Ethnic Orientation/African American
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Passing
$16.00 Add to cartNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TESSA THOMPSON AND RUTH NEGGA
Two women in 1920s New York discover how fluid and dangerous our perceptions of race can be in this electrifying classic of the Harlem- Series: Modern Library Torchbearers
- Author: Larsen, Nella
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 28 2002
- ISBN10: 0375758135
- Language: English
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Corduroy Takes a Bow
$17.99 Read moreCelebrate 50 years of America’s favorite teddy bear with a brand-new, classically illustrated picture book by Academy Award winner Viola Davis.
When Lisa takes Corduroy to the theater for the very f… [more below]- Series: Corduroy
- Author: Davis, Viola
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0425291472
- Language: English
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The Mystery of the Moon Tower
$20.99 Read more“A legendary hidden treasure, an eccentric guy who collects stuff in a mysterious castle, and five cool kids trying to connect the dots and save the day, all of it brilliantly illustrated. WHAT’S NOT … [more below]
- Series: The Pathfinders Society
- Author: Sedita, Francesco
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0425291863
- Language: English
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Talkin’ about Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
$19.99 Read moreSoar along with Bessie Coleman in this inspirational tale of a woman whose determination reached new heights.
Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman was always being told what she could & couldn’t do. In an era wh… [more below]
- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0439352436
- Language: English
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This Jazz Man
$9.99 Add to cartIn this toe-tapping jazz tribute, the traditional “This Old Man” gets a swinging makeover, and some of the era’s best musicians take center stage. The tuneful text and vibrant illustrations bop, slide… [more below]
- Author: Ehrhardt, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 27 2015
- ISBN10: 0544339223
- Language: English
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The Faithful Friend
$8.99 Read moreA friendship is tested by love and magic in this beautiful, Caldecott Honor-winning retelling of a traditional tale from the French West Indies.
Clement and Hippolyte are best friends who live togethe- Author: San Souci, Robert D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0689824580
- Language: English
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Camp William Penn: 1863-1865: 1863-1865
$29.99 Read moreLocated in Chelten Hills just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Camp William Penn was the largest and first Civil War facility to exclusively train Northern-based federal black soldiers during th… [more below]
- Author: Scott, Donald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0764342533
- Language: English
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The Lord’s Prayer
$10.00 Read moreOur Father in Heaven,
The beloved words of The Lord’s Prayer serve as the text for this remarkable book, in which Tim Ladwig illustrates how the words of this ancient pray
Hallowed by your name. . .- Author: Ladwig, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 09 2002
- ISBN10: 0802852386
- Language: English
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And Sometimes I Wonder about You
$17.00 Read moreP.I. Leonid McGill isn’t usually one to refuse a case. But when Hiram Stent, a man down on his luck, begs him to find a cousin who is about to inherit millions of dollars, he senses something fishy. H… [more below]
- Series: Leonid McGill Mystery #5
- Author: Mosley, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 19 2016
- ISBN10: 0804172099
- Language: English
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Annotations
$12.95 Read moreAn experimental first novel of poem-like compression, Annotations has a great deal to say about growing up Black in St. Louis. Reminiscent of Jean Toomer’s Cane, the book is in part a meditation on Af… [more below]
- Series: New Directions Paperbook #0809
- Author: Keene, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 17 1995
- ISBN10: 0811213048
- Language: English
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White Rat: Short Stories
$17.95 Read moreThe acclaimed author’s first collection of stories, reissued to coincide with the paperback publication of her second and latest, Butter
“Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literatur- Author: Jones, Gayl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0807012947
- Language: English
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Gone Like Yesterday
$18.00 Read moreA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK
A lyrical debut novel that asks what we owe to our families, what we owe to our ancestors, and what we owe to ourselves. Janelle M. Williams’s Gone Like Yesterday empl- Author: Williams, Janelle M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0593471652
- Language: English
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All Shot Up
$17.00 Add to cartIn this gripping installment of the maverick Harlem Detectives series, Coffin Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones investigate a series of seemingly unrelated, brutal crimes.
A gold Cadillac, about as lar- Series: Harlem Detectives
- Author: Himes, Chester
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 059368611X
- Language: English
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Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement: A Brief Introduction
$16.95 Read more“When you make an observation, you have an obligation.”
–M.K. AsanteDeidra R. Moore-Janvier, Esq.–African American wife, mother, attorney, and advocate for social change–did just that. It was in 201
- Author: Moore, Deidra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1645438554
- Language: English
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Discordant
$16.95 Read moreLyrical poetry offering multilayered examinations of injustices–from mass incarceration to failing schools and right-wing fascism.
Richard Hamilton’s second poetry collection, Discordant, is a sear- Author: Hamilton, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: October 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1637680732
- Language: English
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Erotic Defiance: Womanism, Freedom, and Resistance
$29.00 Read moreThe West fears desire. It fears ecstasy. It fears flesh. It copes with its fears by deploying its intellectual, political, and religious instruments to regulate, discipline, and punish. Western fear o
- Author: Bryant, Courtney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 148
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1506478697
- Language: English
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Kendrick Lamar
$12.79 Read moreKendrick Lamar explores how Kendrick Lamar has made incredible contributions to American music and culture, captivating audiences with memorable melodies and rhythms. Covers early life, his rise to fa… [more below]
- Series: Groundbreakers: Black Musicians
- Author: Markovics, Joyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1668928884
- Language: English
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The Sound of Stars
$18.99 Read more“This debut has it all: music, books, aliens, adventure, resistance, queerness, and a bold heroine tying it all together. “–Ms. Magazine
Can a girl who risks her life for books and an Ilori who loves … [more below]
- Author: Dow, Alechia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1335911553
- Language: English
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A Redemptive Path Forward: From Incarceration to a Life of Activism
$16.95 Read moreA motivational memoir by a formerly incarcerated man who transformed from founder and leader of the Dallas Bloods to a practitioner of peace and nonviolence in the neighborhood he once helped destroy … [more below]
- Author: Lucky, Antong
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1640095934
- Language: English
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Theatre of Marvels
$18.99 Read moreBehind the spectacle, there are always secrets.
Unruly crowds descend on Crillick’s Variety Theatre. The young, mixed-race actress Zillah is headlining tonight as “The Great Amazonia, a Savage Queen fr
- Author: Dillsworth, Lianne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0063271532
- Language: English
