Topical/Black History
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Quilt of Souls: A Memoir
$24.99 Read moreThe Yellow House meets Hidden in Plain View in this multigenerational memoir that celebrates African American quilting, family, and honoring the past.
At age four, Phyllis Biffle Elmore was plucked of- Author: Biffle Elmore, Phyllis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1623545161
- Language: English
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Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance
$18.99 Read moreFrom Children’s Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance–paired with fu
- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1681199440
- Language: English
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Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War
$21.00 Read moreWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize
Winner of the Elsa Goveia Book Prize
Winner of the James A. Rawley Prize in the History of Race Relations
Winner of the- Author: Brown, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0674260295
- Language: English
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Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America’s First Black Paratroopers
$19.99 Read more“An exceptionally well-researched, lovingly crafted, and important tribute to unsung American heroes.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
World War II is raging, and thousands of American soldiers are- Series: Junior Library Guild Selection
- Author: Stone, Tanya Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0763665487
- Language: English
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The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
$28.95 Add to cartIn January 1944 sixteen black enlisted men gathered at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to begin a cram course that would turn them into the U.S. Navy’s first African-American office
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Stillwell, Paul L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 14, 2003
- ISBN10: 1591148405
- Language: English
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Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South
$34.00 Add to cartWidely recognized as “one of the nation’s foremost scholars on the slave era” (Boston Globe), Bancroft Prize-winning historian Ira Berlin has changed the way we think about African American life in sl
- Author: Berlin, Ira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 428
- Publish Date: November 27 2007
- ISBN10: 1595581731
- Language: English
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Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968
$30.00 Add to cart#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas E. Ricks offers a new take on the Civil Rights Movement, stressing its unexpected use of military strategy and its lessons for non
- Author: Ricks, Thomas E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0374605165
- Language: English
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High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
$19.99 Read moreJoining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction by Alex Kotlowitz and J. Anthony Lukas, High-Risers braids personal narratives, city politics, and nat
- Author: Austen, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0062235079
- Language: English
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The New Fight for Life: Roe, Race, and a Pro-Life Commitment to Justice
$17.99 Read moreThe battle over the constitutionality of Roe v. Wade may be over, but now a bigger fight lies ahead.
For over half a century, pro-life advocates have fought to protect the sanctity of human life. Now … [more below]
- Author: Watson, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1496481445
- Language: English
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The Souls of Black Folk: Original Classic Edition
$19.95 Add to cartThis classic groundbreaking work of American literature first published in 1903 is a cornerstone of African-American literary history and a seminal work in the field of sociology.
- Author: Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1722502908
- Language: English
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The Jefferson City Civil Pilots: From Lincoln University to Tuskegee Airmen
$24.99 Read moreAviation captivated young men before World War II, regardless of their skin color. But few Black enthusiasts had access, means or opportunity until the Civil Pilot Training program. Lincoln University… [more below]
- Series: Military
- Author: Brooks, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1467154490
- Language: English
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Rosa Parks
$12.79 Read moreThe My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Rosa Parks in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and r… [more below]
- Series: My Itty-Bitty Bio
- Author: Haldy, Emma E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: January 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1634706013
- Language: English
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The Burning: Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
$19.99 Read moreOne of the worst acts of racist violence in American history took place in 1921, when a White mob numbering in the thousands decimated the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The- Author: Madigan, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1250787696
- Language: English
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We Will Be Free: The Life and Faith of Sojourner Truth
$29.99 Read moreChristianity Today Book Award of Merit in History/Biography (2024)
Sojourner Truth’s powerful voice calls to us through this evocative narrative of faith in action–and her words are more relevant tha- Series: Library of Religious Biography (Lrb)
- Author: Koester, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 293
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0802872476
- Language: English
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The Portable Frederick Douglass
$25.00 Add to cartA new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leader
This compact volume offers a full course on the remarkable, diverse career of Frederick D… [more below]- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 0143106813
- Language: English
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Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
$9.99 Read moreThis quintessential middle grade biography of Harriet Tubman now features a cover by NAACP Image Award winner and Caldecott Honor illustrator Kadir Nelson, a foreword by National Book Award finalist J
- Author: Petry, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0062668269
- Language: English
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Beale Street Dynasty: Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis
$17.99 Add to cartBetween Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street in Memphis thrived as a strip with a unique soul that reshaped American culture. Preston Lauterbach recounts the rise and fall of Beale Street thro
- Author: Lauterbach, Preston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0393352137
- Language: English
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A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940
$22.95 Read morePublished in cooperation with Oregon Black Pioneers
A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940, remains the most comprehensive chronology of Black life in Oregon more than forty ye- Author: McLagan, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0870712217
- Language: English
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Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures
$29.95 Read moreThis timely and gorgeously illustrated companion book to an exciting Smithsonian exhibition explores the power of Afrofuturism to reclaim the past and reimagine Black futures
Afrofuturism: A History o- Author: Nat’l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1588347710
- Language: English
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More Than Just a Game: The Black Origins of Basketball
$17.99 Read moreKirkus Best Informational Picture Books of 2021
STARRED REVIEW! “Moore’s succinct and musical prose pairs well with Ollivierre’s dynamic, movement-focused illustrations to outline a rich history of th- Author: Moore, Madison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 15 2021
- ISBN10: 0807552712
- Language: English
