Biography
The Blues: The Authentic Narrative of My Music and Culture
Publisher: Chicago Review Press All prior histories on the blues have alleged it originated on plantations in the Mississippi Delta. Not true, says author Chris Thomas King. In The Blues, King presents facts to disprove such myths. For example, as early...
$30.00
The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues
Publisher: Abrams Image The first full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer James “Cool Papa” Bell (1903–1991) was a legend in black baseball, a lightning fast switch hitter elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in...
$28.00
The Brother You Choose: Paul Coates and Eddie Conway Talk about Life, Politics, and the Revolution
Publisher: Haymarket Books In 1971, Eddie Conway, Lieutenant of Security for the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party, was convicted of murdering a police officer and sentenced to life plus thirty years behind bars. Paul Coates was a community...
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The Golden Thirteen: How Black Men Won the Right to Wear Navy Gold
Publisher: Beacon Press The story of the 13 courageous black men who integrated the officer corps of the US Navy during World War II—leading desegregation efforts across America and anticipating the civil rights movementThrough oral histories and original interviews with...
$28.95
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment WeeklyNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO® STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE • ONE OF THE “MOST INFLUENTIAL”...
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The Last Negroes at Harvard: The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin The untold story of the Harvard class of ’63, whose Black students fought to create their own identities on the cusp between integration and affirmative action. In the fall of 1959, Harvard recruited an unprecedented eighteen “Negro”...
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The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin "A Roots for a new generation, rich in storytelling and steeped in history."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review"A compelling saga that gives a voice to those that history tried to erase...Poignant and eye-opening, this is a must-read."—Booklist In The Other Madisons, Bettye Kearse—a...
$28.00
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Publisher: Basic Books This dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King upends longstanding preconceptions to transform our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders. To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent...
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The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
Publisher: Flatiron Books "Tubbs' connection to these women is palpable on the page ― as both a mother and a scholar of the impact Black motherhood has had on America. Through Tubbs' writing, Berdis, Alberta, and Louise's stories sing. Theirs is...
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This Thing Called Life: Prince's Odyssey, on and Off the Record
Publisher: St. Martin's Press This program is read by the author, and includes archival recordings of conversations between the author and Prince. A warm and surprisingly real-life biography of one of rock’s greatest talents: Prince. Neal Karlen was the only...
$29.99
Trailblazers, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great, 1: American Firsts/American Icons, Volume 1
Publisher: 2leaf Press The past four hundred years have seen unprecedented growth in virtually every conceivable realm of life, from medicine to the arts, technology to finance. Far too often, however, when we think of the movers, shakers, and innovators...
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Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance
Publisher: Belknap Press “This extraordinary book is a powerful addition to the history of travel segregation. Traveling Black reveals how travel discrimination transformed over time from segregated trains to buses and Uber rides. Mia Bay shows that Black mobility has always been...
$35.00
Tumult!: The Incredible Life and Music of Tina Turner
Publisher: Backbeat Books The narrative of Tumult! The Incredible Life and Music of Tina Turner is an extended exploration of the magical transformation of shy country girl Anna Mae Bullock into the boisterous force of nature we know today as...
$24.95
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture
Publisher: Harper Perennial A Kirkus Best Book of the Year Stamped from the Beginning meets You Can't Touch My Hair in this timely and resonant essay collection from Guardian contributor and prominent BBC race correspondent Emma Dabiri, exploring the ways in which black hair has been appropriated and...
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Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery & Abolition
Publisher: Penguin Books A new historical anthology from transatlantic slavery to Reconstruction, curated by the Schomburg Center. Unsung makes the case for focusing on the histories of Black people as agents and architects of their own lives and ultimate liberation, with a...
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Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All
Publisher: Basic Books The epic history of African American women's pursuit of political power -- and how it transformed America.In the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the Nineteenth...
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Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement (Reissue)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster An award-winning national bestseller, Walking with the Wind is one of our most important records of the American Civil Rights Movement. Told by John Lewis, who Cornel West calls a “national treasure,” this is a gripping first-hand account...
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We Inherit What the Fires Left: Poems
Publisher: Simon & Schuster William Evans, the award-winning poet and cofounder of the popular culture website Black Nerd Problems, offers an emotionally vulnerable poetry collection exploring the themes of inheritances, dreams, and injuries that are passed down from one generation to...
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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
Publisher: One World In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump.New York...
$28.00
Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation New York Times Book Review • "The Best Books to Give This Year"Publishers Weekly • Best Books of the Year (Nonfiction) A shattering new biography of rock music’s most outrageous―and tragic―genius. Over fifty years after his death, Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970)...
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