpened Black Perspectives on Americanization, Africa, War and Reparations
Pawned Sovereignty: Sharpened Black Perspectives on Americanization, Africa, War and Reparations Ezrah Aharone 9781410786425 Nonfiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions Pawned SovereigntyXE ’Sovereignty’ ...
Reparations Club
Reparations Club Los Angeles CA Rep Club is a concept (book)shop & creative space curated by Blackness in Los Angeles, CA. Black-owned. Woman-owned.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates 0000000036544350 “I’ve been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died…clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates.” —To...
Gregory S. Jones
Gregory S. Jones NONE Gregory S. Jones, co-founder of “The Paper Tiger” and co-author of “The Root Of All Evil,” plans to educate African-American communities about nationality and advocate for repar...
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...
Eleanor Shearer
Eleanor Shearer NONE Eleanor Shearer, a mixed-race writer and granddaughter of Windrush immigrants, studies the legacy of slavery and reparations. She divides her time between London and Ramsgate, dr...
Tricia Hersey
Tricia Hersey NONE Tricia Hersey is a poet, theologian, and founder of The Nap Ministry. Known as a global pioneer in promoting rest as a form of resistance, she curates sacred spaces for community r...
William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen, and Lucas Hubbard
William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen, and Lucas Hubbard MULTIPLE William A. Darity Jr. is a professor and director at Duke University, specializing in Public Policy, African and African American ...
Jesse McCarthy
Jesse McCarthy NONE Jesse McCarthy is an assistant professor of English and of African and African American studies at Harvard University. His critically acclaimed essay collection Who Will Pay Repar...
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me Kam Williams Book Review “In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about american history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for h...
Enough
Enough Kam Williams Book Review "Reparations sends a message to Americans of every other race that blacks are wards of the state because they are a broken people. Social ills in the black com...
YES! Yoga Has Curves
YES! Yoga Has Curves Dana A. Smith 9780692212981 Nonfiction Spiritual Essence Yoga Spiritual Essence Yoga The true essence of yoga is what you do from your heart, not what you do with your body. Yoga ...
Essence: In The Spirit Gift Kit (Activity Kit) (Petites Plus With Magazine Gift Subscriptions)
Essence: In The Spirit Gift Kit (Activity Kit) (Petites Plus With Magazine Gift Subscriptions) Susan L. Taylor 9781593599232 Nonfiction Peter Pauper Press Peter Pauper Press There’s no better way to g...
Having What Matters: The Black Woman’s Guide to Creating the Life You Really Want
Having What Matters: The Black Woman’s Guide to Creating the Life You Really Want Monique Greenwood 9780688175092 Nonfiction William Morrow HarperCollins She who has the most joy wins! Accomplished...
Chuck Siler
Chuck Siler NONE Charles “Chuck” Siler is a renowned author known for his memorable comic strips, providing readers with deeper insights through each image. Charles “Chuck” Siler Just a few of C...
Barbara Brandon
Barbara Brandon 0000000031564723 Barbara Brandon is the first nationally syndicated African-American female cartoonist. Barbara Brandon-Croft, creator of the comic strip 'Where I’m Coming From', is ce...
C. Kelly Robinson
C. Kelly Robinson NONE C. Kelly Robinson is a Howard and Washington University graduate, who self-published his first novel, “Not All Dogs,” in 1999. The book was re-released in 2001 as “Between Brot...
Elaine Meryl Brown
Elaine Meryl Brown NONE Elaine Meryl Brown, former VP Creative Services at HBO and Creative Director at Showtime Networks, is an Emmy Award-winning writer with work featured in Essence and Women's Wo...
Valerie Wilson Wesley
Valerie Wilson Wesley 0000000108586470 Valerie Wilson Wesley, author of the Tamara Hayle mystery series, has also written adult-themed novels, children's books, and various fiction and non-fiction wo...
D.T. Pollard
D.T. Pollard NONE D.T. Pollard, an Essence Bestselling author from Texas, discovered his passion for writing at a young age but paused during college. After a 25-year career in technology sales, he r...
Monique Greenwood, Lynda Johnson, and Tracy Mitchell-Brown
Monique Greenwood, Lynda Johnson, and Tracy Mitchell-Brown MULTIPLE "Evalyn Hamilton, Lynda Johnson, and Monique Greenwood are key members of Go On Girl! Book Club. Hamilton is the Newsletter Editor,...
Denolyn Carroll
Denolyn Carroll NONE Denolyn Carroll is a seasoned educator, editor, and writer with over 25 years in book and magazine publishing. She has contributed to notable publications, held an editorial role...
Monique Greenwood
Monique Greenwood NONE Monique Greenwood is a multifaceted entrepreneur managing Akwaaba, writing successful books, co-founding Go on Girl! Book Club, starring in Checked Inn on OWN, and a former Edi...
Sharyn Skeeter
Sharyn Skeeter NONE Sharyn Skeeter is an award-winning novelist, poet, editor, and educator, known for her debut novel “Dancing with Langston.” She has served as an editor at Essence and Black Elegan...
Michelle V. Agins and Julia Chance
Michelle V. Agins and Julia Chance MULTIPLE Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Michelle V. Agins, renowned for her work with The New York Times and publications like Essence and Sports Illustrate...
The Man from Essence: Creating a Magazine for Black Women
The Man from Essence: Creating a Magazine for Black Women Kam Williams Book Review “I know what they say about me—that I am too quiet and low-key, unassuming, even clueless. Not the one...
Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl: Essays
Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl: Essays Amena Brown 9798217044689 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House An irresistible delight, this hilarious and heartwarming essay collec...
I’m Highly Percent Sure
I’m Highly Percent Sure Caroline A. Wanga 9780063360389 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In this rich, intelligent, and witty memoir, the President and CEO of Essence Ventures—a woman with a defiant i...
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay Octavia E. Butler 9781797229058 Nonfiction Chronicle Books Chronicle Books The wise words of science fiction icon Octavia E. Butler live on in this beau...
The Essence of Perfection
The Essence of Perfection Nita Brooks 9781496721945 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Wickedly entertaining, insightful, and always surprising, Nita Brooks delivers a delicious new novel abou...
Between Harlem and Heaven: Afro-Asian-American Cooking for Big Nights, Weeknights, and Every Day
Between Harlem and Heaven: Afro-Asian-American Cooking for Big Nights, Weeknights, and Every Day Alexander Smalls and JJ Johnson, with Veronica Chambers 9781250108715 Nonfiction Flatiron Books Macmill...
To Paris with Love
To Paris with Love Carl Weber and Eric Pete 9781601625717 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. A New York Times Bestselling Author; An Essence® Bestselling Author; An Essence® Bests...
Merry Ex-Mas
Merry Ex-Mas Victoria Christopher Murray 9781939481153 Fiction Liza Dawson Associates Liza Dawson Associates A Christmas novella from the Essence bestselling author Victoria Christopher Murray Six yea...
Give God The Glory! Let Your Light So Shine
Give God The Glory! Let Your Light So Shine Kevin Wayne Johnson 9780988303805 Fiction Writing for the Lord Writing for the Lord Light (phos) means to give light. It is that which enables us to see (ab...
My True Essence
My True Essence Shawneda Marks 9780615489353 Fiction SC Creations SC Creations Rebecca has everything she ever prayed for and more, and is living like she doesn’t care if she loses it all. Dani’s bu...
What does Steve Harvey Know About Relationships?
What does Steve Harvey Know About Relationships? Troy Johnson Article My intent is not to pick on Steve Harvey personally, because I’m sure he is no worse, or better, than any of us. I just chose hi...
Notorious
Notorious Kiki Swinson 9780758228376 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. After the drama in Playing Dirty, Yoshi Lomax is on the run, but trouble follows her wherever she goes. . . When thi...
Playing Dirty
Playing Dirty Kiki Swinson 9780758228352 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. "Kiki captures the heat of the streets." —Wahida ClarkEssence® bestselling author Kiki Swinson keeps it coming with ...
The Million Dollar Deception: A Novel
The Million Dollar Deception: A Novel R.M. Johnson 9781416540403 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. Now in paperback, the sequel to the #1 Essence bestselling author’s sensational The Mil...
Menace II Society
Menace II Society Al Saadiq Banks, Mark Anthony, and Crystal Lacey Winslow, Isadore Johnson, Jm Benjamin 9780971702172 Fiction Melodrama Publishing Melodrama Publishing Menace II Society is a gritty w...
In The Spirit
In The Spirit Susan L. Taylor 9781567430325 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Twenty-two lifelines to personal growth and fulfillment from the editor in chief of Essence magazine. When Susan L. Taylor ro...
Essence Maya Angelou Magazine Her Phenomenal Life & Poetic Journey 2014
Essence Maya Angelou Magazine Her Phenomenal Life & Poetic Journey 2014 Patrik Henry Bass B00LLHZ1LE Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published
Noire
Noire NONE Noire, a New York-based author, originated the urban erotic genre. She's an Essence bestselling author, known for works like G-Spot and Candy Licker. She's also the CEO of NOIRE Entertainm...
Sheritha Bowman
Sheritha Bowman NONE Sheritha Bowman is an acclaimed author, known for her book 'Soul Inspiration: The Triumphant Testimony of a Praying Wife'. Her inspiring story has been featured in ESSENCE magazi...
Adwoa Badoe
Adwoa Badoe NONE Adwoa A. Badoe is a native Ghanaian, living in Ontario, who has become an African Griot. She loves traditional Ghanaian dances and teaches vibrant classes that capture the essence of...
Doris Jean Austin
Doris Jean Austin 0000000084312407 Doris Jean Austin (1949-1994) was an accomplished journalist from Mobile, Alabama, known for her contributions to Essence magazine and her novel, “After the Garden”...
Veronica Miller Jamison
Veronica Miller Jamison NONE Veronica Miller Jamison is an accomplished illustrator with clients such as Essence Magazine, Bloomingdales, and Hallmark. She debuted in the picture book 'A Computer Cal...
Eric V. Copage
Eric V. Copage NONE Eric V. Copage is a prominent reporter at the New York Times, previously serving as an editor for the same publication's magazine and a music columnist for Essence. Eric V. Copage...
Jennifer Mack-Watkins
Jennifer Mack-Watkins NONE Jennifer Mack-Watkins is a renowned printmaker, exploring power and themes such as womanhood and body image. Her acclaimed exhibit “Children of the Sun” has been highlighte...
Julianne Malveaux
Julianne Malveaux 0000000021068830 Dr. Julianne Malveaux is a renowned economist, author, and commentator, lauded for her contributions to public discourse on race, culture, and gender. Currently the...
Angela Burt-Murray
Angela Burt-Murray 0000000034126649 Angela Burt-Murray, co-founder of Cocoa Media Group and co-host of talk show Exhale, is a celebrated editor and author. Formerly editor-in-chief at Essence magazin...