Topical/Black History
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Black Theology and Black Faith
$26.99 Read moreBecome Black with the oppressed Christ.
Contemporary Black theology is complex and far-reaching. In this concise yet thorough volume, Noel Leo Erskine examines Black theology from ev… [more below]- Author: Erskine, Noel Leo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 221
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0802875602
- Language: English
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Let ‘er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People’s Champion
$18.99 Read more“Nelson plaits her narrative with Western lingo and homespun similes. . . . James’ painterly oils swirl with energy, visible daubs creating the dusty, monumental landscape and equally monumental hors
- Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1512498084
- Language: English
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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
$9.99 Read moreA lyrical picture book biography of John Coltrane that focuses on his childhood.
Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear, growing up in the south during the 1930s: church songs,- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 125082270X
- Language: English
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No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
$30.00 Read moreNautilus Book Awards’ Better Books for a Better World
A Movement in Words and Images Award-winning photographer Devin Allen has devoted the last six years to documenting the protests of the Black Liv- Author: Allen, Devin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0306925907
- Language: English
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I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
$10.99 Read moreA moving, memorable poetry collection shaped around the stories of enslaved people in America.
- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Nonfiction Honor List
- Bank Street College Best Children’s Books
- NCSS Notable
- Author: Grady, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0802856144
- Language: English
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She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
$20.95 Read moreNAACP Image Awards Winner – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
A timely, inspiring picture book biography of the dynamic twentieth-century educator, activist, and politi
- Author: Russell-Brown, Katheryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1620143461
- Language: English
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Black in White Space: The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life
$48.33 Read moreFrom the vital voice of Elijah Anderson, Black in White Space sheds fresh light on the dire persistence of racial discrimination in our country.
A birder strolling in Central Park. A college student- Author: Anderson, Elijah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 05 2022
- ISBN10: 022665723X
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave Written by Himself
$14.95 Add to cartA new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y. Davis.
A masterpiece of African American literature, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative is the powerful story of an
- Series: City Lights Open Media
- Author: Davis, Angela Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0872865274
- Language: English
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We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
$10.99 Read moreThis young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling White Rage is essential antiracist reading for teens.
An NAACP Image Award finalist
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A NYPL Best Book f- Author: Anderson, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 154760252X
- Language: English
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Oklahoma Freedmen of the Five Tribes
$23.99 Read moreExplore accounts of Oklahoma’s Freedmen as told by their descendants in these stories of resistance and resilience on the Western frontier.
The Freedmen of Oklahoma were black people, both enslaved and
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Walton-Raji, Angela Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154776
- Language: English
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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You
$9.99 Read moreWith poetic text and dynamic art, award-winning creators Carole Boston Weatherford and James E. Ransome use key moments from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life to inspire future generations to stand up
- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1547608978
- Language: English
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Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridge’s First Day of School
$19.99 Read moreInspired by an iconic Norman Rockwell painting and translated from an original French text, this is a story about the day a little girl held her head high and changed the world.
- Author: Cohen-Janca, Irene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1568463413
- Language: English
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Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future
$18.99 Read more**A New York Times Editors’ Choice Pick**
**One of Kirkus Reviews‘ Best Nonfiction Books of 2022**
“Political activist Collins-Dexter’s essay collection is timely as well as pointed. In it, she argues t- Author: Collins-Dexter, Brandi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1250824125
- Language: English
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Walking the Way of Harriet Tubman: Public Mystic and Freedom Fighter
$25.99 Read moreHarriet Tubman, freedom fighter and leader in the Underground Railroad, is one of the most significant figures in U.S. history. Her courage and determination in bringing enslaved people to freedom hav
- Author: Taylor-Stinson, Therese
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1506478336
- Language: English
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A Slow, Calculated Lynching: The Story of Clyde Kennard
$35.00 Read moreIn the years following Brown v. Board of Education, countless Black citizens endured violent resistance and even death while fighting for their constitutional rights. One of those citizens, Clyde Kenn… [more below]
- Series: Race, Rhetoric, and Media
- Author: Anderson, Devery S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1496844041
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King, Jr. = Martin Luther King, Jr.
$12.79 Read moreThe Mi Mini Biografia series are Spanish language biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children … [more below]
- Series: Mi Mini Biografía (My Itty-Bitty Bio): My Early Library
- Author: Haldy, Emma E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1534133186
- Language: Spanish
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Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois
$23.99 Read moreThe Path to Freedom in Missouri and Illinois
People enslaved here experienced the same horrors as those held captive in other states, and their stories of courage and perseverance are amazing. Prisci
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Julie Nicolai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154830
- Language: English
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Midnight Without a Moon
$9.99 Read more“A powerful story.” —Kirkus Reviews It’s Mississippi in the summer of 1955, and Rose Lee Carter can’t wait to move north. For now, she’s living with her sharecropper grandparents on a white man’s cot… [more below]
- Author: Jackson, Linda Williams
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1328753638
- Language: English
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Condemned for Love in Old Virginia: The Lynching of Arthur Jordan
$23.99 Read moreWhen romance was met with murder…
Arthur Jordan and Elvira Corder were young and unafraid, but their love was doomed. He was black, she was white, and this was Virginia in 1880. When Elvira became pr
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Hall, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154598
- Language: English
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Requiem for the Massacre: A Black History on the Conflict, Hope, and Fallout of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
$18.95 Read moreNAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of The Year With journalistic skill, heart, and hope, Requiem for the Massacre reckons with the tensi- Author: Young, Rj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1640096167
- Language: English
