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Shallow Waters
Shallow Waters Anita Kopacz 9781982177614 Fiction Atria / Black Privilege Publishing Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this “captivating” (Harper’s Bazaar) and lyrical debut novel—perfect for fans of The Wate...
Queens of the Resistance Maxine Waters
Queens of the Resistance Maxine Waters Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman 9780593189870 Nonfiction Plume Penguin Random House Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting some of the ...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2018): Gathering at the Waters II
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2018): Gathering at the Waters II Clarence V. Reynolds A21551758v10 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College View a pdf of the cover a...
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters Evan Turk 9781481443494 Nonfiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. An Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Winner A New York Times Best Illu...
Gathering the Waters
Gathering the Waters Keisha-Gaye Anderson 9780991297528 Poetry Jamii Publishing Jamii Publishing A lyrical outpouring of kinship, heritage, and a woman’s transformation within the world that envelops ...
Boat Green: 50 Steps Boaters Can Take to Save Our Waters
Boat Green: 50 Steps Boaters Can Take to Save Our Waters Clyde W. Ford 9780865715905 Fiction New Society Publishers New Society Publishers Recreational boating is a pastime enjoyed by millions. Yet th...
Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue
Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue Sheree Renee Thomas, Pan Morrigan, Troy L. Wiggins 9781734842272 Fiction Third Man Books Third Man Books Trouble the Waters gathers the tidal force of best...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2017): Gathering at the Waters
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2017): Gathering at the Waters Clarence V. Reynolds 21551758v9 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College Fall& /& Winter 2017 “Gatherin...
Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters
Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters Donald Bogle 9780061241741 Nonfiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins “Mr. Bogle continues to be our most noted black-cinema historian.”—Spike Lee“Donald ...
Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country
Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country Tiya Miles and Sharon Patricia Holland 9780822338659 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books Crossin...
Troubled Waters: A River’s Journey Toward Justice
Troubled Waters: A River’s Journey Toward Justice Carole Boston Weatherford 9781681198187 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing From Young People’s Poet Laureate Carole Boston Wea...
Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging
Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging Tara Roberts 9781426223754 Nonfiction National Geographic Society National Geographic Books This searing memoir by a National Geographic...
Be a Bridge
Be a Bridge Irene Latham and Charles Waters 9781728423388 Fiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group In this upbeat picture book, acclaimed authors Irene Latham and Charles Waters bring key them...
Liberty’s Civil Rights Road Trip
Liberty’s Civil Rights Road Trip Michael W. Waters 9781947888197 Fiction Flyaway Books Flyaway Books Time to board the bus! Liberty and her friend Abdullah, with their families and a diverse group of ...
Dictionary for a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A to Z
Dictionary for a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A to Z Irene Latham and Charles Waters 9781541557758 Nonfiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group How can we make the world a be...
Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali
Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali Randal Maurice Jelks 9781350074620 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsb...
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship Irene Latham and Charles Waters 9781512404425 Nonfiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group Two poets, one white and one black, ex...
Gathering of Waters
Gathering of Waters Bernice L. McFadden 9781617750311 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Selected as a Go On Girl! Book Pick100 Notable Books of 2012” New York Times50 Best Books of 2012” Washing...
Rested Waters
Rested Waters Deborah Fletcher Mello 9780615456638 Fiction MaGregor Press MaGregor Press In the tradition of the griots, oral historians, and all indigenous storytellers, Deborah Fletcher Mello brings...
Still Waters (Kimani Romance)
Still Waters (Kimani Romance) Patricia Haley 9780373830732 Fiction BET BET Poignant and memorable, bestselling author Patricia Haley’s latest novel is an unforgettable story about a once-loving husban...
Earth’s Waters
Earth’s Waters Nicole Blades 9781897190210 Fiction DC Books DC Books Young, sea-loving Lily (née Harriette) is aptly nicknamed after a floating flower. A Bajan high school drop-out, she subsist...
Rugged Waters: Black Journalists Swim the Mainstream
Rugged Waters: Black Journalists Swim the Mainstream Wayne Dawkins 9780963572073 Nonfiction August Press August Press In the 1990s the National Association of Black Journalists became a recognized nam...
His Eye Is On The Sparrow: An Autobiography (Quality Paperbacks Series)
His Eye Is On The Sparrow: An Autobiography (Quality Paperbacks Series) Ethel Waters and Charles Samuels 9780306804779 Nonfiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group Ethel Waters’s His Eye is on the Spa...
Still Waters: A Novella
Still Waters: A Novella Terrill North 9798248884674 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published It’s 1980. And there’s a church steeple at the bottom of Lake Lanier. Sixteen-year-old Keish...
Under the Heron’s Light
Under the Heron’s Light Randi Pink 9781250820372 Fiction Feiwel & Friends Macmillan Publishers Inspired by stories about the real-world Great Dismal Swamp, this acclaimed fantasy explores alternate hi...
Daughter of the Merciful Deep
Daughter of the Merciful Deep L. Penelope 9780316378222 Fiction Redhook Hachette Book Group A woman journeys into a submerged world of gods and myth to save her home in this powerful historical fantas...
Troubled Waters
Troubled Waters Mary Annaïse Heglar 9781400235988 Fiction Harper Muse HarperCollins In this intimate portrait of two generations, a granddaughter and a grandmother come to terms with what it means to ...
Place of Cool Waters
Place of Cool Waters Ndirangu Githaiga 9781735041742 Fiction Bon Esprit Books Bon Esprit Books When Jude Wilson decides to travel halfway across the world to visit the graves of his childhood Boy Scou...
African Town
African Town Irene Latham and Charles Waters 9780593322888 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to Ameri...
Waiting for the Waters to Rise
Waiting for the Waters to Rise Maryse Conde 9781642860733 Fiction World Editions World Editions Richard Philcox (Translator)Babakar is a doctor living alone, with only the memories of his childhood in...
The Old Boat
The Old Boat Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey 9781324005179 Fiction Norton Young Readers W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. The creators of The Old Truck set sail with an old boat and an evocative, intr...
Redeeming Waters
Redeeming Waters Vanessa Davis Griggs 9780758259639 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Must a young woman choose between her commitment to her marriage…and to God? Brianna was ten years old...
Two Roads
Two Roads Kirby Roy III B00DC80T62 Nonfiction Cave Publishing Cave Publishing Two Roads is the story of Bryon and Kaya, two lovers coping with the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. And because Noah and ...
Redeeming Waters
Redeeming Waters Vanessa Davis Griggs 9780758259622 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Must a young woman choose between her commitment to her marriage. . .and to God?Brianna was ten years o...
Moon
Moon Jewell Parker Rhodes 9781451617108 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. The orginal title for this novel was Yellow Moon. In the second part of the New Orleans trilogy that beg...
We Troubled the Waters
We Troubled the Waters Ntozake Shange 9780061337352 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Jim Crow; Brown v. Board of Education; Bull Connor; KKK; Birmingham; the Lorraine Motel; Rosa; Martin; and Malcolm....
Children Of The Waters: A Novel
Children Of The Waters: A Novel Carleen Brice 9780345499073 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House Still reeling from divorce and feeling estranged from her teenage son, Trish Taylor is in ...
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...
Life is a Game
Life is a Game Jim Copeland 9780981453279 Fiction Living Waters Publishing Company Living Waters Publishing Company Life is like a sea that must be navigated. There are bumps and sinkholes along the w...
Easy Business For Women With Little Or No Money
Easy Business For Women With Little Or No Money M.E. Waters 9780759605961 Nonfiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions Explains how easy it is to start and run a business. List many businesses to start wit...
High Waters
High Waters Suzon Tropez 9781413784176 Fiction PublishAmerica PublishAmerica In the world of corporate finance, it is all about credibility and being noticed. The key to success is visibility. It is n...
Meeting of the Waters: A Novel
Meeting of the Waters: A Novel Kim McLarin 9780060505875 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Porter Stockman, a determined white reporter, is covering the riots in the streets of South Central Los ...
RL’s Dream
RL’s Dream Walter Mosley 9780393038026 Fiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. When a black musician in New York is evicted for non-payment of rent, a white woman living in the sam...
Troubling Biblical Waters: Race, Class, and Family (Bishop Henry McNeal Turner Studies in North American Black R)
Troubling Biblical Waters: Race, Class, and Family (Bishop Henry McNeal Turner Studies in North American Black R) Cain Hope Felder 9780883445358 Nonfiction Orbis Books Orbis Books A comprehensive and ...
The Blue Sharks
The Blue Sharks Alicia D. Williams 9798217002191 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A new middle grade mystery from Coretta Scott King and Newbery Honor winner Ali...
Rat Poison: A Novella
Rat Poison: A Novella Terrill North B0GX2ZCFJM Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Mississippi, August 1859. The cook poured the coffee at six-fifteen. By six-thirty she was gone, ...
The Revenge Playbook
The Revenge Playbook Rimma Onoseta 9781643751924 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group In this deliciously twisty YA novel, two girls (read: enemies) at a boarding school m...
Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists
Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists Leah Penniman 9780063160903 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that expl...
Blue Beach
Blue Beach Karyn Parsons 9780316575751 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Perfect for fans of Promise Boys, this gripping historical mystery follows a teenager who finds...
Worse than a Lie: A Beau Lee Cooper Novel
Worse than a Lie: A Beau Lee Cooper Novel Ben Crump 9780593875704 Fiction Bantam Penguin Random House In this gripping thriller, truth and justice are called into question when a Black man is gunned d...
Fire Sword and Sea: A Novel
Fire Sword and Sea: A Novel Vanessa Riley 9780063271043 Fiction William Morrow & Company HarperCollins The real Pirates of the Caribbean were Black, and women! From acclaimed author Vanessa Riley, aut...
I Am the River: Sarah E. Ray and the Bob-Lo Boat
I Am the River: Sarah E. Ray and the Bob-Lo Boat Patricia Lee Gauch and Leah Henderson 9781646145805 Nonfiction Levine Querido Levine Querido I am the river. Blue and green, fast and flowing, sweepin...
Room Swept Home
Room Swept Home Remica Bingham-Risher 9780819502131 Poetry Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press Intimate and sweeping poetry that examines race and lineage Winner of the Lo...
The Sea Remembers: A Novel of Black Caesar
The Sea Remembers: A Novel of Black Caesar Devin K. Asante 9798294043827 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Kwaku Asare was never meant to survive. Ripped from the Gold Coast a...
Good Intentions
Good Intentions Brandon Massey 9798985421682 Fiction Dark Corner Publishing Dark Corner Publishing Nate Noble has it all—a thriving business, a loving fiancée, and a bright future. But his world takes...
Beauty in the Blood
Beauty in the Blood Charlotte Carter 9780593467282 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House A curse rolls out over centuries, murky and unknowable as swamp waters, shaping and destroying lives. Sarah T...
The Wind on Her Tongue
The Wind on Her Tongue Anita Kopacz 9781668052211 Fiction Atria / Black Privilege Publishing Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this lyrical and stirring companion to the “spellbinding” (Harper’s Bazaar) Shall...
The Chainbreakers
The Chainbreakers Julian Randall 9781250882028 Fiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers Violet Moon is an action-packed fantasy adventure perfect for fans of The Marvellers and the Tristan St...
The River Is My Ocean
The River Is My Ocean Rio Cortez 9781665912570 Fiction Denene Millner Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A grandmother and granddaughter share a magical trip to the Hudson River affirming intergenerational ...
When It All Falls Down
When It All Falls Down Chinedu Achebe 9798321019689 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published In the stirring sequel to The Miseducation of Obi Ifeanyi, Obi and Nkechi Ifeanyi, along wit...
Between Friends & Lovers
Between Friends & Lovers Shirlene Obuobi 9780063307315 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins Kennedy Ryan meets Carley Fortune in this swoon-worthy story of love and friendship in the age of social media—w...
Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist
Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist Jasmin Graham 9780593685259 Nonfiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House The uplifting story of a young Black scientist’s challenging journey...
The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery
The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery John Swanson Jacobs 9780226684307 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press Lost on the oth...
Until August
Until August Gabriel Garcia Marquez 9780593801994 Fiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House A Time Most Anticipated Book - The extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize-winning a...
Room Swept Home
Room Swept Home Remica Bingham-Risher 9780819500984 Poetry Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press Intimate and sweeping poetry that examines race and lineage Currently a finalist for a...
Descendants of Fire & Water
Descendants of Fire & Water Didi Anofienem 9781684429905 Fiction Keylight Books Keylight Books What would the world be like if Africa had never been colonized—and if the transatlantic slave trade had ...
Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging
Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging Ben McBride 9781506489858 Nonfiction Beaming Books 1517 Media Can you imagine a future that includes your enemies? If not, what happens next? ...
Mermaid and Pirate
Mermaid and Pirate Tracey Baptiste 9781643750774 Fiction Algonquin Young Readers Workman Publishing Co., Inc. A mermaid and a pirate build a friendship through kindness, empathy, and shared adventure ...
Chaos & Flame
Chaos & Flame Justina Ireland and Tessa Gratton 9780593353325 Fiction Razorbill Penguin Random House From New York Times bestselling author Justina Ireland and Tessa Gratton comes the first book in a ...
My Darkest Prayer
My Darkest Prayer S. A. Cosby 9781250867636 Fiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers Award-winning, African American Literature Book Club and New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby’s debut n...
Black Women Will Save the World
Black Women Will Save the World April Ryan 9780063210196 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In this long-overdue celebration of Black women’s resilience and unheralded strength, the revered, trailblazin...
Yellow Dog Blues
Yellow Dog Blues Alice Faye Duncan 9780802855534 Fiction Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company A lyrical road trip through the Mississippi Delta, exploring the landmarks ...
Wisdom: Blessings from Imperfections
Wisdom: Blessings from Imperfections J.L. Woodson and Naleighna Kai 9781952871443 Nonfiction Macro Publishing Group Macro Publishing Group Two Men. Two Callings. One Purpose. Build me an ark ...
Celeste Saves the City
Celeste Saves the City Courtney Kelly 9780578315195 Fiction Courtney Kelly Books Courtney Kelly Books Celeste Saves the City pulls readers into the life of a young girl forced to leave her beloved hom...
Twintuition: Double Cross
Twintuition: Double Cross Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry 9780062372963 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins From TV stars Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Tamera Mowry-Housley comes the thrilling conclusion to their...
Unchained Hearts
Unchained Hearts Yahrah St. John 9781648392337 Fiction Oliver-Heber Books Oliver-Heber Books Full-figured London Hart likes fried chicken and potato chips, running her New Orleans restaurant, and spen...
Against Heaven: Poems
Against Heaven: Poems Kemi Alabi 9781644450826 Poetry Graywolf Press Graywolf Press Winner of the Academy of American Poets First Book Award, selected by Claudia Rankine. Kemi Alabi’s transcendent ...
The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism
The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism Lindsey Stewart 9780810144132 Nonfiction Northwestern University Press Northwestern University Press During the antebellum period, sl...
Foolish Hearts
Foolish Hearts Synithia Williams 9781335918062 Fiction HQN Harlequin Enterprises Limited “Full of drama among the beautiful and powerful, the series would make a fabulous soap opera.”—The Philadelphia...
Black Bottom Saints (Paperback)
Black Bottom Saints (Paperback) Alice Randall 9780062970862 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins An enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit’s legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz,...
An Impulse to Keep: Greenwood Art Project
An Impulse to Keep: Greenwood Art Project Greenwood Art Project 9780997494075 Nonfiction [NAME] [NAME] Publications An Impulse to Keep is published on the occasion of the Greenwood Art Project, an ini...
Filthy Animals
Filthy Animals Brandon Taylor 9780525538912 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Time, Elle, Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, O: The Oprah Magaz...
Oona
Oona Kelly DiPucchio 9780062982247 Fiction Katherine Tegen Books HarperCollins This comical and heartfelt picture book is a winning celebration of invention, creativity, and friendship. With gorgeous ...
The Theory of Flight
The Theory of Flight Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu 9781946395412 Fiction Catalyst Press Catalyst Press From 2022 Windham Campbell Prize winner Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu Book 1 in the City of Kings trilogy A...
Mining Diamonds
Mining Diamonds Augustus G. Parker III 9780974414614 Nonfiction Alabaster Box Media Group Alabaster Box Media Group Dr. Augustus G. Parker III with his wife, Cheryl, navigated the turbulent waters of ...
Black Bottom Saints
Black Bottom Saints Alice Randall 9780062968623 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins An enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit’s legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and...
No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America
No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America Symone Sanders 9780062942685 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins "Symone’s honest and profound reflection on standing up and speaking out is...
Great Escapes: Journey to Freedom, 1838
Great Escapes: Journey to Freedom, 1838 Sherri Winston 9780062860392 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? Perfect fo...
The Malevolent Volume
The Malevolent Volume Justin Phillip Reed 9781566895767 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press The Malevolent Volume explores the myths and transformations of Black being, on a continuum between...
Who Did It First?: 50 Politicians, Activists, and Entrepreneurs Who Revolutionized the World
Who Did It First?: 50 Politicians, Activists, and Entrepreneurs Who Revolutionized the World Jay Leslie 9781250211729 Nonfiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers A “2020 NCSS Notable Social S...
Cape Town Curios
Cape Town Curios Colin Cloud Dance 9781792331190 Fiction MVmedia MVmedia Take a space bakkie ride to Cape Town to encounter aliens, Africans in space, gender bending shamans, and enchanted waters. Set...
Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership
Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership Ed Gordon 9780316532860 Nonfiction Hachette Hachette Book Group Hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and inspiring, Conversations in Black offers...
Sophie Washington Hurricane
Sophie Washington Hurricane Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776332 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK FOR KIDS!! Are you ready for the hurricane? Strap in for a...
Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business
Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business Joylynn M. Jossel 9780970672667 Nonfiction End of the Rainbow Projects End of the Rainbow Projects There is more to being an author than writing, publishing, ...
Southern Comfort
Southern Comfort Naleighna Kai B07MT2BL5P Fiction Macro Publishing Group Macro Publishing Group National bestselling author, Naleighna Kai, brings another unconventional story about finding a deeper l...
Ghost Voices: A Poem in Prayer
Ghost Voices: A Poem in Prayer Quincy Troupe 9780810138995 Poetry TriQuarterly Books Northwestern University Press If we were all brave enough to resurrect the voices lost from our humanity, what woul...
Sophie Washington Hurricane (paperback)
Sophie Washington Hurricane (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706040 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Are you ready for the hurricane? St...
Crossing Ebenezer Creek
Crossing Ebenezer Creek Tonya Bolden 9781681196992 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing When Mariah and her young brother Zeke are suddenly freed from slavery, they join Sherman’s march throug...
Twintuition: Double Dare
Twintuition: Double Dare Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry 9780062372932 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins From TV stars Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Tamera Mowry-Housley comes Double Dare, the third book in the...
Hip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes
Hip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes Kyle T. Mays 9781438469461 Nonfiction State University of New York Press State University of New York Press Expressive culture has always been an important part of the...