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Policing and Race: The Debate Over Excessive Use of Force
This book examines the long "history of violent encounters between law enforcement officers and Americans of color, particularly Black Americans"--
$30.95
Police Defunding and Reform: What Changes Are Needed?
After multiple police killings of unarmed African Americans, activists have called for immediate and meaningful changes. The focus is on community-police interactions, law enforcement policies, and the defunding of police departments. This book examines what defunding and other reforms entail...
$30.95
Partly Cloudy
From award-winning author Tanita S. Davis comes a nuanced exploration of the microaggressions of middle school and a young Black girl named Madalyn who learns that being a good friend means dealing with the blue skies and the rain—and having...
$16.99
Opal's Greenwood Oasis
"A beautiful and poignant reminder of the industry, joy and resilience of Black people in America."-Trey Ellis, Peabody and Emmy winning producer of King in the Wilderness andTrue Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality The year is 1921, and Opal Brown would...
$22.50
Oh, the Things We're For!
A new book by the author of A is for Activist is a rhyming, boldly illustrated vision of a better world.When you go to a marchAnd raise your sign highYou'll make people smilewho thought you were shyAnd you'll make people wonder, does...
$17.95
Not My Idea: A Book about Whiteness
For white folks who aren’t sure how to talk to their kids about race, this book is the perfect beginning. —O MAGAZINE
$18.95
No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History
Fans of We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices will love meeting fourteen young activists who have stepped up to make change in their community and the United States.Mari Copeny demanded clean water in Flint. Jazz Jennings insisted, as a transgirl,...
$18.99
Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition): The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree
A young reader’s adaptation of Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights, the memoir of activist and trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree, by Katie McCabe.Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the height of Jim Crow, Dovey Johnson Roundtree felt the sting of...
$19.99
Marching for Change: Movements Across America
Millions of Americans have marched and protested to fight inequality and to bring about social change. These large gatherings, filled with powerful and courageous voices, have shined a light on important issues and resulted in new laws. This book covers...
$17.99
March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy-selling Warriors Don’t Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow South.Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals...
$16.99
Lubaya's Quiet Roar
In this stirring picture book about social justice activism and the power of introverts, a quiet girl's artwork makes a big impression at a protest rally.Newbery Honor winner Marilyn Nelson and fine artist Philemona Williamson have come together to create...
$17.99
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment WeeklyNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO® STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE • ONE OF THE “MOST INFLUENTIAL” (CNN), “DEFINING” (LITHUB), AND “BEST”...
$25.00
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller and #1 USA Today bestsellerAmanda Gorman’s electrifying and historic poem “The Hill We Climb,” read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition.“Stunning.” —CNN“Dynamic.” —NPR“Deeply rousing and uplifting.” —Vogue
$15.99
The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America
$29.95
The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America
How the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminate America's racial divide On February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate...
$29.95
The Tradition
WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award "100 Notable Books of the Year," The New York Times Book Review One Book, One Philadelphia Citywide Reading Program Selection, 2021 "By some literary magic—no, it's...
$29.99
The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food: A Cookbook
An Eater Best Cookbook of Fall 2020 • This groundbreaking new cookbook from chef, bestselling author, and TV star Marcus Samuelsson celebrates contemporary Black cooking in 150 extraordinarily delicious recipes.It is long past time to recognize Black excellence in the culinary world the...
$38.00
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump.New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for...
$28.00
The Young Crusaders: The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement
An authoritative history of the overlooked youth activists that spearheaded the largest protests of the Civil Rights Movement and set the blueprint for future generations of activists to follow.Some of the most iconic images of the Civil Rights Movement are...
$29.95
Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal
A Finalist for the 2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in BiographyZora and Langston is the dramatic and moving story of one of the most influential friendships in literature. They were best friends. They were collaborators, literary gadflies, and champions of the common...
$27.95
Black Girl, Call Home
A Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Oprah Magazine • Time • Vogue • Vulture • Essence • Elle • Cosmopolitan • Real Simple • Marie Claire • Refinery 29 • Shondaland • Pop Sugar • Bustle • Reader's Digest “Nothing short of sublime, and the territory [Mans'] explores...couldn’t be more necessary.”—VogueFrom spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, and...
$15.00
Black Girl Baking: Wholesome Recipes Inspired by a Soulful Upbringing
**2019 James Beard Foundation Book Award Nominee**"Black Girl Baking has a rhythm and a realness to it." - Carla Hall, Chef and television personalityInvigorating and Creative Recipes to Ignite Your SensesFor Jerrelle Guy, food has always been what has shaped...
$21.99
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (Paperback) September 2021
An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author's interviews, rewriting much of the known narrative. Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly 30-year-long quest to...
$21.95
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
One of Publishers Weekly's 10 Best Books of 2017Longlisted for the National Book Award This “powerful and disturbing history” exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide (New York Times Book Review). In this groundbreaking history of the...
$27.95
Fences
From legendary playwright August Wilson comes the powerful, stunning dramatic bestseller that won him critical acclaim, including the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize.Troy Maxson is a strong man, a hard man. He has had to be...
$14.00
Citizen: An American Lyric
* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry ** Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner...
$20.00
Homie: Poems
FINALIST FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRYFINALIST FOR THE 2021 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR POETRYDanez Smith is our presidentHomie is Danez Smith’s magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Rooted in the loss of one of...
$16.00
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
The first full history of Black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment. No one concerned with issues of public health and racial justice can afford not to read this masterful book that...
$18.95
The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities
This comprehensive history of African American fraternities and sororities celebrates the spirit of Black Excellence in higher education that has produced American leaders in politics, sports, arts, and culture such as Kamala Harris, Colin Kaepernick, Michael Jordan, Thurgood Marshall, and Toni...
$21.95
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
The definitive sampling of a writer whose poems were “at the forefront of the Harlem Renaissance and of modernism itself, and today are fundamentals of American culture” (OPRAH Magazine). Here, for the first time, are all the poems that Langston Hughes...
$21.00
The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde
A complete collection―over 300 poems―from one of this country's most influential poets. "These are poems which blaze and pulse on the page."―Adrienne Rich "The first declaration of a black, lesbian feminist identity took place in these poems, and set the...
$21.95