Curated Lists

How The Word is Passed - June 1, 2021
by Clint Smith
who visits Whitney in Chapter 2

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Paperback – February 23, 2021 by Mikki Kendall

Homegoing Paperback – May 2, 2017
by Yaa Gyasi

Great Speeches by Frederick Douglass (Dover Thrift Editions) Paperback – January 16, 2013
by Frederick Douglass (Author), James Daley (Editor)

Go Tell It on the Mountain (Vintage International) Paperback – September 12, 2013
by James Baldwin

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement Paperback – February 9, 2016
by Angela Y. Davis (Author), Frank Barat (Editor), Cornel West (Preface)

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Paperback – January 7, 2020
by David W. Blight

Everyday Ubuntu: Living better together, the African way Hardcover – International Edition, September 19, 2019
by Nompumelelo Mungi Ngomane (Author)

Empire of Cotton: A Global History Paperback – November 10, 2015
by Sven Beckert

Do The Work: A guide to understanding power and creating change. Paperback – June 18, 2024
by Megan Pillow (Author), Roxane Gay (Author), Aurelia Durand (Illustrator)

Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis Hardcover – January 21, 2025
by Tao Leigh Goffe (Author)

Cooking for the Culture: Recipes and Stories from the New Orleans Streets to the Table Hardcover – February 7, 2023 by Toya Boudy