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First Listen: Audible Is Releasing the First-Ever Unabridged Audio of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Performed by Laurence Fishburne

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Excerpt: George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue Is a Black, Queer, Coming-of-Age 'Memoir-Manifesto' for Us All

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Untangling History: A Rebranded Edition of A'Lelia Bundles' On Her Own Ground Adds New Chapters to the Story of Madam C.J. Walker

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Kobe Bryant's Latest Children's Book Tops New York Times Bestseller List

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I Don't Want to Die Poor: In His Newest Book, Michael Arceneaux Articulates the Angst of a Generation

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Alive at 89: For Her First Posthumous Birthday, Toni Morrison Is Getting an Epic Party at the Brooklyn Museum

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Colin Kaepernick Launches Book Publishing Company, Reveals Plans to Release Memoir in 2020

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What We’re Reading Now: Mikki Kendall’s Hood Feminism

Controlling the Narrative: Meghan and Harry Reportedly Cooperated on an Upcoming Biography

'My Memory Is Intact': Will André Leon Talley's Memoir Confirm That the Devil Does Indeed Wear Prada?

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Untangling History: A Rebranded Edition of A'Lelia Bundles' On Her Own Ground Adds New Chapters to the Story of Madam C.J. Walker

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I Don't Want to Die Poor: In His Newest Book, Michael Arceneaux Articulates the Angst of a Generation

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LeVar Burton Wants to Give Us a Live-Streamed Version of His Podcast. Legal Issues Present Challenge

Great Moments in Black Her-story: 10 Books That Celebrate the Presence, Power, and Legacies of Black Women

Black History, Black Stories: 7 Books That Center Our Legacies for Longer Than a Month

Alive at 89: For Her First Posthumous Birthday, Toni Morrison Is Getting an Epic Party at the Brooklyn Museum

Fck Your Diet—and Other Things My Thighs Tell Me* Is the Self-Love Story We Deserve This Valentine's Day

Colin Kaepernick Launches Book Publishing Company, Reveals Plans to Release Memoir in 2020

Thoughts on Forgiving Amy Cooper (aka 'Darth Karen'), Who Got Fired, Banned From Central Park, and Lost Her Dog

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Kamala and Maya's Big Idea Celebrates the Girl Power That Launched Two Political Powerhouses

Exclusive: A Cover Reveal of L.L. McKinney's Nubia: Real One—She's Much More Than Wonder Woman's Twin Sister

Davido, Tiwa Savage and Mr. Eazi Cover Billboard for Publication's First Issue Devoted Entirely to Africa

An Ida B. Wells Biography, Written by Her Great-Grandaughter, Will Be Released in 2021

Bakari Sellers' Invisible Black America

First Listen: Audible Is Releasing the First-Ever Unabridged Audio of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Performed by Laurence Fishburne

What We’re Reading Now: Mikki Kendall’s Hood Feminism

Controlling the Narrative: Meghan and Harry Reportedly Cooperated on an Upcoming Biography

'My Memory Is Intact': Will André Leon Talley's Memoir Confirm That the Devil Does Indeed Wear Prada?

Excerpt: George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue Is a Black, Queer, Coming-of-Age 'Memoir-Manifesto' for Us All

Untangling History: A Rebranded Edition of A'Lelia Bundles' On Her Own Ground Adds New Chapters to the Story of Madam C.J. Walker

Kobe Bryant's Latest Children's Book Tops New York Times Bestseller List

I Don't Want to Die Poor: In His Newest Book, Michael Arceneaux Articulates the Angst of a Generation

The Hate U Give Author Angie Thomas Is About to Hit Us With a New Novel, Concrete Rose

LeVar Burton Wants to Give Us a Live-Streamed Version of His Podcast. Legal Issues Present Challenge

Great Moments in Black Her-story: 10 Books That Celebrate the Presence, Power, and Legacies of Black Women

Black History, Black Stories: 7 Books That Center Our Legacies for Longer Than a Month

Alive at 89: For Her First Posthumous Birthday, Toni Morrison Is Getting an Epic Party at the Brooklyn Museum

F*ck Your Diet—and Other Things My Thighs Tell Me Is the Self-Love Story We Deserve This Valentine's Day

Colin Kaepernick Launches Book Publishing Company, Reveals Plans to Release Memoir in 2020

Fck Your Diet—and Other Things My Thighs Tell Me* Is the Self-Love Story We Deserve This Valentine's Day