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Featured: Black Interest

I Am a Promise

An inspiring children’s picture book about the indomitable spirit of Jamaican eight-time Olympic medal winner Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce.

Cane Warriors

Moa, a fourteen-year-old slave, gets caught up in the most significant slave rebellion in Jamaican history, paying homage to freedom fighters all over the world.

Day One: 2024 Was 1984 FAFO

The latest “naphic grovel” by rap legend Chuck D of Public Enemy explores how the year 2024 became the new, Orwellian 1984 in a large format, limited edition hardcover.

This page offers two LIMITED EDITION OPTIONS for Day One, one of which includes a priceless, one-of-a-kind original portrait of YOU by CHUCK D.

—Option 1. Choose the default option in the drop-down menu below for a $100 signed and numbered edition of Day One (only 800 available)

—Option 2. Choose the second option in the drop-down menu below for a $200 signed & numbered book PLUS an original “Sketchograph” portrait of YOU by Chuck D. All “Sketchograph” orders are nonreturnable.

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Featured: Black Interest

Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn

A fascinating collection of Frederick Douglass’s always-controversial speeches in Brooklyn, New York.

Caribbean Debuts Digit

The free Caribbean Debuts Digit features excerpts from four great debut works of fiction in our catalog: Drifting by Katia D. Ulysse, The Night of the Rambler by Montague Kobbé, The Roving Tree by Elsie Augustave (Haiti), and John Crow’s Devil by Marlon James.