(book) "Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate". New York: Crown Publishers, 2011. ISBN-10: 0307952010; ISBN-13: 9780307952011
(book) "My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience". New York: Sterling, 2004. ISBN-10: 1402714157; ISBN-13: 9781402714153
(book; coauthor, Dwayne Ashley) "I'll Find a Way or Make One : A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities". Amistad Press, 2004. ISBN-10: 0060094532
(book; coauthor, Quentin Dixie) "This Far by Faith: Stories From the African American Religious Experience". Darby, PA: Diane Publishing Co., 2003. ISBN-10: 0756793262; ISBN-13: 9780756793265
(book) "Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It". New York: Crown Publishers, 2006. ISBN-10: 0307338231; ISBN-13: 9780307338235
(book) "Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary". New York: Crown Publishers, 1998. ISBN-10: 0812920287; ISBN-13: 9780812920284
(book) "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965" New York: Viking Penguin, 1987. ISBN-10: 0670814121; ISBN-13: 9780670814121
(2018) Release of his book, "What the Hell Do You Have to Lose: Trump's War on Civil Rights".