Solomon Northup was born and thrived as a free man – until he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery by criminals who captured runaway slaves and free blacks alike. Once a dedicated father, labourer and talented violinist, Northup’s twelve years in slavery were defined by powerlessness, violence, and exploitation. Later adapted into a film which won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Picture, his harrowing telling of that time provides a must-read first-hand account of slavery in Ameri...

New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe returns to the 1930s era of her acclaimed novel The Upper Room with a dazzling portrait of two very different couples whose fast friendship is no match for shattering betrayal …A solid marriage, a thriving business, and the esteem of their close-knit Alabama community—Joyce and Odell Watson have every reason to count their blessings.Their marriage has given well-off Joyce a chance at the family she's always wanted—and granted Od...

A TV investigative reporter and his sister, a San Francisco PD homicide detective, look into the slayings of Bay Area cops who have shot unarmed African Americans yet faced no repercussions in this debut crime thriller.When San Francisco Police Officer Mickey Driscoll is gunned down in the driveway of his suburban Bay Area home in broad daylight, the suspects are numerous. Was the murder committed by someone close to him? An arrestee seeking revenge?Or was it one of the man...

A gruesome discovery leads to a deadly conspiracy.Booker Johnson, an Emmy-winning TV reporter on the brink of losing everything, stumbles upon a horrific crime scene in South Florida. Teaming up with no-nonsense police detective Brielle Jensen, they dive into the case, unraveling a web of deception, manipulation, and murder that reaches the highest echelons of power.As Booker uncovers the sinister truth behind a mysterious group pulling the strings, he find...

On a sweltering day in August 1960, in the segregated Deep South city of Jacksonville, Florida, a seventeen-year-old Black boy finished his dishwashing job at Morrison’s Cafeteria, walked out the back door, and found himself in the middle of a nightmare.Hundreds of white men with ax handles and baseball bats were attacking Black sit-in protestors in Hemming Park. Suddenly surrounded, the young man endured menacing blows and racist taunts. He called for help from a white police offi...

Paul Robeson’s resounding bass-baritone voice captivated audiences, especially when singing the spirituals he had heard at church and folk songs he had gathered from many countries. But Robeson was more than an interpreter of song. He was passionate about the injustices found in the United States and throughout the world and refused to keep quiet. As a stage and film actor, he fought against stereotypical roles and widespread racism. Labeled a communist during the height of the Cold War, R...

This new thought fiction series continues with Emergent Light, which is both a meditation on pursuing one’s higher self and an intriguing thriller as Malik and Jessica work to ensure the future of humanity.In this third installment of The Rewired Series, the reset has arrived. Malik’s dreams are as vivid as ever. One, in particular, feels strangely real, as though there’s a past he only vaguely remembers. Malik awakens to a world threatened by intense solar flares, and he is one of ...

In his first-ever collection, the award-winning author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries presents an eclectic mix of new and previously published mystery stories rife with historical detail and riveting wartime storytelling.“The Horse Chestnut Tree” explores betrayal and murder during the American Revolution. In the speculative work “Glass,” an atomic supercollider and the breakdown of the time-space continuum change the lives of two cousins devoured by greed. “Vengeance We...

Loving’s Love is the inspiring autobiography of Neal V. Loving, an aeronauticalengineer, experimental aircraft designer, and true aviation pioneer. Despiteracism that barred him from most aviation opportunities, as well as a near-fatalflying accident that resulted in the loss of his legs, Loving remained optimistic,ambitious, and resourceful. He triumphed over those who doubted and deniedhim to become the first African American and first person with bilat...

Something says find outwhy rain falls, what makes corn proudand squash so humble, the questionscall like a train whistle …George Washington Carver was determined to help the people he loved. Born enslaved in Missouri, he left home in search of an education, eventually earning his master’s degree. When Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural departmentat the all-Black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, Carver found his calling. He spent the...

In October 1919, a group of Black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside.Many were killed by a white mob in what became known as the Elaine Massacre.Others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death.Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who’d been born enslaved, answered the call and represented the twelve—but could he sa...

What can one voice do?As the first rumblings of the pandemic sound around Garvey, he hardly notices.Caught up with his friends, school, chorus, and his newfound relationship with his father, he doesn't imagine that the new disease adults are talking about could touch him.But it will.When everything changes, when fear moves in, and when all seems dark, Garvey feels helpless. Yet one voice—Garvey's voice—can be a powerful spark in the dark …