BlackReads Collection: Celebrating Black Stories

This intimate debut memoir by the man known to the world as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood's Officer Clemmons, who made history as the first African...

From Bums to Bentleys is a true, raw, uncensored story about the life and times of an innocent little girl from an inner-city ghetto filled with dru...

From Bums to Bentleys is a true, raw, uncensored story about the life and times of an innocent little girl from an inner-city ghetto filled with dru...

The greatest comeback of all time is explored in this new comic book biography of the iconic and indomitable Tina Turner! Born Anna Mae Bullock, Ti...

Tyler Perry is known for wearing many different hats and wigs, such as actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and now comic b...

2020 marks the 60th anniversary of Tamla Motown, arguably the greatest recording label in the history of African American soul music. Detroit Motor...

Musical legend Richard A. Reid is described by his family and friends as someone you can always count on. He came from humble means, raised by his ...

When I was born, I weighed two pounds, three ounces. The doctor who examined me told my mother, "Congratulations, Mrs. Pryor, you have a boy No, w...

Ira Aldridge: Performing Shakespeare in Europe, 1852-1855, the third volume of Bernth Lindfors's award-winning biography, traces the American-born ...

NewsLady is the memoir of a trailblazing African American woman journalist whose life is about "firsts." Carole Simpson was the first woman to broa...

NewsLady is the memoir of a trailblazing African American woman journalist whose life is about "firsts." Carole Simpson was the first woman to broa...

T.C. Stallings burst onto the Hollywood scene in 2015 with his first leading role in the hit film War Room, which soared to #1 in the box office. B...

God has blessed Ketty Lester to achieve so much in her lifetime. Growing up in the cotton fields of Hope, Arkansas, to her first performance at the...

The bestselling author and American icon offers lessons from his own remarkable life in the form of letters to his great-grandaughter The author of...

From celebrated ballerina and New York Times bestselling author Misty Copeland, a heartfelt memoir about her friendship with trailblazer Raven Wi...

Winner of the 2019 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ NonfictionWinner of the Shilts-Gra...