MEMPHIS | April 5 | by Tara M. Stringfellow
This debut novel traces three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter’s discovery that she has the power to change her family’s legacy.

AMERICA, GODDAM | April 5 | by Treva B. Lindsey
With the subtitle “Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice,” you can tell this nonfiction read is gonna get deep.

CONSTRUCTING A NERVOUS SYSTEM | April 5 | by Margo Jefferson
This Pulitzer Prize-winning writer is back with a memoir examining her role in American culture as both the influenced and the influencer.

TAKE MY HAND | April 12 | by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Inspired by true events, this novel is about a young Black nurse’s shocking discovery and quest for justice in post-segregation Alabama.

SHINE BRIGHT | April 19 | by Danyel Smith
Danyel is an OG, and we can’t wait for her book that weaves biography, criticism, and memoir into a history of the Black women artists who are foundational to American pop music.

LESSONS | April 1 | by Eric Roberson
Erro returns! The artist behind some of your favorite soul and house music is joined by Raheem DeVaughn, Anthony Hamilton, and more.

UNLIMITED LOVE | April 1 | by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Don’t act like this band hasn’t released some jams over the years!

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW | April 1
Omar Epps and Michael Ealy face off in this new film where toxic family members test their limits, only in theaters.

THE PRINCIPLES OF PLEASURE | NETFLIX
We missed this in March so let’s call it an April binge. Michelle Buteau narrates this limited series that demystifies the female orgasm and the many pathways to physical pleasure.

FALLEN ANGELS MURDER CLUB FRIENDS TO DIE FOR | April 1 | LIFETIME
Toni Braxton plays an ex-con turned amateur sleuth in this Lifetime movie about a book club whose members are coming up dead.

LONG SLOW EXHALE | April 4 | SPECTRUM ORIGINALS
Available to watch free on-demand, this series is a murder mystery wrapped in a suspense thriller set in the high stakes world of women’s college basketball.

A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW | April 8 | HBO
Creator Robin Thede and our favorite funny Honeys return for Season 3.

61ST STREET | April 10 | AMC
It’s a Lovecraft Country reunion as Aunjanue Ellis and Courtney B. Vance star in this new courtroom drama series, which already has a two-season order. Michael B. Jordan produces.

WRATH | April 16 | LIFETIME
It’s Mama Tina vs. Michelle Williams in the next installment of Lifetime’s Seven Deadly Sins Anthology!

THE FIRST LADY | April 17 | SHOWTIME
Viola Davis plays Michelle Obama in this anticipated series that centers the women of the White House.

OPRAH + VIOLA: A NETFLIX SPECIAL EVENT | April 22
These queens sit down to discuss Viola’s upcoming autobiography in a special that appears to be a first for Netflix! Iconic.