History
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
America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation “Not since Angela Davis’s 2003 book, Are Prisons Obsolete?, has a scholar so persuasively challenged our conventional understanding of the criminal legal system.” ―Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Washington Post From one of our top historians, a groundbreaking story...
$29.95
American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World
Publisher: NewSouth Books 2019 Foreword INDIES FinalistAmerican Founders reveals men and women of African descent as key protagonists in the story of American democracy. It chronicles how black people developed and defended New World settlements, undermined slavery, and championed freedom throughout...
$29.95
An African American Cookbook: Exploring Black History and Culture Through Traditional Foods (Revised)
Publisher: Good Books 400 Soul Food Recipes for Appetizers, Main Meals, Breads, Pies, Cakes, Salads, and More!An African American Cookbook: Exploring Black History and Culture Through Traditional Foods is a bountiful collection of favorite foods and the memories that go with...
$17.99
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
Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing That Changed the Course of Civil Rights
Publisher: All Points Books The story of the decades-long fight to bring justice to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, culminating in Sen. Doug Jones' prosecution of the last living bombers. On September 15, 1963, the 16th...
$29.99
Black American History for Dummies
Publisher: For Dummies Go deeper than the Black History you may think you know! Black American History For Dummies reveals the terrors and struggles and celebrates the triumphs of Black Americans. This handy book goes way beyond what you may have...
$24.99
Black Designers in American Fashion
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts From Elizabeth Keckly's designs as a freewoman for Abraham Lincoln's wife to flamboyant clothing showcased by Patrick Kelly in Paris, Black designers have made major contributions to American fashion. However, many of their achievements have gone...
$34.95
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
Black History 1619-2019: An Illustrated and Documented African-American History
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers BLACK HISTORY 1619 TO 2019 is an inspiring and educational journey through American history. It is an in-depth look at the events which shaped the lives and contributions of the African-American community in the United States of...
$39.95
Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us about African Americans
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Second only to the Super Bowl in audience size and revenue, the Oscars are more than a mere ceremony; they are a phenomenon. It is only recently that movements such as #OscarsSoWhite have raised awareness...
$39.00
Black Reconstruction in America: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 186
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct...
$25.00
Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery have gone through the roof. Prepared in one regional style or another, in the South and beyond, barbecue is one of the nation's most...
$30.00
Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples With Its Historical Racial Trauma
Publisher: Eakin Press Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples with its Historical Racial Trauma, endorsed by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and the 400 Years of African American History Commission, furthers the educational mission of both...
$24.95
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
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