Collection

Stony The Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and The Rise of Jim Crow Paperback, Illustrated - April 7, 2020 by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

“Based on my travels in 8 nations in contemporary West Africa, this part of the collection is inspired by the spicy, ruddy, earthy flavors this region of Africa is known for.” – Michael W. Twitty, author of The Cooking Gene

African American Herbalism: A Practical Guide to Healing Plants and Folk Traditions Paperback – August 25, 2023
by Lucretia VanDyke

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

On Juneteenth Hardcover – May 4, 2021 by Annette Gordon-Reed

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South Hardcover – August 1, 2017
by Michael W. Twitty

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Hardback - November 16, 2021
By Nikole Hannah-Jones
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

An adorable elephant hand carved out of soapstone doubles as a tea light candle holder!

Monumental: Oscar Dunn and His Radical Fight in Reconstruction Louisiana - 2021 by Brian K. Mitchell (Author) and Barrington S. Edwards (Illustrator)

Narrative of Sojourner Truth Publisher: Dover Publications
By Sojourner Truth

Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember: Personal Accounts of Slavery in South Carolina Paperback – January 1, 1989
by Belinda Hurmence

Raising Freedom's Child: Black Children and Visions of the Future after Slavery
By Mary Niall Mitchell