Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Dubois
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America by Ivan Van Sertima
In Praise of Black Women: Ancient African Queens by Simone Schwarz-Bart
What Mama Couldn’t Tell Us About Love: Healing the Emotional Legacy of Racism by Celebrating Our Lightby Brenda Lane Richardson and Brenda Wade
Celebrating African Americans by Dr. Nell Irvin Painter
Having What Matters: The Black Woman’s Guide to Creating the Life You Really Want by Monique Greenwood
In Motion: The African American Migration Experience by Dobson and Diouf
Born Beautiful: The African American Teenager’s Complete Beauty Guide by Alfred Fornay
Black Women of the Old West by William Loren Katz
Whatever Happened to Daddy’s Little Girl: The Impact of Fatherlessness on Black Women by Jonetta Rose Barras
Black Man of the Nile by Yosef Ben-Jochannan
The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt
The Faces of Our Past: Images of Black Women from Colonial America to the Present by Kathleen Thompson and Hilary Mac Austin
1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History by Jeffrey C. Stewart
Harlem’s Glory: Black Women Writing, 1900-1950 by Lorraine Elena Roses and Ruth Elizabeth Randolph
Forced Into Glory by Lerone Bennett
Kaiso!: Writings By and About Katherine Dunham by Veve Clark and Sara E. Johnson
Before the Mayflower by Lerone Bennett
Marian Anderson: A Singer’s Journey by Allan Keller
The Covenant With Black America edited by Tavis Smiley
Keeping the Faith Edited by Tavis Smiley
Barbara Jordan: American Hero by Mary Beth Rogers
The History of Black Business by Juliet E. K. Walker
Overcoming the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Young Women by Freeman A. Hrabowski,Kenneth I. Maton, et. al.
African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and Vision by Brown, Parks, and Phillips
Speak So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston by Lucy Anne Hurston
The Senator and The Socialite by Lawrence Otis Graham
Colored Amazons: Crime, Violence, and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910 by Kali N. Gross
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance by Aberjhani and Sandra L.West
The Way We Wore: Black Style Then by Michael Mc Collom
Ghetto Schooling by Jean Anyon
Building Houses Out of Chicken Bones: Black Women, Food & Power by Psyche A. Williams-Forson
Africana Encyclopedia by Apiah and Gates
The Angry Black Woman’s Guide to Life by Denene Milner, Angela Burt-Murray, and Mitzi Miller
Mirror To America by John Hope Franklin
In the Spirit by Susan Taylor
From Slavery to Freedom by John Hope Franklin
How to Be: Contemporary Etiquette for African Americans by Harriette Cole
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy Degruy Leary
Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony Browder
A Hand to Guide Me by Denzel Washington
The African Origins of Civilization by Cheik Anta Diop
Stolen Legacy by George G. M. James
Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington
Ida: A Sword Among Lions by Paula J. Giddings
Losing the Race by John Whorter
The Black Male Handbook edited by Kevin Powell
Of Blood and Sorrow by Valerie Wilson Wesley
Playing My Mother’s Blues by Valerie Wilson Wesley
Always True to You in My Fashion by Valerie Wilson Wesley
Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do by Valerie Wilson Wesley
When the Night Whispers (by Valerie Wilson Wesley) written under the pen name Savanna Welles
The Moon Tells Secrets (by Valerie Wilson Wesley) written under the pen name Savanna Welles
A LIttle Bit of Honey by Dr. Anasa Maat
‘Til Death Do Us Part by Dr. Anasa Maat
Kill or Be Killed by Dr. Anasa Maat
Wrong? by Dr. Anasa Maat
Good Hair by Binilde Little
Who Does She Think She Is? by Benilde Little
Acting Out by Benilde Little
The Itch by Benilde Little
Welcome to My Breakdown by Benilde Little
Tales of the Out & The Gone by Amiri Baraka
Home by Amiri Baraka
Digging: The Afro American Soul of Music by Amiri Baraka
The Music (Meditations of Jazz & Blues) edited by Amiri and Amina Baraka
Confirmation: An Anthology of African-American Women edited by Amiri and Amina Baraka
The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka by Amiri Baraka
Y’s/Why’s/Wise by Amiri Baraka
Funk Lore by Amiri Baraka
Eulogies by Amiri Baraka
Transbluesency by Amiri Baraka
Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems by Amiri Baraka
Blues People by Amiri Baraka
A Black Fire: Eulogy for My Father by Ras Baraka
In the Tradition: An Anthology of Young Black Writers by Kevin Powell (edited by Ras Baraka)
Black Girls Love Hard by Ras Baraka
The Richard Wesley Play Anthology by Richard Wesley
Brown Sugar: Over 100 Years of America’s Black Female Superstars by Donald Bogle
Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography by Donald Bogle
Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films by Donald Bogle
Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood by Donald Bogle
Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television by Donald Bogle
Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters by Donald Bogle
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story by Dr. Ben Carson
Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year by Tavis Smiley
The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson
Homegirls and Handgrenades by Sonia Sanchez
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and Ruby Dee
My One Good Nerve by Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 by Nikki Giovanni
The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted by Dr. Obery Hendricks
The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the Bible, the Church, and the Body Politicby Dr. Obery Hendricks
Living Water by Dr. Obery Hendricks
Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Michelle Obama in Her Own Words: The Views and Values of America’s First Lady by Michelle Obama
Black Enterprise Magazine Essence Magazine