Social Activists
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A Fighting Dream: The Political Writings of Claudia Jones
$21.95 Add to cartClaudia Jones stood at many crossroads. Her world was one of heated battles for Black liberation, of anti-fascism in the build-up to World War II, of national liberation struggles across the Global So
- Author: Jones, Claudia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: February 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1736850091
- Language: English
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Dreams and Shadows: An Immigrant’s Journey
$20.95 Add to cartEmma Violand-S?nchez knew little English when she arrived in Virginia from Bolivia in the summer of 1961 as a high school senior. In the decades that followed, she would lose a husband in Vietnam, rai… [more below]
- Author: Violand-S?nchez, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: March 20 2025
- ISBN10: 9798888246467
- Language: English
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How the Boogeyman Became a Poet
$15.99 Add to cartOdyssey Award for Audiobook Excellence Winner
Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes his debut with a powerful YA memoir in verse, tracing his journey from being a closeted gay Black t
- Author: Keith Jr, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0063296012
- Language: English
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Pilgrim: A Theological Memoir
$23.99 Read moreFollow the faith journey of Tony Campolo, one of the most influential figures in modern evangelical Christianity
Millions of Christians know Tony Campolo as a popular speaker, bestselling author, par- Author: Campolo, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0802884946
- Language: English
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Encounters with Men
$25.95 Add to cartEncounters With Men is a searching memoir as only Bob Ostertag could tell it. In these pages are a lifetime of intimacies and distances, moments with fathers and teachers, friends and lovers, soldiers… [more below]
- Author: Ostertag, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1625570899
- Language: English
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Birding to Change the World: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartIn this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment.
Trish O’Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly t
- Author: O’Kane, Trish
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0063223163
- Language: English
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Beyond They/Them: 20 Influential Nonbinary and Gender-Diverse People You Should Know
$21.99 Add to cartBeyond They/Them is a captivating, gorgeously illustrated book celebrating 20 trailblazing nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit individuals who have left an indelible mark on music, sports, film and… [more below]
- Author: Dickson, Em
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1524893994
- Language: English
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Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur
$32.00 Add to cartFrom Pitchfork and Guardian contributor Dean Van Nguyen comes a revelatory history of Tupac beyond his musical legend, as a radical son of the Black Panther Party whose political legacy still resonate… [more below]
- Author: Van Nguyen, Dean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0385550022
- Language: English
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The Story of Fannie Lou Hamer: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$7.99 Add to cartDiscover the life of Fannie Lou Hamer–a story about using your voice for kids ages 6 to 9
Fannie Lou Hamer was a key figure in the fight for civil rights in the United States. Before she became an imp
- Series: The Story Of: Inspiring Biographies for Young Readers
- Author: Weston, Margeaux
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 9798886509373
- Language: English
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The Radical King
$19.00 Add to cartA revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X
“The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle takin- Series: King Legacy #11
- Author: King, Martin Luther
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0807034525
- Language: English
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You Can’t Please All: Memoirs 1980-2024
$44.95 Read moreA new memoir from renowned political activist and author of Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties
The revolutionary upsurge of 1968-1975 jump-hopped continents with ease but finally p- Author: Ali, Tariq
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1804290904
- Language: English
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Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson
$30.00 Add to cartBlack transgender luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQIA+ histor… [more below]
- Author: Tourmaline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 593185668
- Language: English
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Malcolm Lives!: The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers
$19.99 Add to cartIn collaboration with the Malcolm X Estate, this powerful biography for young readers is a modern classic in the making, written by #1 New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning author Ib
- Author: Kendi, Ibram X.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 374311862
- Language: English
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We All Want to Change the World: My Journey Through Social Justice Movements from the 1960s to Today
$30.00 Add to cartA sweeping look back at the protest movements that changed America from activist and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with personal and historical insights into lessons they can teach us today
For many- Author: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 593735102
- Language: English
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Qui n fue C sar Ch vez? (Who Was Cesar Chavez? Spanish Edition)
$6.99 Add to cartYa disponible en espa?ol!
Conozca m?s sobre C?sar Ch?vez, el famoso activista mexicoamericano de los derechos civiles. Cuando era joven, C?sar y su familia mexicoamericana trabajaban en los campos c- Series: ?qui?n Fue?
- Author: Rau, Dana Meachen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0593754700
- Language: Spanish
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The Story of Fannie Lou Hamer: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$15.99 Read moreDiscover the life of Fannie Lou Hamer–a story about using your voice for kids ages 6 to 9
Fannie Lou Hamer was a key figure in the fight for civil rights in the United States. Before she became an imp
- Series: The Story Of: Inspiring Biographies for Young Readers
- Author: Weston, Margeaux
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 9798886509526
- Language: English
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A Protest History of the United States
$31.95 Add to cartExploring 400 years of protest and resistance in US history–and what the unsung heroes of social movements past can teach us about navigating our chaotic world
In this timely new book in Beacon’s suc- Series: Revisioning History
- Author: Browne-Marshall, Gloria J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0807010812
- Language: English
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Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments
$30.00 Add to cartFrom the long-time head of Human Rights Watch, the fascinating and inspiring story of taking on the biggest villains and toughest autocrats around the world
In three decades under the leadership of Ke- Author: Roth, Kenneth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0593801326
- Language: English
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Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead
$19.00 Add to cartFrom Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood for more than a decade, daughter of the late Ann Richards, featured speaker at the Women’s March on Washington, and “the heroine of the… [more below]
- Author: Richards, Cecile
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1501187600
- Language: English
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Shades of Brown: The Official Biography of Jane Elliott and the Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes Exercise
$29.95 Add to cartWhat if, by eight years old, children could possess the mechanism to disrupt prejudicial tendencies? That is an argument posited by Jane Elliott for more than five decades. She initially made the clai
- Author: Mealy, Todd M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 9798888191125
- Language: English
