History
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
Odetta: A Life in Music and Protest
Publisher: Beacon Press An AudioFile Best Audiobook of 2020The first in-depth biography of the legendary singer and “Voice of the Civil Rights Movement,” who combatted racism and prejudice through her music.Odetta channeled her anger and despair into some of the most powerful...
$28.95
Officer Clemmons: A Memoir
Publisher: Catapult This intimate debut memoir by the man known to the world as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood's Officer Clemmons, who made history as the first African American actor to have a recurring role on a children's television program, "doesn't ask...
$26.00
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympic
Publisher: Atria Books Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South.Set against the...
$28.00
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
Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball
Publisher: Flatiron Books The riveting story of four men―Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige―whose improbable union on the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s would shape the immediate postwar era of Major League Baseball and beyond.In July...
$29.99
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
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63
Publisher: Simon & Schuster In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King’s early years and...
$25.00
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
Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press By the late 1960s and early 1970s, reeling from a wave of urban uprisings, politicians finally worked to end the practice of redlining. Reasoning that the turbulence could be calmed by turning Black city-dwellers...
$30.00
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
Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
Publisher: Melville House Publishing “All I can say is that I’m a shaker-upper. That’s exactly what I am.” —Shirley ChisholmWhen Shirley Chisholm announced her candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination in 1972, she became the first Black candidate for a...
$16.99
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
South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War
Publisher: Basic Books A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico.The Underground Railroad to the North promised salvation to many American slaves before the Civil...
$32.00
Sparring with Smokin' Joe: Joe Frazier's Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers An intimate portrait of Joe Frazier, whose ferocious rivalry with Muhammad Ali made them both boxing legends and cultural touchstones for an era. Just in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Fight of...
$24.95
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
Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home
Publisher: 37 Ink This “superbly researched and engaging” (The Wall Street Journal) true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South—and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors...
$27.00