African American & Black
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When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era
$19.99 Add to cartLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD – A “vivid and frank” (NPR) account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose lives illuminate the … [more below]
- Author: Ramsey, Donovan X.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0525511814
- Language: English
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Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City’s Soul
$29.99 Add to cartAn unflinching look at the all but forgotten though no less shocking 1979 racial tragedy that divided Greensboro, N.C., and the nation, and the grassroots activists who, in their tireless fight for ju
- Author: Shetterly, Aran Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0062858211
- Language: English
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Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly’s Truths from Jim Crow’s Lies
$27.95 Add to cartKnown worldwide as Lead Belly, Huddie Ledbetter (1889-1949) is an American icon whose influence on modern music was tremendous – as was, according to legend, the temper that landed him in two of the S… [more below]
- Author: Bernard, Sheila Curran
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 253
- Publish Date: July 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1009098128
- Language: English
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Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit
$27.50 Read moreAn award-winning historian tells a gripping, morally complicated story of murder, greed, race, and the true origins of prison for profit.
In the early nineteenth century, as slavery gradually ended i- Author: Bernstein, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 01 2024
- ISBN10: 022674423X
- Language: English
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Jim Crow: Voices from a Century of Struggle Part 1 (Loa #376): 1876 – 1919: Reconstruction to the Red Summer
$37.50 Read moreThis collection of 80 dramatic firsthand writings by Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, and others brings to life the struggle for racial justice from the Civil War to World War I
A vital resource for- Author: Steptoe, Tyina L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 700
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1598537660
- Language: English
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111 Places in Black Culture in Washington, DC That You Must Not Miss
$23.95 Read more- Author: Williamson, Lauri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 19 2024
- ISBN10: 3740820039
- Language: English
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The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America
$30.00 Add to cartOne of Literary Hub‘s most anticipated books of 2024
How do the disillusioned, the forgotten, an
A lyrical meditation on how Black Americans have envisioned utopia–and sought to transform their lives.- Author: Robertson, Aaron
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0374604983
- Language: English
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Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region
$24.00 Add to cartThe Reconstruction era was born from the tumult and violence of the Civil War and delivered the most powerful changes the United States had seen since its founding. Black Americans in Washington, D.C…. [more below]
- Series: A Ferris and Ferris Book
- Author: Masur, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1469680181
- Language: English
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The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War
$21.00 Add to cartThe dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois’s reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I—and a new understanding of one of the great twentieth-century writers.
When W. E. B. Du Bois,- Author: Williams, Chad L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1250321913
- Language: English
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Celebrating Around the Table: Learning the Stories of Black Christians Through Readings, Fellowship, Food, and Faith
$34.99 Read moreExplore the Stories, Food, and Faith of Black Americans
Your family is invited to learn more about the accomplishments and adversities of twelve noteworthy African American believers, including Fred- Author: Newbell, Trillia J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0736988963
- Language: English
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A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940
$22.95 Read morePublished in cooperation with Oregon Black Pioneers
A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940, remains the most comprehensive chronology of Black life in Oregon more than forty ye- Author: McLagan, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0870712217
- Language: English
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Black Georgetown Remembered: A History of Its Black Community from the Founding of “The Town of George” in 1751 to the Present Day, 30th Anniversar
$29.95 Read moreBlack Georgetown Remembered is a compelling journey through more than two hundred years of history. This one-of-a-kind book invites readers to consider how the unique heritage of this neighborhood int
- Author: Lesko, Kathleen Menzie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: January 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1647121655
- Language: English
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Seven Sisters and a Brother: Friendship, Resistance, and Untold Truths Behind Black Student Activism in the 1960s (a Pivotal Event in the History o
$19.99 Add to cartThe Story Behind an Unsung Event in the Civil Rights Movement
“Over eight days, eight students sparked change that defined their lives, changed an institution and fueled a movement that continues today
- Author: Allman Maye, Marilyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: December 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1642507717
- Language: English
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Bronzeville Nights: On the Town in Chicago’s Black Metropolis
$29.95 Read moreBronzeville was once America’s most vibrant Black community–next to Harlem. Nightclubs, dance halls, rialtos, and jazz and blues joints lined the streets of Chicago’s South Side. Not much is left. A
- Author: Dubin, Steven C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 01, 2021
- ISBN10: 1733869026
- Language: English
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River of Blood: American Slavery from the People Who Lived It: Interviews & Photographs of Formerly Enslaved African Americans
$34.95 Add to cartIn the late 1930s, the federal government embarked on an unusual project. As a part of the Works Progress Administration’s efforts to give jobs to unemployed Americans, government workers tracked down… [more below]
- Author: Cahan, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0991541855
- Language: English
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
$44.00 Add to cartThis “important and timely” (Drew Faust, Harvard Magazine) #1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in America–and how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives.
- Author: Smith, Clint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0316278742
- Language: English
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Twice Forgotten: African Americans and the Korean War, an Oral History
$34.95 Add to cartJournalists began to call the Korean War “the Forgotten War” even before it ended. Without a doubt, the most neglected story of this already neglected war is that of African Americans who served just … [more below]
- Author: Cline, David P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1469664534
- Language: English
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The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America
$35.00 Add to cartRevealing a history that is deep, broad, and infuriating, The Black Tax casts a bold light on the racist practices long hidden in the shadows of America’s tax regimes.
American taxation is unfair, an- Author: Kahrl, Andrew W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: April 24 2024
- ISBN10: 022673059X
- Language: English
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Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America
$18.99 Read moreBestselling author Reverend Al Sharpton brings to light the stories of the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights movement, drawing on his unique perspective in the history of the fight for social justice
- Author: Sharpton, Al
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1335449647
- Language: English
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Unbroken and Unbowed: A History of Black Protest in America
$30.00 Add to cartIn this compelling and informative volume, Jimmie R. Hawkins walks the reader through the many forms of Black protest in American history, from pre-colonial times though the George Floyd protests of 2
- Author: Hawkins, Jimmie R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0664267378
- Language: English
