African American & Black
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Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights
$24.99 Add to cartThe familiar story of civil rights goes like this: once, America’s legal system shut Black people out and refused to recognize their rights, their basic human dignity, or even their very lives. When l
- Author: Penningroth, Dylan C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1324095644
- Language: English
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The Stained Glass Window: A Family History as the American Story, 1790-1958
$35.00 Add to cartNational Humanities Medal recipient and two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize David Levering Lewis’s own family history that shifts our understanding of the larger American story
Sitting beneath a- Author: Lewis, David Levering
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1984879901
- Language: English
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Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present
$27.95 Add to cartAn acclaimed historian narrates the stories of newly emancipated children who were re-enslaved by white masters through apprenticeships and their parents fights to free them
While the Thirteenth Amend- Author: Berry, Mary Frances
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 807007838
- Language: English
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Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank
$29.99 Add to cartIn the years immediately after the Civil War, tens of thousands of former slaves deposited millions of dollars into the Freedman’s Bank. African Americans envisioned this new bank as a launching pad f
- Author: Edwards, Justene Hill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1324073853
- Language: English
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Building the Black City: The Transformation of American Life
$27.95 Add to cartA new way of seeing Black history–the sweeping story of how American cities as we know them developed from the vision, aspirations, and actions of the Black poor.
Building the Black City shows how Af- Author: Trotter, Joe William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0520344413
- Language: English
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The Price They Paid: Slavery, Shipwrecks, and Reparations Before the Civil War
$29.99 Add to cartA prizewinning historian uncovers one of the earliest instances of reparations in America–ironically, though perhaps not surprisingly, paid to slaveholders, not former slaves
“A spectacular achieveme
- Author: Forret, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1620978865
- Language: English
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In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World
$39.95 Read moreExplore the modern-day impact of slavery and colonialism in this panoramic Black history for anti-racist readers of 1619 Project and Caste.
The companion book to a groundbreaking exhibition on African- Author: Nat’l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1588347796
- Language: English
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Debunking the Yule Log Myth: The Disturbing History of a Plantation Legend
$42.75 Add to cartA powerful new book that corrects a false myth in African American history that Kirkus Reviews calls “a thoughtful antidote to white Southern propaganda.”
According to an oft repeated legend, during C- Author: May, Robert E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: December 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798881801786
- Language: English
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Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families
$29.99 Add to cartDrawing from an archive of nearly five thousand letters and advertisements, the riveting, dramatic story of formerly enslaved people who spent years searching for family members stolen away during sla… [more below]
- Author: Giesberg, Judith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1982174323
- Language: English
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In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space
$30.00 Add to cart“An awe-striking masterpiece of love.”
“The sentences alone in In Open Contempt make it one of the most memorable books of the decade. But it’s th
–Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author- Author: Weathersby, Irvin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0593299159
- Language: English
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Black Liberation Through the Marketplace: Hope, Heartbreak, and the Promise of America
$18.00 Read more“Our country has enough studies of failure and despair to last several lifetimes. Ferguson and Witcher do something much more interesting in this volume: they examine Black entrepreneurial success–un… [more below]
- Author: Ferguson, Rachel S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1637583443
- Language: English
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Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers
$55.00 Add to cartIn words and photographs, Power to the People is the story of the controversial Black Panther Party, founded 50 years ago in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton.
In this incredible history, the wo- Author: Shames, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1419722409
- Language: English
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The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches
$19.99 Read moreThe classic collection of major speeches, now bundled with an audio download of Malcolm X delivering two of them.
Malcolm X remains a touchstone figure for black America and in American culture at la- Author: X, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1628728299
- Language: English
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Making the Movement: How Activists Fought for Civil Rights with Buttons, Flyers, Pins, and Posters
$29.95 Read morePacked with over 200 color photos, this visual journey through Black history and the Civil Rights Movement is told through the objects–buttons, badges, flyers, pennants, posters, and more–designed b… [more below]
- Author: Crane, David L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1648961088
- Language: English
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Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
$39.95 Read moreWinner of the 2024 Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award
An unprecedented collection of African American writings on Lincoln
Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln’s imperfections, Black Americans long ag
- Author: Hord, Fred Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0252044681
- Language: English
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Black America: Historic Moments, Key Figures & Cultural Milestones from the African-American Story
$19.99 Read moreFrom slavery through the election of Vice President Kamala Harris, here is the history of Black America told through striking photographs and compelling narrative that captures many of the key joys, s
- Series: Visual History
- Author: Andrews, Kehinde
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1497103975
- Language: English
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Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York
$19.95 Read more- Series: Kentucky Voices
- Author: Walker, Frank X.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0813196450
- Language: English
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Emma’s Postcard Album: Black Lives in the Early Twentieth Century
$58.33 Read moreBCALA 2023 Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation Award winner
The turn of the twentieth century was an extraordinarily difficult period for African Americans, a time of unchecked lynchings,- Series: Atlantic Migrations and the African Diaspora
- Author: Mitchell, Faith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1496843150
- Language: English
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Lift Every Voice: A Celebration of Black Lives
$40.00 Read more“When we lift every voice, we forge a deep and enduring connection to the past–and carve a tunnel of hope to a brighter future for us all.” -Oprah Winfrey
“This book, above all else, is a reminder of… [more below]- Author: Winfrey, Oprah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1950785815
- 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
