One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels

"If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the

Three extraordinary and impassioned nonfiction works by Richard Wright, one of America's premier literary giants of the twentieth century, together in one volume, with an introduction by Cornel

From Richard Wright, one of the most powerful, acclaimed, and essential American authors of the twentieth century, comes a compelling story of one man's attempt to escape his past and start anew in

Complete edition of The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois. A foundational work of civil rights and required reading on race relations in America, Du Bois combines dignity with respect,

"This beautifully prepared volume contains seventy-one short prayers Du Bois wrote between 1909 and the spring of 1910 for the pupils of the primary and secondary schools and the university students