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
HarperOne, December 2003. Hardcover. More than a biography, To the Mountaintop is the history of a turbulent epoch that changed the course of American and world history. Moral warrior and nonviolent apostle; man of God rocked by fury, fear, and guilt; rational thinker driven by emotional and spiritual truth --..... More
Pantheon, January 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. In the manner of his controversial national bestseller Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, Kennedy grapples brilliantly with another stigma of racial discourse--examining the meaning of selling out, atomizing the ways in which the term is used by blacks and whites. More
Basic Books, December 2022. Paper Back. A "gripping and poignant" (Wall Street Journal) 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 War. But thousands..... More
Penguin Classics, January 2023. Paper Back. The most influential work by "the father of Black history", reflecting the long-standing tradition of antiracist teaching pioneered by Black educators A Penguin Classic The Mis-education of the Negro (1933) is Woodson's most popular classic work of Black social criticism, drawing on history, theory..... More
Riverhead Trade, February 2006. Trade Paperback. From the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird The modern classic that spent more than two years on The New York Times bestseller list and that Oprah.com calls one of the best memoirs of a...... More
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, January 2006. Trade Paperback. A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick "A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don't know how to live properly." --Zadie..... More
Penguin Press HC, The, September 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. In his major bestseller, "Race Matters," philosopher Cornel West burst onto the national scene with his searing analysis of the scars of racism in American democracy. "Race Matters" has become a contemporary classic, still in print after ten years, having sold..... More
Basic Books, January 2023. Hardcover. A new history of Black Liberation, told through the intertwined story?of two grassroots organizers? ? The Black Power movement, often associated with its iconic spokesmen, derived much of its energy from the work of people whose stories have never been told. Stayed On Freedom brings..... More
HarperOne, September 2022. Hardcover. A gorgeous collection of 145 original portraits that celebrates Black pioneers--famous and little-known--in politics, science, literature, music, and more--with biographical reflections, all created and curated by an award-winning graphic designer. Illustrated Black History is a breathtaking collection of original portraits depicting black heroes--both famous and unsung--who..... More
Basic Civitas Books, July 2007. Trade Paperback. When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, hundreds of thousands were left behind to suffer the ravages of destruction, disease and death. The majority were black, and nearly all were poor. This work examines what Hurricane Katrina reveals about the fault lines of..... More
Harper & Brothers, January 1958. Hardcover. Early printing of Dr. King's first book, without jacket; Solid binding; Sturdy blue cloth boards heavily soiled and foxed w/ gilt at spine significantly faded, mild signs of moisture damage; Foxing present at paste-downs/end pages as well as outer edge text-block; Text free of..... More
Warner Books, January 2002. Paper Back. A powerful collection of the most essential speeches from famed social activist and key civil rights figure Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This companion volume to A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. includes the text..... More
Vintage, May 2007. Trade Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner--a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtly and grace. In Morrison's acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove--an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose..... More
Basic Books, January 2023. Hardcover. A new history of Black Liberation, told through the intertwined story?of two grassroots organizers? ? The Black Power movement, often associated with its iconic spokesmen, derived much of its energy from the work of people whose stories have never been told. Stayed On Freedom brings..... More
Hanover Square Press, January 2023. Hardcover. *A Zibby's Most Anticipated Book of 2023**A "Next Big Idea Club" Must-Read Book for January**An Essence "Books by Black Authors to Read This Winter" Pick?**An Ebony Entertainment "Required Reading" Book for January**A Lambda Literary "Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature" for January**A Southern Review of Books..... More
Vintage Books, January 1981. First Thus. Soft Cover. Octavo. First Vintage paperback edition. Shelf worn with some darkening at margins. [173 pages]. More
Vintage, January 1976. Trade Paperback. A testament to the power of the human spirit under conditions of extreme oppression, this landmark history of slavery in the South challenged conventional views by illuminating the many forms of resistance to dehumanization that developed in slave society. Displaying keen insight into the minds..... More
Basic Books, January 2023. Hardcover. A new history of Black Liberation, told through the intertwined story?of two grassroots organizers? ? The Black Power movement, often associated with its iconic spokesmen, derived much of its energy from the work of people whose stories have never been told. Stayed On Freedom brings..... More
Anchor, January 2009. Trade Paperback. This groundbreaking historical expose unearths the lost stories of enslaved persons and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude shortly thereafter in "The Age of Neoslavery." By turns moving, sobering, and shocking, this..... More
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, December 1998. Trade Paperback. Fair and long-legged, independent and articulate, Janie Crawford sets out to be her own person -- no mean feat for a black woman in the '30s. Janie's quest for identity takes her through three marriages and into a journey back to her..... More
Running Press Adult, December 2022. Hardcover. A vibrant collection of biographies and illustrated portraits that capture the brilliance of more than thirty American icons, Historically Black is a celebration of Black excellence in fields ranging from politics to STEM, sports to pop culture, and more. From the moment the first..... More
Basic Books, January 2023. Hardcover. From a Bancroft Prize winner, a harrowing portrait of Black workers and white hypocrisy in nineteenth-century Boston Impassioned antislavery rhetoric made antebellum Boston famous as the nation's hub of radical abolitionism. In fact, however, the city was far from a beacon of equality. In No..... More
Dell, February 1970. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with moderate edgewear. Turkish blue tinted textblock edges top & bottom & fore-edge. [384 pages]. More
Meredith Press, January 1967. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in well worn dustjacket with edgewear & chipping. Front flap is clipped. Top right corner of FFEP is also clipped. Black cloth covered boards with stamped gold lettering along spine. Corners bumped. Heavy wear top & bottom of spine with small tears..... More
