A crippled economy changes Lola Jones' silver spoon status to copper and threatens to rip her sheltered family from the upper echelons of society and drop them in the slums of East St. Louis. One thing can save Lola's children from the...
African Americans
- Author:Oasis, Hampton, BrendaSummary:
- Author:Baldwin, JamesSummary:
A classic memoir recounting Baldwin's early life in Harlem, the civil rights struggle, the murders of Malcolm X and MLK, and his eventual confrontation with the violent American South.
- Author:Jackson, BrendaSummary:
Lance Montgomery, renowned relationship expert, has perfected the art of being a playa. His acclaimed workshops and bestselling books prove it. His most popular title, The Playa's Handbook, caused a major uproar among black women...
- Author:Hunt, La JillSummary:
Former player Terrell thinks he's got it going on. Then the past comes calling and suddenly his best prospects are endangered.
- Author:BrickSummary:
"My husband was down on his knees, bloodied, battered, and beaten to the point he could barely hold himself up. He'd always been a warrior, my warrior. They would kill him, I knew that. I felt it with everything within me. My...
- Author:Rhodes, Jewell ParkerSummary:
In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.
- Author:Mottley, LeilaSummary:
A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system--the debut of a blazingly original voice that "bursts at the seams of every page and swallows...
- Author:Jenkins, BeverlySummary:
Cara Lee Henson knows no soldier can be trusted to stay in one place, and that includes handsome Sergeant Chase Jefferson of the Tenth Cavalry. Dallying with the dashing man in blue could cost the pretty, independent Kansas...
- Author:Thorne, Jenn MarieSummary:
Ruby has always been Ruby Chertok: future classical pianist and daughter of renowned composer Martin Chertok. But after her horrendous audition for the prestigious music school where her father is on faculty, it's clear that music has...
- Author:McKissack, PatSummary:
In eighteenth-century West Africa, a boy raised by his blacksmith father and the Mother Elements--Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth--is captured and taken to America as a slave.
- Author:Oliver, DianeSummary:
A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of 22, leaving behind these crisply told and often chilling tales that explore race and racism in 1950s and 60s America. In this first and only collection...
- Author:Douglass, FrederickSummary:
Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist cause, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) led an astounding life. Physical abuse, deprivation and tragedy...
- Author:Douglass, FrederickSummary:
Presents the autobiography of Douglass, an American slave, and his journey out of mental and physical bondage.
- Author:J., AnnaSummary:
Many women are not willing to go the extra mile to please their men. For most couples, inviting someone into their bedroom is totally out of the question. When Jasmine's husband James pressures her into having a threesome, their once...
- Author:Hampton, BrendaSummary:
Just when Jaylin thinks life is perfect and everything is going his way, a past lover delivers a shocking message to him, and Jaylin realizes that the women he disrespected are the very women he needs.
- Author:Jawando, WillSummary:
Will Jawando tells a deeply affirmative story of hope and respect for men of color at a time when Black men are routinely stigmatized. As a boy growing up outside DC, Will, who went by his Nigerian name, Yemi, was shunted from school to...
- Author:Johnson, Jocelyn NicoleSummary:
In a daring and fierce debut work of fiction-the likes of which comes along once in a generation-Virginia's landscapes, emblems, and Thomas Jefferson's historic plantation set the stage for a cast of unforgettable characters...
- Author:Hunt, La JillSummary:
The love/hate relationship between Diane and Kendra Williams takes mother-daughter drama to entirely different level. Diane is a single mother who prides herself on being a master manipulator. She has no problem using anything or anyone...
- Author:Berry, Mary FrancesSummary:
Born into slavery, Callie House helped create the Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association in 1899 as a freedwoman. The organization, one of the first of its kind, campaigned for the reparations promised to African...
- Author:JaQuavis, AshleySummary:
With Samad's target on her back, Liberty must survive the harsh streets alone. But when a chance encounter pushes her into the arms of a new friend, Po, the two take on the California kingpin--and step full force into the game.