Topical/Black History
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From Burning to Blueprint: Rebuilding Black Wall Street After a Century of Silence
$16.99 Add to cartFrom Burning to Blueprint tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in the era of the Black Lives Matter movement and social activism. As the title suggests, it is more than a historical account
- Author: Matthews, Kevin, II
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1736666703
- Language: English
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Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre
$15.99 Read moreIn the graphic novel history Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre, author Alverne Ball and illustrator Stacey Robinson have crafted a love letter to… [more below]
- Author: Ball, Alverne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 141975517X
- Language: English
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The Marrow of Tradition
$8.00 Add to cartIn this landmark tale, one of the great American novelists exposed the harsh dimensions of Southern prejudice during post-Reconstruction era. Charles W. Chesnutt traces the intertwined lives of two pr… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Chesnutt, Charles W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0486838374
- Language: English
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The Awkward Black Man
$26.00 Add to cartA masterful collection of stories that showcases one of the country’s most beloved and acclaimed writers–award-winning author, Walter Mosley.
Bestselling author Walter Mosley has proven himself a mas
- Author: Mosley, Walter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0802149561
- Language: English
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Red River
$24.99 Add to cartHailed as “powerful,” “accomplished,” and “spellbinding,” Lalita Tademy’s first novel Cane River was a New York Times bestseller and the 2001 Oprah Book Club Summer Selection. Now with her evocative, … [more below]
- Author: Tademy, Lalita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0446696994
- Language: English
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African American Experience: Black History and Culture Through Speeches, Letters, Editorials, Poems, Songs, and Stories
$31.99 Add to cartThis wide-ranging archive, capturing more than four centuries of African American history and culture in one essential volume, is at once poignant, painful, celebratory, and inspiring.
The African Ame- Author: Wright, Kai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: January 01, 2009
- ISBN10: 1579127738
- Language: English
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Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter
$22.95 Add to cartDispatches from the Diaspora brings together the vibrant journalism of one of the leading Black voices spanning the Atlantic, providing a must-read for anyone interested in the way we understand conte
- Author: Younge, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1682193853
- Language: English
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Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral
$17.00 Add to cartFor readers of The Vanishing Half, a hidden gem from the Harlem Renaissance about a young Black woman’s journey toward self-acceptance while passing as white in 1920s New York City.
Originally publish- Series: Celebrating Black Women Writers
- Author: Fauset, Jessi Redmon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0807006602
- Language: English
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The Souls of Black Folk: With the Talented Tenth and the Souls of White Folk
$25.00 Add to cartA collectible hardcover edition of the landmark book about being black in America, featuring an introduction by Ibram X. Kendi, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist
A Pe- Series: Penguin Vitae
- Author: Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0143134434
- Language: English
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Under Our Skin
$18.00 Add to cart1570. A street teems with activity in Renaissance Lisbon: boatmen unload passengers as jugglers entertain the crowd and vendors hawk their goods. The crowd is large, and more than half of it is Black.
- Author: Soutar, Jethro
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1951213521
- Language: English
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Black in White Space: The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life
$18.00 Read moreFrom the vital voice of Elijah Anderson, Black in White Space sheds fresh light on the dire persistence of racial discrimination in our country.
A birder strolling in Central Park. A college student- Author: Anderson, Elijah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0226826414
- Language: English
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Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
$18.99 Read moreFrom award-winning team Suzanne Slade and Cozbi A. Cabrera, Exquisite is a picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize.
A 2021 Coretta- Author: Slade, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 07, 2020
- ISBN10: 1419734113
- Language: English
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Behold the Walls: Commemorative Edition Volume 3
$26.95 Add to cartOn August 19, 1958, Clara Luper and thirteen Black youth walked into Katz Drug Store in Oklahoma City and sat down at the lunch counter. When they tried to order, they were denied service. As they sat… [more below]
- Series: Greenwood Cultural Center African Diaspora History and Culture
- Author: Luper, Clara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0806192798
- Language: English
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Equality’s Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America
$19.99 Add to cartLearn all about the history of voting rights in the United States–from our nation’s founding to the present day–in this powerful picture book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Pout-P… [more below]
- Author: Diesen, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1534439587
- Language: English
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How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged
$18.99 Add to cartA breakdown of the economic and social injustices facing Black people and other marginalized citizens, inspired by political activist Kimberly Jones’s viral video “How Can We Win”
“So if I played four- Author: Jones, Kimberly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1250848830
- Language: English
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All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
$28.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER – NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft a “deeply layered and ins… [more below]
- Author: Miles, Tiya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1984854992
- Language: English
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Vigilance: The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad
$30.00 Read moreThe remarkable and inspiring story of William Still, an unknown abolitionist who dedicated his life to managing a critical section of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia–the free state directly … [more below]
- Author: Diemer, Andrew K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0593534387
- Language: English
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Intimate Direct Democracy: Fort Mose, the Great Dismal Swamp, and the Human Quest for Freedom
$19.99 Read moreFrom the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, many African people who were enslaved in North America emancipated themselves and fled into vast swamplands and across colonial borders, beyond the reac
- Author: Kadalie, Modibo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 9.79899E+12
- Language: English
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Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
$17.99 Add to cartMore than any other scholar, Eric Foner has influenced our understanding of America’s history. Now, making brilliant use of extraordinary evidence, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian once again reco
- Author: Foner, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 18, 2016
- ISBN10: 0393352196
- Language: English
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Computer Decoder: Dorothy Vaughan, Computer Scientist
$9.95 Add to cartA full-color picture book biography about Dorothy Vaughan, one of NASA’s first African American managers and one of the groundbreakers on the front line of electronic computing–includes hands-on STEM
- Series: Picture Book Biography
- Author: Diehn, Andi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1619307650
- Language: English
