Topical/Black History
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Chowan Beach: Remembering an African American Resort
$31.99 Add to cartIn 1928, Eli Reid purchased 400 acres of picturesque property on the banks of the Chowan River in Hertford County, North Carolina. Soon after he acquired the land, Reid began turning the area into a S… [more below]
- Author: Stephenson, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 30 2006
- ISBN10: 1540224783
- Language: English
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Black Cowboys of the Old West: True, Sensational, And Little-Known Stories From History
$14.95 Add to cartWhen the Civil War ended black men left in large numbers to find a way to make a living in the Old West. They were hard working, industrious men who were determined to carve out a life for themselves … [more below]
- Author: Wagner, Tricia Martineau
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 21 2010
- ISBN10: 0762760710
- Language: English
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Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
$20.00 Add to cartMLK’s classic account of the first successful large-scale act of nonviolent resistance in America: the Montgomery bus boycott.
A young Dr. King wrote Stride Toward Freedom just 2 years after the succe- Series: King Legacy (Paperback) #1
- Author: King, Martin Luther
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0807000698
- Language: English
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Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family’s Journey
$32.00 Read moreA new history of Black Liberation, told through the intertwined story of two grassroots organizers
The Black Power movement, often associated with its iconic spokesmen, derived m- Author: Berger, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1541675363
- Language: English
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The Girl Who Married a Skull and Other African Stories: And Other African Stories
$15.00 Add to cart“Dynamic and thought-provoking.” – KIRKUS
Have you heard the one about the skull who borrowed body parts to pass himself off as a human so he could trick the village beauty into marriage? No? Well, w- Series: Cautionary Fables and Fairytales
- Author: McDonald, Kel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 209
- Publish Date: December 25 2018
- ISBN10: 1945820241
- Language: English
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Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter
$5.99 Add to cartLearn about the inspiring life of Harriet Tubman in this early reader biography. This I Can Read book is an excellent choice to share in the classroom or at home.
Harriet Tubman was a brave woman who w
- Series: I Can Read Level 2
- Author: Hohn, Nadia L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 31 2018
- ISBN10: 0062432842
- Language: English
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Scorpion’s Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War
$20.99 Add to cartThe image of a scorpion surrounded by a ring of fire, stinging itself to death, was widespread among antislavery leaders before the Civil War. It captures their long-standing strategy for peaceful abo
- Author: Oakes, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0393351211
- Language: English
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Injustice in Focus: The Civil Rights Photography of Cecil Williams
$39.99 Add to cartThe powerful life story and photography of an esteemed Black photojournalist
Cecil Williams is one of the few Southern Black photojournalists of the civil rights movement. Born and raised in Orangeburg
- Author: Brinson, Claudia Smith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1643364375
- Language: English
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Maya Angelou
$15.99 Add to cartIn this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Maya Angelou, the powerful speaker, writer, and civil rights activist. … [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #4
- Author: Kaiser, Lisbeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 09 2016
- ISBN10: 1847808891
- Language: English
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Still Rising: Famous Black Quotations for the Twenty-First Century
$15.95 Add to cartAn inspiring collection of pithy, easy-to-recall one-liners and quotable short passages from historic and contemporary thought leaders throughout the African Diaspora.
Famous Black Quotations, first p
- Author: Bell, Janet Cheatham
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1572843209
- Language: English
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Black, Red and Deadly: Black and Indian Gunfighters of the Indian Territory, 1870-1907
$24.95 Add to cartCherokee Bill, one of the meanest of the mean, was hanged for the murder of thirteen men by the time he was twenty. Author Art Burton recounts the exploits of Cherokee Bill and other black and Indian
- Author: Burton, Arthur T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: June 17 2013
- ISBN10: 0890159947
- Language: English
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100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof: A Short Cut to The World History of The Negro
$7.49 Add to cartIn this book, you’ll find a collection of Joel Augustus Rogers’ newspaper columns from a series called “Your History.” Think of it like a version of Ripley’s “Believe It or Not.” In each episode, ther
- Author: Rogers, J. a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 9798868978593
- Language: English
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The Duffy-Stith Family: From Arkansas Cotton Fields To Global Investments
$20.95 Add to cartThe Duffy-Stith Children Today- Employment Status and Where They Live
Mr. Spencer Lee Duffy- Retired Research Scientist from EPA- Beltsville, Maryland
Rev. Eliza Marie Duffy Bunzy, Associate Minister M
- Author: Duffy Johnson, Bernice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1684981549
- Language: English
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Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
$18.95 Add to cartJust as The Color of Law provided a vital understanding of redlining and racial segregation, Marcia Chatelain’s Franchise investigates the complex interrelationship between black communities and Ameri… [more below]
- Author: Chatelain, Marcia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1631498703
- Language: English
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The Portable Anna Julia Cooper
$21.00 Add to cartA collection of essential writings from the iconic foremother of Black women’s intellectual history, feminism, and activism, who helped pave the way for modern social justice movements like Black Live… [more below]
- Author: Moody-Turner, Shirley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0143135066
- Language: English
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Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction
$19.99 Add to cartFinalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia-… [more below]
- Author: Greene, Melissa Fay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 29 2006
- ISBN10: 0306815176
- Language: English
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The Juneteenth Cookbook: Recipes and Activities for Kids and Families to Celebrate
$19.99 Read moreCelebrate Juneteenth and radiate #BlackJoy through traditional food and cultural activities.
A commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, the Juneteenth holiday has been observed in th- Author: Agostini, Alliah L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0760385793
- Language: English
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Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank
$17.99 Read moreAnne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr. were born the same year a world apart. Both faced ugly prejudices and violence, which both answered with words of love and faith in humanity. This is the story of
- Author: Churnin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1939547539
- Language: English
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Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom
$26.95 Add to cartThis beautifully written book, now in its second edition, tells the haunting saga of a quintessentially American family. In the late 1790s, Shoe Boots, a famed Cherokee warrior and successful farmer, … [more below]
- Series: American Crossroads
- Author: Miles, Tiya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 23 2015
- ISBN10: 0520285638
- Language: English
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The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
$18.99 Add to cartPrizewinning Book: The Dawn of Detroit won both the Merle Curti Prize and the James Rawley Prize, two of the top distinctions in American History Media track record: Hardcover edition attracted major … [more below]
- Author: Miles, Tiya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1620974819
- Language: English
