Ethnic Orientation/African American
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Whitfield Lovell: Passages
$50.00 Read moreThe most comprehensive survey to date of the contemporary artist Whitfield Lovell, whose poetic and intricately crafted tableaux and installations document and pay tribute to the history and cultural … [more below]
- Author: Wije, Michele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0847872998
- 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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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
$9.99 Read moreBooker T. Washington’s famous 1901 memoir, Up From Slavery, charts Washington’s rise from an enslaved child with a passion for learning to the nation’s most prominent Black educator and first presiden… [more below]
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Washington, Booker T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1454949996
- Language: English
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Soul and Substance: A Poet’s Examination Papers
$32.00 Read moreA collection of new and startlingly original essays from an acclaimed poet, essayist, and playwright
Jay Wright is widely recognized as one of the most important American poets of the past half centur- Author: Wright, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0691245967
- Language: English
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The African Desperate
$15.95 Read moreThe acerbically funny and intimate screenplay for acclaimed visual artist Martine Syms’s debut film, The African Desperate.
The African Desperate follows Palace Bryant on one very long day in 2017 that
- Author: Syms, Martine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 164362170X
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King Jr.
$8.99 Add to cartDiscover ten crucial days in the life of activist and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., in this installment of the 10 Days series.
Martin Luther King, Jr., lived 14,325 days, but then of th- Series: 10 Days
- Author: Colbert, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1416968059
- Language: English
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DK Life Stories: Katherine Johnson
$5.99 Read moreIn this kids’ biography, discover the inspiring story of Katherine Johnson, famed NASA mathematician and one of the subjects of the best-selling book and movie Hidden Figures.
It was an incredible acc- Series: DK Life Stories
- Author: Wilkins, Ebony Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1465479120
- Language: English
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Mighty Meg: 4 Books in 1!
$14.99 Read moreMeg’s life is turned upside down when a magical ring gives her superpowers Join Meg as she learns how to use her new powers and finds the courage to be the hero her town needs in this super four-book… [more below]
- Series: Mighty Meg #1
- Author: Griffin, Sammy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1499810121
- Language: English
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Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth.
$30.00 Read moreFrom the award-winning entrepreneur, culture leader, and creator of the BLACK GIRLS ROCK movement comes an inspiring and beautifully designed book that pays tribute to the achievements and contributi… [more below]
- Author: Bond, Beverly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1501157922
- Language: English
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Surf’s Up, Creepy Stuff!
$17.99 Add to cartDesmond and Andres battle beach bullies who also happen to be creepy monsters in the third book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter book series!
When you go to the beach with Desmond Cole, it isn- Series: Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #3
- Author: Miedoso, Andres
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 29 2018
- ISBN10: 1534418024
- Language: English
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Die Nigger Die!: A Political Autobiography of Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
$14.95 Read moreMore than any other black leader, H. Rap Brown, chairman of the radical Black Power organization Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), came to symbolize the ideology of black revolution. T… [more below]
- Author: Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin), H. Rap
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1556524528
- Language: English
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Blackbird (Movie Tie-In Edition)
$19.95 Read moreA funny, moving, coming-of-age novel about growing up black and gay. Johnnie Ray Rousseau is a high school student upset over losing the lead role in the school staging play, but he’s intrigued by Mar… [more below]
- Author: Duplechan, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 249
- Publish Date: May 12 2015
- ISBN10: 1551526220
- Language: English
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Black Power and the Garvey Movement
$24.95 Add to cartThis provocative study examines the far-reaching influence of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Theodore G. Vincent details UNIA’s origins and clarifies the many myths and… [more below]
- Author: Vincent, Theodore G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: December 29 2006
- ISBN10: 1574780409
- Language: English
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Lily’s New Home (Confetti Kids #1): (Dive Into Reading)
$10.95 Read moreIn this early chapter book in the popular Confetti Kids series, Lily and her parents move from their suburban neighborhood to New York City and Lily must adapt to her new life.
Lily and her parents mov
- Series: Confetti Kids
- Author: Yoo, Paula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1620142589
- Language: English
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In the Time of the Drums
$11.95 Read moreMentu, an enslaved child, learns about the culture of his people from his grandmother, Twi in this Gullah folk tale of an insurrection at Teakettle Creek.
It used to be that huge ships often landed nea
- Author: Siegelson, Kim L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1620143097
- Language: English
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A Fly in a Pail of Milk: The Herb Carnegie Story
$18.95 Read moreRevised and updated with commentary from Bernice Carnegie, Herb’s daughter, and life lessons passed from father to daughter Herbert Carnegie was the complete hockey package in the 1940s and 1950s. Tho… [more below]
- Author: Carnegie, Herb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1770414959
- Language: English
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Redemption Ground: Essays and Adventures
$14.95 Read moreIn her first-ever collection of essays, poet and novelist Lorna Goodison interweaves the personal and political to explore themes that have occupied her working life: her love of poetry and the arts, … [more below]
- Author: Goodison, Lorna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1912408139
- Language: English
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Everything Lost Is Found Again: Four Seasons in Lesotho
$16.95 Add to cartFunny and heartfelt, this amalgamation of memoir and essay collection tells the story of twenty months the author spent in Lesotho, the small, landlocked kingdom surrounded by South Africa. There he f… [more below]
- Author: McGrath, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1945814624
- Language: English
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Gordon Parks: Muhammad Ali
$55.00 Read moreWith fantastic previously unseen images, this book represents a collaboration between two heroes of Black American culture
In 1966 Life magazine assigned famed photographer Gordon Parks to cover Muhamm
- Author: Parks, Gordon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 395829619X
- Language: English
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This Is My Brain in Love
$18.99 Read moreA Schneider Family Book Award winner!
Told in dual narrative, This Is My Brain in Love is a stunning YA contemporary romance, exploring mental health, race, and,
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year!- Author: Gregorio, I. W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0316423823
- Language: English
