One World

An Imprint of Penguin Random House

One World was founded in 1992 and was on the leading edge of imprints created to meet the demand of books telling stories written by and featuring African Americans, a period which only lasted about a decade. One World was relaunched after several years of inactivity. Jackson has been named Editor-in-Chief of the imprint, making him the most powerful Black man in mainstream publishing.

78 Publications Found

Pursuing Justice
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Pursuing Justice
Eric Holder
May 2028
Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
Chain of Ideas
Ibram X. Kendi
Mar 2026
Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-Present
Three or More Is a Riot
William Jelani Cobb
Oct 2025
What If We Get It Right?
What If We Get It Right?
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Sep 2025
Shot Ready
Shot Ready
Stephen Curry
Sep 2025
Between the World and Me (paperback)
Between the World and Me (paperback)
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Jun 2025
Matriarch: A Memoir
Matriarch
Tina Knowles
Apr 2025
O Sinners!
O Sinners!
Nicole Cuffy
Mar 2025
Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
Original Sins
Eve L. Ewing
Feb 2025
Into the Uncut Grass
Into the Uncut Grass
Trevor Noah
Oct 2024
The Message
The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Oct 2024
Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?: Adventures in Boyhood
Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
Rooted
Brea Baker
Jun 2024
You Get What You Pay for: Essays
You Get What You Pay for
Morgan Parker
Mar 2024
Dances: A Novel
Dances
Nicole Cuffy
Mar 2024
The American Daughters
The American Daughters
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Feb 2024
Lone Women
Lone Women
Victor Lavalle
Feb 2024
The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are
The Upcycled Self
Tariq Trotter
Nov 2023
When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era
When Crack Was King
Donovan X. Ramsey
Jul 2023
How to Write about Africa: Collected Works
How to Write about Africa
Binyavanga Wainaina
Jun 2023
The (Young) Antiracist’s Workbook: Questions for Changemakers
The (Young) Antiracist’s Workbook
Ibram X. Kendi and Nic Stone
Jan 2023
Girls That Never Die: Poems
Girls That Never Die
Safia Elhillo
Jul 2022
Invisible Things: A Novel
Invisible Things
Mat Johnson
Jun 2022
How to Raise an Antiracist
How to Raise an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
Jun 2022
Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan
Our Unfinished March
Eric Holder
May 2022
The Antiracist Deck: 100 Meaningful Conversations on Power, Equity, and Justice
The Antiracist Deck
Ibram X. Kendi
Apr 2022
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
The 1619 Project
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nov 2021
Black Futures (paperback)
Black Futures (paperback)
Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
Oct 2021
The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart
The Purpose of Power
Alicia Garza
Sep 2021
The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories
The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Aug 2021
I Had a Brother Once: A Poem, a Memoir
I Had a Brother Once
Adam Mansbach
Apr 2021
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee
Feb 2021
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
Four Hundred Souls
Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
Feb 2021
Black Futures
Black Futures
Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
Dec 2020
Be Antiracist: A Journal for Awareness, Reflection, and Action
Be Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
Oct 2020
Finna: Poems
Finna
Nate Marshall
Aug 2020
Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City
Five Days
Wes Moore
Jun 2020
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sep 2019
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
Aug 2019
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Born a Crime
Trevor Noah
Feb 2019
A People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
A People’s Future of the United States
Charlie Jane Anders, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Charles Yu, Victor LaValle, and John Joseph Adams
Feb 2019
We Cast a Shadow: A Novel
We Cast a Shadow
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Jan 2019
Changeling
Changeling
Victor Lavalle
Mar 2018
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
We Were Eight Years in Power
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Oct 2017
Loving Day: A Novel
Loving Day
Mat Johnson
Sep 2016
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
Aug 2015
Devil in Silver
Devil in Silver
Victor Lavalle
Sep 2013
Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-From South Central to Hollywood
Ice
Ice–T and Douglas Century
Jan 2012
Till You Hear from Me: A Novel
Till You Hear from Me
Pearl Cleage
May 2011
The Girl Who Fell From The Sky
The Girl Who Fell From The Sky
Heidi W. Durrow
Jan 2010
Best African American Fiction 2010
Best African American Fiction 2010
Dorothy Sterling and Chris Abani
Dec 2009
A Street Girl Named Desire: A Novel
A Street Girl Named Desire
Treasure Blue
Jun 2007
Baby Brother’s Blues: A Novel
Baby Brother’s Blues
Pearl Cleage
Feb 2007
Something to Die For: A Novel
Something to Die For
Travis Hunter
Oct 2006
Harlem Girl Lost: A Novel
Harlem Girl Lost
Treasure Blue
Sep 2006
Thug-A-Licious
Thug-A-Licious
Noire
Aug 2006
Girls Most Likely: A Novel
Girls Most Likely
Sheila Williams
Jul 2006
Playing by the Rules: A Novel
Playing by the Rules
Elaine Meryl Brown
Jun 2006
Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood
Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams
Donald Bogle
Jan 2006
Candy Licker: An Urban Erotic Tale
Candy Licker
Noire
Dec 2005
Knockin’ Boots: A Novel
Knockin’ Boots
Tracy Price-Thompson
Oct 2005
On the Right Side of a Dream: A Novel
On the Right Side of a Dream
Sheila Williams
Apr 2005
Trip Wire: A Cook County Mystery
Trip Wire
Charlotte Carter
Mar 2005
A One Woman Man: A Novel (Strivers Row)
A One Woman Man
Travis Hunter
Mar 2005
Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire
Black Titan
Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines
Jan 2005
Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero
Bound for the Promised Land
Kate Clifford Larson
Dec 2004
Passing Through
Passing Through
Colin Channer
Jun 2004
Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights
Freedom in the Family
Tananarive Due
Dec 2003
P.G. County
P.G. County
Connie Briscoe
Sep 2003
The Shade of My Own Tree
The Shade of My Own Tree
Sheila Williams
Aug 2003
Jackson Park
Jackson Park
Charlotte Carter
Jul 2003
Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women’s Equality in African American Communities
Gender Talk
Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Feb 2003
Dancing on the Edge of the Roof
Dancing on the Edge of the Roof
Sheila Williams
Oct 2002
Bombingham
Bombingham
Anthony Grooms
Oct 2002
Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit
Sacred Woman
Queen Afua
Oct 2001
Waiting in Vain
Waiting in Vain
Colin Channer
Jul 1999
Having Your Baby: For the Special Needs of Black Mothers-To-Be, from Conception to Newborn Care
Having Your Baby
Hilda Hutcherson
Mar 1997
Urban Romance
Urban Romance
Nelson George
Mar 1995

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