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Jamal Joseph
Jamal Joseph 0000000049459104 Jamal Joseph, once a fiery advocate for the Black Panther Party, transitioned from the streets of Harlem and prison stints to becoming the chair of Columbia University's...
Panther Baby
Panther Baby Jamal Joseph 9781616201296 Nonfiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. In the 1960s he exhorted students at Columbia University to burn their college to the ground. Today he’s...
Tupac Shakur Legacy
Tupac Shakur Legacy Jamal Joseph 9780743292603 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Great Holiday Gift! Brand New Book - You will not find a better price!
Sister's Uptown Bookstore Hosts Jamal Joseph
Sister's Uptown Bookstore Hosts Jamal Joseph Book Spotlights Sister's Uptown Bookstore hosted a presentation and conversation with Jamal Joseph author of Panther Baby on April 27, 2013. In this video...
Writing on the Wall: Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal (City Lights Open Media)
Writing on the Wall: Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal (City Lights Open Media) Mumia Abu-Jamal 9780872866751 Nonfiction City Lights Publishers City Lights Publishers "Revolutionary love, re...
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal 0000000117671001 Mumia Abu Jamal, an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, was convicted for allegedly killing a cop in 1981. His trial was denounced by Amnesty Internatio...
A Thug’s Redemption 2: Jamal’s Return
A Thug’s Redemption 2: Jamal’s Return Yani Excerpt They jumped on the elevator and rode down to the garage. Neither Maurice nor Angela knew what to say to Keisha so they followed in silence. They ma...
Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions
Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions Matt Meyer and déqui kioni-sadiki 9781629633893 Nonfiction PM Press PM Press Amid music festivals and moon landings, the t...
Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph
Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph MULTIPLE Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph are renowned authors known for their insightful writings. Their work significantly influences the literary world, refl...
A Thug’s Redemption 2: Jamal’s Return
A Thug’s Redemption 2: Jamal’s Return Yani 9780996966603 Fiction Anitbeet Productions Anitbeet Productions After being away from his neighborhood for more than nine years and finding a career as a Wi...
Peniel E. Joseph
Peniel E. Joseph 0000000115111895 Peniel E. Joseph, historian and professor at The University of Texas, is the founding director of the LBJ School’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy. Specia...
Zakiya N. Jamal
Zakiya N. Jamal NONE Zakiya N. Jamal is a storyteller shaped by New York—born in Queens, raised on Long Island, and now based in Brooklyn. She holds a B.A. in English from Georgetown University and ...
A Thug’s Redemption
A Thug’s Redemption Yani Excerpt Shawn, Jamal and Maurice headed over to Erie Avenue to check out a basketball game in a nearby playground. Shawn was scoping out the competition to see who he would ...
Matt Meyer and déqui kioni-sadiki
Matt Meyer and déqui kioni-sadiki MULTIPLE Pictured: Sekou Odinga, déqui kioni-sadiki, & Matt Meyer. Photo Credit PM Press Matt Meyer is a NYC-based author, educator, and organizer for human r...
Joseph S. Spence, Sheila M. Parrish-Spence, and Jonathan Clarence Parrish-Spence
Joseph S. Spence, Sheila M. Parrish-Spence, and Jonathan Clarence Parrish-Spence MULTIPLE The Spence family, consisting of Joseph, Sheila, and Jonathan, use poetry and various other forms of artistic...
Early Departures
Early Departures justin a. reynolds 9780062748409 Fiction Katherine Tegen Books HarperCollins Like Adam Silvera’s They Both Die at the End and Colleen Hoover’s It Ends with Us, Early Departures by Jus...
Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? (City Lights Open Media)
Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? (City Lights Open Media) Mumia Abu-Jamal 9780872867383 Nonfiction City Lights Publishers City Lights Publishers "A must-read for anyone interested in social justice and...
Scorpions (Anniversary)
Scorpions (Anniversary) Walter Dean Myers 9780064406239 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Now with extra material to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Scorpions!Everyone is getting on Jamal’ss case. The k...
A Thug’s Redemption
A Thug’s Redemption Yani 9780615640587 Fiction Anitbeet Productions Anitbeet Productions Not your typical "thug" in this urban-tragic drama full of suspense with a twist of irony. A Thug’s ...
Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the USA
Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the USA Mumia Abu-Jamal 9780872864696 Nonfiction City Lights Publishers City Lights Publishers “Expert and well-reasoned commentary on the justice s...
Ride Or Die
Ride Or Die Solomon Jones 9780312339890 Fiction Minotaur Books Minotaur Books Seventeen-year-old Keisha is the beautiful, sheltered daughter of an activist pastor with a checkered past. Handsome, amb...
Faith of Our Fathers: An Examination of the Spiritual Life of African and African-American People
Faith of Our Fathers: An Examination of the Spiritual Life of African and African-American People Mumia Abu-Jamal 9781592210183 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press FAI...
Jamal Eric Watson
Jamal Eric Watson NONE Dr. Jamal Watson is an award-winning author and lecturer, known for his biography on Al Sharpton. He's a senior writer for Diverse Issues in Higher Education, with work feature...
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Malcolm-Jamal Warner 0000000072500865 AALBC Mourns the Passing of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, July 20, 2025 Malcolm-Jamal Warner (August 18, 1970 – July 20, 2025) was an American actor, musician and po...
A Thug’s Redemption 3: The Wrath of Andre
A Thug’s Redemption 3: The Wrath of Andre Yani Excerpt Tiffany disconnected the phone and paced the living room. Jamal had a second phone with only one number in it that went to a man who seemed to ...
Jamal Woolard - The "Notorious" Interview
Jamal Woolard - The "Notorious" Interview Kam Williams Interview Jamal Weighs-In on His Reincarnation of Biggie Smalls Like the late Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls, ...
Mercurial
Mercurial Allison Joseph 9781936419647 Poetry Mayapple Press Mayapple Press Poetry. African & African American Studies. MERCURIAL is the latest collection of poems from Allison Joseph: always accessib...
Dwayne S. Joseph
Dwayne S. Joseph NONE Dwayne S. Joseph, acclaimed for his dramatic storytelling since age 13, has penned 10 novels and contributed to four anthology collections, including the Essence bestseller, Aro...
We Want Freedom
We Want Freedom Mumia Abu-Jamal 9781942173045 Nonfiction Common Notions Common Notions Mumia Abu-Jamal, America’s most famous political prisoner, is internationally known for his “live from death row”...
Mama’s Boy
Mama’s Boy ReShonda Tate 9781476714950 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. An AALBC.com Bestselling Book for May/June 2015 When her son is in trouble, a heartbroken mother finds...
Never Say Never
Never Say Never Victoria Christopher Murray 9781451695779 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. When Miriam’s fireman husband, Chauncey, dies while rescuing students from a school fire, Miriam fee...
Message to the Movement (Occupied Media Pamphlet Series)
Message to the Movement (Occupied Media Pamphlet Series) Mumia Abu-Jamal 9781884519079 Nonfiction Zuccotti Park Press Zuccotti Park Press "A tour de force for those just discovering themselves within ...
Brown Glass Window
Brown Glass Window Thumper Book Review I’ve been waiting a long time for this and it is a privilege and a pleasure to state that Devorah Major’s new novel Brown Glass Window is out ...
Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the World
Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the World Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph 9781536224528 Nonfiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press From the New York Times best-selling a...
Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George
Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780375836008 Nonfiction Schwartz & Wade Random House Children's Books The musical superstar of 18th...
Joseph
Joseph Shelia P. Moses 9781416917526 Fiction Margaret K. McElderry Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. For Joseph Flood, life is tough. Tough because of Mama’s addiction to drugs and alcohol. Tough because D...
Angel M. Hunter, Dwayne S. Joseph, and La Jill Hunt
Angel M. Hunter, Dwayne S. Joseph, and La Jill Hunt MULTIPLE Angel M. Hunter, Dwayne S. Joseph, and La Jill Hunt are renowned authors known for their exceptional storytelling skills and captivating n...
William Leo Hansberry and Joseph E. Harris
William Leo Hansberry and Joseph E. Harris MULTIPLE "William Leo Hansberry, a distinguished scholar of African history, and Joseph E. Harris, a renowned editor, have made significant contributions to...
Carl Weber, Angel Hunter, Dwayne S. Joseph, and La Jill Hunt
Carl Weber, Angel Hunter, Dwayne S. Joseph, and La Jill Hunt MULTIPLE "Carl Weber, Angel Hunter, Dwayne S. Joseph, and La Jill Hunt are distinguished authors known for their contributions to literatu...
Dwayne S. Joseph, Roy Glenn, and Jihad Shaheed Uhuru
Dwayne S. Joseph, Roy Glenn, and Jihad Shaheed Uhuru MULTIPLE "Dwayne S. Joseph, Roy+Glenn, and Jihad are renowned authors known for their impactful storytelling and unique writing styles, captivatin...
Frederick Joseph
Frederick Joseph 000000011448266X Frederick Joseph, an award-winning marketer and writer, is recognized for his advocacy in media representation. Included in Forbes 30 Under 30, he's also a recipient...
Porsche Joseph
Porsche Joseph NONE Porsche Joseph is a writer & development professional with a rich experience in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. Her debut book is 'Better Than We Found It: Conversations to...
Pilates’ Return to Life Through Contrology: Revised Edition for the 21st Century
Pilates’ Return to Life Through Contrology: Revised Edition for the 21st Century Joseph Pilates and Judd Robbins 9798890967060 Nonfiction Lushena Books Lushena Books First published in 1945, Pilates’ ...
Brother, I’m Dying
Brother, I’m Dying Edwidge Danticat 9781400034307 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House From the best-selling author of The Dew Breaker, a major work of nonfiction: a powerfully moving family story that ...
Sojourner’s Dream: A Novel
Sojourner’s Dream: A Novel Angeline Bandon-Bibum 9780977758609 Fiction Bandon Press, Inc. Bandon Press, Inc. Sojourner Brown, a shy graduate student, meets and falls in love with Joseph Kalisa. Joseph...
Joseph E. Harris
Joseph E. Harris 0000000021360081 Joseph E. Harris, a history professor at Howard University, is a renowned author of numerous academic books on African history. He resides in Silver Spring, Maryland...
Maxime Madhere, Joseph Semien Jr., and Pierre Johnson
Maxime Madhere, Joseph Semien Jr., and Pierre Johnson MULTIPLE "Maxime Madhere MD, Joseph Semien Jr. MD, and Pierre Johnson MD are accomplished professionals in the medical field, utilizing their exp...
Linsey Davis and Joseph Bottum
Linsey Davis and Joseph Bottum MULTIPLE Linsey Davis and Joseph Bottum are renowned authors known for their compelling narratives. Davis is an Emmy-winning ABC News correspondent, while Bottum is an ...
Charlie Jane Anders, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Charles Yu, Victor LaValle, and John Joseph Adams
Charlie Jane Anders, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Charles Yu, Victor LaValle, and John Joseph Adams MULTIPLE Charlie Jane Anders, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Charles Yu, Victor LaValle, and John Joseph Adams are re...
Joseph S. Spence
Joseph S. Spence NONE Dr. Joseph S. Spence Sr. is a globally recognized author, poet, educator, and military veteran. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles, ten poetry books, and co-founded...
Joseph Pilates and Judd Robbins
Joseph Pilates and Judd Robbins MULTIPLE Joseph Pilates Born December 9, 1883 in Mönchengladbach, Germany; died October 9, 1967 in New York City. As a sickly child (rickets, asthma, rheumat...
Sparks Fly
Sparks Fly Zakiya N. Jamal 9780593953839 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A late bloomer thought a visit to a sex club might jump start her love life, but instead makes an instant connection...
The Student Debt Crisis: America’s Moral Urgency
The Student Debt Crisis: America’s Moral Urgency Jamal Eric Watson 9781506495163 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media The student debt crisis is a civil rights issue, and it’s time we start treating ...
If We Were a Movie
If We Were a Movie Zakiya N. Jamal 9780063359949 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Booksmart meets Phantom of the Megaplex in Zakiya N. Jamal’s debut enthralling enemies-to-lovers queer romance, set...
Survive the Dome
Survive the Dome Kosoko Jackson 9781728239088 Fiction Sourcebooks Fire Sourcebooks The Hate U Give meets Internment in this pulse-pounding thriller about an impenetrable dome around Baltimore that is ...
The Last Gift
The Last Gift Abdulrazak Gurnah 9781639730001 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Publishing From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, an astounding meditation on family, self and th...
The Final Play
The Final Play Shelly Ellis 9781496724670 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Three best friends from the streets found success—in very different ways. But with a crisis detonating around them,...
In These Streets (The Branch Avenue Boys)
In These Streets (The Branch Avenue Boys) Shelly Ellis 9781496718952 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Book 1 in the Branch Avenue Boys seriesThey beat the odds and turned their lives around....
The Columbus Day Consiracy
The Columbus Day Consiracy Gibran Tariq 9780983471974 Fiction Soulfire Books Soulfire Books Jamal Morris had been born into the richest black family in the country, but little did he know that damning...
Murder Incorporated: Empire, Genocide, and Manifest Destiny, Book One: Dreaming of Empire
Murder Incorporated: Empire, Genocide, and Manifest Destiny, Book One: Dreaming of Empire Mumia Abu-Jamal 9780998960012 Nonfiction Prison Radio Prison Radio This book strives to set the record straigh...
A Thug’s Life Revisited (Volume 1)
A Thug’s Life Revisited (Volume 1) Yani 9780996966641 Fiction Anitbeet Productions Anitbeet Productions What happens when the system you’ve been sworn to protect marks you for death? Jamal, D-Ball an...
The Classroom and the Cell: Conversations on Black Life in America
The Classroom and the Cell: Conversations on Black Life in America Mumia Abu-Jamal 9780883783375 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press This collection of conversations between celebrity intel...
Of Blood and Sorrow: A Tamara Hayle Mystery (Tamara Hayle Mysteries)
Of Blood and Sorrow: A Tamara Hayle Mystery (Tamara Hayle Mysteries) Valerie Wilson Wesley 9780345492715 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House Valerie Wilson Wesley’s private investigator,...
Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience
Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience Mumia Abu-Jamal 9780896086999 Nonfiction South End Press South End Press In Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience Mumia Ab...
All Things Censored
All Things Censored Mumia Abu-Jamal 9781583220764 Nonfiction Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press More than 75 essays—many freshly composed by Mumia with the cartridge of a ball-point pen, the only...
Jamal’s Busy Day
Jamal’s Busy Day Wade Hudson 9780940975248 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Jamal, a handsome, energetic African-American boy, is shown making all the necessary preparations for school that h...
Everything’s Not Lost
Everything’s Not Lost Frederick Joseph 9798217040599 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A heart-wrenching yet vividly hopeful novel about a Black girl’s struggle to find the q...
Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution
Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution Peniel E. Joseph 9781541675896 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books A “captivating and compelling” (Keisha N. Blain, coeditor of ...
Leviathan Beach
Leviathan Beach Joseph Earl Thomas 9781538741016 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group A wild and wildly original debut story collection that explores the present and future, violence a...
The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century
The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century Peniel E. Joseph 9781541600744 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books One of our preeminent historians of race...
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person Frederick Joseph 9781536217018 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press The instant New York Times bestseller! Writing from the perspective of a fr...
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Peniel E. Joseph 9781541617865 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books This dual biography of Malcolm X and Marti...
Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power To Barack Obama
Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power To Barack Obama Peniel E. Joseph 9780465033133 Nonfiction Basic Civitas Books Perseus Books The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s is now remembered...
My Father’s Kites
My Father’s Kites Allison Joseph 9780982416921 Poetry Steel Toe Books Steel Toe Books The centerpiece of Allison Joseph’s sixth full-length poetry collection is a sequence of thirty-four sonnets about...
He Talk Like a White Boy
He Talk Like a White Boy Joseph C. Phillips 9780762423996 Nonfiction Running Press Hachette Book Group As a young student, Joseph Phillips once overheard someone say of him, "He talk like a white boy!...
African Diaspora
African Diaspora Joseph E. Harris 9780890967317 Nonfiction Texas A&M University Press Texas A&M University Press As Africans and descendants of slaves have sought to expand an understanding of their h...
Tameka Ellington and Joseph L. Underwood
Tameka Ellington and Joseph L. Underwood MULTIPLE Tameka Ellington is the Interim Assistant Dean for the College of the Arts and Associate Professor of Fashion Joseph L. Underwood is an Assistan...
Joseph Earl Thomas
Joseph Earl Thomas NONE Joseph Earl Thomas is an author known for his unique and poignant storytelling. His first major work, Sink: A Memoir, published in 2022, explores his challenging upbringing i...
Two Can Play That Game
Two Can Play That Game Zakiya N. Jamal 9780593953853 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House After a chance courtside encounter, a fake relationship between a rising influencer and a WNBA star beco...
This Is My America
This Is My America Kim Johnson 9780593118764 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Incredible and searing. —Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin T...
Know Your Place
Know Your Place Shelly Ellis 9781496718976 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Book 2 in the Branch Avenue Boys seriesSuccess didn’t come easy for three best friends from the streets. And now d...
The Evolution of Al Sharpton: The Provocative Politics of the People’s Preacher
The Evolution of Al Sharpton: The Provocative Politics of the People’s Preacher Jamal Eric Watson 9781932841732 Nonfiction Agate Bolden Agate Publishing, Inc Once marginalized merely as a “rabble rous...
A Thug’s Redemption 3: The Wrath of Andre
A Thug’s Redemption 3: The Wrath of Andre Yani 9780996966610 Fiction Anitbeet Productions Anitbeet Productions With the Russian Mob on his heels and the crooked Philly Police putting him in an imposs...
Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge
Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge Etan Thomas and Nick Chiles 9780451414892 Nonfiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House In Fatherhood, beloved NBA player, poet, children’s advocate, and d...
Mama’s Lies-Daddy’s Pain
Mama’s Lies-Daddy’s Pain Brian W. Smith 9780977793914 Fiction Hollygrove Publishing Hollygrove Publishing Jamal Simms is the loving father of Jada Simms. He struggles to raise Jada with her mother (Tr...
Live From Death Row
Live From Death Row Mumia Abu-Jamal 9780201483192 Nonfiction Addison-Wesley Penguin Random House Awaiting execution for the murder of a Philadelphia policeman, the author describes the brutality and h...
Theo and Me
Theo and Me Malcolm-Jamal Warner 9780525246947 Nonfiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House The popular teenage television actor uses excerpts from his fan mail as a jumping-off point to discuss t...
Mazaradi Fox
Mazaradi Fox NONE Mazaradi Fox, born Jamal Green, was a childhood friend of 50 Cent and a prominent figure in Queens, New York. Known for his love of cars and “dum out” lifestyle, which he often refl...
Evan J. Roberts
Evan J. Roberts NONE Evan Jamal Roberts is an author, educator, and speaker, dedicated to mentoring individuals on keys to success. He emphasizes the importance of self-education, literacy, clear pur...
V.S. Chochezi
V.S. Chochezi NONE Dr. V.S. Chochezi is a multi-talented author, poet, artist, and professor, known for her work with Straight Out Scribes, a mother/daughter spoken word duo. She has published numero...
This Thing of Ours
This Thing of Ours Frederick Joseph 9781536233469 Fiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press The powerful and timely YA novel debut from two-time New York Times best-selling author Frederick Josep...
God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer
God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer Joseph Earl Thomas 9781538740989 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group One of the Millions’ Most Anticipated Books of 2024, Named Best of June by The Wash...
We Alive, Beloved: Poems
We Alive, Beloved: Poems Frederick Joseph 9781955905640 Poetry Row House Publishing Row House Publishing NYT Bestselling Author Frederick Joseph explores a new genre in this captivating poetry collect...
Sink: A Memoir
Sink: A Memoir Joseph Earl Thomas 9781538706183 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group A wrenching, redemptive, and “brilliant coming-of-age story” (New York Times) about the difficul...
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever the Courage to Dream
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever the Courage to Dream Frederick Joseph 9781368076739 Fiction Marvel Press Marvel Comics Set in the world of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever from Marvel Studios, The Courag...
A People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
A People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers Charlie Jane Anders, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Charles Yu, Victor LaValle, and John Joseph Adams 9780525508809 Nonf...
Corporal Muse
Corporal Muse Allison Joseph 9781943977505 Poetry Sibling Rivalry Press, LLC Sibling Rivalry Press, LLC In Corporal Muse, poet Allison E. Joseph pulls back the curtain on her writing process, searchin...
Confessions of a Barefaced Woman
Confessions of a Barefaced Woman Allison Joseph 9781597096096 Poetry HarperTorch HarperCollins In Confessions of a Barefaced Woman, Allison Joseph turns her keen and sassy eye on all the furious and h...
Double Identity
Double Identity Allison Joseph 9780933439146 Poetry Singing Bone Pres Singing Bone Pres In Double Identity Allison Joseph achieves an astonishing multiplicity of voices: some the preacher/teacher poet...