Every African American should read—or reread—this list of 20 books that amplify the voices that shaped our collective consciousness.
It's 2025, and the new year is the perfect time to reignite your passion for reading, especially as the cold, snowy weather may be pushing you to curl up on a comfy chair, snuggle under a warm blanket with a steamy cup of tea, and get cozy with a good book.
Rapper and entrepreneur Eve is set to release her new memoir, Who’s That Girl? and in it, she recalls a candid phone call she got from Jay-Z in the ’90s, who cautioned her against “getting her hopes up” about a hip-hop career.
Feast on this delicious excerpt from author Denene Millner's upcoming book, 'One Blood'
Instead of buying your dad another tie and your little sister another sweater,why not give the gift of a great book?
Why is Shaq still talking about his beautiful and very savvy ex-wife?
“Representing the race” remains a prickly issue in black literature By Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond In the 40-plus years since Robert “Iceberg Slim” Beck released Pimp, the audience for so-called “street literature” has remained faithful to the genre, making bestsellers of Beck’s contemporaries and successors like Donald Goines, Omar Tyree, Teri Woods, and more recently Sister […]
No more, "I have nothing to read."
(Tri State Defender) — 1. “The Grace of Silence: A Memoir” by Michele Norris: Quite frankly, this heartbreaking memoir in which the author wistfully recounts her family’s quiet and dignified way of dealing with racism and discrimination, moved me to tears. NPR’s Michele Norris describes lives painfully limited by the color line, including a litany of […]
Not to be left behind black publishers are quickly adopting print alternatives.
Black books are selling well after all
by Charing Ball As a teenager I dabbled a little – okay a lot – in what is now referred to as Street Lit. Back then, I really didn’t view books about urban life as separate from traditional forms of African-American literature. For me, they were black books by black authors and that was good […]