- "American Dreams: The Making of the Modern Black Middle Class" (2000)
- "Who we Are: A Portrait of the Black Nation" (2003)
- "The Dream Imperative: What the Successful Know about Waking Up to Life's Challenges and Fulfilling Their Destiny" (2010)
- "Let us Make Man: The Essence of Masculinity" (2016)
Television Series:
- "Black in America" (2004)
- "The History of Black Wall Street" (2006)
- "The Rise of the Black Panther Party" (2007)
- "The Black Church" (2008)
- "The Great Migration: The African-American Exodus to the North" (2009)
- "A Century of Black Entrepreneurship: From Booker T. Washington to Jay-Z" (2010)
Articles and Essays:
- "We Are Not What We Thought We Were" (The New York Times, 1999)
- "The State of Black America: A Time of Crisis and Opportunity" (The Huffington Post, 2010)
- "The Death of Black Wall Street" (The Atlantic, 2011)
- "The Roots of Black Conservatism" (The Washington Post, 2012)
- "Why Black Lives Matter" (Essence Magazine, 2016)