Book Reviews

They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement – A deeply reported book that brings alive the quest for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir […]

By Lynn Jones – Chosen Vessels Publishing House and Author L.S. Taylor held a book signing at Mellow Mushroom Restaurant in Avondale for the release of A Trap Girls Bible by L.S. Taylor. With  a […]

By Joi Marie McKenzie- With temperatures dropping, it’s the perfect time of year to pick up a good book. After reviewing hundreds of books that swept their way into ESSENCE offices over the last few […]

By Moira Macdonald and Naomi Ishisaka- Over the past few weeks, the killing of George Floyd by police sparked nationwide protests against state violence toward Black people. With the demonstrations on countless streets and the […]

By Isabella Rosario – As of Friday, 15 of the top 20 bestselling books on Amazon were about race or racism. Earlier this week, Code Switch was number one on Apple Podcasts — which, as host Gene […]

Pastor Darrell Scott demolishes entrenched stereotypes and political boundaries with his candid, revealing, and often surprising story: how a devout Christian and African American has become one of President Donald Trump’s leading supporters and advisors. […]

Greater Works is an awesome testimony of six valiant women of God from different backgrounds, experiences, and walks of life who accepted their call to share how God has transformed their lives. They have penned […]

by Sonja Pinckney Rhodes  (Author) – From Pain to Purpose is a journey of how strong the power of God is even in our darkest moments. When we have not acquired the knowledge of what our purpose […]

Written By Bruce C.T. Wright – Nikole Hannah-Jones of the New York Times has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary for an essay that paved the way for The 1619 project, a series of essays about […]