Topical/Black History
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A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars
$20.00 Add to cartA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2023
A Library Journal Recommended Read for 2023A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2023
A vibrant collection of personal and lyric essays in conversation wi
- Author: Sharkey, Erin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 1571313907
- Language: English
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African American Herbalism: A Practical Guide to Healing Plants and Folk Traditions
$16.95 Add to cartDiscover the roots of modern-day herbal remedies, plant medicine, holistic rituals, natural recipes, and more that were created by African American herbal healers throughout history.
This first-of-its- Author: Vandyke, Lucretia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1646043529
- Language: English
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
$30.00 Add to cartIn this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through
- Author: Rothstein, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1631492853
- Language: English
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Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights
$35.00 Add to cartThe familiar story of civil rights goes like this: once, America’s legal system shut Black people out and refused to recognize their rights, their basic human dignity, or even their very lives. When l
- Author: Penningroth, Dylan C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324093102
- Language: English
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Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity
$24.95 Add to cartWinner of the John Boswell Prize from the American Historical Association 2018
Winner of the William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association 2018
Winner of an American Library- Author: Snorton, C. Riley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1517901731
- Language: English
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo
$24.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller – TIME Magazine‘s Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 – New York Public Library’s Best Book of 2018 – NPR’s Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 – Economist Book of the Year – SELF.com’
- Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 08, 2018
- ISBN10: 0062748203
- Language: English
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Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery
$29.00 Add to cartIn this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in former slave dwellings that still stand across the country–revealing the fascinating
- Author: McGill, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 306829665
- Language: English
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The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon
$32.00 Read moreNamed a best book of 2024 by The New Yorker and Vulture
“Nimble and engrossing. . . [An] exemplary work of public intellect
Named a most anticipated book of 2024 by Foreign Policy Lit Hub The Millions- Author: Shatz, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0374176426
- Language: English
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Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy
$22.99 Add to cartThe New Yorker, Best Books of 2022
Singer. Actress. Beauty. Spy. During WWII, Josephine Baker, the world’s richest and most glamorous en
Vanity Fair, Best Books of 2022
Booklist, Best Books of 2022- Author: Lewis, Damien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1541700678
- Language: English
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The American Queen
$18.99 Add to cartThere 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 s
- Author: Miller, Vanessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0840708874
- Language: English
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The Cross and the Lynching Tree
$27.00 Add to cartThe cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful new work, theologian James H. Cone explores these symbol
- Author: Cone, James H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: January 01, 2013
- ISBN10: 1626980055
- Language: English
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Bessie the Motorcycle Queen
$18.99 Add to cartHop on the bike with Bessie Stringfield, the motorcycle queen of Miami, in this powerful picture book from Coretta Scott King medalist Charles R. Smith, Jr. and debut picture book illustrator Charlot
- Author: Smith Jr, Charles R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 20, 2022
- ISBN10: 1338752472
- Language: English
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The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman
$15.99 Add to cartIn The Underground Abductor, #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Nathan Hale tells an abolitionist tale about Harriet Tubman in the Hazardous Tales graphic novel series!
“These books- Series: Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #5
- Author: Hale, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 21, 2015
- ISBN10: 1419715364
- Language: English
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Hellhound on His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History
$20.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel. The nation was shocked, enraged, and saddened. As chaos erupted across the country and mourner… [more below]
- Author: Sides, Hampton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 22 2011
- ISBN10: 0307387437
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
$4.50 Add to cartFormer slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist cause, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) led an astounding life. Physi
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 13, 1995
- ISBN10: 0486284999
- Language: English
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Nature Knows No Color-Line: Research into the Negro Ancestry in the White Race
$14.94 Add to cartIn Nature Knows No Color-Line, historian Joel Augustus Rogers examines the origins of racial hierarchy and the color problem. Rogers was a humanist who believed that there were no scientifically evide
- Author: Rogers, J. a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: May 22, 2018
- ISBN10: 1684115728
- Language: English
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
$24.99 Add to cartNow a Netflix documentary
The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we’re living in a post-r- Author: Kendi, Ibram X.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1645030393
- Language: English
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It’s Not You, It’s Capitalism: Why It’s Time to Break Up and How to Move on
$24.00 Add to cartOne of The Boston Globe‘s Best Books of 2023 * “I’m sitting here, in awe, trying to wrap my head around how Malaika conjured something so vibrant and timely and fun (and even flirty) while also being
- Author: Jabali, Malaika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1643752642
- Language: English
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Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto Island
$40.00 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of the Year, this is the first major Gullah Geechee cookbook: Emily Meggett, the matriarch of Edisto Island, shares the recipes and the history of an esse… [more below]
- Author: Meggett, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1419758780
- Language: English
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Love Bubble
$17.99 Read moreThis inspiring and lyrical picture book from an acclaimed spoken-word poet and award-winning author is a reminder of the magic that lies within each of us and shows the power of loving yourself and yo… [more below]
- Author: Green III, Harold
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0762481552
- Language: English
