Topical/Black History
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W. E. B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America
$32.50 Add to cart“As visually arresting as it is informative.”–The Boston Globe
“Du Bois’s bold colors and geometric shapes were decades ahead of modernist graphic design in America.”–Fast Company’s Co.Design W.E.B.- Author: The W E B Du Bois Center at the Universi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1616897066
- Language: English
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Black Writers of the Founding Era (Loa #366): A Library of America Anthology
$40.00 Read moreA radical new vision of the nation’s founding era and a major act of historical recovery
Featuring more than 120 writers, this groundbreaking anthology reveals the astonishing richness and diversity o- Author: Basker, James G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 750
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1598537342
- Language: English
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Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires
$18.99 Add to cart“By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history.”–Marg
- Author: Wills, Shomari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0062437607
- Language: English
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The People Remember: A Kwanzaa Holiday Book for Kids
$19.99 Add to cartFrom award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her debut picture book–a tour de force that uses the principles of Kwanzaa to talk about the history of African Americans. This l
- Author: Zoboi, Ibi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 28, 2021
- ISBN10: 0062915649
- Language: English
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Lift Every Voice and Change: A Sound Book: A Celebration of Black Leaders and the Words That Inspire Generations
$18.99 Add to cartBring Black history in America to vivid life for kids through powerful sound clips from 12 Black leaders, amplified by bold illustrations and background facts.
*2024 Notable Social Studies Trade Book*- Series: Original
- Author: Gordon, Charnaie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0760374597
- Language: English
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The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
$29.00 Add to cartA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK – The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history–until now.
“This is the kind of history I wi- Author: Valby, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 30, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593317521
- Language: English
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The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague
$9.95 Add to cartMeet Raye Montague―the hidden mastermind who made waves in the U.S. Navy
After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she k
- Series: Amazing Scientists #3
- Author: Finley Mosca, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 03, 2020
- ISBN10: 1943147701
- Language: English
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Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives
$32.00 Add to cartHundreds of stunning images from Black history have been buried in the New York Times photo archives for decades. Four Times staff members unearth these overlooked photographs and investigate the stor… [more below]
- Author: Canedy, Dana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 316552968
- Language: English
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I Have a Dream – 60th Anniversary Edition
$19.99 Add to cartWith new forewords and an afterword by Martin Luther King III, Dr. Bernice A. King, and Dexter Scott King
A beautiful collectible edition celebrating the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s
- Series: Essential Speeches of Dr. Martin Lut
- Author: King, Martin Luther
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0063376687
- Language: English
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The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier
$35.95 Add to cartThe Black Woods chronicles the history of Black pioneers in New York’s northern wilderness. From the late 1840s into the 1860s, they migrated to the Adirondacks to build farms and to vote. On their ne
- Author: Godine, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 510
- Publish Date: November 15, 2023
- ISBN10: 150177168X
- Language: English
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The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning
$20.00 Add to cartThe “enlightening” (The Guardian) true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors’ founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their desce
- Author: Raines, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1982136154
- Language: English
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Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book
$19.99 Add to cartIn the vein of Hidden Figures comes a nonfiction picture book about the Green Book, a travel guide by Victor Hugo Green, a Black postal worker from Harlem, made to help African Americans stay safe wh
- Author: Bolden, Tonya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 04, 2022
- ISBN10: 0062967401
- Language: English
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Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
$8.99 Add to cart“A brilliant work of US history.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
A National Book Award Finali
“Gripping.” —BCCB (starred review)
“Accessible…Necessary.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)- Author: Dunbar, Erica Armstrong
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 18, 2020
- ISBN10: 1534416188
- Language: English
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A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
$19.99 Read moreWinner of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award
A singular, richly illustrated picture book biography of Bayard Rustin, the gay Black man behind the March on Washington of 1963, by the acclaimed autho- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1250779502
- Language: English
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Black Heroes: A Black History Book for Kids: 51 Inspiring People from Ancient Africa to Modern-Day U.S.A.
$14.99 Add to cartMeet extraordinary black heroes throughout history–biographies for kids ages 8 to 12
You’re invited to meet ancient Egyptian rulers, brilliant scientists, legendary musicians, and civil rights activi- Series: People and Events in History
- Author: Norwood, Arlisha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: July 07, 2020
- ISBN10: 1641527048
- Language: English
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Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
$10.99 Add to cartThe story of America and African Americans is a story of hope and inspiration and unwavering courage. In Heart and Soul, Kadir Nelson’s stirring paintings and words grace 100-plus pages of a gorgeous
- Author: Nelson, Kadir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 23 2013
- ISBN10: 0061730793
- Language: English
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Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination
$20.95 Read moreThe 20th-anniversary edition of Kelley’s influential history of 20th-century Black radicalism, with new reflections on current movements and their impact on the author, and a foreword by poet Aja Mone… [more below]
- Author: Kelley, Robin D. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 080700703X
- Language: English
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MLK Jr.’s Detroit Dream Memoir of a Civil Rights Foot Solider
$15.95 Add to cartMLK Jr.’s Detroit Dream: Memoir of a Civil Rights Foot Soldier is an autobiography of an African American black girl who was indoctrinated into the civil rights movement at the age of eight when Dr. M
- Author: Sexton, Sharon Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 38
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887633800
- Language: English
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
$19.99 Add to cartGifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Chi
- Author: Carson, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 28, 1992
- ISBN10: 0310546516
- Language: English
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Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life
$35.00 Add to cartA photographic celebration and exploration of Black identity and experience through the twentieth century from the founder and curator of the hit multimedia platform Black Archives.
“Browsing the book- Author: Cherlise, Renata
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 1984859293
- Language: English
