Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional
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Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography
$18.95 Add to cart“Buffy Sainte-Marie is an icon and inspiration. This book is necessary–an authorized insight into the making of a legend.” –Terese Marie Mailhot, author of Heart Berries
A powerful, intimate look at- Author: Warner, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1771647299
- Language: English
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Twilight on the Thunderbird: A Memoir of Quileute Indian Life
$18.95 Add to cart“For much of his life, Howie has assembled the lore and language of his native people, supplementing his own copious writings (more than a million words) with tape recordings and his own drawings of t
- Author: Hansen, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1609440714
- Language: English
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One Day It’ll All Make Sense
$16.99 Add to cartFrom the hip hop icon, Hollywood star, and “a true artist and writer of deep talent” (James McBride, author of The Color of Water)–a candid, New York Times bestselling memoir ranging from his childho… [more below]
- Author: Common
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 18 2012
- ISBN10: 145162588X
- Language: English
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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family’s Journey to Freedom
$19.99 Add to cartWhen John F. Baker Jr. was in the seventh grade, he saw a photograph of four former slaves in his social studies textbook–two of them were his grandmother’s grandparents. He began the lifelong resear… [more below]
- Author: Baker, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 05 2010
- ISBN10: 1416567410
- Language: English
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As Figs in Autumn: One Year in a Forever War
$27.00 Add to cartIn his final college semester, Ben awakens to read on his computer screen of the death of his classmate and childhood friend Avi. Avi’s death is sudden and senseless, killed by a drunk driver on his w
- Author: Bastomski, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1953002242
- Language: English
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Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past
$22.95 Add to cartA child of a typical 1950s suburb unearths her mother’s hidden heritage, launching a rich and magical exploration of her own identity and her family’s powerful Native American past.
- Author: Wilson, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0873517652
- Language: English
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Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir
$19.00 Add to cartWinner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, Rajiv Mohabir’s Antiman is an impassioned, genre-blending memoir that navigates the fraught constellations of race, sexuality, and cultura
- Author: Mohabir, Rajiv
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1632061686
- Language: English
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The Devil’s Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South’s Most Notorious Slave Jail
$32.00 Read moreThe inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed it into one of the nation’s first HBCUs
In The Devil’s Half Acre, New York Times bestsell
- Author: Green, Kristen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1541675630
- Language: English
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Never Grow Up
$18.99 Add to cartA candid, thrilling memoir from one of the most recognizable, influential, and beloved cinematic personalities in the world.
Everyone knows Jackie Chan. Whether it’s from Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, The- Author: Chan, Jackie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1982107227
- Language: English
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Obreros Unidos: The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement
$24.95 Read more- Author: Salas, Jesus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1976600073
- Language: English
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Daddy’s House: A Daughter’s Memoir of Setbacks, Triumphs & Rising Above Her Roots
$29.99 Add to cartA raw and poignant memoir of a daughter’s journey from a difficult upbringing in rural Alabama to a fulfilling life as a wife and mother with a successful career far beyond the limitations of her upbr
- Author: Mills, Mildred J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: December 03 2023
- ISBN10: 196175729X
- Language: English
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Catfish Dream: Ed Scott’s Fight for His Family Farm and Racial Justice in the Mississippi Delta
$26.95 Add to cartCatfish Dream centers around the experiences, family, and struggles of Ed Scott Jr. (born in 1922), a prolific farmer in the Mississippi Delta and the first ever nonwhite owner and operator of a catfi
- Series: Southern Foodways Alliance Studies in Culture, People, and P #2
- Author: Rankin, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 10 2018
- ISBN10: 0820353590
- Language: English
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Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir
$21.99 Add to cartDexter King’s courageous efforts, amid widespread skepticism, to investigate what really happened in his father’s slaying resulted in a civil jury trial proving there was a conspiracy involving govern… [more below]
- Author: King, Dexter Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: July 30 2008
- ISBN10: 0446692379
- Language: English
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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
$30.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the governor of Maryland, the “compassionate” (People), “startling” (Baltimore Sun), “moving” (Chicago Tribune) true story of two kids with the same name from the city… [more below]
- Author: Moore, Wes
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 27 2010
- ISBN10: 0385528191
- Language: English
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The Real Hoosiers: Crispus Attucks High School, Oscar Robertson, and the Hidden History of Hoops
$30.00 Add to cartThe true story behind Crispus Attucks High School and the all-Black basketball team loosely depicted as the championship opponent in the beloved classic sports movie Hoosiers.
For far too long the my- Author: McCallum, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0306830752
- Language: English
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Dust Tracks on a Road: A Memoir
$16.99 Add to cartFirst published in 1942 at the crest of her popularity as a writer, this is Zora Neale Hurston’s imaginative and exuberant account of her rise from childhood poverty in the rural South to a prominent … [more below]
- Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0062004832
- Language: English
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My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way.
$10.99 Read moreA stunning visual autobiography of two crazy-talented besties, bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds and painter Jason Griffin, who could never be who they are singularly if they weren’t… [more below]
- Author: Reynolds, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1534478221
- Language: English
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Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War
$27.95 Add to cartJun and Hong were scions of a once great southern Chinese family. Each other’s best friend, they grew up in the 1930s during the final days of Old China before the tumult of the twentieth century brou
- Author: Li, Zhuqing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 0393541770
- Language: English
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Walk Boldly: Empowerment Toolkit for Young Black Men (Feel Comfortable and Proud in Your Skin as a Black Male Teen)
$16.99 Add to cartEmbrace Who You Are as a Male Black Teen
#1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Language Arts Books
Embrace the color of your skin and celebrate your identity. Finding the courage to live freely and authe
- Series: Bold and Black
- Author: Fievre, M. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1642507334
- Language: English
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Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History
$27.95 Add to cartFamily and nation formed a reliable bedrock of security for precocious 11-year-old Lea Ypi. She was a Young Pioneer, helping to lead her country toward the future of perfect freedom promised by the le
- Author: Ypi, Lea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0393867730
- Language: English
