Negro's Civil War
Ballantine Books, April 1991. Paper Back. Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine-length creased from use; Pages free of markings; A great reading copy. More
Ballantine Books, April 1991. Paper Back. Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine-length creased from use; Pages free of markings; A great reading copy. More
Harpercollins, January 1991. Trade Paperback. An exhaustive collection of the speeches, writings, and interviews with the Nobel Prize-winning activist. Cover creasing. More
Broadway, March 2011. Trade Paperback. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The story of modern medicine and bioethics--and, indeed, race relations--is refracted beautifully, and movingly."--Entertainment Weekly NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO(R) STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE - ONE OF THE "MOST INFLUENTIAL" (CNN), "DEFINING" (LITHUB), AND "BEST"..... More
Applewood Books, March 2023. Hardcover. A rousing abolitionist speech with themes that still resonate today, from equality under the Constitution and God to a vision of America that defends freedom for all. One of the most memorable speeches in American history, Frederick Douglass's "What to the Slave is the Fourth..... More
Random House Inc, July 1992. Soft Cover. A compelling novel of a man brought to reckon with his buried past... In St. Adrienne, a small black community in Louisiana, Reverend Phillip Martin--a respected minister and civil rights leader--comes face to face with the sins of his youth in the person..... More
Vintage, July 1992. Trade Paperback. Set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s, A Gathering of Old Men is a powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man. "Poignant, powerful, earthy...a novel of Southern racial confrontation in..... More
Vanguard Press, May 2007. Paper Back. One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots, galvanized the nation, and created an extraordinary political, racial, social and cultural dialogue that hadn't been seen since the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book sold over one million copies..... More
Plume Books, March 1993. Trade Paperback. In the afterglow of a clean triumph--her widely celebrated, Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller, "Beloved" --Toni Morrison moves to even higher ground. "Jazz, " is spellbinding for the haunting passion of its profound love story, and for the bittersweet lyricism and refined sensuality of its powerful..... More
Harper Paperbacks, January 2001. Trade Paperback. A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy. All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause..... More
Avon, March 1978. Mass Market PaperBack. 2nd printing; Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Spine top edge bumped; Mild foxing present; Previous owner name present at author page; Text free of markings; A solid copy of this unique edition. More
Doubleday, March 2008. Hardcover. In this groundbreaking book, Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history--the re-enslavement of black Americans from the Civil War to World War II--in a moving, sobering account that explores the insidious legacy of white racism that reverberates today. More
Harry N. Abrams, March 2020. Trade Paperback. From award-winning author Tonya Bolden comes the fascinating story of one of America's most influential African American voices Teacher. Self-emancipator. Orator. Author. Man. Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) is one of the most important African American figures in US history, best known, perhaps, for his..... More
Random House Inc, September 1993. Hardcover. Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time, shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this best-selling spiritual classic. This is Maya Angelou talking from the heart, down to earth and real, but also inspiring. This is a book to treasured..... More
Penguin Classics, August 1982. Mass Market PaperBack. Written more than a century ago by Frederick Douglass, a former slave who went on to become a famous orator, U.S. minister, and a leader of his people, this masterpiece is one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. Douglass. 1983..... More
Grove Press, March 2019. Hardcover. FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN GENERAL NONFICTION FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement--in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious..... More
Vintage, January 1972. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Gadjah Mada Univ Pr, September 1996. Trade Paperback. Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege is the life story of an elite woman of color who lived within the social and economic systems of slavery and quasi-freedom in nineteenth-century Georgia. Antebellum Hancock County, Georgia, was a place where black slaves outnumbered..... More
Plume Books, June 1994. Trade Paperback. Sethe, an escaped slave living in post-Civil War Ohio with her daughter and mother-in-law, is persistantly haunted by the ghost of her dead baby girl. More
Harper Perennial, September 1998. Trade Paperback. Widely acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written on race and class division in America, this powerful novel reflects the forces of poverty, injustice, and hopelessness that continue to shape our society. Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for..... More
Beacon Press, February 2004. Trade Paperback. From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur "Genius" Grant, Nebula, and Hugo award winner The visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is pulled through time to face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts..... More
Ballantine Books, February 1992. Trade Paperback. Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. In this riveting account, he tells of his journey from a prison cell to Mecca, describing his transition from hoodlum to Muslim minister. Here..... More
Vintage, March 2023. Paper Back. With the US Supreme Court confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, "it makes sense to revisit the life and work of another Black woman who profoundly shaped the law: Constance Baker Motley" (CNN). The first major biography of one of our most influential judges--an activist lawyer..... More
Bantam, August 1991. Mass Market PaperBack. A phenomenal #1 bestseller that has appeared on the "New York Times" bestseller list for nearly three years, this memoir traces Maya Angelou's childhood in a small, rural community during the 1930s. Filled with images and recollections that point to the dignity and courage..... More
Harper Perennial, December 2001. Trade Paperback. "A manual for fixing our culture...In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, [hooks] gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to process."--Black Issues Book Review New York Times bestselling author, acclaimed visionary and..... More
HarperOne, January 2023. Hardcover. Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers encountered locked doors..... More