Drawing upon objects in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture’s permanent collection and featuring many of the objects on display in the award-winning exhibition of the same name, the publication explores how objects expand our understanding of the culture of African American music-making and the foundation it has built in the United States and around the world.

Movements, Motions, Moments draws upon the photography collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to explore the dynamic ways African Americans engage in and practice religion and spirituality.

Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures  explores the evolving and exhilarating concept of Afrofuturism, a lens used to imagine a more empowering future for the Black community through music, art, and speculative fiction.

This illustrated biography captures the iconic moments of fifty African American women whose heroism and bravery rewrote the American story for the better.

We Return Fighting: World War I and the Shaping of Modern Black Identity is a richly illustrated commemoration of African Americans' roles in World War I highlighting how the wartime experience reshaped their lives and their communities after they returned home.

Pictures with Purpose, explores images from the NMAAHC’s collection of nineteenth and early twentieth-century photography.