History
All Different Now (HB)
Through the eyes of one little girl, All Different Now tells the story of the first Juneteenth, the day freedom finally came to the last of the slaves in the South. Since then, the observance of June 19 as African American Emancipation...
$17.00
My Story, My Dance (HB)
“In James E. Ransome’s realistic pastel portraits, Battle, his family and his teachers all seem lit from within.” —The New York Times Book Review“An ongoing success story for all readers and especially Ailey’s worldwide legion of fans.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A...
$19.99
Legendary Miss Lena Horne (HB )
Celebrate the life of Lena Horne, the pioneering African American actress and civil rights activist, with this inspiring and powerful picture book from award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford.You have to be taught to be second class; you’re not born that...
$17.99
Between the Lines (HB)
“An artist paints his own reality.” —Ernie BarnesErnie Barnes was an NFL football player who longed to make art. Finally his dream came true.When Ernie Barnes was growing up in North Carolina in the 1940s, he loved to draw. Even...
$17.99
Lift as You Climb (HB)
“What do you hope to accomplish?” asked Ella Baker’s granddaddy when she was still a child.Her mother provided the answer: “Lift as you climb.”Long before the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s, Ella Baker worked to lift others...
$17.99
Ali (HB) (COMING SOON)
The impressive life story of Muhammad Ali is interwoven with vital moments in American history in this visually stunning, full-color biography.The story of famed boxing champion Muhammad Ali is more appealing and accessible than ever before when told as though...
$17.99
Ali (PB)
The impressive life story of Muhammad Ali is interwoven with vital moments in American history in this visually stunning, full-color biography.The story of famed boxing champion Muhammad Ali is more appealing and accessible than ever before when told as though...
$12.50
All Night, All Day (HB)
Ashley Bryan says, "I have subtitled this collection A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals. It could really be called Spirituals for the Young and ALL! And so it could be, for the songs it presents can be enjoyed by people of every age...
$18.99
Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation New York Times • Times Critics Top Books of 2019 The award-winning biography that restores William Monroe Trotter to his essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and Malcom X in the pantheon of American civil rights...
$35.00
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Publisher: 37 Ink A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of “extraordinary grit” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to...
$26.00
On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker
Publisher: Scribner Book Company Soon to be a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, 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 African American entrepreneur...
$19.00
She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
Publisher: 37 Ink
In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and illustrated tribute to one of the most exceptional women in American history—Harriet Tubman—a heroine whose fearlessness and activism still resonates today.
$23.99
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Publisher: Da Capo Press Based off of the bestselling author's family history, this novel tells the story of Kunta Kinte, who is sold into slavery in the United States where he and his descendants live through major historic events.When Roots was first...
$18.99
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same.”—Time James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement...
$27.00
LIGHTING THE FIRES OF FREEDOM
During the Civil Rights Movement, African American women did not stand on ceremony; they simply did the work that needed to be done. Yet despite their significant contributions at all levels of the movement, they remain mostly invisible to the...
$25.99
BLACK POWER 50
Black Power burst onto the world scene in 1966 with ideas, politics, and fashion that opened the eyes of millions of people across the globe. In the United States, the movement spread like wildfire: high school and college youth organized...
$24.95
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN HAWAII (IMAGES OF AMERICA SERIES)
During the early 1800s, about two dozen men of African descent lived in Hawai‘i. The most noteworthy was Anthony D. Allen, a businessman who had traveled around the world before making Hawai‘i his home and starting a family there in...
$21.99
GIANTS: THE PARALLEL LIVES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS & ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were the preeminent self-made men of their time. In this masterful dual biography, award-winning Harvard University scholar John Stauffer describes the transformations in the lives of these two giants during a major shift in cultural history, when men...
$30.00
MOURNING IN AMERICA
Recent years have brought public mourning to the heart of American politics, as exemplified by the spread and power of the Black Lives Matter movement, which has gained force through its identification of pervasive social injustices with individual losses. The...
$49.95
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE WEST
Based on the latest research, this work provides a new look at the lives of African Americans in the Western United States, from the colonial era to the present. From colonial times to the present, this volume captures the experiences...
$75.45