About
An independent press devoted to the leaders history is too often slow to record.
Leaders Publications is the annual, archival record of African American excellence — chronicled in long-form biography, museum-grade portraiture, and bookcraft built to outlast the moment. One community. One volume. One library shelf at a time.
What We Stand For
About Leaders Publications
How a Leaders Publications volume is made
Every edition begins with a simple conviction: that the people lifting our communities deserve the same archival care given to senators, athletes, and CEOs in the country's storied imprints. Our books are designed to outlive the year on the spine — to sit on family bookshelves, university libraries, and a child's nightstand for decades.
Each volume takes a full year. Nominations come in from civic groups, alumni chapters, and clergy councils. Editors conduct interviews in person. Portraits are commissioned with the dignity of a sitting in a museum. Pages are set in the tradition of fine print — Smyth-sewn, foil-stamped, and bound to last.
We are independent and family-owned, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with featured editions across the American South, Midwest, and Eastern seaboard — and a growing list of cities yet to chronicle.
Built to last
Smyth-sewn binding, archival paper, foil-stamped covers — bookcraft made to live on a shelf for generations.
Community-sourced
Honorees surface from civic groups, alumni networks, and clergy councils — never a single editor's rolodex.
Placed in young hands
Copies donated to public libraries, HBCUs, and youth mentorship programs in every city we publish.
Edited with care
Every biography researched, interviewed, fact-checked, and approved by the honoree before it ever goes to press.
The Masthead
The hands behind every page.
A small editorial team — publisher, editor, designer — working in close partnership with photographers, fact-checkers, and the communities we cover.
Dr. Marcus Whitfield
Founder & Publisher
Founded Leaders Publications in pursuit of a single question: who is keeping the record of our leaders? Two decades in publishing and civic life shape his stewardship of every volume.
Alana Boudreaux
Editor-in-Chief
A long-form journalist by training, Alana steers the editorial line — selecting honorees, leading interviews, and holding every biography to the standard of a permanent record.
Jordan Ellis
Creative Director
Art director, portrait photographer, and the visual signature of the series — from cover typography to the museum-grade portraiture that defines every leader's page.