Topical/Black History
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I Am a Man: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1970
$40.00 Read moreIn the American South, the civil rights movement in the 1960s and the struggle to abolish racial segregation erupted in dramatic scenes at lunch counters, in schools, and in churches. The admission of… [more below]
- Author: Ferris, William R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496831624
- Language: English
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Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
$11.99 Read more“Uplifting and memorable.”–School Library Journal (starred review)
“Great for reading aloud.”—Booklist (starred review)
Bestselling and multiple Coretta Scott King- and Caldecott-winners Andrea Davis
- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0060821205
- Language: English
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Between Freedom and Equality: The History of an African American Family in Washington, DC
$29.95 Read moreBetween Freedom and Equality follows George Pointer-an enslaved African who purchased his freedom in 1793-and six generations of his descendants as they lived and worked in Washington, DC, granting th
- Author: Torrey, Barbara Boyle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: June 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1647120810
- Language: English
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
$28.00 Read moreNational Book Critics Circle Award Winner
New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year
A Boston Globe Best Book of 2016
A Chicag- Author: Anderson, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 31 2016
- ISBN10: 1632864126
- Language: English
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When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection
$8.00 Read moreIn an effort to provide unemployed writers with work during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the United States Government, through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), funded the Federal Writers
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Yetman, Norman R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0486420701
- Language: English
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Historic Black Neighborhoods of Raleigh
$23.99 Read moreThe story of Raleigh’s African American communities begins before the Civil War. Towns like Oberlin Village were built by free people of color in the antebellum era. During Reconstruction, the creatio… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Cauthen, Carmen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1467150886
- Language: English
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The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
$28.00 Read moreFrom the New York Times bestselling author of White Rage, an unflinching, critical new look at the Second Amendment–and how it has been engineered to deny the rights of African Americans since its in
- Author: Anderson, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1635574250
- Language: English
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African Americans in Chicago
$24.99 Read moreHere is the black Chicago family album, of African Americans leaving the violent, racist South and goin’ to Chicago to find the American Dream.
The story of black Chicago is so rich that few know it al
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Thompson, Lowell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 06 2012
- ISBN10: 0738588539
- Language: English
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Light in the Darkness
$18.99 Read moreAn enslaved mother and daughter learn to read in spite of great danger in this beautiful testament to the power of literacy, written and illustrated by an award-winning author/artist team.
Rosa and he- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 19 2013
- ISBN10: 1423134958
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: A Library of America Paperback Classic
$7.95 Add to cartOne of the greatest works of American autobiography, in a definitive Library of America text: Published seven years after his escape from slavery, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an Amer… [more below]
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 09 2014
- ISBN10: 1598533517
- Language: English
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The Story of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe
$10.95 Read moreThe “Story” chapter-book line debuts with this action-packed tribute to Arthur Ashe, one of the most compelling athletes and humanitarians of the twentieth century.
From the start, Arthur Ashe was an u
- Series: Story of
- Author: Hubbard, Crystal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 05 2018
- ISBN10: 1620147890
- Language: English
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It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
$11.95 Read moreThe inspiring biography of self-taught (outsider) artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban lif
- Author: Tate, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 19 2019
- ISBN10: 1643790552
- Language: English
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Ghost Boys
$12.99 Add to cartLarge Print�s increased font size and wider line spacing maximizes reading legibility, and has been proven to advance comprehension, improve fluency, reduce eye fatigue, and boost engagement in
- Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 215
- Publish Date: December 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1432873733
- Language: English
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John Lewis
$4.99 Read moreGet to know John Lewis, social justice activist and politician, in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people “you should meet!”
Meet John Lewis. W- Series: You Should Meet
- Author: Patrick, Denise Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1665907878
- Language: English
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Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction
$33.99 Add to cartThe half-century before the Civil War was beset with conflict over equality as well as freedom. Beginning in 1803, many free states enacted laws that discouraged free African Americans from settling w
- Author: Masur, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1324021845
- Language: English
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Slave Narratives of the Underground Railroad
$9.00 Read more“Loved this and I’m not a big history buff. This was an eye-opener. This will make you have an even deeper respect for those who went through slavery and all they endured.” — Pollard House
During the- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Rudisel, Christine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 17 2014
- ISBN10: 0486780619
- Language: English
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Nelson Mandela
$11.99 Add to cartThis stunning picture book biography of Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson is a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor award.
In this lush, acclaimed book, award-winning author-illustrator Kadir Nelson
- Author: Nelson, Kadir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 0061783773
- Language: English
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Pittsburgh and the Great Migration: Black Mobility and the Automobile
$23.99 Read moreDuring the Great Migration of 1916-1940 over two million African Americans left the American South seeking a greater quality of life, with the Steel City a major destination. Men and women packed up w… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Frick Art &. Historical Center
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153141
- Language: English
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Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Recipients of World War II
$20.00 Read moreThe remarkable story of seven African-American soldiers denied the Medal of Honor for more than 50 years due to their race, and their extraordinary acts of bravery.
In 1945, when Congress began revie- Author: Child, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1472852842
- Language: English
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Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter
$15.99 Read moreCall and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter is a broad and powerful exploration of the history of Black Lives Matter told through photographs, quotes, and informative text by New York Times bes
- Author: Chambers, Veronica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0063284936
- Language: English
