Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black
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Twin Cities: My Life as a Black Cop and a Championship Coach
$29.00 Read moreA Black Minneapolis cop and inner-city football coach faces racial reckoning after the murder of George Floyd inflames his city and forces him to explore the tensions in the neighborhood where he grew
- Author: Adams, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 030683054X
- Language: English
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Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South
$18.00 Add to cartThe unforgettable memoir of a woman at the front lines of the civil rights movement–a harrowing account of black life in the rural South and a powerful affirmation of one person’s ability to affect c… [more below]
- Author: Moody, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 03 2004
- ISBN10: 0385337817
- Language: English
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The Great Book of Black Heroes: 30 Fearless and Inspirational Black Men and Women that Changed History
$11.99 Add to cartThe world is full of many great black men and women who changed the course of history. Because of their contributions, they are rightfully considered heroes by not just black people around the world,
- Author: O’Neill, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1648450725
- Language: English
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The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn’t and How We All Can Move Forward Now
$29.99 Read moreThe New York Times bestselling author of My Vanishing Country examines the modern political landscape and policies that are impacting Black families and communities and offers solutions for a better t
- Author: Sellers, Bakari
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 006308502X
- Language: English
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Never Far from Home: My Journey from Brooklyn to Hip Hop, Microsoft, and the Law
$28.00 Read moreMicrosoft’s associate general counsel shares this story that is “as nuanced as it is hopeful” (Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader) about his rise from childhood poverty in pre-gentrified New York
- Author: Jackson, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1982191155
- Language: English
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Letter to My Daughter
$17.00 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 27 2009
- ISBN10: 0812980034
- Language: English
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I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
$18.99 Add to cartThe bestselling autobiography of American baseball and civil rights legend Jackie Robinson
Before Reggie Jackson, before Hank Aaron, baseball’s stars had one undeniable trait in common: they were all w
- Author: Robinson, Jackie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 06 2003
- ISBN10: 0060555971
- Language: English
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The Love You Save: A Memoir
$28.99 Read more*A Zibby’s Most Anticipated Book of 2023*
*One of The Root‘s Most Anticipated Books of January*
*A Good Morning America Best Book of January?*
*An Essence Must Read Book of the Year*
*A St. Louis Post-Dis… [more below]- Author: Taylor, Goldie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 133544937X
- Language: English
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American Negra: A Memoir
$28.99 Add to cartAward-winning journalist Natasha S. Alford grew up between two worlds as the daughter of an African American father and Puerto Rican mother. In American Negra, a narrative that is part memoir, part cu
- Author: Alford, Natasha S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0063237105
- Language: English
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Keep it Moving Forward: Maneuvering Through Life’s Journeys
$38.65 Add to cartWhat does it take to persevere in the face of obstacles?
How can we overcome our fears to live our dreams?
In this inspirational memoir, Darren Peters shares deeply personal stories rooted in his own
- Author: Peters, Darren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: July 20 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988428503
- Language: English
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Deep North: Stories of Somali Resettlement in Vermont
$14.00 Add to cartWhat is it like to leave your home, friends and family and start a new life in a foreign country? How does one survive war in Africa and make a new life in one of the smallest, coldest, whitest corner
- Author: Kessler, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 82
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1957184388
- Language: English
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The Movement Made Us: A Father, a Son, and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride
$18.99 Add to cartA STEPHEN CURRY’S BOOK CLUB PICK
SOUTHERN INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS ALLIANCE BESTSELLER
“A story of triumph and resilience centered around those who dedicated their lives to the Civil Rights movement. It
- Author: Dennis Jr, David J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0063011433
- Language: English
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Patriarchy Blues: Reflections on Manhood
$17.99 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“[A] scorching treatise on toxic masculinity. Joseph’s critiques of “the patriarchy… both overt and ingrained” are razor-sharp, but it’s the clear-eyed reckoning of his own
- Author: Joseph, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0063138328
- Language: English
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Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell
$30.00 Read moreA biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America’s most influential conservative thinkers. Thomas Sowell is one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, he … [more below]
- Author: Riley, Jason L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1541619684
- Language: English
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Dear White Woman, Please Come Home: Hand Me Your Bias, and I’ll Show You Our Connection
$18.99 Add to cartDear White Woman, Please Come Home is Kimberlee Yolanda Williams’ invitation to white women longing for authentic friendship with Black and brown women, the kind of friendship with no place for secret
- Author: Williams, Kimberlee Yolanda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: February 2, 2022
- ISBN10: 099133132X
- Language: English
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An Unspeakable Hope: Brutality, Forgiveness, and Building a Better Future for My Son
$28.99 Read moreA “powerful and insightful” (Cyntoia Brown-Long, author of Free Cyntoia) memoir in the vein of Just Mercy and The Sum of Us that upends our understanding about the future of policing in the United Sta
- Author: Ford, Leon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 09, 2023
- ISBN10: 1982187271
- Language: English
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More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered about the White Mother He Never Knew
$27.00 Add to cartAn award-winning journalist tells the “riveting” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) story of his quest to reconcile with his white mother and the family he’d never met–and how faith brought them all
- Author: Blake, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 02, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593443047
- Language: English
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Celia, a Slave
$21.95 Add to cartOriginally published in 1991, Celia, a Slave illuminates the moral dilemmas that lie at the heart of a slaveholding society by telling the story of a young slave who was sexually exploited by her ensl… [more below]
- Series: Gender and Slavery #5
- Author: McLaurin, Melton a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 15 2021
- ISBN10: 0820360961
- Language: English
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Journal of a Black Queer Nurse
$16.95 Add to cartIn this searing, honest memoir, a Black queer emergency-room nurse works the front lines of care during COVID-19.
Britney Daniels is a Black, masculine-presenting, tattooed lesbian from a working-class… [more below]
- Author: Daniels, Britney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 9, 2023
- ISBN10: 1942173776
- Language: English
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The Death of a Jaybird: Essays on Mothers and Daughters and the Things They Leave Behind
$18.99 Add to cartReminiscent of The Year of Magical Thinking and Somebody’s Daughter, a deeply empathetic and often humorous collection of essays that explore the author’s ever-changing relationships with her grandmot
- Author: Savage, Jodi M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063276089
- Language: English
