* _Confessions of a Civil Rights Activist: Inside the Movement_ (2000)
* _For Love of the Race: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr._ (1995)
* _Home of the Brave: From the 4 Little Girls of the Birmingham Church Bombing to the Bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building, an Inspiring Journey of Resilience_ (2002)
* _The Fight for Air: One Mother's Triumph Over Asthma_ (2003)
* _The Power of the Spirit: A Story of Faith, Hope, and Triumph_ (2005)
* _The World's Great Thinkers: A Guide to Their Lives and Work_ (2007)
* _The Global Civil Rights Movement: A History of Resistance to Racial Oppression_ (2009)
Fiction
* _The Life and Times of a Black Man in America: A Novel_ (2011)
* _The Black Jesus: A Novel_ (2013)
* _The Children of the Dream: A Novel_ (2015)
* _The Last Chance: A Novel_ (2017)
* _The Great Migration: A Novel_ (2019)