Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black
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The Negro Travelers’ Green Book: 1954 Facsimile Edition
$19.99 Add to cartIn the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century, African-American travelers could have a hard time finding towns where they were legally allowed to stay at night and hotels, restaurants, and service
- Author: Green, Victor H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: January 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1684117070
- Language: English
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Sweet Land of Liberty:: Reflections of a Patriot Descended from Slaves
$29.00 Add to cartBishop E.W. Jackson’s life story unites Americans around a shared legacy of freedom. As a great grandson of slaves, he believes that the promise of liberty has always belonged to all Americans. For so… [more below]
- Author: Jackson, E. W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1956454209
- Language: English
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It’s My Story, So I’ll Tell It
$9.99 Add to cartNelson Marsh’s autobiography is a testament to the enduring love of a mother and its impact on the life journey of a man. Marsh shares the ups and downs of a road less traveled as he encountered major
- Author: Marsh, Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: October 20 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218289416
- Language: English
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The Light of My Reflection
$11.99 Add to cartThis book is a series of intriguing short stories, taking place in the South, with each story peeling back layers of trauma from the author’s childhood, including disappointments, betrayals, and preju
- Author: Pearson, Heyward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 9798986777009
- Language: English
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Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
$19.00 Add to cartNow a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made (formerly titled On Her Own Ground) is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (The Philadelph… [more below]
- Series: Lisa Drew Books (Paperback)
- Author: Bundles, A’Lelia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 1982126671
- Language: English
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When They Tell You to Be Good
$17.95 Add to cartAfter immigrating from Jamaica to the United States, Prince Shakur’s family is rocked by the murder of Prince’s biological father in 1995. Behind the murder is a sordid family truth, scripted in the l
- Author: Shakur, Prince
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1953534937
- Language: English
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The In-Betweens: A Lyrical Memoir
$21.99 Add to cart“Utterly captivating and resonant.” —Chicago Review of Books
“Gorgeously told.” —Philadelphia Inquirer
“Resonant. . . . Engagingly delivered, candid reflections on heritage and identity.” —Kirkus- Author: Loeb, Davon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1952271746
- Language: English
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Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be
$18.99 Add to cart“Hear the dark liquor of her laughter rippling behind her sentences” in this magnetic memoir as it explores a journalist’s obsession with pop culture and the difficulty of navigating relationships as … [more below]
- Author: Perkins, Nichole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1538702746
- Language: English
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Unbought and Unbossed
$17.99 Read moreIn this classic work–a blend of memoir, social criticism, and political analysis that remains relevant today–the first Black Congresswoman to serve in American history, New York’s dynamic representa
- Author: Chisholm, Shirley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0063160870
- Language: English
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The Glory of a Mustard Seed: My Perilous Journey of Faith, Perseverance, and God’s Relentless Love
$14.99 Add to cartIn 1974, Abeba Baughman enjoyed life as a fashionable young single woman living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, waiting to marry a US Air Force doctor. Then a communist coup overthrew the government. As an
- Author: Baughman, Abeba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: June 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1959099256
- Language: English
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Die Standing: From Black Panther Revolutionary to Global Diversity Consultant
$24.99 Add to cartHis image-holding a rifle on the steps of the Washington state capitol building, flanked by Black men gripping guns as law enforcement officers and others stand by-is one of the most iconic photograph… [more below]
- Author: Dixon, Elmer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 470
- Publish Date: June 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1956879404
- Language: English
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Black Indian
$28.99 Add to cartThe author shares a moving memoir exploring one family’s legacy of African Americans with American Indian roots.
- Author: Buchanan, Shonda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 26 2019
- ISBN10: 0814345808
- Language: English
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My Seven Black Fathers: A Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Me Whole
$18.00 Add to cartWill Jawando’s My Seven Black Fathers tells a deeply affirmative story of hope and respect for men of color at a time when Black men are routinely stigmatized.
“Will Jawando’s account of mentorship, s- Author: Jawando, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1250867185
- Language: English
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C is for Colored
$15.52 Add to cartDr. Larry James Ford was born September 1, 1951, in Albany, Georgia. In 1956 at the age of four, his family moved to Aberdeen, Maryland, and later to Havre de Grace, Maryland, where he grew up and at
- Author: Ford, Larry James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1647498309
- Language: English
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Plums for Months: Memories of a Wonder-Filled, Neurodivergent Childhood
$16.00 Add to cart“A poetic lovesong as big as the cosmos.” –Lidia Yuknavitch
As a neurodivergent child in a hundred-year-old house, Zaji Cox collects grammar books, second-hand toys, and sightings of feral cats. She d… [more below]
- Author: Cox, Zaji
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 194243653X
- Language: English
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Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School
$18.99 Add to cartNAMED A BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2022 BY ESQUIRE
“[C]harming and surprising. . . The work of Admissions is laying down, with wit and care, the burden James assumed at 15, that she — or any Black stud- Author: James, Kendra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1538753502
- Language: English
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100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof: A Short Cut to The World History of The Negro
$7.49 Add to cartIn this book, you’ll find a collection of Joel Augustus Rogers’ newspaper columns from a series called “Your History.” Think of it like a version of Ripley’s “Believe It or Not.” In each episode, ther
- Author: Rogers, J. a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 9798868978593
- Language: English
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Ignorant Man’s Son: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartVictor James Hill saw himself in his community’s kids. As a child of the Projects, he’d witnessed deadly shootings, heroin addiction, and brutal violence by the age of thirteen. He bottled up his emot
- Author: Hill, Victor James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987398142
- Language: English
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The Negro Travelers’ Green Book: 1954 Facsimile Edition
$7.99 Add to cartIn the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century, African-American travelers could have a hard time finding towns where they were legally allowed to stay at night and hotels, restaurants, and service
- Author: Green, Victor H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: January 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1684116805
- Language: English
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The 2% Way: How a Philosophy of Small Improvements Took Me to Oxford, the Nfl, and Neurosurgery
$29.99 Read moreYou don’t have to change your life overnight–instead, you can make small changes that leave a lasting impact. In The 2% Way, discover the simple, revolutionary practice behind the against-the-odds su
- Author: Rolle, Myron L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0310363659
- Language: English
