African American & Black
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El Libro de Las Culturas Negras (the Black History Book): Grandes Ideas, Explicaciones Sencillas
$25.00 Read moreGrandes ideas, explicaciones sencillas
Descubre la rica y compleja historia de los pueblos africanos y las luchas y triunfos de las culturas y comunidades negras de todo el mundo. Con personajes, movi- Series: Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 27, 2022
- ISBN10: 0744064376
- Language: Spanish
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Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies
$15.99 Add to cartDick Gregory has been an unsparing and incisive cultural force for more than fifty years: a friend of such luminaries as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Medgar Evers, Gregory is an unrelenting, lifelon
- Author: Gregory, Dick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 18 2018
- ISBN10: 0062448714
- Language: English
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African Americans of Hanover County, Virginia
$24.99 Add to cartFrom farmers to pastors, teachers to sailors, and everything in between, the Black history of Hanover County reflects the dedication and values of the community.
Freedwoman Betsy Hogg Tinsley, in time
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Gorman, Joe B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 1467158976
- Language: English
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Cash on the Block: The Broken Promise of Reinvestment in Black Urban Neighborhoods
$35.00 Read moreAn incisive history of government and corporate failures to infuse capital into Black urban neighborhoods–as well as the organizers and activists who stood up to predatory financial practices.
In the- Author: Satter, Beryl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 067427847X
- Language: English
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National Museum of African American History and Culture 2e: A Souvenir Book, Second Edition
$9.95 Add to cartTake a tour through Black history in 100+ Smithsonian objects with this updated edition of the beautifully illustrated keepsake–now featuring 72 new objects.
Celebrating 10 years of the National Muse- Author: Nat’l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 158834813X
- Language: English
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They Call Me George: The Untold Story of the Black Train Porters
$18.95 Add to cartA CBC BOOKS MUST-READ NONFICTION BOOK FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Nominated for the Toronto Book Award
Smartly dressed and smiling, Canada’s black train porters were a familiar sight to the average passen
- Author: Foster, Cecil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 28 2019
- ISBN10: 1771962615
- Language: English
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The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North
$23.00 Add to cartWinner of the MAAH Stone Book Award
A New York Times Notable Book of 2025,
Winner of the 2025 Avern Cohn Award
A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 selection
A Christian Science Monitor 25 Best Books of 202- Author: Adams, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 1250397545
- Language: English
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Dream a World Anew: The African American Experience and the Shaping of America
$40.00 Add to cartDream A World Anew is the stunning gift book accompanying the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. It combines informative narratives from leading schola… [more below]
- Author: Nat’l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1588348229
- Language: English
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Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
$25.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book, Overground Railroad is a compelling and illuminating exploration of the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for Black motorists used fo
- Author: Taylor, Candacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 1419786210
- Language: English
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A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South
$31.99 Read moreFrom a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, a revelatory new account of slavery, uncovering a surprising web of relationships between Black and white people that ranges far beyond the familiar template o
- Author: Ely, Melvin Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1250381118
- Language: English
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Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
$17.99 Add to cartA “vast, multifaceted and enchanting” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) meditation on the color blue and its fascinating role in Black history and culture, from National Book Award winner Imani Perry, “the m
- Author: Perry, Imani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 0062977415
- Language: English
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Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment
$39.99 Read moreNever before has the disturbing story of blackface and its piercing reflection of American society been so comprehensively told. Darkology, from Princeton historian Rhae Lynn Barnes, meticulously unra
- Author: Barnes, Rhae Lynn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1631496344
- Language: English
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Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to ’90s Sitcoms
$32.99 Read moreThe award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour presents a sweeping and insightful retrospective on the history of Black comedy in America.
Black comedians have long played a pivotal role in shaping the Am
- Author: Bennett, Geoff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0063418177
- Language: English
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We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance
$18.99 Add to cartAn “unsparing, erudite, and incisive” (Jelani Cobb, staff writer, The New Yorker) reframing of the past and present of Black resistance–both nonviolent and violent–to white supremacy
Named a Best B- Author: Carter Jackson, Kellie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 1541601599
- Language: English
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The Racial Wealth Gap: A Brief History
$24.00 Add to cartWhy has the racial wealth gap between the median white households and median Black households remained stagnant over the past century, never narrowing below six to one? Leading expert on race and fina
- Series: A Norton Short
- Author: Baradaran, Mehrsa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0393881822
- Language: English
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The Tougaloo Nine: The Jackson Library Sit-In at the Crossroads of Civil War and Civil Rights
$35.00 Add to cartDuring a dramatic three-day period in March 1961, nine students from historically Black Tougaloo College staged sit-ins at the all-White Main Library in Jackson, Mississippi. The students conducted th… [more below]
- Author: O’Brien, M. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 453
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1496856031
- Language: English
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The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home
$35.00 Add to cartAward-winning author and journalist Wil Haygood explores how the Vietnam War became a mirror for the struggle of Black Americans–fighting for freedom abroad while demanding equality at home–and a po… [more below]
- Author: Haygood, Wil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0593537696
- Language: English
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I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month
$24.99 Add to cartOn its one-hundredth anniversary, a powerful and essential meditation on the origins, evolution, and future of Black History Month from one of America’s leading historians of Black education and the a
- Author: Givens, Jarvis R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 006347882X
- Language: English
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A Black Queer History of the United States
$28.95 Add to cartThe first-ever Black history to center queer voices, this landmark study traces the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans from slavery to present day
Gender and sexual expression have always been part of th- Series: Revisioning History
- Author: Snorton, C. Riley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 0807008559
- Language: English
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Makers & Shakers: A Hidden History of Black Americans in Booze
$24.99 Add to cartFrom colorful characters like Cato Alexander, New York’s first celebrity bartender, to sad and disturbing stories about Jack Daniel’s heirs, Makers & Shakers has a little bit of everything for everyon
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Hughes, Troy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1467159514
- Language: English
