Becoming is the memoir of former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, published in 2018. Described by the author as a deeply personal experience, the book talks about her roots and how she found her voice, as well as her time in the White House, her public health campaign, and her role as a mother. (a memoir) (Nov 2018) 448 pages

We live, according to Eddie S. Glaude Jr., in a moment when the struggles of Black Lives Matter and the attempt to achieve a new America have been challenged by the election of Donald Trump, a president whose victory represents yet another failure of America to face the lies it tells itself about race. From Charlottesville to the policies of child separation at the border, his administration turned its back on the promise of Obama's presidency and refused to embrace a vision of the country shorn of the insidious belief that white people matter more than others. (nonfiction) (2020) 232 pages

Caste examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. “As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power—which groups have it and which do not.”  (nonfiction) (August 2020) 496 pages

Within in the pages of this book, Morgan will remind you of God's ability to handle each issue you face and guide you towards experiencing the wholeness you deserve. This book details the process of the woman who had the issue of blood as well as incorporates Morgan's victories over her personal issues as a means to help you overcome your own battles whether big or small. (2016) (Nonfiction) 74 pages

This is the oral history of Sarah “Sadie” L. Delany and A. Elizabeth “Bessie” Delaney,

two civil rights pioneers.  Both women were born in the late 19th century to a former slave. Their stories were largely unknown until The New York Times reporter Amy Hill Hearth interviewed them for a feature story in 1991, and the popular story was expanded into book form. (Biography) (September 1993) 214 pages

The Essence bestselling author of Listening for God reveals the timeless connection between today's women and their biblical sisters--and how to live a better life because of it.

(Spirituality) 188 pages

In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti–Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. Stamped from the Beginning uses the lives of five major American intellectuals to offer a window into the contentious debates between assimilationists and segregationists and between racists and anti-racists. (History) (March 2016) 592 pages