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Nine African American students made history when they defied a governor and integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957. It was the photo of one of the nine trying to enter the school a young girl being taunted, harassed, and threatened by an angry mob that grabbed the world's attention and kept its disapproving gaze on Little Rock, Arkansas.

Brought to you by Penguin. A dark and witty work of hardboiled detective fiction set in the mean streets of New York, Chester Himes's A Rage in Harlem includes an introduction by Luc Sante in Penguin Modern Classics. Jackson's woman has found him a foolproof way to make money - a technique for...

African Women Rock Podcast is an affirming, feel good, inspirational, educational, motivational platform for African Women, and women of African descent who are working towards building an inclusive, equitable, fair, just, prosperous Africa and world. It is driven by conversations with women leading and driving change in their communities, country and the continent. Season 1, focused on women running million dollar manufacturing businesses. Season 2, is focusing on women working to deepen democracy, and to entrench a culture of human rights across the continent, and beyond.

Ready to take control of your diabetes journey? Tune in to The African American Diabetes Podcast with Leon Rock! We offer practical advice, expert insights, and a supportive community tailored to the Black experience. Hear from leading Black healthcare professionals and researchers, learn how to navigate the healthcare system, and get inspired by stories of resilience. Using a Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) framework, we're empowering our community to break down barriers, debunk myths, and reclaim our health. Join the movement and start living a vibrant, fulfilling life—on ...

An ex-con learns the hard way that it’s better to be with God than without. Deon “Rocky” Rockford is released after spending time in jail. He may have been “saved” on the inside, but now his term has been overturned. He is also free from the shackles of the prayers of the men’s ministry of the New Hope Church and wants only to focus on himself. Fearless and strong, this big guy won several fights behind bars and feels ready to forge a new life in Shelton Heights. Soon he will see that the only “rock” he can count on is God.

Bloomsbury presents Make My Funk the P-Funk by Daniel Bedrosian, read by Kenneth Medford. P-Funk keyboardist Daniel Bedrosian brings to life the recording and musical activity of Parliament-Funkadelic in 1975, an epoch-making year marked by the release of three seminal albums: Chocolate City...

In this exhilarating alien sci-fi adventure perfect for fans of Jordan Peele’s Nope, Lamar Giles and Kwame Mbalia, twin brothers must stop aliens from taking over their Atlanta suburb. There’s something weird going on in South Bank…and the Young brothers are at the center of it. Cypress...

Billionaire Elliott Kantor, who ruled over a mammoth real estate portfolio in Chicago, was a creature of habit. His trainer came to his house three mornings every week for a five-thirty workout. By six-thirty he was in the car and his driver drove him down into the city where he’d get a shave...

Crack explains why, in a de-industrializing America in which market forces ruled and entrepreneurial risk-taking was celebrated, the crack industry was a lucrative enterprise for the "Horatio Alger boys" of their place and time. These young, predominately African American entrepreneurs were profit-sharing partners in a deviant, criminal form of economic globalization. Hip Hop artists often celebrated their exploits but overwhelmingly, Americans - across racial lines - did not. Crack takes a hard look at the dark side of late 20th-century capitalism.

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