Ethnic Studies
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Myths of the Cherokee
$29.95 Read moreNoted anthropologist James Mooney (1861-1921) spent much of his life studying American Indians. In North Carolina, he lived for several years with the Cherokee, studying their language, culture, and m… [more below]
- Series: Native American (Paperback)
- Author: Mooney, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: March 27 1996
- ISBN10: 0486289079
- Language: English
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Hear Me Talkin’ to YA
$18.95 Read more“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.” — Charlie Parker
“What is jazz? The rhythm — the feeling.” — Coleman Hawkins
“The bes- Series: Dover Books on Music
- Author: Shapiro, Nat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 01, 1966
- ISBN10: 0486217264
- Language: English
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Stolen Women: Reclaiming Our Sexuality, Taking Back Our Lives
$14.95 Add to cartSTOLEN WOMEN gives us what Mama couldn’t–a way to be in charge of our own bodies. This probing, fact-based book dissects the myths, discards the stereotypes, and unshackles our minds.–BEBE MOORE CAM… [more below]
- Author: Wyatt, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0471297178
- Language: English
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The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White
$27.99 Add to cartWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
The Hairstons is the extraordinary story of the largest family in America, the Hairston clan. With several thousand black and white members, the Hairst- Author: Wiencek, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 19 2000
- ISBN10: 0312253931
- Language: English
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The Turkish Lover: A Memoir
$21.99 Add to cartEnthralled admirers of Esmeralda Santiago’s memoirs of her childhood have yearned to read more. Now, in The Turkish Lover, Esmeralda finally breaks out of the monumental struggle with her powerful mot… [more below]
- Series: Merloyd Lawrence Book
- Author: Santiago, Esmeralda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 10 2005
- ISBN10: 030681451X
- Language: English
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The Betrayal of the Negro, from Rutherford B. Hayes to Woodrow Wilson
$24.99 Add to cartBetween the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the end of World War I in 1918, African Americans experienced their nadir. The Betrayal of the Negro (originally published as The Negro in American Life a… [more below]
- Author: Logan, Rayford W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0306807580
- Language: English
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The Souls of Black Folk
$18.00 Read moreFirst published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is a masterpiece of American literature, a foundational text of sociology, and a deeply personal answer to the question “What is it like to be a Black
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1435172817
- Language: English
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Indigenous Firsts: A History of Native American Achievements and Events
$84.95 Add to cart- 2000 history-making achievements, ground-breaking successes, pioneering accomplishments, and historic firsts
- Thoroughly researched and documented history
- History made accessible with fascinating stories
- Series: Multicultural History & Heroes Collection
- Author: Dennis, Yvonne Wakim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1578598079
- Language: English
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Latino Almanac: From Early Explorers to Corporate Leaders
$84.95 Add to cart- Nearly 650 biographies of history-making Latinos
- Explores the Latino identity in the United States today, the history of Hispanic Americans, as well as 13 topical histories, including business, labor,
- Series: Multicultural History & Heroes Collection
- Author: Kanellos, Nicol?s
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1578597781
- Language: English
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The Real Hank Aaron: An Intimate Look at the Life and Legacy of the Home Run King
$28.00 Read moreA heartfelt portrait of Hank Aaron, featuring nearly 40 years of stories plus never-before-told insights from the home run king
When journalist Terence Moore was 12 years old, he treasured his poster- Author: Moore, Terence
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1629379883
- Language: English
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I Will Live for Both of Us: A History of Colonialism, Uranium Mining, and Inuit Resistance
$24.95 Read moreBorn at a traditional Inuit camp in what is now Nunavut, Joan Scottie has spent decades protecting the Inuit hunting way of life, most famously with her long battle against the uranium mining industry
- Series: Contemporary Studies on the North #9
- Author: Scottie, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 11 2022
- ISBN10: 088755265X
- Language: English
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I Miss the Rain in Africa: Peace Corps as a Third Act
$24.95 Add to cart- Winner – Nautilus Book Award 2022
- Winner – Moritz Thomsen Peace Corps Experience Award 2022
- A Top Ten Expat Book for 2021 from Expat Nest
At a time when her friends were planning cushy retirements, Nanc
- Author: Wesson, Nancy Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1615995749
- Language: English
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The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care, and Racial Justice
$31.18 Add to cartThe rise of the Auntie Sewing Squad, a massive mutual-aid network of volunteers who provided free masks in the wake of US government failures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In March 2020, when the US- Author: Hong, Mai-Linh K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 520384008
- Language: English
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Returning to Ceremony: Spirituality in Manitoba Métis Communities
$27.95 Add to cartReturning to Ceremony is the follow-up to Chantal Fiola’s award-winning Rekindling the Sacred Fire and continues her ground-breaking examination of Métis spirituality, debunking stereotypes such as “
- Author: Fiola, Chantal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 08 2021
- ISBN10: 088755962X
- Language: English
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Battle for Sitka,1802 -1804, Alaskan Tlingits, Russians and Native Allies in Russian America
$33.95 Add to cartBattle for Sitka is an English translation of a Russian historian’s and chief curator’s well considered views on the 1802 Russian loss of their fort and allies in the Sitka area to the Tlingit Indians… [more below]
- Author: Zorin, Alexander V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: December 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1977223397
- Language: English
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Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need to Stop Doing
$15.99 Add to cartnig-gard-ly (adj.) nig erd-le]: 1. stingy, miserly; not generous 2. begrudging about spending or granting 3. provided in a meanly limited supply.
If you don’t know the definition of the word, you mig- Author: Hunter, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 03 2014
- ISBN10: 1476791414
- Language: English
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Gullah Geechee Heritage in the Golden Isles
$31.99 Add to cartThe Golden Isles are home to a long and proud African American and Gullah Geechee heritage. Ibo Landing was the site of a mass suicide in protest of slavery, the slave ship Wanderer landed on Jekyll I… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, Amy Lotson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: August 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1540240096
- Language: English
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Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical
$14.95 Add to cartFeminism and atheism are “dirty words” that Americans across the political spectrum love to debate–and hate. Throw them into a blender and you have a toxic brew that supposedly defies decency, respec… [more below]
- Series: Humanism in Practice
- Author: Hutchinson, Sikivu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 135
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1634311981
- Language: English
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Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths about America’s Lingua Franca
$17.99 Read more“Superb.” —Steven Pinker
“An explanation, a defense, and, most heartening, a celebration. . . . McWhorter demonstrates the ‘legitimacy’ of Black English by uncovering its complexity and sophistication… [more below]
- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 1942658583
- Language: English
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The Durhams of Fairfield: An African American Genealogy
$19.95 Add to cartIn The Durhams of Fairfield: An African American Genealogy, Robert L. Uzzel traced his wife Debra’s roots to the slaves of the family of Robert Winfield Durham. Evidence indicates that Gobi, the patri
- Author: Uzzel, Robert L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1940130778
- Language: English
