Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black
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The Jew a Negro: Being a Study of the Jewish Ancestry from an Impartial Standpoint
$9.99 Add to cart“The most the startling book of the year…its research is unanswerable.” -Literary Digest
“The Jew a Negro” has been analyzed by numerous modern authors studying race relations in earlier times in Am
- Author: Arthur Talmage Abernethy, Ph. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: April 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1684117275
- Language: English
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The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story That Sparked the Civil War
$37.00 Add to cartA major literary moment: after being lost to history for more than a century, The Road to Dawn uncovers the incredible story of the real-life slave who inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
-He rescued 118 ens- Author: Brock, Jared A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1541773926
- Language: English
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The Mamas: What I Learned about Kids, Class, and Race from Moms Not Like Me
$27.00 Add to cartCan white moms and Black moms ever truly be friends? Not just mom friends, but like really real friends? And does it matter?
“Utterly addictive . . . Through her sharp wit and dynamic anecdotal storyt- Author: Andrews-Dyer, Helena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0593240316
- Language: English
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Whaling Captains of Color: America’s First Meritocracy
$21.95 Add to cartThe history of whaling as an industry on this continent has been well-told in books, including some that have been bestsellers, but what hasn’t been told is the story of whaling’s leaders of color in … [more below]
- Author: Finley, Skip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1682478327
- Language: English
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The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown
$22.95 Add to cartJesse Leroy Brown was born in 1926 to sharecroppers in the segregated South. An outstanding student and top athlete, he set his sights on becoming a Navy pilot despite the resistance of his family and… [more below]
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Taylor, Theodore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1591148529
- Language: English
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Still True: The Evolution of an Unexpected Journalist
$18.99 Add to cartThrough this collection of essays, author and activist Reagan Jackson, chronicles her journey into the world of journalism. Art, cinema, social justice, feminism, Black reparations, health & reproduct… [more below]
- Author: Jackson, Reagan E. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1609441540
- Language: English
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For the Least of These
$15.99 Add to cartA long white line runs down the center of the main corridor at Soledad State Prison. I walked that line every day. This facility, located in the Salinas Valley of California, housed three thousand inm
- Author: Winn, Fred A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 064533703X
- Language: English
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On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker
$20.99 Add to cartSoon to be a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, On Her Own Ground is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C… [more below]
- Series: Lisa Drew Books (Paperback)
- Author: Bundles, A’Lelia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0743431723
- Language: English
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Historically Black: American Icons Who Attended Hbcus
$26.00 Read moreA vibrant collection of biographies and illustrated portraits that capture the brilliance of more than thirty American icons, Historically Black is a celebration of Black excellence in fields ranging … [more below]
- Author: Vereen, Alonzo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0762480327
- Language: English
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Requiem for the Massacre: A Black History on the Conflict, Hope, and Fallout of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
$27.00 Read moreLonglisted for the Reading the West Book Awards
With journalistic skill, heart, and hope, Requiem for the Massacre reckons with the
NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction- Author: Young, Rj
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 1640095020
- Language: English
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Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People
$18.99 Add to cartGenocide–the intent to destroy in whole or in part, a group of people.
TIME’s 42 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2019
Book Riot’s 50 of the Best Books to Read This Fall
As seen on CBS This Morning, award
- Author: Crump, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0062375105
- Language: English
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Breaking Barriers: A View from the Bench
$29.95 Add to cartIn Breaking Barriers, Judge Freddie Pitcher Jr. describes how he made history in Baton Rouge by becoming the first African American to be elected to judgeships at three different levels of the court s
- Author: Pitcher, Freddie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 06 2022
- ISBN10: 080717811X
- Language: English
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Remember Me Now: A Journey Back to Myself and a Love Letter to Black Women
$23.00 Read moreAn unforgettable invitation to treat our lives as the sacred things they are–and a call to embrace the love, dreams, and healing that only we can choose for ourselves.
“A must-read for all Black wom- Author: Brooks, Faitth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0593194152
- Language: English
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Goddie
$0.00 Read more“Yes, the morning breeze was a false friend. For one little girl named Goddie, the August breeze of 1945 would never feel the same again.”
In Robert Picart’s debut novel Goddie, we read the story of Go
- Author: Picart, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: October 30, 2021
- ISBN10: 1637304315
- Language: English
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Letter to My Daughter
$26.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Maya Angelou shares her path to living well and with meaning in this absorbing book of personal essays.
Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Le- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 23 2008
- ISBN10: 1400066123
- Language: English
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Black Boys Like Me: Confrontations with Race, Identity, and Belonging
$25.95 Read more*INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER*
“Black Boys Like Me ignited parts of me I honestly didn’t believe any book could ever know. . . . Seldom do incredibly titled books earn their titles. Matthew R. Morris e- Author: Morris, Matthew R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0735244588
- Language: English
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The Strength and Genius of Booker T. Washington
$25.00 Add to cartBooker T. Washington was a towering figure in American history. His story from slave hut to university president is one of the most inspiring in American history. During the Post Civil War and Reconst
- Author: Federer, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1736959034
- Language: English
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I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey
$21.00 Add to cartIn I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s.
His wanderlust leads him to Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia- Series: American Century
- Author: Hughes, Langston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0809015501
- Language: English
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Sufferah: The Memoir of a Brixton Reggae-Head
$28.95 Add to cart–Selected for the In the Margins Book Awards 2024 Top Ten Title List and 2024 Nonfiction Recommendation List
“In this inspiring, often harrowing narrative, the author chronicles how, shortly after he
- Author: Wheatle, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1636140939
- Language: English
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Miseducated: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartAn inspiring memoir of one man’s transformation from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard educator through literature and debate–all by the age of twenty-seven.
Brandon P. F- Author: Fleming, Brandon P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 0306925141
- Language: English
