Topical/Black History
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Martin Luther King Jr.
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the inspiring minister and civil rights activi… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #33
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0711245673
- Language: English
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Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter
$21.99 Read moreAn enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights.
According to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie- Author: Williams, Yohuru
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0374389950
- Language: English
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
$5.99 Add to cartNo one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from–there were no trains or tracks, only “conductors” who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about “passengers” on the “R
- Series: What Was?
- Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 26, 2013
- ISBN10: 0448467127
- Language: English
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Reaching for the Moon
$8.99 Add to cart“This rich volume is a national treasure.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Captivating, informative, and inspiring…Easy to follow and hard to put down.” —School Library Journal (starred review)- Author: Johnson, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: 5-May-20
- ISBN10: 1534440844
- Language: English
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The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave
$19.99 Add to cartMostly probably a hoax, this letter to slave owners in the ante-bellum American South purports to advise on how to manage a slave population. The writer, himself a slaveowner from the Caribbean, advis
- Author: Lynch, Willie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: 7-Apr-09
- ISBN10: 1638230870
- Language: English
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Clock Striker, Volume 1: I’m Gonna Be a Smith!
$13.99 Add to cartClock Striker, now in graphic novel format, follows Shonen manga’s first Black female lead hero, Cast, in her quest to become a member of the SMITHS, the legendary warrior engineers.
*2024 YALSA Great- Series: Saturday Am Tanks / Clock Striker #1
- Author: Galadima, Issaka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: 7-Feb-23
- ISBN10: 0760381577
- Language: English
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One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
$10.99 Add to cart“One Last Word is the work of a master poet.” – Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Crossover
From the New York Times bestselling and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Nikki Gri- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1681196026
- Language: English
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A Black Women’s History of the United States
$18.95 Add to cartThe award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this “groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States” (Ibram X. Kendi)–the perfect companion to An Indigenous Peop… [more below]
- Series: Revisioning History
- Author: Berry, Daina Ramey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0807001996
- Language: English
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Freedom’s Dominion (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
$21.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY - An “important, deeply affecting–and regrettably relevant” (New York Times Book Review) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedo… [more below]
- Author: Cowie, Jefferson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: 2-Jan-24
- ISBN10: 1541605128
- Language: English
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America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy
$35.00 Read moreThe remarkable story of how African Americans transformed Atlanta, the former heart of the Confederacy, into today’s Black mecca
Atlanta is home to some of America’s most prominent Black po… [more below]- Author: Ogbar, Jeffrey O. G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1541601998
- Language: English
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Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
$8.99 Add to cartBased on the true story of one family’s struggle for voting rights in the civil rights-era South, this moving tale shines an emotional spotlight on a dark facet of U.S. history.
Life on the farm with- Author: Bandy, Michael S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1536205613
- Language: English
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Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
$19.00 Add to cartThe definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, by award-winning historian and civil rights expert
Winner of the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction A New York T- Author: Delmont, Matthew F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 09, 2024
- ISBN10: 1984880411
- Language: English
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A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon
$18.99 Add to cartThe inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson–made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures–who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon!
Katherine k… [more below]- Author: Slade, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0316435171
- Language: English
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Make Your Own History: Timeless Truths from Black American Trailblazers
$28.00 Read moreOne hundred and twenty Black leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs share their wisdom and experience across the centuries in Make Your Own History, an inspiring collection of exemplary Black voices–
- Author: Holland, Joseph H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1496743253
- Language: English
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Anti-Racist Art Activities for Kids: 30+ Creative Projects That Celebrate Diversity and Inspire Change
$22.99 Add to cartHarness the power of creativity to celebrate your community and change the world with Anti-Racist Art Activities for Kids.
Do you think, “I’m just a kid. What can I do to make a difference?” Be an an- Author: Anti-Racist Art Teachers
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 0760381321
- Language: English
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The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
$23.99 Add to cartThis epic work–named a best book of the year by the Washington Post, Time, the Los Angeles Times, Amazon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and a notable book by the New York Times–tells the story of the
- Author: Gordon-Reed, Annette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0393337766
- Language: English
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
$25.00 Add to cart**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History**
“Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped sl- Author: Blight, David W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 912
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1416590323
- Language: English
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Keep Dreaming, Black Child
$17.99 Read more“Fans of Antiracist Baby (2000) by Ibram X. Kendi, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky, and Woke Baby (2018) by Mahogany L. Browne, illustrated by Theodore Taylor III, will enjoy this motivating book.”
- Author: Williams, Nyasha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 0762482818
- Language: English
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I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
$30.00 Read moreLonglisted for the National Book Award in Nonfiction
“Powerful and deeply moving.”–Los Angeles Times * Shortlisted for the Museum of African American History’s Stone Book Award * National Council on- Author: Williams, Kidada E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1635576636
- Language: English
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The American Queen
$31.99 Read moreThere is only one known queen who truly ruled a kingdom on American soil.
Transformative and breathtakingly honest, The American Queen is based on actual events that occurred between 1865 – 1889 and sh
- Author: Miller, Vanessa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0840708904
- Language: English
