African American authors
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
$9.99 Add to cartMaya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.
Here is a book as joyous- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 21 2009
- ISBN10: 0345514408
- Language: English
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
$19.00 Add to cartMaya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.
Here is a book as joyous- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 21 2009
- ISBN10: 0812980026
- Language: English
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A Song Flung Up to Heaven
$23.95 Read moreThe culmination of a unique achievement in modern American literature: the six volumes of autobiography that began more than thirty years ago with the appearance of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
A- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: April 02 2002
- ISBN10: 0375507477
- Language: English
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Why?: A Conversation about Race
$18.99 Read moreA piercing picture book about racial injustice from a child’s perspective from Taye Diggs and Shane Evans.
“Daddy?”
“Yes, my sweet boy.”
“Why are those people shouting?”
“Our people are shouting because- Author: Diggs, Taye
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1250806097
- Language: English
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Gather Together in My Name
$22.00 Add to cartIn this second volume of her poignant autobiographical series, Maya Angelou powerfully captures the struggles and triumphs of her passionate life with dignity, wisdom, humor, and humanity.
“A curiousl- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 12 1974
- ISBN10: 0394486927
- Language: English
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The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou
$42.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Maya Angelou’s classic memoirs have had an enduring impact on American literature and culture. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on P… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1184
- Publish Date: September 21 2004
- ISBN10: 0679643257
- Language: English
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Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster
$20.00 Add to cartThe bestselling author delves into his past and discovers the inspiring story of his grandmother’s extraordinary life
She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the g- Author: Carter, Stephen L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1250230667
- Language: English
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Letter to My Daughter
$26.00 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 23 2008
- ISBN10: 1400066123
- Language: English
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Mom & Me & Mom
$26.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A moving memoir about the legendary author’s relationship with her own mother.
Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick
The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 02 2013
- ISBN10: 1400066115
- Language: English
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Gather Together in My Name
$18.00 Add to cartIn this second volume of her poignant autobiographical series, Maya Angelou powerfully captures the struggles and triumphs of her passionate life with dignity, wisdom, humor, and humanity.
“A curiousl- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 21 2009
- ISBN10: 0812980301
- Language: English
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You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
$29.99 Add to cartA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM: Oprah Daily, Business Insider, Marie Claire, The Seattle Times, Lit Hub, Bustle, and New York Magazine’s Vulture
Introduction by New York Times bestselling author Henry L
- Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0063043858
- Language: English
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The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings
$18.00 Add to cartFrom one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the past century–a collection of essays, articles, reviews, and interviews that have never before been gathered in a single volume.
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Baldwin, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 06, 2011
- ISBN10: 0307275965
- Language: English
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Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir
$17.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE – WINNER OF A LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD – NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK – NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ PICK – STONEWALL HONOR BOOK – NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY,
- Author: Broome, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0358695252
- Language: English
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James Baldwin: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
$16.99 Add to cartNever before available, the unexpurgated last interview with James Baldwin
“I was not born to be what someone said I was. I was not born to be defined by someone else, but by myself, and myself only.”- Series: Last Interview
- Author: Baldwin, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 02 2014
- ISBN10: 1612194001
- 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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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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How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill
$18.99 Add to cartMore than 30 acclaimed writers–including diverse voices such as Nikki Giovanni, David Omotosho Black, Natasha Trethewey, Barry Jenkins, Jacqueline Woodson, Tayari Jones, and Angela Flournoy–reflect
- Author: Brown, Jericho
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0063278189
- Language: English
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Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin
$19.99 Add to cartCelebrate James Baldwin’s one-hundredth birthday anniversary with the first-ever illustrated biography of this legendary writer, orator, activist, and intellectual.
Before he became a writer, James “Ji
- Author: Meadows, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0063273470
- Language: English
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
$26.00 Add to cartHere is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wo… [more below]
- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0375507892
- Language: English
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How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill
$28.99 Read moreMore than 30 acclaimed writers–including diverse voices such as Nikki Giovanni, David Omotosho Black, Natasha Trethewey, Barry Jenkins, Jacqueline Woodson, Tayari Jones, and Angela Flournoy–reflect
- Author: Brown, Jericho
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063278197
- Language: English
