Amistad Press
-
Forty Minutes of Hell: The Extraordinary Life of Nolan Richardson
$14.99 Add to cart“Nolan Richardson’s extraordinary life and success as the University of Arkansas’ coach are an important chapter in the history of our country’s struggle for racial equality, with all the excitement o
- Author: Bradburd, Rus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 23 2020
- ISBN10: 0061690473
- Language: English
-
Anti-Racist Ally: An Introduction to Activism and Action
$18.99 Add to cartJoin the fight for racially marginalized people with this pocket-sized guide filled with practical insights from one of the leading voices of the movement for equality and founder of the @officialmill
- Author: Williams, Sophie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0063081350
- Language: English
-
The Rest of You
$17.99 Add to cartAn internationally award-winning writer makes her triumphant American debut in this emotionally powerful story–a potent blend of Queenie and The Vanishing Half–about a woman’s journey to uncover a f
- Author: Blue, Maame
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0063375966
- Language: English
-
Flipping Boxcars
$17.99 Add to cartThe first novel from one of the original Kings of Comedy, Cedric “The Entertainer,” an engaging and entertaining crime caper that is a valentine to close-knit black families and tightly woven communit
- Author: Cedric the Entertainer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0063259001
- Language: English
-
The Love Prison Made and Unmade: My Story
$19.99 Add to cartA Notable Memoir by the New York Times
Medium’s Books to Help You Transition Into 2020
With echoes of Just Mercy and An American Marriage, a remarkable memoir of a woman who falls in love with an incarc
- Author: Roberts, Ebony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 19 2020
- ISBN10: 0062876651
- Language: English
-
Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems 1965-1990 Complete
$25.99 Add to cartWalker’s complete poems, including new and previously unpublished verse, collected for the first time-with author’s notes that provide historical perspective on spiritual and political issues of the l
- Author: Walker, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 463
- Publish Date: May 17 2004
- ISBN10: 0156028611
- Language: English
-
Revolutionary Petunias & Other Poems Pa
$10.95 Add to cartThese poems are about revolutionaries and lovers-about how, both in revolution and in love, loss of trust and compassion robs us of hope. They are also about (and for) those few embattled souls who re… [more below]
- Series: Harvest Book
- Author: Walker, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 21 1973
- ISBN10: 0156766205
- Language: English
-
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are
$17.99 Add to cartThe first Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company looks back at her life and her career at Xerox, sharing unique insights on American business and corporate life, the workers she has always valued,
- Author: Burns, Ursula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0062879308
- Language: English
-
Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone
$19.99 Add to cartThe creator of the internationally popular, multiple award-winning blog MsAfropolitan applies an Africa-centered feminist sensibility to issues of racism and sexism, challenging our illusions about op
- Author: Salami, Minna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0062877070
- Language: English
-
American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama
$16.99 Add to cartA remarkable history of First Lady Michelle Obama’s mixed ancestry, American Tapestry by Rachel L. Swarns is nothing less than a breathtaking and expansive portrait of America itself.
In this extraordi
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Swarns, Rachel L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 09 2013
- ISBN10: 0061999873
- Language: English
-
My Vanishing Country
$17.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller
What J. D. Vance did for Appalachia with Hillbilly Elegy, CNN analyst and one of the youngest state representatives in South Carolina history Bakari Sellers does for the rura
- Author: Sellers, Bakari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0062917463
- Language: English
-
Dust Tracks on a Road: A Memoir
$16.99 Add to cartFirst published in 1942 at the crest of her popularity as a writer, this is Zora Neale Hurston’s imaginative and exuberant account of her rise from childhood poverty in the rural South to a prominent … [more below]
- Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0062004832
- Language: English
-
Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies
$29.99 Read moreThe companion volume to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture exhibit, opening in September 2021
With a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Eric
- Author: Conwill, Kinshasha Holman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0063160641
- Language: English
-
Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic
$16.99 Add to cartA People Pick
“One of the year’s must-reads.” -ELLE
” A] provocative, heart-breaking, and frequently hilarious collection.” -GLAMOUR
“Essential, vital, and urgent.” -HARPER’S BAZAAR
In the vein of Roxane
- Author: Hunt, Kenya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0062987666
- Language: English
-
Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination
$17.99 Add to cartNAACP 2017 Image Award Finalist
2018 Michigan Notable Books honoree
The author of Baldwin’s Harlem looks at the evolving culture, politics, economics, and spiritual life of Detroit–a blend of memoir, l
- Author: Boyd, Herb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 05 2018
- ISBN10: 0062346636
- Language: English
-
We Want Our Bodies Back: Poems
$22.99 Add to cart“WE WANT OUR BODIES BACK URGES BLACK WOMEN TO DEMAND BETTER FROM MEN.” -ESSENCE
“MASTER POET JESSICA CARE MOORE GIFTS US THIS LATEST COLLECTION OF SHARP, SMART AND DEFIANT PIECES.” -MS. MAGAZINE
BOOKS
- Author: Moore, Jessica Care
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062955284
- Language: English
-
Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People
$18.99 Add to cartGenocide–the intent to destroy in whole or in part, a group of people.
TIME’s 42 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2019
Book Riot’s 50 of the Best Books to Read This Fall
As seen on CBS This Morning, award
- Author: Crump, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0062375105
- Language: English
-
This Voice in My Heart: A Runner’s Memoir of Genocide, Faith, and Forgiveness
$15.99 Add to cartGilbert Tuhabonye is a survivor. More than ten years ago, he lay buried under a pile of burning bodies. The centuries-old battle between Hutu and Tutsi tribes had come to Gilbert’s school. Fueled by h
- Author: Tuhabonye, Gilbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 22 2007
- ISBN10: 0060817534
- Language: English
-
Black Pearls: Daily Meditations, Affirmations, and Inspirations for African-Americans
$9.99 Add to cartEric V. Copage’s Black Pearls is an extraordinary book of inspirational thoughts and practical advice for African-Americans. The 365 quotes that begin each day’s entry range from African proverbs to w
- Author: Copage, Eric V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 09 2005
- ISBN10: 0688122914
- Language: English
-
Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
$18.99 Add to cartJoin award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America’s haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide.
For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place w
- Author: Hall, Alvin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0063271974
- Language: English
