Publishers that Celebrate Black People, Culture, Black History in their Books

[Troy]

As we start the second week of Black History Month, we hope this email will be an encouraging reminder of companies that are doing the work. Institutions that have made sharing our stories their mission. Black-owned publishers that celebrate Black people, Black culture, and Black histories in their books all year round. We’re proud to be one of them.  Let’s pour into these institutions! Read their books. Buy directly from their websites if you can. (Many carry titles  that are difficult to get elsewhere.) Recommend their books. Check them out at your local library, and if they’re not on the shelves — request them. Share and comment on their social media posts. Sign up for their mailing lists. Spread the word about the work they’re doing. Third World Press - the oldest Black publishing company in the world. Founded in 1967, it’s one of the last-remaining Black Arts Movement institutions. https://thirdworldpressfoundation.org Black Classic Press - founded in 1978 and devoted to publishing obscure and significant works by and about people of African descent. https://www.blackclassicbooks.com Africa World Press - in business since 1983, its mission is to provide high quality literature on the history, culture, politics of Africa and the African Diaspora. https://africaworldpressbooks.com Just Us Books - founded in 1988, we publish children’s books that center and celebrate Black people, history and culture. https://justusbooks.com  Amber Communications - the largest  African American publisher of self-help books and music biographies. http://amberbookspublishing.com Dare to Be King - provides services and products, including books and workshops, to help inspire and support boys of color. https://daretobeking.net Universal Write Publications - publishes a variety of topics through the framework of Black scholars who write through the African lens. https://uwpbooks.com  And this is just a start. Let us know about other Black-owned book publishers that are doing this important work!

The Brown Bookshelf is back with its 28 Days Later Campaign celebrating Black kidlit creators! Meet this year’s honorees.

Through colorful vignettes that rival tall tales of the old frontier, The Reflections of A Black Cowboy series highlights 20 frontiersmen and women who helped to pioneer the American West. Learn more

Anchored by Just Us Books’ best-selling title, Book of Black Heroes: From A to Z, this four book series introduces 200 historic and contemporary Black leaders, innovators and achievers. Learn more

Looking for activities to supplement classroom or at-home learning about Black history? Download our free Black History Handbook.

Say It Loud! Readers and Writers brings communities together through literature. Educational consultant and literacy advocate Patrick Oliver founded Say It Loud to support educational and community organizations in implementing innovative literary arts projects and programs. Since 1997, the organization has worked with educators and administrators across the country to decrease the literacy achievement gap and empower students. Poetry, narrative, prose, rap, vision boards are all tools Patrick and his team use to teach young people the power of visualizing dreams and planning their goals early and often. Learn more, support and spread the word: https://www.speakloudly.com/

“We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.”  - Samuel Cornish and John B. Russwurm, founders, Freedom’s Journal, the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the U.S.

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[Chevdove]

11 hours ago, Troy said:

Universal Write Publications - publishes a variety of topics through the framework of Black scholars who write through the African lens. https://uwpbooks.com 

 

I am totally captivated by the founder of this company!