Staff Recommendations

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water Hardcover -
November 16, 2021
By Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renee Watson (Authors) and Nikkolas Smith (Illustrator)

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

Africans In Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Revised Edition
by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism Paperback – October 25, 2016
by Edward E. Baptist

Homegoing Paperback – May 2, 2017
by Yaa Gyasi

Before She was Harriet (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) Hardcover
By Lesa Cline-Ransome (author) James E. Ransome (Illustrator) – November 7, 2017

James: A Novel Hardcover – March 19, 2024
by Percival Everett (Author)

We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy Hardcover – April 6, 2021
by Natalie Baszile (Author)

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

The American Daughters: A Novel Hardcover – February 27, 2024
by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (Author)

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Hardcover – January 31, 2023
by Siddharth Kara (Author)

Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook Hardcover - March 1, 2021 by Michael W. Twitty