Topical/Black History
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American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics
$30.00 Add to cartThe extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the worl… [more below]
- Author: Hazzard, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0306926075
- Language: English
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The Stolen Wealth of Slavery: A Case for Reparations
$30.00 Add to cartPublishers Weekly’s “Top 10” Spring 2024
This groundbreaking book tracks the massive wealth amassed from slavery from pre-Civil War to today,
Amazon’s Best History Book of the Month for February 2024- Author: Montero, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 6, 2024
- ISBN10: 0306827174
- Language: English
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The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate
$25.00 Read moreA thoughtful investigation into the incredible true story of a Black man convicted and exiled under the Oregon Exclusion Law in 1851–and a contemporary White woman wrestling with racism and faith aft… [more below]
- Author: Sanderson, Sarah L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0593444736
- Language: English
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Young, Gifted and Black Too: Meet 52 More Black Icons from Past and Present
$24.99 Read moreIn this timely follow-up to the best-selling, genre-defining Young, Gifted and Black, you can meet 52 more Black icons from around the world – this time spanning even more countries and including insp… [more below]
- Series: See Yourself in Their Stories
- Author: Wilson, Jamia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0711277028
- Language: English
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Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football
$32.00 Read moreAn acclaimed sportswriter offers an inside look at the Black quarterbacks whose skill and grit transformed the NFL
In Rocket Men, John Eisenberg offers the definitive history of Black quarterbacks in
- Author: Eisenberg, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1541600401
- Language: English
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The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States
$9.99 Add to cartWinner of the 2022 the Black Kid Lit Award for Best Historical title.
With colorful illustrations and a timeline, this introductory history of Juneteenth for kids details the evolution of the holiday- Author: Agostini, Alliah L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 17, 2022
- ISBN10: 0760381992
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
$17.99 Read moreMrs. Connor’s students celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read story, now in hardcover for the first time!
The first graders of Robin Hill School share their hopes and dream- Series: Robin Hill School
- Author: McNamara, Margaret
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1665943386
- Language: English
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Jumpman: The Making and Meaning of Michael Jordan
$30.00 Add to cartHow Michael Jordan’s path to greatness was shaped by race, politics, and the consequences of fame
To become the most revered basketball player in America, it wasn’t enough for Michael Jordan to merel- Author: Smith, Johnny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541675657
- Language: English
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Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen
$40.00 Add to cart*AWARD WINNER* of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author / and the NCBR Recognition Award
A gorgeous collection of 145 original portraits that celebrates Black pioneers–fam
- Author: McCalman, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 27, 2022
- ISBN10: 0062913239
- Language: English
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You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America
$30.00 Add to cartFrom journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never before fully told, of the 1963 Birmingham Campaign–ten weeks that would shape the course of the Civil Rights Movement and the future of America.
It- Author: Kix, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1250807697
- Language: English
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Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
$19.99 Add to cartA Best Book of 2021 by NPR and The Washington Post Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour de force that tells the “powerful” (The New York Times Book Review) story of women-led s
- Author: Hall, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 21, 2022
- ISBN10: 198211519X
- Language: English
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Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy
$19.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling and award-winning author and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland comes an illustrated nonfiction collection celebrating dancers of color who have in… [more below]
- Author: Copeland, Misty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: November 2, 2021
- ISBN10: 1534474242
- Language: English
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What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors
$8.99 Read more“Get ready to have your mind blown with this fun book.” — The Washington Post
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, champions a lineup of little-known African-- Author: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 10 2013
- ISBN10: 0763664421
- Language: English
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Africatown: America’s Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created
$29.99 Read moreAn evocative and epic story, Nick Tabor’s Africatown charts the fraught history of America from those who were brought here as slaves but nevertheless established a home for themselves and their desce
- Author: Tabor, Nick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250766540
- Language: English
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Aretha Franklin
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Aretha Franklin, “The Queen of Soul.”
The fourth of five children, Ar- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #44
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0711246866
- Language: English
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Mae Jemison
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Mae Jemison, scientist, astronaut, and the first ever black woman in s
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #85
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 13, 2022
- ISBN10: 0711270953
- Language: English
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Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
$20.95 Add to cartYou’ve seen the building. Now meet the man whose life went into it.
Philip Freelon’s grandfather was an acclaimed painter of the Harlem Renaissance. His father was a successful businessman who attended
- Author: Lyons, Kelly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1620149559
- Language: English
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I Love My People
$15.99 Add to cartSay it with her now: “I love my people!”
In rhythmic prowess, Kim Singleton recounts the beauty and legacy of Black people who are “too many to name, from the corners of obscurity, to the highest of f
- Author: Singleton, Kim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1506486711
- Language: English
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Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
$18.99 Add to cartINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Searing. Powerful. Needed.” –Oprah “Sometimes a single story can change the world. Unbound is one of those stories. Tarana’s words are a testimony to liberation and- Author: Burke, Tarana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1250621747
- Language: English
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We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys
$27.99 Read more“With We Carry Their Bones, Erin Kimmerle continues to unearth the true story of the Dozier School, a tale more frightening than any fiction. In a corrupt world, her unflinching revelations are as cl
- Author: Kimmerle, Erin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 0063030241
- Language: English
