Ethnic Orientation/African American
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Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces
$17.00 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR – A “funny and frank” (The New York Times) collection of essays on Blackness, faith, pop culture, and the challenges–and rewards–of finding one’s way in the… [more below]
- Author: Abdelmahmoud, Elamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 059349685X
- Language: English
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Folly Park
$17.95 Add to cartFans of Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan, The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate, and Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson will enjoy Folly Park.
Are we ever able to escape the past? Should we be- Author: Hackford, Heidi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 164742271X
- Language: English
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Way Down in the Hole: Race, Intimacy, and the Reproduction of Racial Ideologies in Solitary Confinement
$36.95 Read moreBased on ethnographic observations and interviews with prisoners, correctional officers, and civilian staff conducted in solitary confinement units, Way Down in the Hole explores the myriad ways in wh… [more below]
- Series: Critical Issues in Crime and Society
- Author: Hattery, Angela J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1978823789
- Language: English
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Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York
$19.95 Read more- Series: Kentucky Voices
- Author: Walker, Frank X.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0813196450
- Language: English
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Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
$8.99 Add to cartArtists Leo and Diane Dillon won their second consecutive Caldecott Medal for this stunning ABC of African culture. “Another virtuoso performance. . . . Such an astute blend of aesthetics and informat… [more below]
- Series: Picture Puffin Books
- Author: Musgrove, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 15 1992
- ISBN10: 0140546049
- Language: English
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Boundless Grace
$8.99 Read moreMary Hoffman and Caroline Binch bring their heroine to brilliant life in this charming sequel to the award-winning Amazing Grace.
When Grace gets the opportunity to go to Africa and visit with her fat- Series: Picture Puffin Books
- Author: Hoffman, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 18 2000
- ISBN10: 0140556672
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: Written by Himself
$7.95 Read moreThe powerful story of slavery that has become a classic of American autobiography, in an authoritative edition
“This edition is the most valuable teaching tool on slavery and abolition available today- Series: Yale Nota Bene
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 08 2001
- ISBN10: 0300087012
- Language: English
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Bird in a Box
$13.99 Add to cartIn a small upstate New York town during the Great Depression, three children–Hibernia, Willie, and Otis–are about to meet.
Hibernia dreams of becoming a famous singer and performing at Harlem’s swank… [more below]- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 14 2012
- ISBN10: 0316074020
- Language: English
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The Bottoms
$16.95 Add to cartThis Edgar Award winner is “equal parts morality tale and page-turning thriller” (Denver Post)–classic American storytelling in its truest, darkest, and most affecting form, with echoes of William Fa… [more below]
- Author: Lansdale, Joe R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 07 2010
- ISBN10: 0307475263
- Language: English
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Felon: Poems
$26.95 Read moreFelon tells the story of the effects of incarceration in fierce, dazzling poems–canvassing a wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic
- Author: Betts, Reginald Dwayne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0393652149
- Language: English
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Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer
$5.99 Read morePerfect for newly independent readers–discover the amazing life of one of America’s top ballerinas, Michaela DePrince, whose story is soon to be told in a major motion picture directed by Madonna.
A- Series: Step Into Reading: A Step 4 Book
- Author: Deprince, Michaela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0385755155
- Language: English
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Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
$13.99 Add to cartRevised and updated with new information, this Jane Adams award winner is an in-depth examination of the Emmett Till murder case, a catalyst of the Civil Rights Movement.
The kidnapping and violent mu- Author: Crowe, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 09 2018
- ISBN10: 045147872X
- Language: English
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Jake the Fake Keeps It Real
$8.99 Read moreFor fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the first book in a side-splitting illustrated series from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach… [more below]
- Series: Jake the Fake #1
- Author: Robinson, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0553523546
- Language: English
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Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s Through the 1980s
$32.00 Add to cart“A vast choral pageant that recounts the momentous work of the civil rights struggle.”–The New York Times Book Review
A monumental volume drawing upon nearly one thousand interviews with civil rights- Author: Hampton, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: February 01 1991
- ISBN10: 553352326
- Language: English
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Deacon King Kong (Oprah’s Book Club)
$30.00 Read moreWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction
Winner of the Gotham Book Prize One of Barack Obama’s “Favorite Books of the Year” Oprah’s Book Club Pick Named one of the Top Ten Books of the Yea- Author: McBride, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0593171837
- Language: English
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Double Dutch
$8.99 Add to cartA young girl who loves Double Dutch is caught in the crossfire of the secrets she, her best friend, and the school bullies are keeping in this emotional middle grade novel.
Delia loves Double Dutch mo- Author: Draper, Sharon M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0689842317
- Language: English
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A Lesson for Martin Luther King Jr.: Ready-To-Read Level 2
$5.99 Read moreLearn all about the childhood of America’s most famous civil rights activist in this nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read
Young Martin Luther King Jr. is having some problems with his best friend, Bobby.- Series: Ready-To-Read Childhood of Famous Americans
- Author: Pate, Rodney S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0689853971
- Language: English
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African American Connecticut Explored
$29.95 Read moreFirst book for a general readership to present an overview of the African American experience in Connecticut
Winner of the Connecticut League of Historic Organization Award of Merit (2015)
The numerous
- Series: Garnet Books
- Author: Normen, Elizabeth J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 081957399X
- 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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My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles
$15.99 Add to cartAn amazing, miraculous refugee story of coming to America, the young readers edition of Tani Adewumi’s story will inspire kids looking for true stories of doing hard things.
At eight years old, Tani Ad
- Author: Adewumi, Tanitoluwa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1400218292
- Language: English
