Social Activists
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Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
$18.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – An “extraordinary, unforgettable” (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow) memoir of redemption and second chances amidst America’s mass incarceration epidemic, fro… [more below]
- Author: Senghor, Shaka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 31 2017
- ISBN10: 1101907312
- Language: English
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
$20.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX – A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our br… [more below]
- Author: Stevenson, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 18 2015
- ISBN10: 081298496X
- Language: English
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In Pursuit of Love: One Woman’s Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant
$19.99 Add to cartThrough her own gripping story of escape from human trafficking, Rebecca Bender reveals the inner workings of the underground world of modern-day slavery and helps us learn how we can be a catalyst fo
- Author: Bender, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0310356857
- Language: English
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Permanent Record
$19.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he he- Author: Snowden, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1250772907
- Language: English
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Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
$19.95 Add to cart2024 Stonewall Honor Award for Nonfiction
The future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explored by a legendary transgender elder and activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous- Author: Meronek, Toshio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1839763345
- Language: English
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A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story
$23.00 Add to cart“Profound, funny … wild and moving … heartbreaking accounts of a lonely black childhood…. Brown sees racial oppression in national and global context; every political word she writes pounds home… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0385471076
- Language: English
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Restrung: A Memoir of Music and Transformation
$32.00 Add to cartViolinist Vijay Gupta’s searing memoir of prodigy, ambition, collapse, and renewal reveals how music is not just performance but also survival, a lifeline of human connection–for readers of Jeremy De… [more below]
- Author: Gupta, Vijay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 442
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 0306838176
- Language: English
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I Choose My Beginning: A Story of Courage and Activism
$29.00 Add to cart“Nadia is a fierce warrior for justice and a beautiful human being I feel privileged to know. She will inspire women for generations.” –Amal Clooney
In a lyrical and profoundly moving memoir, Nobel- Author: Murad, Nadia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 15 2026
- ISBN10: 1668097052
- Language: English
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Malcolm in the Desert: Wisdom from the Spiritual Transformation of Malcolm X
$32.00 Add to cartEssence’s “15 Books By Black Authors We’re Looking Forward To”
Powerful self-transformation practices inspired by Malcolm X’s final years, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz. “A classic in the ma
- Author: Shabazz, Ilyasah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1538783568
- Language: English
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The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks Who Saved America
$31.00 Read moreFor fans of Master Slave Husband Wife and Django Unchained comes the extraordinary forgotten story of an event known in its day as “the first shots of the Civil War,” from the New York Times bestselli… [more below]
- Author: Aptowicz, Cristin O’Keefe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 08 2026
- ISBN10: 1668035936
- Language: English
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Nathan Straus: From Macy’s Magnate to International Humanitarian
$34.95 Add to cartNathan Straus (1848-1931) encompassed worlds. He rose from his Jewish German immigrant family’s ruin in Civil War Georgia to become co-owner of Macy’s and Abraham & Straus department stores. He helped
- Author: Fisher, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 414
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 197884347X
- Language: English
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Jonathan Edwards: The Boy Who Sparked Revival
$14.99 Add to cartInspire kids with this true tale of God working powerfully through the simple sharing of his word. Jonathan Edwards’ story encourages kids to trust that God can do extraordinary things through everyda
- Series: Do Great Things for God
- Author: Mathis, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 01 2026
- ISBN10: 1802543546
- Language: English
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My Seven Mothers: Making a Family in the Danish Women’s Movement
$29.95 Add to cartSeven women raise a child together while redefining their place in society at the beginning of the Women’s Movement in Denmark in the 1970s
On New Year’s Eve in Copenhagen in 1972, seven women had a- Author: Ipsen, Pernille
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1517917794
- Language: English
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Huna: A Memoir of Revolution, Prison, and Becoming
$30.00 Read moreA gripping, deeply moving memoir of survival, education, and resistance by a student protestor-turned-political prisoner in post-revolution Egypt.
“I will never be the same after reading Huna.” –Javi- Author: Elgendy, Abdelrahman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 01 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217153602
- Language: English
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Elisabeth Elliot: The Brave Girl Who Chose to Love
$14.99 Add to cartA true tale of forgiveness and courageous missionary work, the story of Elisabeth Elliot shows kids that God is always with them, even when things are hard.
Kids will follow Elisabeth as her childhood
- Series: Do Great Things for God
- Author: Vaughn, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 01 2026
- ISBN10: 1802543961
- Language: English
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Freedom to Read: The Story of Teacher Mary Peake and One Mighty Oak Tree
$19.99 Read more- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 25 2026
- ISBN10: 153446350X
- Language: English
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Civil Rights Warrior: A Life on the Front Lines of Justice, Equality, and the American Dream
$28.99 Add to cartThe inspiring memoir of Evie Rich, a fearless African-American activist whose lifelong fight for justice, equality, and workers’ rights shaped pivotal moments in American civil rights history.
From th- Author: Rich, Evelyn Jones
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1510785655
- Language: English
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A Taxi for Everyone: How Roy Vel?squez Fought for Equality (a Nonfiction History Picture Book for Kids)
$19.99 Read moreThis compelling biography tells the story of Roy Vel?squez and how he built a community fighting against segregation and discrimination in Austin, Texas, by starting a thriving taxi company for those … [more below]
- Author: Zapata, Debbie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 21 2026
- ISBN10: 1499817002
- Language: English
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Malala: La ni?a que quer?a ir a la escuela
$17.32 Add to cartJournalist Adriana Carranca visited Swat soon after Malala was shot. She wrote this biography from what she observed and what she learned while there. It uses a combination of illustrations, photograp… [more below]
- Author: Carranca, Adriana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: April 01 2026
- ISBN10: 9877472457
- Language: Spanish
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Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History
$10.99 Add to cartA 2025 EUREKA! Silver Award Winner
A 2025 Foreword Indies Book of the Year finalist
A 2026 Notable Social Studies Trade Book List selection
Featured on Literary Hub’s Most Anticipated Children’s Books of
- Author: Katz, Rachel C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 9798888593691
- Language: English
