Topical/Black History
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Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present
$23.99 Add to cart“…to be revisited again and again…The candy-colored pages and straightforward stories are hard to resist…” -The New York Times
“…diverse collection of iconic figures…vibrantly illustrated..- Series: See Yourself in Their Stories
- Author: Wilson, Jamia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1786031582
- Language: English
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African-American Heritage Cookbook: Traditional Recipes and Fond Remembrances from Alabama’s Renowned Tuskegee Institute
$28.00 Add to cartUpdated new edition includes 19 previously unpublished profiles and an author note!
This celebrated classic collection of heritage recipes and anecdotes features more than two hundred mouthwatering Af- Author: Tillery, Carolyn Q.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1496742907
- Language: English
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P.S. Be Eleven
$9.99 Add to cartThe Gaither sisters are at it again A sequel to the Newbery Honor Book One Crazy Summer, this Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel will find a home in the hearts of readers who loved Brown Girl Dre
- Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 27, 2015
- ISBN10: 0061938645
- Language: English
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The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
$34.99 Add to cartLearn about the most important milestones in Black history in The Black History Book.
Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow… [more below]- Series: DK Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0744042143
- Language: English
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Right Now!: Real Kids Speaking Up for Change
$17.99 Add to cartA joyful, inspiring picture book that introduces readers to eleven young people from around the world who didn’t wait until they were grown to speak up about things that matter to them and change the
- Author: Paul, Miranda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 07, 2021
- ISBN10: 0358137322
- Language: English
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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
$29.99 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller
-WINNER OF ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION
-WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK
-WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK
-WI- Author: Shetterly, Margot Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 006236359X
- Language: English
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Soul Beat, Volume 1: The Payback
$13.99 Read moreIn Soul Beat, Volume 1, after a fateful encounter to save his friend, pro-boxer and 70s-loving soul brother Dante Alfonse will pursue his toughest challenge yet: defeat the Devil himself–or die tryin… [more below]
- Series: Saturday Am Tanks / Soul Beat #1
- Author: Walker, Morganne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0760382557
- Language: English
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Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X: The Fatal Friendship (a Young Readers Adaptation of Blood Brothers)
$19.99 Add to cartDiscover the remarkable relationship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, and how their bond affected the movement for Black pride and independence in the 1960s in this nonfiction book for young reader
- Author: Roberts, Randy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0316478857
- Language: English
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Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters
$17.99 Read moreThe true story of the high-flying Harlem Globetrotters — the team that changed basketball forever.
In this book you will find one-finger ball-spinning, rapid-fire mini-dribbling, and a ricochet head- Author: Slade, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 10 2020
- ISBN10: 031648167X
- Language: English
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The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
$21.00 Add to cart“Read this book. It explains so much about the moment…Beautiful, heartbreaking work.”
“A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times mor
–Ta-Nehisi Coates- Author: Baradaran, Mehrsa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 11, 2019
- ISBN10: 0674237471
- Language: English
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I Am Rosa Parks
$16.99 Add to cartCivil Rights leader Rosa Parks is the 3rd hero in in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. (Cover may vary)
Each picture book in this series is a biography of a- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 17, 2014
- ISBN10: 0803740859
- Language: English
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Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema
$27.00 Read moreThe definitive account of Blaxploitation cinema–the freewheeling, often shameless, and wildly influential genre–from a distinctive voice in film history and criticism
In 1971, two films grabbed the- Author: Henderson, Odie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1419758411
- Language: English
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American Purgatory: Prison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration
$33.82 Read moreA groundbreaking look at how America exported mass incarceration around the globe, from a rising young historian
“American Purgatory will forever change how we understand the rise of mass incarceration
- Author: Weber, Benjamin D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1620975904
- Language: English
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The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States
$18.99 Read moreWinner of the 2022 Black Kid Lit Award for Best Historical title.
With colorful illustrations and a timeline, this introductory history of Juneteenth for kids details the evolution of the holiday comm- Author: Agostini, Alliah L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0760375143
- Language: English
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The Enduring Legacy of Portland’s Black Panthers: The Roots of Free Healthcare, Free Breakfast, and Neighborhood Control in Oregon
$14.95 Add to cart- Series: Real World
- Author: Biel, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1648411819
- Language: English
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The Negro Motorist Green Book Compendium
$39.99 Add to cartYou’ve heard the tales, you’ve watched the movie, but have you seen The Green Book?
During the dangerous days of Jim Crow segregation, it was difficult to be an African-American traveler, as hotels tha
- Author: Green, Victor H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: April 09, 2019
- ISBN10: 1949996107
- Language: English
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Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
$21.00 Add to cart“Stony the Road presents a bracing alternative to Trump-era white nationalism. . . . In our current politics we recognize African-American history–the spot under our country’s rug where the terrorism… [more below]
- Author: Gates, Henry Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0525559558
- Language: English
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The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
$21.95 Add to cartLes Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to create an unprecedented portrait of Malcolm X, one that would separate f
- Author: Payne, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: October 19, 2021
- ISBN10: 1324091053
- Language: English
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Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem
$17.99 Read moreThis lyrical celebration of Juneteenth, deeply rooted in Black American history, spans centuries and reverberates loudly and proudly today.
After 300 years of forced bondage;
hands bound, descendants- Author: Rolle, Sojourner Kincaid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1454943742
- Language: English
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The First Migrants: How Black Homesteaders’ Quest for Land and Freedom Heralded America’s Great Migration
$36.95 Add to cart2024 Spur Award Finalist
The First Migrants recounts the largely unknown story of Black people who migrated from the South to the Great Plains between 1877 and 1920 in search of land and freedom. They- Author: Edwards, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 508
- Publish Date: August 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 1496230841
- Language: English
