Around the Way Girl: A Memoir by Taraji P. Henson
A gritty and inspiring memoir about childhood, family, determination, and the bumpy road to Hollywood from Empire star Taraji P. Henson. She shares stories of her father, a Vietnam vet who was bowed but…
When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris
When you look like us—brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades—people think you’re trouble. No one looks twice at a missing black girl from the projects because she must’ve…
15 Fashion Books To Read About Black Style
When it comes to Black fashion, there is no doubt about it, we are the blueprint. From local community outfits like spray painted t-shirts and Bobo hair tie’s to runway…
Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett
A fierce comic satire that touches on everything from race to social media while at the same time questioning the values society places on us simply by virtue of the…
New Book “Hush Money” Shines a Light on Systemic Racism
Black authors, Delilah Harris, Deborah Harris, and Jacquie Abram, are using social media to promote their new book, HUSH MONEY: How One Woman Proved Systemic Racism in her Workplace and Kept…
Toyosi Etim-Effiong launches debut book “Now You Know Me Better”
TV Producer, Toyosi Etim-Effiong launched her debut book title “Now You Know Me Better,” on Thursday, December 3rd 2020 at The Oriental Hotel. Some guests that attended the event include…
I Don’t Belong to You: Quiet the Noise and Find Your Voice by Keke Palmer
I Don’t Belong To You—an inspirational guide that encourages young people to change their mindset and live with more freedom, confidence, and love as they navigate the rough terrain of…
Elder Activist-Poet Releases Free Book of Police Murder Poems
Gerald Lenoir, a self-described activist-writer-poet, has released a book of poetry entitled United States of Struggle: Police Murder in America. The volume, published by Magnum Opus Publications, contains eleven poems, most…
50 Books by African women that everyone should read
Just ahead of Africa Writes – quite possibly the UK’s largest celebration of African books and literature, we teamed up with the Bookshy Blogger’s Zahrah Nessbit-Ahmed to compile a list…
A Nation’s Tailor – for J. J. Rawlings
Arms in great arms…protectYou taught us soBy using it to sew back a nation…whose solid foundation was destroyed by greed…division…corruptionMaking hunger a national cankerAnd forcing our nation into near collapseSuch…