African American families
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The Education of Nevada Duncan
$16.95 Add to cartRide along with Carl Weber and C. N. Phillips for this fresh, enthralling spin-off to the Family Business series as the heir to a
crime family finds himself targeted by an enemy. He’ll need more than h- Series: Family Business
- Author: Weber, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 27, 2022
- ISBN10: 1645564053
- Language: English
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A Raisin in the Sun
$18.99 Add to cart“Never before, the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black people’s lives been seen on the stage,” observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
- Author: Hansberry, Lorraine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 22 1995
- ISBN10: 679601724
- Language: English
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Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won’t Save Black America
$19.95 Read moreA challenge to the cultural tradition of corporal punishment in Black homes–and its connections to racial violence in America–that encourages positive, nonviolent discipline for those rearing, teach… [more below]
- Author: Patton, Stacey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0807061042
- Language: English
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Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir
$27.99 Read moreINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“This is a book people will be talking about forever.” —Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untame
NBCC John Leonard Prize Finalist
Indie Bestseller- Author: Ford, Ashley C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1250305977
- Language: English
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Lena and the Burning of Greenwood: A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story
$27.99 Read moreIn the early 1920s, the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the wealthiest Black community in the United States. But Tulsa is still a segregated city. “Black Wall Street” and white Tulsa are ver… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Smith, Nikki Shannon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1663990565
- Language: English
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Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope
$17.99 Add to cartJodie Patterson, activist and Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board, shares her transgender son’s experience in this important picture book about identity and acceptance.
Penelope knows- Author: Patterson, Jodie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0593123638
- Language: English
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Juneteenth Is
$17.99 Add to cartAn intimate look at Juneteenth, this story is a warm exploration of a family and a community.
Juneteenth is the smell of brisket filling the air. Juneteenth is the sounds of music, dancing, and cheer- Author: Tripplett, Natasha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1797216805
- Language: English
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Breathe: A Letter to My Sons
$17.00 Read moreWith a New Preface by the author
“Breathe is a parent’s unflinching demand, born of inherited trauma and love, for her children’s right simply to be possible.”–The New York Times 2020 NAACP Image Aw- Author: Perry, Imani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0807016268
- Language: English
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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family’s Journey to Freedom
$19.99 Add to cartWhen John F. Baker Jr. was in the seventh grade, he saw a photograph of four former slaves in his social studies textbook–two of them were his grandmother’s grandparents. He began the lifelong resear… [more below]
- Author: Baker, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 05 2010
- ISBN10: 1416567410
- Language: English
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How Do I Draw These Memories?: An Illustrated Memoir
$24.99 Read moreJonell Joshua spent her childhood shuttling back and forth between Savannah and New Jersey – living in grandparents’ homes during the times her mother, struggling with mental illness, needed support t… [more below]
- Author: Joshua, Jonell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1646142713
- Language: English
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Troubled Waters
$31.99 Read moreIn this intimate portrait of two generations, a granddaughter and a grandmother come to terms with what it means to be family, Black women, and alive in a world on fire.
The world is burning–and Corri
- Author: Heglar, Mary Annaïse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1400235987
- Language: English
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Troubled Waters
$17.99 Add to cartIn this intimate portrait of two generations, a granddaughter and a grandmother come to terms with what it means to be family, Black women, and alive in a world on fire.
The world is burning–and Corri
- Author: Heglar, Mary Annaïse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1400248116
- Language: English
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Memory of Kin: Stories About Family by Black Writers
$17.00 Add to cart- Author: Washington, Mary Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0385247834
- Language: English
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Learning Tree
$8.99 Read more“A fine novel.”
THE BOSTON HERALD
Photographer, writer, and composer, Gordon Parks has written a moving, true-to-life novel of growing up as a black man in this country in this century. Hailed by critic… [more below]- Author: Parks, Gordon
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 12 1987
- ISBN10: 0449215040
- Language: English
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My Dad Is a DJ
$18.99 Add to cartNational Book Award winner Kathryn Erskine teams up with Keith Henry Brown on this lyrical picture book that celebrates music and Black identity.
Trevor’s dad is a DJ, and he always picks the best mus- Author: Erskine, Kathryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 374307423
- Language: English
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The Wreck: A Daughter’s Memoir of Becoming a Mother
$28.00 Read moreNPR’s Books We Love 2023
Equal parts investigative and deeply introspective,
The Wreck is a profound memoir about recognizing the echoes of history within ourselves, and the alchemy of turning inherit- Author: Jackson, Cassandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593490029
- Language: English
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Lena and the Burning of Greenwood: A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story
$9.99 Add to cartIn the early 1920s, the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the wealthiest Black community in the United States. But Tulsa is still a segregated city. “Black Wall Street” and white Tulsa are ver… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Smith, Nikki Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666329444
- Language: English
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What My Daddy Loves
$19.99 Add to cartIn her joyous authorial debut, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor winner Raissa Figueroa celebrates the warm love between Black fathers and their children.
Capturing a child’s perspective and
- Author: Figueroa, Raissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 02, 2023
- ISBN10: 0358588774
- Language: English
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Zora, the Story Keeper
$18.99 Add to cartA young Black girl and her aunt celebrate the wonder and magic of their family’s legacy through storytelling.
When Zora grows up, she wants to be just like Aunt Bea. Aunt Bea is the best storyteller s- Author: Wilkins, Ebony Joy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1984816918
- Language: English
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Okra Stew: A Gullah Geechee Family Celebration
$19.99 Add to cartThis rhythmic, joyous picture book from Natalie Daise, the co-star of the hit Nickelodeon show “Gullah Gullah Island,” celebrates a special day of father-son cooking, and serves up a love letter to fo
- Author: Daise, Natalie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250849667
- Language: English
