People & Places - United States - African American & Black
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Learn Baby Learn: The Shindana Toy Factory’s Legacy of Black Pride
$19.95 Add to cartOut of the ashes and rubble of the Watts Rising in South Central Los Angeles in the mid-1960s arose a project called Operation Bootstrap that provided training and education for community members. Its… [more below]
- Author: Watson Sherman, Charlotte
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1478890592
- Language: English
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Twice Enslaved: Liberty and Justice for Henrietta Wood
$19.99 Add to cartHere is the story of Henrietta Wood, who was enslaved twice–but who demanded justice and was awarded the largest reparations ever granted for enslavement.
A nonfiction book for ages 9-12 that puts a- Author: Castrovilla, Selene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1662680740
- Language: English
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I Love My People: A Child’s Celebration of Black Culture
$18.99 Add to cartSay it loud, say it proud: I Love My People!
An energizing tour of Black culture, history, and community, I Love My People is a joyous celebration in rhythmic poetry. Follow two children as they excit
- Author: Singleton, Kim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 9798889831587
- Language: English
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Writing Toward Justice: The Life and Reporting of Alice A. Dunnigan
$19.99 Add to cartMeet Alice Dunnigan, a pioneering Black journalist, who spoke truth to power–and earned the respect of President Harry S. Truman.
An inspiring nonfiction picture book for kids ages 7-10 from award-wi- Author: Thomas, Peggy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 1662680899
- Language: English
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This Hair Belongs
$19.99 Add to cartWith lyrical verse and dazzling illustrations, this joyful ode to Black hair will empower readers ages 4-8 to celebrate the historical, cultural, and emotional significance of their natural hair.
From- Author: Brown-Wood, Janay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 1662620861
- Language: English
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Fros, Fades, and Braids: A Brief History of Black Hair in America
$19.99 Add to cart- Author: Qualls, Sean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 0063144271
- Language: English
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Troubled Waters: A River’s Journey Toward Justice
$20.99 Add to cartFrom Young People’s Poet Laureate Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier, a stirring account of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, as witnessed by the Alabama River.
S- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 1681198185
- Language: English
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A Black Girl and Her Braids
$18.99 Add to cartBased on the viral poem, braids of all lengths, looks, parts, and styles are explored and cheered on in this vibrant picture book celebrating the versatility of Black hair.
Join author Jaylene Clark O- Author: Clark Owens, Jaylene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 0593889738
- Language: English
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Abolition and the African American Story
$8.99 Add to cartUntil now, you’ve only heard one side of the story: how Abraham Lincoln defeated the Confederacy to end slavery, but the truth involves a vast network of abolitionists who would keep fighting for free… [more below]
- Series: Race to the Truth
- Author: Williams Dockery, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0593811364
- Language: English
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This Is Not a Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets
$24.99 Add to cartA beautiful, bold collection of more than 100 dazzling poems by Black poets for the whole family to treasure.
Discover classic favorites and new stars. This gorgeously illustrated children’s antholog- Author: Todd, Traci N.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 9798887772042
- Language: English
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Becoming a Ballerina: The Story of Michaela Mabinty Deprince
$19.99 Add to cartFrom Laura Obuobi, acclaimed author of NAACP Image Award nominee Black Gold and What Love Looks Like, comes a triumphant nonfiction picture book about ballet star Michaela Mabinty DePrince, one of the
- Author: Obuobi, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0063222469
- Language: English
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After the Clotilda: Africatown’s Hidden History
$31.32 Read moreIn 2019, the remains of the Clotilda were discovered in the Mobile River. The discovery of the last slave ship helped document the history of Africatown–a community built by Africans who had been ill… [more below]
- Author: Butler-Ngugi, Anitra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1669074773
- Language: English
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The Day King Died: Remembered Through Two Voices and a Choir: Remembered Through Two Voices and a Choir
$18.95 Add to cartWhen Martin Luther King Jr. landed in Memphis on April 3, 1968, no one knew he would be killed the next day. When he gave his famous Mountaintop speech, no one knew it would be his last. And when the … [more below]
- Author: Bausum, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1478886420
- Language: English
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I Am Jesse Owens
$16.99 Add to cartJust in time for the Summer Olympics, this 33rd book in the New York Times bestselling biography series for ages 5 to 9 features one of the greatest runners in track and field history.
Before Jesse Ow- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0593533364
- Language: English
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The History of We
$18.99 Add to cartAn awe-inspiring picture book about the origin and advancement of humans, from author and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Nikkolas Smith.
Fossil records show that the first humans were born- Author: Smith, Nikkolas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0593619684
- Language: English
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Black Diamond Kings: Heroes of Negro League Baseball
$18.99 Add to cartFrom Charles R. Smith Jr., with striking artwork by Adrian Brandon, comes an exuberant collection of poems honoring a dozen outstanding baseball stars from the Negro leagues.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the- Series: Sports Royalty
- Author: Smith, Charles R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1536225355
- Language: English
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So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story
$19.99 Add to cartThe celebrated author of Ezra Jack Keats Award winner Nell Plants a Tree and a Caldecott Honor artist come together for a poetic picture book introduction to Juneteenth and its origin.
Oh, how you woul
- Author: Wynter, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0063081148
- Language: English
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Inventions to Count On: A Celebration of Black Inventors: A Picture Book
$18.99 Add to cartFrom forgotten innovators like Anna M. Mangin to well-known inventors like James West, this picture book is a celebration of Black history and inventors with a unique counting rhyme
One heater keeps- Author: Miroballi, Dana Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1419769960
- Language: English
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Who Was Booker T. Washington?
$6.99 Add to cartLearn how a slave became one of the leading influential African American intellectuals of the late 19th century.
African American educator, author, speaker, and advisor to presidents of the United Sta- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0448488515
- Language: English
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In the Name of Emmett Till: How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Showed Us Tomorrow
$20.95 Add to cartThe killing of Emmett Till is widely remembered today as one of the most famous examples of lynchings in America. African American children in 1955 personally felt the terror of his murder. These chil
- Author: Mayer, Robert H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1588384373
- Language: English
