This treasure trove of lavishly illustrated stories comes from different regions in Africa. In "Anansi," an uproarious story from Ghana, the tables are turned on lazy Anansi. "The Boy Who Wanted the
"One of the greatest writers of our time."--Toni MorrisonAvailable together for the first time in one specially designed boxed set, ten repackaged paperback editions of Zora Neale Hurston's classic works--each featuring a striking cover envisioned by a star contemporary Black artist, including Charly Palmer, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and more.Zora Neale Hurston's work brilliantly captured the experience of American Black life in the early twentieth century and transformed the boundaries of modern literature. This boxed set features the best of her fiction and nonfiction in one extraordinary, giftable package. Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set includes: Dust Tracks on a Road--an intimate and insightful memoir of Zora's childhood in the rural South and her rise to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance Jonah's Gourd Vine--a novel about a young man who loves too many women Mules and Men--an oral history of Black American folklore featuring sermons, songs, sayings, and tall tales since the days of
From the cover of Essence to the stage at the Apollo, from reruns of her hit show The Parkers to her reality program Mo'Nique's F.A.T. Chance, Mo'Nique exults in the joys of being a large woman. Here,
The Diamond neighborhood was an all-black enclave in the mostly white town of Norco, Louisiana, aptly named for the New Orleans Refining Co., an industrial processing plant. Margie Eugene Richard was
Jim Crow; Brown v. Board of Education; Bull Connor; KKK; Birmingham; the Lorraine Motel; Rosa; Martin; and Malcolm. From slavery to the separation of "colored" and "white" and from horrifying oppr
From actress Sanaa Lathan to Georgia State Supreme Court chief justice Leah Ward Sears, many African-American women attribute much of their success to having a positive father figure In Daughter
The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first
“A provocative, heart-breaking and frequently hilarious collection of original essays on what it means to be Black, a woman, a mother and a global citizen in today’s ever-changing world.”―Glamour“A co
四個放任自己男人為所欲為的女人，對自己男人全都無計可施。直到她們意外得到一本教戰手冊，她們開始按照書裡的指示來改善她們的愛情關係，沒想到戰術奏效，她們的男人一個個回歸正軌。不過，這本書的秘密很快就讓這些男人給發現了，於是一場男女鬥智大戰就此展開... Steve Harvey can’t count the number of impressive women he’s met over the
Born a slave, Harriet Tubman dreamed of freedom. And through hard work and her willingness to risk everything-including her life-she was able to make that dream come true.But after making her escape,
It's conventional wisdom that Hollywood has no use for a woman over forty. So it's a good thing that Diahann Carroll—whose winning, sometimes controversial career breached racial barriers—
A spicy, raucously satiric follow-up to Jill Nelson's bestselling Sexual Healing In Let's Get It On, a group of savvy friends start what they couldn't find elsewhere—a "full-service spa" tha
**This limited-in-number, signed edition of Steve Harvey's Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man features a signed tip-in page. The perfect gift for any Steve Harvey fan.**
Collected here together for the first time are the selected letters of one of the most influential and important activists in the American civil rights movement?the brilliant legal mind and foot soldi
Born in El Paso's Segundo Barrio, Nolan Richardson was the first black star for legendary basketball coach Don Haskins at Texas Western College. Rising to national prominence at the University of Arka
Introduction by New York Times bestselling author Henry Louis Gates Jr. Spanning more than 35 years of work, the first comprehensive collection of essays, criticism, and articles by the legendary author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, showcasing the evolution of her distinctive style as an archivist and author."One of the greatest writers of our time."--Toni MorrisonOne of the most acclaimed artists of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston was a gifted novelist, playwright, and essayist. Drawn from three decades of her work, this anthology showcases her development as a writer, from her early pieces expounding on the beauty and precision of African American art to some of her final published works, covering the sensational trial of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy Black woman convicted in 1952 for killing a white doctor. Among the selections are Hurston's well-known works such as "How It Feels to be Colored Me" and "My Most Humiliating Jim Crow Experience." The essays in th
In the tradition of towering biographies that tell us as much about America as they do about their subject, Ida: A Sword Among Lions is a sweeping narrative about a country and a crusader embroiled
