Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black
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Historically Black: American Icons Who Attended Hbcus
$26.00 Read moreA vibrant collection of biographies and illustrated portraits that capture the brilliance of more than thirty American icons, Historically Black is a celebration of Black excellence in fields ranging … [more below]
- Author: Vereen, Alonzo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0762480327
- Language: English
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Requiem for the Massacre: A Black History on the Conflict, Hope, and Fallout of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
$27.00 Read moreLonglisted for the Reading the West Book Awards
With journalistic skill, heart, and hope, Requiem for the Massacre reckons with the
NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction- Author: Young, Rj
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 1640095020
- Language: English
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Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People
$18.99 Add to cartGenocide–the intent to destroy in whole or in part, a group of people.
TIME’s 42 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2019
Book Riot’s 50 of the Best Books to Read This Fall
As seen on CBS This Morning, award
- Author: Crump, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0062375105
- Language: English
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Breaking Barriers: A View from the Bench
$29.95 Add to cartIn Breaking Barriers, Judge Freddie Pitcher Jr. describes how he made history in Baton Rouge by becoming the first African American to be elected to judgeships at three different levels of the court s
- Author: Pitcher, Freddie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 06 2022
- ISBN10: 080717811X
- Language: English
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Remember Me Now: A Journey Back to Myself and a Love Letter to Black Women
$23.00 Read moreAn unforgettable invitation to treat our lives as the sacred things they are–and a call to embrace the love, dreams, and healing that only we can choose for ourselves.
“A must-read for all Black wom- Author: Brooks, Faitth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0593194152
- Language: English
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Letter to My Daughter
$26.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Maya Angelou shares her path to living well and with meaning in this absorbing book of personal essays.
Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Le- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 23 2008
- ISBN10: 1400066123
- Language: English
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Black Boys Like Me: Confrontations with Race, Identity, and Belonging
$25.95 Read more*INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER*
“Black Boys Like Me ignited parts of me I honestly didn’t believe any book could ever know. . . . Seldom do incredibly titled books earn their titles. Matthew R. Morris e- Author: Morris, Matthew R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0735244588
- Language: English
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The Strength and Genius of Booker T. Washington
$25.00 Add to cartBooker T. Washington was a towering figure in American history. His story from slave hut to university president is one of the most inspiring in American history. During the Post Civil War and Reconst
- Author: Federer, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1736959034
- Language: English
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I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey
$21.00 Add to cartIn I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s.
His wanderlust leads him to Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia- Series: American Century
- Author: Hughes, Langston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0809015501
- Language: English
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Sufferah: The Memoir of a Brixton Reggae-Head
$28.95 Add to cart–Selected for the In the Margins Book Awards 2024 Top Ten Title List and 2024 Nonfiction Recommendation List
“In this inspiring, often harrowing narrative, the author chronicles how, shortly after he
- Author: Wheatle, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1636140939
- Language: English
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Miseducated: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartAn inspiring memoir of one man’s transformation from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard educator through literature and debate–all by the age of twenty-seven.
Brandon P. F- Author: Fleming, Brandon P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 0306925141
- Language: English
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The Negro Travelers’ Green Book: 1954 Facsimile Edition
$19.99 Add to cartIn the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century, African-American travelers could have a hard time finding towns where they were legally allowed to stay at night and hotels, restaurants, and service
- Author: Green, Victor H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: January 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1684117070
- Language: English
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Sweet Land of Liberty:: Reflections of a Patriot Descended from Slaves
$29.00 Add to cartBishop E.W. Jackson’s life story unites Americans around a shared legacy of freedom. As a great grandson of slaves, he believes that the promise of liberty has always belonged to all Americans. For so… [more below]
- Author: Jackson, E. W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1956454209
- Language: English
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It’s My Story, So I’ll Tell It
$9.99 Add to cartNelson Marsh’s autobiography is a testament to the enduring love of a mother and its impact on the life journey of a man. Marsh shares the ups and downs of a road less traveled as he encountered major
- Author: Marsh, Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: October 20 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218289416
- Language: English
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The Light of My Reflection
$11.99 Add to cartThis book is a series of intriguing short stories, taking place in the South, with each story peeling back layers of trauma from the author’s childhood, including disappointments, betrayals, and preju
- Author: Pearson, Heyward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 9798986777009
- Language: English
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Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
$19.00 Add to cartNow a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made (formerly titled On Her Own Ground) is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (The Philadelph… [more below]
- Series: Lisa Drew Books (Paperback)
- Author: Bundles, A’Lelia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 1982126671
- Language: English
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When They Tell You to Be Good
$17.95 Read moreAfter immigrating from Jamaica to the United States, Prince Shakur’s family is rocked by the murder of Prince’s biological father in 1995. Behind the murder is a sordid family truth, scripted in the l
- Author: Shakur, Prince
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1953534937
- Language: English
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The In-Betweens: A Lyrical Memoir
$21.99 Add to cart“Utterly captivating and resonant.” —Chicago Review of Books
“Gorgeously told.” —Philadelphia Inquirer
“Resonant. . . . Engagingly delivered, candid reflections on heritage and identity.” —Kirkus- Author: Loeb, Davon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1952271746
- Language: English
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Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be
$19.99 Add to cart“Hear the dark liquor of her laughter rippling behind her sentences” in this magnetic memoir as it explores a journalist’s obsession with pop culture and the difficulty of navigating relationships as … [more below]
- Author: Perkins, Nichole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1538702746
- Language: English
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Unbought and Unbossed
$17.99 Add to cartIn this classic work–a blend of memoir, social criticism, and political analysis that remains relevant today–the first Black Congresswoman to serve in American history, New York’s dynamic representa
- Author: Chisholm, Shirley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0063160870
- Language: English
