Ethnic Orientation/African American
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Black Catholics on the Road to Sainthood
$12.95 Add to cartThe Church in the United States is greatly blessed by the contributions of Black Catholics and the legacy of holiness of so many men and women of color. These men and women lived lives that are worthy
- Author: Heinlein, Michael R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: February 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1681927926
- Language: English
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Mother Country
$17.00 Read moreWinner of the 2022 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
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Shortlisted for the 2023 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction
Finalist for the 2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award- Author: Townsend, Jacinda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1644450879
- Language: English
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Tar Baby
$35.00 Add to cartA ravishingly beautiful and emotionally incendiary reinvention of the love story by the legendary Nobel Prize winner
Jadine Childs is a Black fashion model with a white patron, a white boyfriend, and a… [more below]- Author: Morrison, Toni
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 12 1981
- ISBN10: 0394423291
- Language: English
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Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary: Stories
$16.99 Add to cartA funny, fresh, and brilliantly insightful collection of stories from a beloved writer, with a new introduction by Francine Prose
Johanna Kaplan’s beautifully written stories first burst on the literar
- Series: Art of the Story
- Author: Kaplan, Johanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0063061635
- Language: English
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Love Twelve Miles Long
$11.95 Add to cartA moving story about young Frederick Douglass and his mother, who walks twelve miles at night from a nearby plantation to visit him.
It’s late at night, and Frederick’s mother has traveled twelve miles
- Author: Armand, Glenda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 31 2015
- ISBN10: 1620142546
- Language: English
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A Black Woman Did That
$11.99 Read moreA Black Woman Did That! spotlights vibrant, inspiring Black women whose accomplishments have changed the world for the better.
A Black Woman Did That! is a celebration of strong, resilient, innovative- Author: Adero, Malaika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1941367518
- Language: English
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Buddy
$10.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of Old Yeller, classic boy-and-dog tale set against the events of Hurrican Katrina.
Tyrone “Li’l T” Roberts meets Buddy when his family’s car accidentally hits the stray dog on their- Author: Herlong, M. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 16 2013
- ISBN10: 0142425443
- Language: English
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The Shaman’s Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
$9.99 Add to cartFor thousands of years, in the jungles of the Amazon, shamans have passed their wisdom of the medicinal values of rain forest plants from one generation to the next. The Shaman’s Apprentice tells the … [more below]
- Author: Plotkin, Mark J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: April 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0152024867
- Language: English
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Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery
$24.95 Add to cartThe Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in American history. As we commemorate its 150th anniversary, what do we really know about those who experienced slavery?
In their p
- Author: Willis, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 27 2017
- ISBN10: 1439909865
- Language: English
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I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon
$19.99 Read moreDiscover the true story of how environmentalist Farmer Tantoh is transforming the landscape in his home country of Cameroon.
When Tantoh Nforba was a child, his fellow students mocked him for his i- Author: Paul, Baptiste
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1512449148
- 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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Epic Athletes: Serena Williams
$10.99 Add to cartEpic Athletes: Serena Williams is an inspiring middle-grade biography of the most celebrated women’s tennis player ever from acclaimed sports journalist Dan Wetzel!
Featuring comic-style illustrations- Series: Epic Athletes #3
- Author: Wetzel, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1250250722
- Language: English
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All about Madam C. J. Walker
$7.99 Add to cartMadam C. J. Walker was a self-made millionaire who was beloved within her community for her philanthropy, and respected as a first rate business person. She was America’s first female self-made millio… [more below]
- Series: All about
- Author: Bundles, A’Lelia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1681570939
- Language: English
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The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World
$25.48 Add to cartRiveting and inspiring first-person stories of how “taking a knee” triggered a political awakening among athletes of all ages and levels, from the celebrated sportswriter
“With profiles of courage tha- Author: Zirin, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1620977850
- Language: English
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Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers
$55.00 Add to cartIn words and photographs, Power to the People is the story of the controversial Black Panther Party, founded 50 years ago in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton.
In this incredible history, the wo- Author: Shames, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1419722409
- Language: English
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August Snow
$19.95 Read moreWinner of the Hammett Prize and the Nero Award
From the wealthy suburbs to the remains of Detroit’s bankrupt factory districts, August Snow is a fast-paced tale of murder, greed, sex, economic cyber-t- Series: August Snow Novel #1
- Author: Jones, Stephen Mack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1616958685
- Language: English
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A Letter to Amy
$17.99 Add to cartGenerations of children have read, re-read, and loved Ezra Jack Keats’s award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends. Now, for the first time, Peter’s Chair, A Letter to Amy… [more below]
- Series: Picture Puffin Books
- Author: Keats, Ezra Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0670880639
- Language: English
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What You Never Knew about Beyoncé
$31.32 Read moreShe’s not called Queen B for nothing! What makes Beyoncé a megastar? High-interest details and bold photos of her fascinating life will enthrall reluctant and struggling readers, while carefully leve… [more below]
- Series: Behind the Scenes Biographies
- Author: Schuh, Mari
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669002918
- Language: English
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Every Body Looking
$11.99 Add to cartA Finalist for the National Book Award
When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it’s the first time she’s ever been so far from her family–and the first time that s- Author: Iloh, Candice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0525556222
- Language: English
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So Done
$9.99 Add to cartWhen best friends Tai and Mila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and the looming dance auditions for a new talented-
- Author: Chase, Paula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 23 2019
- ISBN10: 0062691791
- Language: English
