Vital Culture Books

Memoir & Biography

Life stories by and about Black artists, athletes, leaders and icons, from Born a Crime to Becoming. Funny, moving and inspiring, these are the stories behind the music, the movements and the people who changed the game.

61 books

Joyful & funny memoirs 7 books

Born a CrimeTrevor Noah$22.00
The Last Black UnicornTiffany Haddish$17.99
The Misadventures of Awkward Black GirlIssa Rae$19.00
The Book of DelightsRoss Gay$19.99
Around the Way GirlTaraji P. Henson$18.99
Ms. American DreamPatricia Williams-Lee$28.00
Dust Tracks on a RoadZora Neale Hurston$14.99

Arts & music lives 15 books

Finding MeViola Davis$17.99
My Love StoryTina Turner$18.99
I Put a Spell on YouNina Simone$18.99
MilesMiles Davis$23.00
SatchmoLouis Armstrong$18.99
Mo' Meta BluesAhmir Questlove Thompson, Ben Greenman$19.99
Life in MotionMisty Copeland$18.99
The Measure of a ManSidney Poitier$16.99
My Black CountryAlice Randall$18.99
Growing Up UrkelJaleel White$20.00
In My Remaining YearsJean Grae$18.99
HurricanesRick Ross, Neil Martinez-Belkin$17.99
Renaissance of a BossRick Ross$29.99
MatriarchTina Knowles$22.00
Simply MoreCynthia Erivo$18.99

Sports lives 3 books

I Never Had It MadeJackie Robinson, Alfred Duckett$18.99
The GreatestMuhammad Ali, Richard Durham$14.99
Becoming KareemKareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld$10.99

Biographies 9 books

Toni at RandomDana A. Williams$29.99
Wrapped in RainbowsValerie Boyd$22.00
On Her Own GroundA'Lelia Bundles$20.99
To Tell the Truth FreelyMia Bay$23.00
Holding LightningEmily Lordi$32.00
Soul of the CourtTonya Bolden$25.00
InvisibleStephen L. Carter$21.00
Writing to Save a LifeJohn Edgar Wideman$17.99
JosephineAndrea Stuart$30.99

Leaders & changemakers 9 books

BecomingMichelle Obama$20.00
Long Walk to FreedomNelson Mandela$25.99
Unbought and UnbossedShirley Chisholm$17.99
Angela DavisAngela Y. Davis$22.95
Malcolm in the DesertIlyasah Shabazz$27.00
A Promised LandBarack Obama$25.00
Dreams from My FatherBarack Obama$30.00
I Am Debra LeeDebra Lee$19.99
Lovely OneKetanji Brown Jackson$35.00

Literary memoir & essays 18 books

The Big SeaLangston Hughes$20.00
Bone BlackBell Hooks$18.99
Somebody's DaughterAshley C. Ford$18.99
ThickTressie McMillan Cottom$22.99
ZamiAudre Lorde$17.99
The Flower BearersRachel Eliza Griffiths$29.00
How We Fight for Our LivesSaeed Jones$18.99
How to Say BabylonSafiya Sinclair$18.99
Brothers and KeepersJohn Edgar Wideman$20.00
Languages of HomeJohn Edgar Wideman$20.00
Praisesong for the Kitchen GhostsCrystal Wilkinson$30.00
The Jailhouse LawyerCalvin Duncan, Sophie Cull$20.00
Another Word for LoveCarvell Wallace$19.00
The Mixed Marriage ProjectDorothy Roberts$30.00
Shut Up and ReadJeannine A. Cook$28.99
The Risk It Takes to BloomRaquel Willis$20.00
South to AmericaImani Perry$19.99
WeightlessEvette Dionne$17.99