Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional
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Backbeat: Earl Palmer’s Story
$19.99 Add to cartThere he is, drumming on “Tutti Frutti,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” and thousands of other songs. As a studio player in New Orleans and Los Angeles from the 1940s through the 1970s, Earl Palme… [more below]
- Author: Scherman, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 07 2005
- ISBN10: 030680980X
- Language: English
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Bird Lives!: The High Life and Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker
$24.99 Add to cart“The best biography of any jazz musician that we have. Bird Lives! will stand for a long time as a major source of information and illumination not only of the great musician with whom it deals but of… [more below]
- Author: Russell, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 22 1996
- ISBN10: 0306806797
- Language: English
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Chimes From The Wind of Time
$27.95 Add to cartThis is not only the story of one family but of many people from the Southern states, as well as states throughout the United States. In the late 1950s, there were forty million people in the United S
- Author: Pulley, Maxine Lindsey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: November 17 2023
- ISBN10: 9798892212861
- Language: English
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The Life and Adventures of Nat Love
$14.95 Add to cartThousands of black cowpunchers drove cattle up the Chisholm Trail after the Civil War, but only Nat Love wrote about his experiences. Born to slaves in Davidson County, Tennessee, the newly freed Love… [more below]
- Series: Blacks in the American West
- Author: Love, Nat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: September 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0803279558
- Language: English
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A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
$20.00 Add to cart“A searing and emotionally gripping account of a young black girl growing up to become a strong black woman during the most difficult time of racial segregation.”–Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard … [more below]
- Author: Lanier, Carlotta Walls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 27 2010
- ISBN10: 0345511018
- Language: English
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Step by Step: A Memoir of Living the American Dream
$19.00 Add to cartIn 1944, Bertie Bowman-a poor, impressionable thirteen-year-old-heard South Carolina senator Burnet Maybank declare: “If you all ever get up to Washington, D.C., drop by and see me ” Bertie took those… [more below]
- Author: Bowman, Bertie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 19 2009
- ISBN10: 034550433X
- Language: English
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Coltrane: The Story of a Sound
$23.00 Add to cartJohn Coltrane left an indelible mark on the world, but what was the essence of his achievement that makes him so prized forty years after his death? What were the factors that helped Coltrane become w
- Author: Ratliff, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 28 2008
- ISBN10: 0312427786
- Language: English
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Viva Hollywood: The Legacy of Latin and Hispanic Artists in American Film
$35.00 Read moreThrough an authoritative narrative and lavish photography, this is an in-depth history of the stars, films, achievements, and influence of the Hispanic and Latino community in Hollywood history from t
- Series: Turner Classic Movies
- Author: Reyes, Luis I.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 13, 2022
- ISBN10: 0762478489
- Language: English
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Naturally Curly: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartThe complexities of a racially divided culture are too numerous to count, and with one glance around the globe, it is easy to see why no one is immune to its effects. With so many stories, personal ex
- Author: Lasher, Kristi Sanders
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1632964848
- Language: English
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John Lewis: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
$16.99 Add to cartFeaturing interviews of civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis at almost every stage of his career, this collection illustrates why Lewis has become a human rights icon and remains an inspir… [more below]
- Series: Last Interview
- Author: Melville House
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1612199623
- Language: English
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The Bear Is My Father: Indigenous Wisdom of a Muscogee Creek Caretaker of Sacred Ways
$16.95 Read moreThe Bear Is My Father: Indigenous Wisdom of a Muscogee Creek Caretaker of Sacred Ways is considered a love story between Bear Heart and a community that stretches across the globe. This book celebrate… [more below]
- Author: Bear Heart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0907791891
- Language: English
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The Thunder Before the Storm: The Autobiography of Clyde Bellecourt
$19.95 Add to cartLegendary activist and AIM co-founder Clyde Bellecourt tells “the damn truth” about the American Indian Movement as he lived it.
The American Indian Movement burst onto the scene in the late 1960s as- Author: Bellecourt, Clyde
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: October 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1681341247
- Language: English
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Gooseberries Have Thorns
$19.99 Add to cartGooseberries Have Thorns chronicles everyday experiences, relationships, and major events in the lives of Maggie’s ancestors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The narrative focuses primarily… [more below]
- Author: States, Margaret L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1039139825
- Language: English
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Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor’s Fight for Fairness
$17.99 Add to cartThis instant New York Times bestseller offers “a firsthand, eye-opening story of a prosecutor that exposes the devastating criminal punishment system” (Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning auth… [more below]
- Author: Coates, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1982173777
- Language: English
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Funkiest Man Alive: Rufus Thomas and Memphis Soul
$63.33 Add to cartRufus Thomas may not be a household name, but he is widely regarded as the patriarch of Memphis R&B, and his music influenced three generations. His first singles in the early 1950s were recorded as b… [more below]
- Series: American Made Music
- Author: Ruddick, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1496838408
- Language: English
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A Metis Man’s Dream: From Traplines to Tugboats in Canada’s North
$35.49 Add to cartWhere there’s a Gill, there’s a way.
Gordon Gill is a gentle, hard-working M騁is man whose journey began on his Iroquois-Cree grandfather’s trapline and evolved into a successful business career. His … [more below]
- Author: Gower, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: January 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1039145493
- Language: English
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From Beirut to America
$11.99 Add to cart“gives readers hope and encouragement that when one has such strong conviction about a particular task or goal, nothing can stand in the way.” –BookTrib review.
“The writing style is warm and genuine.… [more below]- Author: Challita, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: July 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1088218903
- Language: English
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Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma: The American Portraits Series
$19.00 Add to cartCamilla Townsend’s stunning new book, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, differs from all previous biographies of Pocahontas in capturing how similar seventeenth century Native Americans were–in th
- Series: American Portraits
- Author: Townsend, Camilla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01, 2005
- ISBN10: 0809077388
- Language: English
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Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball
$23.99 Add to cart“No athlete performed at a higher level through greater stress than Jackie Robinson.” -Scott Simon
The integration of baseball in 1947 had undeniable significance for the civil rights movement and Ame- Series: Turning Points in History #16
- Author: Simon, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 01 2002
- ISBN10: 047126153X
- Language: English
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Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder
$29.99 Read moreThe first definitive biography of music legend Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder’s achievements as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer are extraordinary. During a career that has spanned
- Author: Ribowsky, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0470481501
- Language: English
