African Americans - History
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Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies
$15.99 Add to cartDick Gregory has been an unsparing and incisive cultural force for more than fifty years: a friend of such luminaries as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Medgar Evers, Gregory is an unrelenting, lifelon
- Author: Gregory, Dick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 18 2018
- ISBN10: 0062448714
- Language: English
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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
$35.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A chorus of extraordinary voices tells the epic story of the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present–edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author of… [more below]
- Author: Kendi, Ibram X.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0593134044
- Language: English
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Build a House
$17.99 Read moreGrammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens celebrates Black history and culture in her unflinching, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated picture book debut.
I learned your words and wrote my song. I put my- Author: Giddens, Rhiannon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1536222526
- Language: English
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Black Liberation Through the Marketplace: Hope, Heartbreak, and the Promise of America
$18.00 Read more“Our country has enough studies of failure and despair to last several lifetimes. Ferguson and Witcher do something much more interesting in this volume: they examine Black entrepreneurial success–un… [more below]
- Author: Ferguson, Rachel S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1637583443
- Language: English
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The Founders Unmasked
$8.99 Read more“Its power to spark important conversations should not be underestimated.” —Booklist
“A powerful series that fills in the cracks and illuminates the shadows of the past.” —Sherri L. Smith, award-wi- Series: True History
- Author: Sabin, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0593386108
- Language: English
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Black America: Historic Moments, Key Figures & Cultural Milestones from the African-American Story
$19.99 Read moreFrom slavery through the election of Vice President Kamala Harris, here is the history of Black America told through striking photographs and compelling narrative that captures many of the key joys, s
- Series: Visual History
- Author: Andrews, Kehinde
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1497103975
- Language: English
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Emma’s Postcard Album: Black Lives in the Early Twentieth Century
$66.67 Read moreBCALA 2023 Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation Award winner
The turn of the twentieth century was an extraordinarily difficult period for African Americans, a time of unchecked lynchings,- Series: Atlantic Migrations and the African Diaspora
- Author: Mitchell, Faith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1496843150
- Language: English
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The Legacy of Jim Crow
$8.99 Read more“A powerful series that fills in the cracks and illuminates the shadows of the past.” -Sherri L. Smith, award-winning author of Flygirl
Introducing a new nonfiction series for the next generation of a- Series: True History
- Author: Haynes, Clarence A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0593385993
- Language: English
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This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
$17.99 Read moreThe story of one family’s journey north during the Great Migration starts with a little girl in South Carolina who finds a rope under a tree one summer. She has no idea the rope will become part of he… [more below]
- Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 29 2013
- ISBN10: 0399239863
- Language: English
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Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
$18.99 Read moreAn elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1… [more below]
- Author: Winter, Jonah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0385390289
- Language: English
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A Kid’s Guide to African American History: More Than 70 Activities
$16.95 Read moreWhat do all these people have in common: the first man to die in the American Revolution, a onetime chief of the Crow Nation, the inventors of peanut butter and the portable X-ray machine, and the fir
- Series: Kid’s Guide to …
- Author: Sanders, Nancy I.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 01, 2007
- ISBN10: 1556526539
- Language: English
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Black Heroes of the Wild West: Featuring Stagecoach Mary, Bass Reeves, and Bob Lemmons: A Toon Graphic
$11.99 Read moreExploring American history and finding diversity at its roots!
This graphic novel by JAMES OTIS SMITH celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black heroes who took control of their destinies- Author: Smith, James Otis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1943145520
- Language: English
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Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History
$19.99 Add to cartYour Legacy is a proud, empowering picture book introduction to African American history that celebrates and honors enslaved ancestors from author Schele Williams and illustrator Tonya Engel.
Your sto- Author: Williams, Schele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1419748750
- Language: English
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Black Heroes of the Wild West: Featuring Stagecoach Mary, Bass Reeves, and Bob Lemmons: A Toon Graphic
$17.99 Read moreNYPL’S TOP 10 BOOKS FOR KIDS
Exploring American history and finding diversity at its roots! This graphic novel by JAMES OTIS SMITH celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black heroes- Author: Smith, James Otis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1943145512
- Language: English
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20th Century African American History for Kids: The Major Events That Shaped the Past and Present
$10.99 Add to cartShow kids ages 8 to 12 how Black Americans shaped US history in the 20th century
From fighting against discrimination to changing the landscape of art and music, discover the incredible ways that Blac- Series: History by Century
- Author: Weston, Margeaux
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 164876441X
- 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
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Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence
$36.95 Add to cartOn June 17, 2015, a white supremacist entered Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and sat with some of its parishioners during a Wednesday night Bible study session. An hour later, he be
- Author: Williams, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0820349577
- Language: English
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Black Firsts: 500 Years of Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events
$62.95 Add to cartA celebration of achievement, accomplishments, and pride
The first African American president, U.S. senator, and the first black lawyer in the Department of Education. The first black chairman of th
- Series: Multicultural History & Heroes Collection
- Author: Smith, Jessie Carney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: January 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1578596882
- Language: English
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To Make Our World Anew: Volume I: A History of African Americans to 1880
$22.99 Add to cartThe two volumes of Kelley and Lewis’s To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, f… [more below]
- Author: Kelley, Robin D. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 28 2005
- ISBN10: 0195181344
- Language: English
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To Make Our World Anew: Volume II: A History of African Americans Since 1880
$22.99 Add to cartThe two volumes of Kelley and Lewis’s To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, f… [more below]
- Author: Kelley, Robin D. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 28 2005
- ISBN10: 0195181352
- Language: English
