Topical/Black History
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Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
$29.99 Read moreDrawing on historical documents and exclusive interviews, authors tell the inspiring story of Clarence Thomas’s rise from a childhood of poverty and prejudice in the segregated South to Supreme Court … [more below]
- Author: Pack, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1684512700
- Language: English
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Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America
$35.00 Read moreAn intimate, authoritative history of the first black soldiers to fight in the Union Army during the Civil War
Soon after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, abol- Author: Egerton, Douglas R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0465096646
- Language: English
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Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird
$58.33 Read moreThe definitive biography of a pivotal figure in American literary history
A major poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African American writers to garner international recogniti- Author: Jarrett, Gene Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0691150524
- Language: English
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Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America
$18.99 Read moreThis definitive guide to America’s present-day racial reckoning examines the forces that pushed our unjust system to its breaking point after the death of George Floyd.
For many, the story of the wee- Author: Cottman, Michael H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1538737833
- Language: English
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CHI Boy: Native Sons and Chicago Reckonings
$21.95 Read moreIn Chi Boy, Keenan Norris melds memoir, cultural criticism, and literary biography to indelibly depict Chicago–from the Great Migration to the present day–as both a cradle of black intellect, art, a… [more below]
- Series: Machete
- Author: Norris, Keenan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0814258530
- Language: English
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Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope
$14.99 Read moreFrom NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in Ame… [more below]
- Author: Alexander, Kwame
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 17 2020
- ISBN10: 0358539412
- Language: English
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The Pennsylvania Wilds and the Civil War
$23.99 Read moreThe Call of Service and the Trial of War From abolitionists to copperheads, from patriotic volunteer soldiers to deserters, the Pennsylvania Wilds lived up to its adventurous name during the Civil War… [more below]
- Series: Civil War
- Author: Myers, Kathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153079
- Language: English
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The Underground Railroad in Ohio
$23.99 Read moreOhio was at the heart of it all. During a dark time in United States history, thousands of freedom seekers traveled the Underground Railroad through Ohio. The Buckeye State hosted about half of all fu… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Schulz, Kathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153206
- Language: English
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King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King
$20.00 Read moreThe first full and authoritative biography of an American–indeed a world-wide–musical and cultural legend.
“No one worked harder than B.B. No one inspired more up-and-coming artists. No one did more
- Author: de Vise, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0802158064
- Language: English
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Hammering for Freedom: The William Lewis Story
$19.95 Read moreThe inspirational story of William “Bill” Lewis, a hardworking blacksmith who slowly saved his money and bought the freedom of each and every member of his enslaved family.
Born into slavery in Chattan
- Series: New Voices
- Author: Hubbard, Rita Lorraine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 25 2018
- ISBN10: 1600609694
- Language: English
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Frederick Douglass: Speeches & Writings (Loa #358)
$40.00 Read moreLibrary of America presents the biggest, most comprehensive trade edition of Frederick Douglass’s writings ever published
Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David W. Blight, this Library of A- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 969
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1598537229
- Language: English
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The Portable Frederick Douglass
$25.00 Add to cartA new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leader
This compact volume offers a full course on the remarkable, diverse career of Frederick D… [more below]- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 0143106813
- Language: English
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Black Theology and Black Faith
$26.99 Read moreBecome Black with the oppressed Christ.
Contemporary Black theology is complex and far-reaching. In this concise yet thorough volume, Noel Leo Erskine examines Black theology from ev… [more below]- Author: Erskine, Noel Leo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 221
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0802875602
- Language: English
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Let ‘er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People’s Champion
$18.99 Read more“Nelson plaits her narrative with Western lingo and homespun similes. . . . James’ painterly oils swirl with energy, visible daubs creating the dusty, monumental landscape and equally monumental hors
- Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1512498084
- Language: English
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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
$8.99 Read moreA lyrical picture book biography of John Coltrane that focuses on his childhood.
Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear, growing up in the south during the 1930s: church songs,- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 125082270X
- Language: English
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No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
$30.00 Read moreNautilus Book Awards’ Better Books for a Better World
A Movement in Words and Images Award-winning photographer Devin Allen has devoted the last six years to documenting the protests of the Black Liv- Author: Allen, Devin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0306925907
- Language: English
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I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
$10.99 Read moreA moving, memorable poetry collection shaped around the stories of enslaved people in America.
- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Nonfiction Honor List
- Bank Street College Best Children’s Books
- NCSS Notable
- Author: Grady, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0802856144
- Language: English
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She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
$20.95 Read moreNAACP Image Awards Winner – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
A timely, inspiring picture book biography of the dynamic twentieth-century educator, activist, and politi
- Author: Russell-Brown, Katheryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1620143461
- Language: English
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Black in White Space: The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life
$41.67 Read moreFrom the vital voice of Elijah Anderson, Black in White Space sheds fresh light on the dire persistence of racial discrimination in our country.
A birder strolling in Central Park. A college student- Author: Anderson, Elijah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 05 2022
- ISBN10: 022665723X
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave Written by Himself
$14.95 Add to cartA new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y. Davis.
A masterpiece of African American literature, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative is the powerful story of an
- Series: City Lights Open Media
- Author: Davis, Angela Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0872865274
- Language: English
