Topical/Black History
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Desegregation in Northern Virginia Libraries
$23.99 Read moreA Hidden History of Unequal Access During the Jim Crow era, many public libraries were segregated. The public library plays a fundamental role in communities by providing free educational resources, b… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Barbuschak, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152897
- Language: English
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
$9.99 Read moreBooker T. Washington’s famous 1901 memoir, Up From Slavery, charts Washington’s rise from an enslaved child with a passion for learning to the nation’s most prominent Black educator and first presiden… [more below]
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Washington, Booker T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1454949996
- Language: English
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1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project
$28.99 Read morePeter Wood argues against the flawed interpretation of history found in the New York Times‘ 1619 Project and asserts that the true origins of American self-government were enshrined in the Mayflower C
- Author: Wood, Peter W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1641771240
- Language: English
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When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
$17.00 Read moreA bold, thought-provoking pathway to the national solidarity that could, finally, address the ills of racism in America
“Racism is an existential threat to America,” Theodore R. Johnson declares at th- Author: Johnson, Theodore R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 0802157866
- Language: English
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Generations of Somerset Place: From Slavery to Freedom
$24.99 Read moreLocated in the rural northeastern part of North Carolina, Somerset was cumulatively home to more than 800 enslaved blacks and four generations of a planter family.
When the institution of slavery ended
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Redford, Dorothy Spruill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 31 2005
- ISBN10: 738518034
- Language: English
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Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side
$37.50 Read moreSouthern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side is the first book devoted to the South Side’s rich and unfairly ignored architectural heritage. With lively, insightful text and … [more below]
- Series: Second to None: Chicago Stories
- Author: Bey, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0810140985
- Language: English
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African Americans of St. Lawrence County: North Country Pioneers
$24.99 Read moreDiscover the Black pioneers who shaped St. Lawrence County through grit and determination.
From its origins as part of New France through the Civil War and eventual industrialization of the region, St.
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Thompson, Bryan S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154032
- Language: English
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The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches
$19.99 Read moreThe classic collection of major speeches, now bundled with an audio download of Malcolm X delivering two of them.
Malcolm X remains a touchstone figure for black America and in American culture at la- Author: X, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1628728299
- Language: English
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Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues
$18.95 Add to cartMamie “Peanut” Johnson had one dream: to play professional baseball. She was a talented player, but she wasn’t welcome in the segregated All-American Girls Pro Baseball League due to the color of her … [more below]
- Author: Henderson, Leah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1684460239
- Language: English
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I Am Restored: How I Lost My Religion But Found My Faith
$26.99 Read moreWhen the challenges you’ve faced threaten to destroy your life, how do you find your way back to the truths you thought you believed?
I Am Restored tells the untold story of how Lecrae’s past nearly ru
- Author: Moore, Lecrae
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 0310358035
- Language: English
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The Essential Kerner Commission Report
$17.95 Read moreThe Kerner Commission Report, released a month before Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 assassination, is among a handful of government reports that reads like an illuminating history book–a dramatic, o
- Author: Cobb, Jelani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1631498924
- Language: English
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Making the Movement: How Activists Fought for Civil Rights with Buttons, Flyers, Pins, and Posters
$29.95 Add to cartPacked with over 200 color photos, this visual journey through Black history and the Civil Rights Movement is told through the objects–buttons, badges, flyers, pennants, posters, and more–designed b… [more below]
- Author: Crane, David L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1648961088
- Language: English
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Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
$39.95 Read moreWinner of the 2024 Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award
An unprecedented collection of African American writings on Lincoln
Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln’s imperfections, Black Americans long ag
- Author: Hord, Fred Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0252044681
- Language: English
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Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper Volume 266
$37.95 Read moreOntario-born jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894-1977) began his professional career in Detroit, accompanying blues singers such as Ma Rainey at the legendary Koppin Theatre. In 1921 he moved to Harlem, per… [more below]
- Series: Carleton Library
- Author: Mills, Sean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0228018803
- Language: English
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An Apple for Harriet Tubman
$9.99 Read moreBest Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street College
One day I am going to be free–and I’m going to have all the apples I want.
Like other enslaved African American children, young Harriet Tubman had
- Author: Turner, Glennette Tilley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0807503967
- Language: English
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Fort Mose: And the Story of the Man Who Built the First Free Black Settlement in Colonial America
$18.95 Read moreGlennette Tilley Turner presents thestory of Fort Mose in the only picture book for children about the first free Black community in America.
In 1724, Francisco Menendez escaped from a plantation in- Author: Turner, Glennette Tilley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0810940566
- Language: English
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Black America: Historic Moments, Key Figures & Cultural Milestones from the African-American Story
$19.99 Read moreFrom slavery through the election of Vice President Kamala Harris, here is the history of Black America told through striking photographs and compelling narrative that captures many of the key joys, s
- Series: Visual History
- Author: Andrews, Kehinde
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1497103975
- Language: English
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Moving to Neptune: New & Selected
$22.00 Read moreBraggs confronts us with a combination of hard realism and musical lyricism, painting unforgettable images in unforgettable language. This is American poetry at its finest: as spacious as Walt Whitman
- Author: Braggs, Earl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: August 10 2023
- ISBN10: 193469567X
- Language: English
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My Name Is Henry Bibb: A Story of Slavery and Freedom
$9.99 Read moreOften shocking, always compelling, Afua Cooper’s novel is based on the life of Henry Bibb, an American slave who after repeated attempts escaped in 1841 to become an anti-slavery speaker, author and
- Author: Cooper, Afua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1525310852
- Language: English
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George Washington Carver
$4.99 Add to cartTake a bite into the fascinating history of peanut butter and the man who invented it. Through leveled text and engaging photos, kids meet George Washington Carver and learn about his important work w… [more below]
- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Jazynka, Kitson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1426322852
- Language: English
