Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black
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The Girl in the Yellow Poncho: A Memoir
$27.95 Read moreAt five years old, Kristal Brent Zook sat on the steps of a Venice Beach, California, motel trying to make sense of her white father’s abandonment, which left her feeling unworthy of a man’s love and
- Author: Zook, Kristal Brent
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 08, 2023
- ISBN10: 1478017198
- Language: English
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I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
$18.99 Add to cartIn this powerful memoir, the creator of the viral videos “Before You Call the Cops” and “Walking While Black”, Tyler Merritt, shares his experiences as a Black man in America with truth, humor, and po
- Author: Merritt, Tyler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 1546029427
- Language: English
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The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition
$8.14 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 58
- Publish Date: November 20, 2018
- ISBN10: 1684116546
- 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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The Loneliness Files
$17.95 Add to cartWhat does it mean to be a body behind a screen, lost in the hustle of an online world? In our age of digital hyper-connection, Athena Dixon invites us to consider this question with depth, heart, and … [more below]
- Author: Dixon, Athena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1959030124
- Language: English
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Just Tyrus: A Memoir
$28.00 Add to cartNew York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller!
Pro wrestler and political commentator Tyrus goes deep into his wild but triumphant life story, from his painfully dysfunctional upbringing to bodyg- Author: Tyrus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 26, 2022
- ISBN10: 1637580665
- Language: English
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Ordinary Notes
$35.00 Add to cartA finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction
Named a Best Book of 2023 by The New York Times, NPR, New York Magazine, Kirkus
A finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award in Nonfiction- Author: Sharpe, Christina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: April 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 0374604487
- Language: English
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Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You
$24.99 Add to cartTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Through honest stories and inspiring lessons from her life, A’ja Wilson reminds us to never doubt who we are or apologize for being true to ourselves. Dear Black- Author: Wilson, A’Ja
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 06, 2024
- ISBN10: 125029004X
- Language: English
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Nuff Said
$28.99 Add to cartThe New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Just Tyrus returns in his inimitable style with deeper reminiscences on the life that shaped him and how he views the world we’re livin… [more below]
- Author: Tyrus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1637589050
- Language: English
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Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden
$28.99 Add to cartA seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Book Critics Circle Criticism finalist Camille T. Dungy diversifies her garden to reflect her heritage.
- Author: Dungy, Camille T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 02, 2023
- ISBN10: 1982195304
- Language: English
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The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
$21.99 Add to cartThis “landmark” (Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist) dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King transforms our understanding of the twentieth century’… [more below]
- Author: Joseph, Peniel E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 05, 2021
- ISBN10: 1541619617
- Language: English
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Daddy’s House: A Daughter’s Memoir of Setbacks, Triumphs & Rising Above Her Roots
$19.99 Add to cartA raw and poignant memoir of a daughter’s journey from a difficult upbringing in rural Alabama to a fulfilling life as a wife and mother with a successful career far beyond the limitations of her upbr
- Author: Mills, Mildred J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: November 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 1961757273
- Language: English
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Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
$18.99 Add to cartA startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of “extraordinary grit” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
When George Washington was e- Author: Dunbar, Erica Armstrong
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1501126415
- Language: English
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The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 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: 58
- Publish Date: November 20, 2018
- ISBN10: 1684116562
- Language: English
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The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
$29.00 Add to cartA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK – The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history–until now.
“This is the kind of history I wi- Author: Valby, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 30, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593317521
- Language: English
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The Yellow House: A Memoir (2019 National Book Award Winner)
$17.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Winner of the 2019 National Book Award in Nonfiction
A brilliant, haunting and unforgettable memoir from a stunning new talent about the inexorable pull of home and family,
- Series: National Book Award Winner
- Author: Broom, Sarah M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 30, 2020
- ISBN10: 0802149030
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
$32.00 Add to cartONE OF TIME‘S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, an- Author: X, Malcolm
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 29 1992
- ISBN10: 0345379756
- Language: English
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Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South, with a Foreword by Bryan Stevenson
$22.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE
“A compelling and important history that this nation desperately needs to hear.” -Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Just Mercy and executive direct- Author: Rembert, Winfred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1639731466
- Language: English
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Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing
$28.00 Read moreAn unexpected family photograph leads Dionne Ford to uncover the stories of her enslaved female ancestors, reclaim their power, and begin to heal
Countless Black Americans descended from slavery are- Author: Ford, Dionne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 164503013X
- Language: English
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What Winners Won’t Tell You: Lessons from a Legendary Defender
$28.99 Read moreAs a two-time Super Bowl champion, three-time Pro-Bowler, first round draft pick, and former Jim Thorpe Award recipient, Malcolm Jenkins knows a thing or two about winning.
Over the course of his thi- Author: Jenkins, Malcolm
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1668004496
- Language: English
