Biography
A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team
Publisher: Flatiron Books Now a documentary narrated by Common, produced by Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, and 9th Wonder, from filmmaker Mary MazzioThe moving true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago's West side who form the...
$27.99
A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark The sensational true story of George Dinning, a freed slave, who in 1899 joined forces with a Confederate war hero in search of justice in the Jim Crow south. “Taut and tense. Inspiring and terrifying in...
$28.00
All Blood Runs Red: The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy
Publisher: Hanover Square Press Winner of the Gold Medal for Memoir/Biography from the Military Writers Society of AmericaA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice“A whale of a tale, told clearly and quickly. I read the entire book in almost one sitting.”—Thomas...
$27.99
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Publisher: Random House A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft an extraordinary testament to people who are left out of the archives.“A history told with brilliance and...
$28.00
Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah
Publisher: Atria Books The definitive biography of Aaliyah—the talented R&B singer and artist whose tragic death at only twenty-two years old shocked the entertainment world and solidified her as an unforgettable music legend, featuring new in-depth research and exclusive interviews.By...
$27.00
Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo
Publisher: Amistad Press New York Times Bestseller • TIME Magazine’s Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 • New York Public Library’s Best Book of 2018 • NPR’s Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 • Economist Book of the Year • SELF.com’s Best Books of 2018 • Audible’s Best of the Year • BookRiot’s Best Audio Books of 2018 • The...
$24.99
Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing This inspirational memoir serves as a call to action from prison reform activist Yusef Salaam, of the Exonerated Five, that will inspire us all to turn our stories into tools for change in the pursuit of...
$28.00
Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist's Freedom Song
Publisher: Bold Type Books From a leading prison abolitionist, a moving memoir about coming of age in Brooklyn and surviving incarceration—and a call to break free from all the cages that confine us. Marlon Peterson grew up in 1980s Crown Heights,...
$28.00
Black Firsts: 500 Years of Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events
Publisher: Visible Ink Press A celebration of achievement, accomplishments, and pride! The first African American president, U.S. senator, and the first black lawyer in the Department of Education. The first black chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first African American...
$29.95
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires
Publisher: Amistad Press “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.”—Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times Bestselling author of Hidden Figures Between the years of 1830...
$17.99
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider
Publisher: St. Martin's Press A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward―written by one of the Civil Rights Movement's pioneers.At 18, Charles Person was the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, key figures...
$26.99
Cassius X: The Transformation of Muhammad Ali
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books Although Muhammad Ali's decision to assume a new name has often been portrayed as a sudden transformation, Cassius Clay's conversion to Islam was a process, not an event. For many months he received guidance from Malcolm...
$18.99
Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur
Publisher: Simon & Schuster A New Yorker writer’s intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur’s life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death.In the summer of 2020, Tupac Shakur’s single “Changes” became an anthem...
$26.99
Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
“A compelling and important history that this nation desperately needs to hear.” -Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Just Mercy and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative
$30.00
Comeback Season: My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players
Publisher: Gallery Books The uplifting, unlikely, and inspirational true story of the friendships formed between Cam Perron—a white, baseball-obsessed teenager from Boston—and hundreds of former professional Negro League players, who were still awaiting the recognition and compensation that they deserved...
$27.00
Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop
Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers ONE OF AMAZON'S BEST ART & PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS 0F 2018AN NPR AND PITCHFORK BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2018 PICKONE OF TIME'S 25 BEST PHOTOBOOKS OF 2018NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS, WALLSTREET JOURNAL, ROLLING STONE, AND CHICAGO SUN HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE PICKThe perfect gift...
$40.00
Damaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and a Story of Reconciliation
Publisher: Pegasus Books An illuminating journey to racial reconciliation experienced by two Americans—one black and one white. The 1919 Elaine Race Massacre, arguably the worst in our country’s history, has been widely unknown for the better part of a century, thanks...
$27.95
Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance
Publisher: Beacon Press In her first posthumous work, the revered poet crafts a personal history of Black dance and captures the careers of legendary dancers along with her own rhythmic beginnings.Many learned of Ntozake Shange’s ability to blend movement with...
$19.95
Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World's Most Notorious Jewel Thief
Publisher: Amistad Press In the ebullient spirit of Ocean’s 8, The Heist, and Thelma & Louise, a sensational and entertaining memoir of the world’s most notorious jewel thief - a woman who defied society’s prejudices and norms to carve her own path,...
$25.99
Eartha & Kitt: A Daughter's Love Story in Black and White
Publisher: Pegasus Books In this unique combination of African American music and cultural history, we come to know one of the greatest stars the world has ever seen - Eartha Kitt - as revealed by the person who knew her...
$26.95