General Fiction
God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop
Publisher: Dey Street Books An NPR Best Book of the Year "Without God Save the Queens, it is possible that the contributions of dozens of important female hip-hop artists who have sold tens of millions of albums, starred in monumental films,...
$27.99
Here Is the Sweet Hand: Poems
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux WINNER OF THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD IN POETRYThe poems in Here is the Sweet Hand explore solitude as a way of seeing. In particular, the speakers in francine j. harris’ third collection explore the...
$25.00
In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.
Publisher: Vintage This biography of entertainment legend Sammy Davis, Jr. is an enthralling portrait of one of the most recognizable figures from the golden age of American show business. Davis, a guarded man who protected his private life with great...
$20.00
Just as I Am: A Memoir
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers “In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only exceeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history.” (President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony) "Just as I Am is my truth....
$28.99
Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry
Publisher: Four Way Books John Murillo’s second book is a reflective look at the legacy of institutional, accepted violence against Blacks and Latinos and the personal and societal wreckage wrought by long histories of subjugation. A sparrow trapped in a...
$16.95
Madam C.J. Walker: The Making of an American Icon
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Madam C. J. Walker—reputed to be America’s first self-made woman millionaire—has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. Born to former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in the aftermath of the Civil War, married at...
$35.00
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
Publisher: Ecco Press An Instant New York Times Best Seller A New York Times Notable Book One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020 Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Esquire, Electric Literature, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today,...
$27.99
No More Lies: The Myth and Reality of American History
Publisher: Amistad Press Republished as part of Amistad’s Literary Revival Program, the groundbreaking, bestselling look at history from the perspective of African Americans: an essential classic that continues to speak to us today, written by the voice of black consciousness,...
$17.99
On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC Award-winning constitutional law historian, Lawrence Goldstone examines case-based evidence to reveal the court's longstanding support for white supremacy (often under the guise of "states rights") and how that bias has allowed the court to solidify its position...
$26.00
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
Publisher: Abrams Image A New York Times Notable Book of 2020The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists Published from 1936 to 1966, the Green Book was hailed as the “black...
$35.00
Owed
Publisher: Penguin Books From a 2021 Whiting Award and Guggenheim Fellow recipient, a “rhapsodic, rigorous poetry collection, which pays homage to everyday Black experience in the U.S.” (The New Yorker)Gregory Pardlo described Joshua Bennett's first collection of poetry, The Sobbing School,...
$20.00
Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers
Publisher: ABRAMS In words and photographs, Power to the People is the story of the controversial Black Panther Party, founded 50 years ago in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton. The words are Seale’s, with contributions by other former party members;...
$42.00
Revolution in Black and White: Photographs of the Civil Rights Era by Ernest Withers
Publisher: Cityfiles Press Ernest C. Withers was one of the most prominent African-American photographers of the civil rights era. During the course of his work, he took thousands photographs that document the civil rights movement―from the Emmett Till trial in...
$49.95
River of Blood: American Slavery from the People Who Lived It: Interviews & Photographs of Formerly Enslaved African Americans
Publisher: Cityfiles Press In the late 1930s, the federal government embarked on an unusual project. As a part of the Works Progress Administration's efforts to give jobs to unemployed Americans, government workers tracked down 3,000 men and women who had...
$34.95
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (Media Tie-In)
Publisher: Scribner Book Company Now a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made (formerly titled On Her Own Ground) is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C.J. Walker - the legendary...
$19.00
Slave Stealers: True Accounts of Slave Rescues: Then and Now
Publisher: Shadow Mountain In the 1800s American South, Harriet Jacobs is enslaved and tormented by a cruel master. He relentlessly attempts to force her into a sexual union, and, when rebuffed, he separates her from her children and spends a...
$26.99
Soul City: Race, Equality, and the Lost Dream of an American Utopia
Publisher: Metropolitan Books A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceThe fascinating, forgotten story of the 1970s attempt to build a city dedicated to racial equality in the heart of “Klan Country”In 1969, with America’s cities in turmoil and racial tensions high, civil...
$29.99
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Publisher: Bold Type Books The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive...
$32.99
Textures: The History and Art of Black Hair
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH Textures synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the “hair story” of peoples of African descent. Long a fraught topic for African Americans and others in the diaspora, Black hair is here addressed...
$39.95
The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther (Revised)
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books Read the story behind the award-winning film Judas and the Black MessiahOn December 4, 1969, attorney Jeff Haas was in a police lockup in Chicago, interviewing Fred Hampton’s fiancée. Deborah Johnson described how the police pulled her...
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