African American & Black
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Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century
$18.00 Add to cartBlack women physicians’ stories have gone untold for far too long, leaving gaping holes in American medical history, in women’s history, and in black history. It’s time to set the record straight
No r- Author: Brown, Jasmine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0807013374
- Language: English
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The Slave Ship: A Human History
$20.00 Add to cart“Masterly.”–Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review
In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of- Author: Rediker, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143114255
- Language: English
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The Portland Black Panthers: Empowering Albina and Remaking a City
$24.95 Add to cartPortland, Oregon, though widely regarded as a liberal bastion, also has struggled historically with ethnic diversity; indeed, the 2010 census found it to be “America’s whitest major city.” In early re
- Series: V Ethel Willis White Books
- Author: Burke, Lucas N. N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: July 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0295742712
- Language: English
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Systemic Racism 101: A Visual History of the Impact of Racism in America
$17.99 Add to cartDiscover how–and why–Black, Indigenous, and people of color in America experience societal, economic, and infrastructural inequality throughout history covering everything from Columbus’s arrival in… [more below]
- Author: Living Cities
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1507216491
- Language: English
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The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities
$21.95 Add to cartThis comprehensive history of African American fraternities and sororities celebrates the spirit of Black Excellence in higher education that has produced American leaders in politics, sports, arts, a… [more below]
- Author: Ross, Lawrence C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1496728874
- Language: English
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Enslaved: The Sunken History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
$19.95 Read moreA riveting and illuminating exploration of the transatlantic slave trade by an intrepid team of divers seeking to reclaim the stories of their ancestors.
“For me, Enslaved is an attempt to give a voic- Author: Kingsley, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364587
- Language: English
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African American Almanac: 400 Years of Black Excellence
$36.95 Add to cartCourage, resilience and triumph! Celebrating the African American experience, the extraordinary people, and their profound influence on American history!
African Americans helped build the United Stat
- Series: Multicultural History & Heroes Collection
- Author: Bracks, Lean’tin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1578597803
- Language: English
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I Can’t Wait to Call You My Wife: African American Letters of Love and Family in the Civil War Era
$35.00 Read moreThis book honors the voices of African Americans of the Civil War era through their letters, inviting readers to engage personally with the Black historical experience.
Amidst bloody battles and polit- Author: Roberts, Rita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 18, 2022
- ISBN10: 1797213725
- Language: English
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The Secret History of Black Punk: Record Zero: Paperback Edition
$14.99 Add to cartDelve into the largely overlooked footprint that Black punks have on the underground music scene in a new archival publication brought to you by Raeghan Buchanan and Silver Sprocket.
The Secret Histor… [more below]
- Author: Buchanan, Raeghan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 07 2024
- ISBN10: 9798886200355
- Language: English
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Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement
$35.00 Add to cartEmmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement offers the first truly comprehensive account of the 1955 murder and its aftermath. It tells the story of Emmett T
- Series: Race, Rhetoric, and Media
- Author: Anderson, Devery S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1496814770
- Language: English
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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
$20.00 Add to cartThe instant New York Times bestseller and companion book to the PBS series.
“Absolutely brilliant . . . A necessary and moving work.” –Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., author of Begin Again “Engaging. . . . In- Author: Gates, Henry Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1984880357
- Language: English
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The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration
$27.99 Read moreA multigenerational story of hope and resilience, The Garretts of Columbia is an American history of Black struggle, sacrifice, and achievement.
At the heart of David Nicholson’s beautifully written an
- Author: Nicholson, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: January 09, 2024
- ISBN10: 1643364545
- Language: English
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The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century
$27.00 Read moreOne of our preeminent historians of race and democracy argues that the period since 2008 has marked nothing less than America’s Third Reconstruction
In The Third Reconstruction, distinguished historia- Author: Joseph, Peniel E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1541600746
- Language: English
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When Broadway Was Black: The Triumphant Story of the All-Black Musical That Changed the World
$18.99 Add to cartThe triumphant story of how an all-Black Broadway cast and crew changed musical theatre–and the world–forever.
“This musical introduced Black excellence to the Great White Way. Broadway was forever c
- Author: Gaines, Caseen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1728259398
- Language: English
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American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics
$19.99 Add to cartThe extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the worl… [more below]
- Author: Hazzard, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0306926091
- Language: English
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Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956
$29.95 Read moreThe Gullah culture, though borne of isolation and slavery, thrived on the US East Coast sea islands from pre-Civil War times until today, and nowhere more prominently than on Hilton Head Island, SC. O… [more below]
- Author: Barnwell, Thomas C., Jr.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1949467074
- Language: English
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Ghosts of Segregation: American Racism, Hidden in Plain Sight
$50.00 Read moreFrom award-winning photojournalist Richard Frishman comes a collection of photographs documenting America’s history of segregation, slavery, and institutional racism hidden in plain sight, accompanied
- Author: Frishman, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1250831687
- Language: English
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Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
$35.00 Read moreA New York Times Notable Book, Overground Railroad is the first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists used for decades when trav… [more below]
- Author: Taylor, Candacy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1419738178
- Language: English
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Brooding Over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women’s Lethal Resistance
$24.95 Add to cartFrom the colonial through the antebellum era, enslaved women in the US used lethal force as the ultimate form of resistance. By amplifying their voices and experiences, Brooding over Bloody Revenge st… [more below]
- Author: Taylor, Nikki M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: July 13, 2023
- ISBN10: 1009276840
- Language: English
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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
$19.99 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space–a powerful, revel
- Author: Shetterly, Margot Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0062677284
- Language: English
