People & Places - United States - African American & Black
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We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
$21.99 Add to cartIn this New York Times bestselling classic, Caldecott Medal-winning artist Kadir Nelson tells the incredible story of baseball’s unsung heroes — perfect for celebrating the centennial anniversary of … [more below]
- Author: Nelson, Kadir
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0786808322
- Language: English
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Let Freedom Sing
$13.99 Add to cartOn benches just for ‘colored, ‘
black folks obeyed the rules.
Rosa Parks at the front of the bus,
she let her light shine.
In the 1950’s and 1960’s, the struggle for civil rights forever changed the land
- Author: Brantley-Newton, Vanessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 38
- Publish Date: July 1, 2023
- ISBN10: 1609056841
- Language: English
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What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?
$7.99 Add to cartLearn how envy and racism led to the tragic destruction of the thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in this thought-provoking addition to the New York Times bestselling What Was? series!
Befor- Series: What Was?
- Author: Gayle, Caleb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0593521706
- Language: English
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Young, Gifted and Black Too: Meet 52 More Black Icons from Past and Present
$24.99 Read moreIn this timely follow-up to the best-selling, genre-defining Young, Gifted and Black, you can meet 52 more Black icons from around the world – this time spanning even more countries and including insp… [more below]
- Series: See Yourself in Their Stories
- Author: Wilson, Jamia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0711277028
- Language: English
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Ticktock Banneker’s Clock
$18.99 Add to cartThroughout his life, Benjamin Banneker was known and admired for his work in science, mathematics, and astronomy, just to name a few pursuits. But even when he was born in Maryland in 1731, he was alr… [more below]
- Author: Keller, Shana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 158536956X
- Language: English
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Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
$9.99 Add to cartIn luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children’s literature’s top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg’s quest to correct history.
Where is our historian to give us our side? A- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 1536208973
- Language: English
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You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!: The Storied Life of Folk Artist Elijah Pierce
$18.99 Read moreA picture book biography about the barber shop of woodcarver Elijah Pierce, recipient of the highest folk art honor in the United States.
“Creeeeak!” goes the screen door to self-taught artist Elijah- Author: Mullins Lee, Chiquita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0593406508
- Language: English
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I Am Muhammad Ali
$16.99 Add to cartThe American boxing champ and vocal civil rights activist Muhammad Ali is the 27th hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. (Cover may vary)
Muhammad Ali w… [more below]- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0593405854
- Language: English
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What Was the Harlem Renaissance?
$7.99 Add to cartIn this book from the #1 New York Times bestselling series, learn how this vibrant Black neighborhood in upper Manhattan became home to the leading Black writers, artists, and musicians of the 1920s a… [more below]
- Series: What Was?
- Author: Smith, Sherri L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0593225902
- Language: English
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What Is the Civil Rights Movement?
$5.99 Add to cartRelive the moments when African Americans fought for equal rights, and made history.
Even though slavery had ended in the 1860s, African Americans were still suffering under the weight of segregation- Series: What Was?
- Author: Smith, Sherri L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 29 2020
- ISBN10: 1524792306
- Language: English
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Traveling Shoes: The Story of Willye White, Us Olympian and Long Jump Champion
$18.99 Add to cartUntold until now, here is the story of Black sprinter and long-jumper Willye B. White, who went from picking cotton as a child in Mississippi to competing and winning in the 1956 and 1964 Olympics.
Fu- Author: Duncan, Alice Faye
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: 24-Oct-23
- ISBN10: 1635925800
- Language: English
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Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen?
$6.99 Add to cartIt’s up, up, and away with the Tuskegee Airmen, a heroic group of African American military pilots who helped the United States win World War II.
During World War II, black Americans were fighting for- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Smith, Sherri L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 0399541942
- Language: English
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Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy Decarava
$18.99 Add to cartA Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book of 2024
A child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, Roy DeCarava is an unsung hero of Black history. Convinced that the li- Author: Golio, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1662680554
- Language: English
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Ketanji Brown Jackson: A Justice for All
$18.99 Add to cart“Discover the incredible story of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who followed her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and eventually became the first Black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court in thi
- Author: Charles, Tami
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 166593526X
- Language: English
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A Flag for Juneteenth
$18.99 Add to cartExpert quilter Kim Taylor shares a unique and powerful story of the celebration of the first Juneteenth, from the perspective of a young girl.
On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, General Gordon Granger of- Author: Taylor, Kim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: 3-Jan-23
- ISBN10: 0823452247
- Language: English
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Rooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector
$18.99 Add to cartMeet Charles S. Parker, an unsung yet trailblazing Black scientist who made major contributions to the fields of botany (the study of plants) and mycology (the study of fungi) in this inspiring STEM/S… [more below]
- Author: Harrington, Janice N.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: 29-Aug-23
- ISBN10: 1662680198
- Language: English
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Who Was Harriet Tubman?
$6.99 Add to cartBorn a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone’s property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she firs… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 059309722X
- Language: English
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Invincible: Fathers and Mothers of Black America
$18.99 Add to cartThis lyrical picture book explores the birth of Black America, focusing on the little-known men and women who fought for justice and for an America where freedom truly rang for all.
We’re familiar wit- Author: Hudson, Wade
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 1635925096
- Language: English
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Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book
$19.99 Read moreDuring a time when taking a trip across the nation could be dangerous for Black Americans, one man crafted a guide that changed the lives of millions.
In the late 1930s when segregation was legal and
- Author: Dawson, Keila V.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1506467911
- Language: English
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A Year of Black Joy: 52 Black Voices Share Their Life Passions
$22.99 Add to cartAn uplifting and empowering illustrated anthology of joyful contributions from 52 contemporary Black voices, including chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley, scientist Dr. Raven the Science Maven, and awar… [more below]
- Author: Wilson, Jamia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 141976778X
- Language: English
