Topical/Black History
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Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls’ Escape from Slavery to Union Hero
$20.00 Add to cart“A stunning tale of a little-known figure in history. Robert Smalls’ astounding heroism during the Civil War helped convince Lincoln and the country that African Americans were extraordinarily capable
- Author: Lineberry, Cate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1250183898
- Language: English
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A Day for Rememberin’: Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day
$18.99 Add to cartLeah Henderson’s picture book A Day for Rememberin’ is a moving tribute to the little-known history behind the first Memorial Day, illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award winner Floyd Cooper.
Today i- Author: Henderson, Leah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 11, 2021
- ISBN10: 1419736302
- Language: English
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On Freedom Road: Bicycle Explorations and Reckonings on the Underground Railroad
$27.95 Read moreA thoughtful and illuminating bicycle journey along the Underground Railroad by a climate scientist seeking to engage with American history.
The traces of the Underground Railroad hide in plain sight- Author: Goodrich, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1639363459
- Language: English
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The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver
$9.99 Add to cartThe inspirational story of George Washington Carver and his childhood secret garden is brought to life in this picture book biography by the author-illustrator team behind Muhammad Ali: A Champion Is
- Author: Barretta, Gene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0062430181
- Language: English
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Up from Slavery
$6.95 Add to cartThe dramatic autobiographical account of Booker T. Washington’s unique American experience–a struggle against social and ideological bias that he began as a slave and never stopped.
“Washington’s sto- Author: Washington, Booker T.
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 05 2010
- ISBN10: 0451531477
- Language: English
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Before She Was Harriet
$18.99 Add to cartWho was Harriet Tubman before she was Harriet?
We know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names. As General Tubman she was a Union spy. As Moses she led hundreds t- Series: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books
- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0823420477
- Language: English
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The Plot to Kill King: The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
$24.99 Add to cartBestselling author, James Earl Ray’s defense attorney, and, later, lawyer for the King family William Pepper reveals who actually killed MLK.
William Pepper was James Earl Ray’s lawyer in the trial fo- Author: Pepper, William F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 772
- Publish Date: January 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1510729623
- Language: English
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My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain
$19.95 Add to cartA compelling look at the rise and fall of the Black Panther generation, through the eyes of a founding member.
- Author: Dixon, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 09 2012
- ISBN10: 1608461785
- Language: English
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Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon
$24.99 Add to cartHere are over 800 haiku by Richard Wright, one of the early forceful and eloquent spokesmen for black Americans, author of the acclaimed Native Son and Black Boy.
Wright discovered the haiku in the la- Author: Wright, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1611453496
- Language: English
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Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
$18.99 Add to cartWinner of the Coretta Scott King Illustration Award From a New York Times bestselling author and an acclaimed illustrator comes this vibrant portrait of Aretha Franklin that pays her the R-E-S-P-E-C-… [more below]
- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1534452281
- Language: English
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The Weary Blues
$6.00 Add to cartThe Weary Blues is Langston Hughes’s first published collection of poems, immediately celebrated as a tour de force upon its release. Over ninety years after its publication, it remains a critically a… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Hughes, Langston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 24 2022
- ISBN10: 0486849015
- Language: English
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Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman’s Case for Equality and Respect
$19.99 Read moreDiscover the true story of the woman Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nicknamed “Red” because of her fiery spirit!
Mary Hamilton grew up knowing right from wrong. She was proud to be Black, and when the ch
- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 154156040X
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
$6.95 Add to cartThis Modern Library Paperback Classics edition combines the two most important African American slave narratives into one volume.
Frederick Douglass’s Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlight- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 28 2004
- ISBN10: 0345478231
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave
$9.94 Add to cart“I was born in Tuckahoe. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199539073
- Language: English
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By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners
$19.95 Read moreIf the law cannot protect a person from a lynching, then isn’t lynching the law?
In By Hands Now Known, Margaret A. Burnham, director of Northeastern University’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice P
- Author: Burnham, Margaret A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1324066059
- Language: English
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Enslaved: The Sunken History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
$19.95 Read moreA riveting and illuminating exploration of the transatlantic slave trade by an intrepid team of divers seeking to reclaim the stories of their ancestors.
“For me, Enslaved is an attempt to give a voic- Author: Kingsley, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364587
- Language: English
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African American Almanac: 400 Years of Black Excellence
$36.95 Add to cartCourage, resilience and triumph! Celebrating the African American experience, the extraordinary people, and their profound influence on American history!
African Americans helped build the United Stat
- Series: Multicultural History & Heroes Collection
- Author: Bracks, Lean’tin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1578597803
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Ready-To-Read Level 1
$5.99 Add to cartMrs. Connor’s students honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day with their own dreams and hopes in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read!
The class imagines how to make the world a better place in this celebration of an- Series: Ready-To-Read Robin Hill School – Level 1 (Paperback)
- Author: McNamara, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1416934944
- Language: English
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Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition: The Ben Carson Story
$7.99 Add to cartFrom Inner-City Nobody to Brilliant Neurosurgeon
When Ben Carson was in school, his classmates called him the class dummy. Many–including Ben himself–doubted that he would ever amount to anything.
- Series: Zonderkidz Biography
- Author: Lewis, Gregg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 26 2014
- ISBN10: 031073830X
- Language: English
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Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment: The Military Career of Charles Young
$21.95 Add to cart“A valuable read for anyone with an interest in the final years of the frontier Army, American imperialism, African-Americans in military service, and American military history in general.”–A.A. Nofi
- Author: Shellum, Brian G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 412
- Publish Date: February 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0803213859
- Language: English
