American Heritage
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Chinese in Washington: The Legacy of the Chinese Exclusion ACT
$24.99 Read moreHow the U.S. law targeting Chinese laborers impacted families for generations.
Near the end of the nineteenth century, after the railroads were completed and the gold mines exhausted, an economic downt
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Hackett Nicola, Trish
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1467147729
- 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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The Black Belt of Virginia: Untold Stories of African American History
$24.99 Add to cartHistory You Didn’t Learn in School
Discover powerful stories left out of most history books. Author Jeffrey Bennett reveals the hidden legacy of Black Virginians. From 1865 to 1877, over 80 Black polit
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Bennett, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 146715847X
- Language: English
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New York City Monuments of Black Americans: A History and Guide
$24.99 Read moreNew York City is blessed with an incredible array of public sculptures.
One overlooked aspect of this collection is its monuments of Black Americans, each with its own remarkable story. The first appe
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Felsen, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1467159050
- Language: English
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Desegregation in Northern Virginia Libraries
$23.99 Read moreA Hidden History of Unequal Access During the Jim Crow era, many public libraries were segregated. The public library plays a fundamental role in communities by providing free educational resources, b… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Barbuschak, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152897
- Language: English
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African Americans of St. Lawrence County: North Country Pioneers
$24.99 Read moreDiscover the Black pioneers who shaped St. Lawrence County through grit and determination.
From its origins as part of New France through the Civil War and eventual industrialization of the region, St.
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Thompson, Bryan S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154032
- Language: English
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San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising
$21.99 Read moreSan Diego’s unique lowrider culture and community has a long history of low and slow. Cruising the streets from 1950 to 1985, twenty-eight lowrider car clubs made their marks in the San Diego neighbor… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Reyes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137804
- Language: English
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The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon: A History
$24.99 Read moreAmerica’s Oldest Black Swim Club
When it opened in July of 1959, the Nile Swim Club welcomed over one thousand people to its pool. The only problem that day, remembers Bill Mellix, then 13, “None of u
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Kodosky Phd, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1467156124
- Language: English
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Lutherans of Cole County, Missouri: A History
$24.99 Read moreThe Houses Lutherans Built
Large groups of German immigrants began arriving in Cole County in the 1830s. By 1843, thirty-seven of them banded together to establish the first Lutheran church in the
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Amick, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 146715489X
- Language: English
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Philippine-American Heritage in Washington, D.C.
$23.99 Read moreJourney into the Philippine-American experience in Washington, DC. Washington is famed for its place in the history of the United States, but few know its close connections with the Philippines. Trace… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Tiongson, Erwin R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1467149020
- Language: English
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Historic Black Neighborhoods of Raleigh
$23.99 Read moreThe story of Raleigh’s African American communities begins before the Civil War. Towns like Oberlin Village were built by free people of color in the antebellum era. During Reconstruction, the creatio… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Cauthen, Carmen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1467150886
- Language: English
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Pittsburgh and the Great Migration: Black Mobility and the Automobile
$23.99 Read moreDuring the Great Migration of 1916-1940 over two million African Americans left the American South seeking a greater quality of life, with the Steel City a major destination. Men and women packed up w… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Frick Art &. Historical Center
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153141
- Language: English
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Black Communities of Fairfax: A History
$24.99 Add to cartThe story of Black Fairfax has long been untold. The free Black population of Fairfax Court House dates to at least the 1820s. After the Civil War, newly freed Black citizens expanded the hamlet of Je… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Willson, Etta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1467155497
- Language: English
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The Underground Railroad in Ohio
$23.99 Read moreOhio was at the heart of it all. During a dark time in United States history, thousands of freedom seekers traveled the Underground Railroad through Ohio. The Buckeye State hosted about half of all fu… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Schulz, Kathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153206
- Language: English
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African Americans of Central New Jersey: A History of Harmony and Hostility
$23.99 Read moreThrough grit and determination, the founding Black families of Sourland Mountain and surrounding Central New Jersey put down roots, built homes, established churches and navigated their lives in an un… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Mills, Beverly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154415
- Language: English
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Oklahoma Freedmen of the Five Tribes
$23.99 Read moreExplore accounts of Oklahoma’s Freedmen as told by their descendants in these stories of resistance and resilience on the Western frontier.
The Freedmen of Oklahoma were black people, both enslaved and
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Walton-Raji, Angela Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154776
- Language: English
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Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois
$23.99 Read moreThe Path to Freedom in Missouri and Illinois
People enslaved here experienced the same horrors as those held captive in other states, and their stories of courage and perseverance are amazing. Prisci
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Julie Nicolai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154830
- Language: English
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Out in Evansville: An LGBTQ+ History of River City
$23.99 Read moreFrom arrests and ostracization to public festivals and drag shows, the LGBTQ+ people of Evansville have walked a twisting path to their current existence. In the early days of the city, local newspape… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Coures, Kelley M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153877
- Language: English
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Galveston’s Juneteenth Story: And Still We Rise
$24.99 Add to cartGalveston was the birthplace of Juneteenth.
Issued in Galveston on June 19, 1865, General Orders, No. 3 announced to the people of Texas that all slaves were free. It is one of the Island’s most import
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Jones, W. Dwayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1467155276
- Language: English
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Holocaust Refugees in Oswego: From Nazi Europe to Lake Ontario
$24.99 Read moreAmerica’s Only Shelter Established for Holocaust Refugees
During the height of the second World War, at the order of President Roosevelt, Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York housed 982 refugees, rescued
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Allen, Ann Callaghan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1467155950
- Language: English
