People & Places - United States - African American & Black
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The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American Midwives
$10.99 Add to cartFilled with Greenfield’s moving poems, complemented by Minter’s dramatic portraits—dominated by rich shades of blue, of women and babies; a unique and moving tribute to the women who caught the babie… [more below]
- Author: Greenfield, Eloise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 173368655X
- Language: English
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I Heard: An American Journey
$17.99 Add to cartA powerful and poetic picture book about Black history in the United States, from the shores of Africa and slavery, to the civil rights and Black Lives Matter movements.
With stunning lyricism reminis- Author: Avery, Jaha Nailah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1623543827
- Language: English
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Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History
$19.99 Read moreYour Legacy is a proud, empowering picture book introduction to African American history that celebrates and honors enslaved ancestors from author Schele Williams and illustrator Tonya Engel.
Your sto- Author: Williams, Schele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1419748750
- Language: English
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Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
$18.99 Add to cartIn luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children’s literature’s top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg’s quest to correct history.
Where is our historian to give us our side? A- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 076368046X
- Language: English
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A Voice of Her Own: Candlewick Biographies: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet
$7.99 Add to cart“Lasky shows not only the facts of Wheatley’s life but also the pain of being an accomplished black woman in a segregated world.” — Booklist
In 1761, a young girl was sold to the Wheatley family in- Series: Candlewick Biographies
- Author: Lasky, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 11 2012
- ISBN10: 0763660914
- Language: English
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Like a Bird: The Art of the American Slave Song
$9.99 Read moreEnslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms–including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a ra
- Author: Grady, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1728466989
- Language: English
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Brick by Brick
$17.99 Read moreThe compelling true story behind the building of the White House, a powerful part of history rarely taught. From Coretta Scott King Award winners Charles R. Smith Jr. and Floyd Cooper.
The home of the
- Author: Smith, Charles R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 26 2012
- ISBN10: 0061920827
- Language: English
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Brick by Brick
$9.99 Add to cartThe compelling true story behind the building of the White House, a powerful part of history rarely taught. From Coretta Scott King Award winners Charles R. Smith Jr. and Floyd Cooper.
The home of the
- Author: Smith, Charles R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0061920843
- Language: English
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What Do Police Officers Do?
$15.00 Add to cartWhat Do Police Officers Do? is a beautifully illustrated children’s book detailing acts of kindness, community participation and the many services that police officers perform to protect and serve the
- Author: Lacey, Jocelyn M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: June 28 2021
- ISBN10: 195497812X
- Language: English
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The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
$16.99 Read moreThirty diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators invite you into their homes to witness the conversations they have with their children about race in America today in this powerful call-to-actio… [more below]
- Author: Hudson, Wade
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 11 2020
- ISBN10: 0593121619
- Language: English
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That They Lived: African Americans Who Changed the World
$17.99 Add to cartBiographical essays about African Americans who should inspire today’s youth.
- Author: Riley, Rochelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0814347541
- Language: English
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March Forward, Girl
$9.99 Add to cartFrom the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy-selling Warriors Don’t Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow So… [more below]
- Author: Beals, Melba Pattillo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 24 2019
- ISBN10: 132860392X
- Language: English
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Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker
$18.99 Read moreTip your hat to fashion designer and civil rights icon Mae Reeves in this picture book biography written in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture! … [more below]
- Author: Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 0525645853
- Language: English
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Black Girl Boss Story Coloring Book
$13.27 Add to cartFollow 8-year-old Mia on her journey to create an exciting new venture with the help of her family and friends! Experience the excitement of starting a new business as you color inside the pages of t
- Author: Gordon, Kimberly J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 38
- Publish Date: April 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0998921726
- Language: English
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Moving and Grooving to Fillmore’s Beat
$18.99 Read moreFrom music to art to poetry, creativity filled the air in the Fillmore District. The creativity and inclusion brought communities together–with no exceptions. Everyone was welcome, and everyone was a… [more below]
- Author: Werner, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1684467632
- Language: English
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The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver
$9.99 Add to cartThe inspirational story of George Washington Carver and his childhood secret garden is brought to life in this picture book biography by the author-illustrator team behind Muhammad Ali: A Champion Is
- Author: Barretta, Gene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0062430181
- Language: English
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Who Is Stacey Abrams?
$5.99 Add to cartDiscover how a young girl who loved to read and write became a voting rights activist, a candidate for governor of Georgia, and an author.
Presenting Who HQ Now: an exciting addition to the #1 New Yor- Series: Who HQ Now
- Author: Moses, Shelia P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0593519728
- Language: English
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We Are Your Children Too: Black Students, White Supremacists, and the Battle for America’s Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia
$17.99 Add to cartThis “detailed, fascinating” (Booklist, starred review) nonfiction middle grade book explores a deeply troubling chapter in American history that is still playing out today: the strange case of Prince… [more below]
- Author: Pearson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 166590139X
- Language: English
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Badass Black Girl: Quotes, Questions, and Affirmations for Teens (Gift for Teenage Girl)
$16.99 Add to cartExplore the many facets of your identity through hundreds of big and small questions. MJ Fievre tackles topics such as family and friends, school and careers, body image, and stereotypes in this journ… [more below]
- Series: Badass Black Girl
- Author: Fievre, M. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1642501727
- Language: English
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Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution
$19.99 Add to cartUncover the lives of thirteen African-Americans who fought during the Revolutionary War.
Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive c- Author: Woelfle, Gretchen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 162979306X
- Language: English
