Black Lives
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Great Minds of Science (Black Lives #1): A Nonfiction Graphic Novel
$8.99 Add to cartDive in to an exciting nonfiction graphic novel series about some of the greatest Black lives in history! “Sure to delight middle graders and encourage interest in STEM careers.” (School Library Journ
- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Bolden, Tonya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1419752707
- Language: English
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Paule Marshall: A Writer’s Life
$30.00 Add to cartAn elegant biography of a prescient author whose novels portray Black women’s experiences across the African diaspora
Growing up in World War II-era Brooklyn among West Indian immigrants, Paule Marsha- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Washington, Mary Helen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0300253850
- Language: English
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Jermain Wesley Loguen: Defiant Fugitive
$30.00 Add to cartA gripping biography of a man who escaped slavery to become an influential abolitionist, famously known as the “King of the Underground Railroad”
Jermain Wesley Loguen (1813-1872) was a fugitive from- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Murphy, Angela F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0300279574
- Language: English
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John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community
$24.00 Add to cartThe first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis
A New Yorker “Best Book of 2024” Selection “The perfect book, at the right time.”–Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian F- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Arsenault, Raymond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 588
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0300281811
- Language: English
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Robert Wedderburn: British Insurrectionary, Jamaican Abolitionist
$28.00 Add to cartThe first-ever biography of the ultra-radical thinker Robert Wedderburn, from his native Jamaica to metropole London, by an award-winning historian
Robert Wedderburn (1762-1834/5) was one of the most- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Hanley, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0300272359
- Language: English
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Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn’s Comrade
$28.00 Add to cartThe origins and influence of Jim, Mark Twain’s beloved yet polarizing literary figure
Mark Twain’s Jim, introduced in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), is a shrewd, self-aware, and enormously ad- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Fishkin, Shelley Fisher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0300268327
- Language: English
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James Baldwin: The Life Album
$28.00 Add to cartAn intimate portrait of James Baldwin, offering a new understanding of his life and works as seen through his close relationships and private life
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a pivotal figure of th- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Zaborowska, Magdalena J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0300262205
- Language: English
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Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle
$25.00 Read moreThe rediscovery of a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle against slavery and discrimination
“A masterful biography. . . . Ward’s struggles to find freedom,- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Blackett, R. J. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0300254946
- Language: English
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Isaac Murphy: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey
$25.00 Read moreThe rise and fall of one of America’s first Black sports celebrities
“Deeply and impressively researched. . . . Ms. Mooney pieces together a narrative with an arc so tight and clean that it’s a wonde- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Mooney, Katherine C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0300254423
- Language: English
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Great Minds of Science (Black Lives #1): A Nonfiction Graphic Novel
$15.99 Add to cartBlack Lives is an exciting new graphic novel series from award-winning author Tonya Bolden and illustrator David Wilkerson. Great Minds of Science celebrates the lives and contributions of Black scien… [more below]
- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Bolden, Tonya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1419752693
- Language: English
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John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community
$35.00 Add to cartThe first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis
“The perfect book, at the right time.”–Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940-2020)- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Arsenault, Raymond
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 588
- Publish Date: January 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 0300253753
- Language: English
