Books

Jesse Owens told athletes not to risk being unemployed after the Mexico City Games

‘No one is necessarily perfect, but even in failure … you still have purpose’

Excerpt from new book argues Shawn Carter has always been about his business

A new book looks at how the Navy was forced to commission its first black officers

Here are the books to catch up on while you practice social distancing

New book looks at how stars who take public, antiracist political positions become ‘problems’

New book, ‘Games of Deception,’ looks at other black American athletes in Berlin and the country’s all-white basketball team

Poem by Kwame Alexander originally appeared on The Undefeated website

A collection of portraits of black Americans who shook up the world, this is our second book for young readers

The books you’ve just got to give or get for the holidays