Black to the Basics

Located in Grambling, Louisiana, Black to the Basics is a student-run, IRS recognized 501 (c)(3) nonprofit bookstore and literary arts safe-space. Our mission is to mentor and motivate African American youth to read culturally responsive books for positive self-development.

I Am Enough
Magnolia Flower
Don't Touch My Hair!
The Day You Begin
Baby Young, Gifted, and Black: With a Mirror!
Black Boy, Black Boy: Celebrate the Power of You
The Queen of Kindergarten
I Color Myself Different
Brown Is Warm, Black Is Bright
I Can Be
The ABCs of Black History
M Is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child
I Promise
Nigel and the Moon
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
The Vanquishers
Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present
The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner
The Last Mirror on the Left
The Last Last-Day-Of-Summer
Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
Stuntboy, in the Meantime
Amari and the Night Brothers
Ghost (Reprint)
Bud, Not Buddy: (Newbery Medal Winner)
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice
Monster
Blackout
You Should See Me in a Crown
The Black Kids
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
Slay (Reprint)
Clap When You Land
Dread Nation
Skin of the Sea
Concrete Rose
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
Children of Virtue and Vengeance
I Rise
Children of Blood and Bone
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning
Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir
Uphill: A Memoir
Soul on Ice
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
Between the World and Me
A Promised Land
The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle /]crob Kenner
Just as I Am: A Memoir
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
Blood in My Eye
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Becoming
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Things Fall Apart
The Water Dancer
A Raisin in the Sun
Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir
Parable of the Talents
The Color Purple
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Recitatif: A Story
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Sweetness of Water (Oprah's Book Club)
Invisible Man
The Vanishing Half: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Oprah's Book Club Pick
The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
When God Was Black: God in Ancient Civilizations
The Story of the Moors in Spain
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
How to Be an Antiracist
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality
Signs & Symbols of Primordial Man: The Evolution of Religious Doctrines from the Eschatology of the Ancient Egyptians
Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa
The Iceman Inheritance: Prehistoric Sources of Western Man's Racism, Sexism and Aggression
Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization: Exploding the Myths
All about Love: New Visions
Black Theology and Black Power: 50th Anniversary Edition
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
Women, Race, & Class
God Is a Black Woman
The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
Black Skin, White Masks
The Wretched of the Earth
Developing Positive Self-Images & Discipline in Black Children
Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys
Stokely Speaks: From Black Power to Pan-Africanism
The Classroom and the Cell: Conversations on Black Life in America
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race (Revised)
Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit (Revised)
Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
Self-Care for Black Women: 150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & Soul
Man Heal Thyself: The Wellness Warrior's Journey To Self Mastery
Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life
Behold a Pale Horse
Heal Thyself for Health and Longevity
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Black Love Signs: An Astrological Guide to Passion, Romance, and Relationships for African Americans
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Invisible Man
No Man Is an Island
The Fire Next Time
Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business
The Art of War
The Richest Man in Babylon: The Success Secrets of the Ancients--The Most Inspiring Book on Wealth Ever Written (Revised)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Second Edition
The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire (20th Anniversary Edition)
Soul on Ice
The 48 Laws of Power
Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century
Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit (Revised)
Heal Thyself for Health and Longevity
Blood in My Eye
Between the World and Me
Black Boy, Black Boy: Celebrate the Power of You
A Library
The Door of No Return
The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why D
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
The Rose That Grew from Concrete
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
Call Us What We Carry: Poems