2022 Releases

For many, the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific eight minutes and 46 seconds when Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George...

In a powerful exploration of recent racial history, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter — and one of the BBC's Women of 2020 — examines the moment we're in, how...

Police, Protest and the Pursuit of Freedom How I became an abolitionist — a memoir of Black Lives Matter In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder and the ensuing uprising,...

Idris Elba, Michael B. Jordan, Wendell Pierce, Michael K. Williams — first known as Stringer Bell, Wallace, Bunk, and Omar — are just a few of the fruits of The...

A Black Power Manifesto From journalist and New York Times bestselling author Charles Blow comes a powerful manifesto and call to action, "a must-read in the effort to dismantle deep-seated...

Art has always declared its dissatisfaction against the status quo. Throughout history artists have used their art to criticise and protest against a range of injustices and inequalities, oppression and...

Illustrated by Jason Griffin A searing graphic novel from Jason Reynolds and street artist Jason Griffin. And so for anyone who didn't really know what it means to not be...

Baltimore’s Fiery Reckoning When Freddie Gray was arrested for possessing an 'illegal knife' in April 2015, he was, by eyewitness accounts that video evidence later confirmed, treated 'roughly' as police...

One man's life and the struggle for racial justice Written by two award-winning reporters with unprecedented access, this is the only definitive biography of George Floyd. The murder of George...

Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America From the New York Times bestselling author of White Rage, an unflinching, critical new look at the Second Amendment and how it...

Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, this sharp and witty literary mystery explores America's painful legacy of lynching When hog thief Junior Junior Milam is found brutally murdered, the police...

The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960sA radical reckoning with the racial inequality of America’s past and present, by one of the leading scholars of...

In The Third Reconstruction, distinguished historian Peniel E. Joseph offers a powerful and personal new interpretation of recent history. The racial reckoning that unfolded in 2020, he argues, marked the...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE NIGHT WATCHMAN In this stunning and timely novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich...

A Clarion Call for Equality This is more than a book — it's an incitement to change people's perceptions. BLACK BRITISH LIVES MATTER is a clarion call for equality, from...

A searing novel, a powerful call for collectivism, and one of the biggest American debuts of 2021 When the world collapses, where will you run? After rolling blackouts and epic...