African Americans - Civil rights - History
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Stokely: A Life
$21.99 Read moreFrom the author of The Sword and the Shield, this definitive biography of the Black Power activist Stokely Carmichael offers “an unflinching look at an unflinching man” (Daily Beast).
Stokely Carmich- Author: Joseph, Peniel E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 09 2016
- ISBN10: 0465065589
- Language: English
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Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America
$25.00 Add to cartBefore the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in the United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade … [more below]
- Series: Studies in Legal History
- Author: Jones, Martha S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: June 28 2018
- ISBN10: 1316604721
- Language: English
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White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret
$21.99 Read moreA New Yorker Best Book of the Year 2022
An “electrifying” biography of Walter White, a little-remembered Black civil rights leader who passed for white in order to investigate racist murders, help put
- Author: Baime, A. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0063268744
- Language: English
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Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy
$18.99 Read moreThe True Story of Coretta Scott King Told Fully for the First Time
Named a Washington Post Book to Read – A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice – A USA Today “New and Noteworthy” Pick – A Read- Author: King, Coretta Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 20 2018
- ISBN10: 1250159938
- Language: English
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To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells
$18.00 Add to cartBorn to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, women’s rights advocate, and journalist. Wells’s refusal to accept any compromise on racial inequality caused her to be la
- Author: Bay, Mia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 02 2010
- ISBN10: 080901646X
- Language: English
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Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil Rights Experience
$49.95 Add to cartSpanning nearly 400 years from the early abolitionists to the present, Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil Rights Experience profiles more than 400 people, places, and ev… [more below]
- Series: Multicultural History & Heroes Collection
- Author: Smith, Jessie Carney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: January 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1578591929
- Language: English
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The Civil Rights Movement: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Civil Rights Movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history. Not only did it decisively ch… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Holt, Thomas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0190605421
- Language: English
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Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America
$24.99 Add to cart“Once in a while a book comes along that projects the spirit of an era; this is one of them . . . Vibrant and expressive . . . A well-researched and well-written work.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
Wit- Author: Joseph, Peniel E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 10 2007
- ISBN10: 0805083359
- 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
$27.95 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: December 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1642501603
- Language: English
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Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain: The Extraordinary Story of Love, Civil Rights, and Labor Activism
$32.00 Read moreThe remarkable story of a couple who came together during the civil rights movement and made fighting for equality and civil and workers’ rights their purpose for more than sixty years, overcoming adv… [more below]
- Author: Hill, Norman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 9798888452820
- Language: English
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Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America
$16.95 Read moreNational Book Critics Circle 2021 Biography Finalist
53rd NAACP Image Award Nominee: Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography “[A] riveting and timely exploration of Hamer’s life. . . . Bri- Author: Blain, Keisha N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0807007250
- Language: English
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Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
$25.00 Add to cartThe astonishing personal and political autobiography of Stokely Carmichael, the legendary civil rights leader, Black Power architect, Pan-African activist, and revolutionary thinker and organizer know… [more below]
- Author: Carmichael, Stokely
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: February 15 2005
- ISBN10: 0684850044
- Language: English
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Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington
$13.95 Add to cartChosen a Best Children’s Book of the Year by the Bank Street Center!
Voted a Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews!
A biography for younger readers about one of the most inf
- Author: Houtman, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 087286765X
- Language: English
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Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer
$33.99 Add to cartShe was born the 20th child in a family that had lived in the Mississippi Delta for generations, first as enslaved people and then as sharecroppers. She left school at 12 to pick cotton, as those befo… [more below]
- Author: Larson, Kate Clifford
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0190096845
- Language: English
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March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights
$24.99 Add to cartIt was the final speech of a long day, August 28, 1963, when hundreds of thousands gathered on the Mall for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In a resounding cadence, Martin Luther King Jr… [more below]
- Author: Jones, William P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0393349411
- Language: English
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Locust in the Sandbox
$46.95 Add to cartOn Sunday morning, September 15, 1963, Josie Bee Johnson is on her way to visit Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Before she arrives, however, “locusts” attack. A bomb placed by … [more below]
- Author: Gray, Cynthia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 366
- Publish Date: November 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1977248314
- Language: English
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Ain’t I a Woman?
$13.00 Add to cartA collection of Sojourner Truth’s iconic words, including her famous speech at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio
A former slave and one of the most powerful orators of her time, Sojour- Series: Penguin Great Ideas
- Author: Truth, Sojourner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 0241472369
- Language: English
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Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
$25.00 Add to cartOne of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. the methods of Gandhi, spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington, and helped bring t… [more below]
- Author: D’Emilio, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: October 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0226142698
- Language: English
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Child of the Dream (a Memoir of 1963)
$16.99 Read moreAn incredible memoir from Sharon Robinson about one of the most important years of the civil rights movement.
In January 1963, Sharon Robinson turns thirteen the night before George Wallace declares o… [more below]
- Author: Robinson, Sharon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1338282808
- Language: English
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Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family’s Journey
$32.00 Read moreA new history of Black Liberation, told through the intertwined story of two grassroots organizers
The Black Power movement, often associated with its iconic spokesmen, derived m- Author: Berger, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1541675363
- Language: English
