Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies
An End to Inequality: Breaking Down the Walls of Apartheid Education in America
An eloquent and passionate call for educational reparations, from the New York Times bestselling author When Jonathan Kozol’s Death at an Early Age appeared in 1967, it rocked the education world. Based on the Rhodes Scholar’s first year of teaching in Boston’s Black community,...
$25.98
Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services―Notes of a Former Caseworker
"It’s an invaluable insider account of a pressing social issue." - Publishers Weekly Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted...
$28.99
Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice (coming soon- August 6, 2024)
How states are making their legal systems more equitable, seen through the story of a Black man falsely imprisoned for thirty years for murder.In 1987, Ben Spencer, a twenty-two-year-old Black man from Dallas, was convicted of murdering white businessman Jeffrey...
$30.00
Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's Lies (coming soon)
Known worldwide as Lead Belly, Huddie Ledbetter (1889–1949) is an American icon whose influence on modern music was tremendous – as was, according to legend, the temper that landed him in two of the South's most brutal prisons, while his...
$27.95
Bloody Tuesday: The Untold Story of the Struggle for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa
The dramatic story of one of the most violent episodes of the civil rights movement and its role in the ongoing reckoning with racial injustice in the United States.On Bloody Sunday, activist John Lewis led over 600 marchers across the...
$34.99
Blackwildgirl: A Writer’s Journey to Take Back Her Superpower
Blackwildgirl begins her life as a queen superpower. When she is still a child, however, her parents strike a bargain that leads to her dethronement—and sets her on a forty-five-year journey to become the warrior she was born to be:...
$17.95
Blacksound: Making Race and Popular Music in the United States
A new concept for understanding the history of the American popular music industry. Blacksound explores the sonic history of blackface minstrelsy and the racial foundations of American musical culture from the early 1800s through the turn of the twentieth century. With this...
$40.00
The Black Woman’s Guide to Coping with Stress: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Skills to Create a Life of Joy and Well-Being (The New Harbinger Voices
Do you feel like you’re doing it all for everyone—all the time? This book offers mindful self-awareness practices to help you prioritize self-care, soothe stress, and create a life of joy, fulfillment, and well-being. As a Black woman, do you...
$18.95
The Black Practice of Disbelief: An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers
A short introduction to Black Humanism: its history, its present, and the rich cultural sensibilities that infuse itIn the United States, to be a Black American is to be a Black Christian. And there’s something to this assumption in that...
$24.95
Crazy as Hell: The Best Little Guide to Black History
By turns hilarious, candid, and heartbreaking, this powerful book takes the straitjacket off Black history. A refreshing, insightful, sacrilegious take on African American history, Crazy as Hell explores the site of America’s greatest contradictions. The notables of this book are the runaways...
$13.54
The Black Box: Writing the Race
“Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. Here, he returns with an intellectual and at times deeply personal meditation on the hard-fought evolution and the very meaning of African American identity, calling upon our country to transcend its manufactured divisions.”— Isabel...
$30.00
Big Red's Mercy: The Shooting of Deborah Cotton and a Story of Race in America
The moving story of a New Orleans woman who fought for justice and her community even amidst one of the city's darkest moments.Mark Hertsgaard and Deborah Cotton were strangers to one another, united only by a love of jazz and...
$28.95
Being Black in America's Schools: A Student-Educator-Reformers Call for Change
For readers of The Knowledge Gap, Race to the Bottom, and The Inequality Machine, education and equity strategist Brian Rashad Fuller sheds a stark light on America's public schools, the miseducation of students of color, and the action required to make tangible changes and...
$28.00
Another Land of My Body
Ephemeral yet tangible, bridging the delicate border between understanding and awe, Rodney Terich Leonard’s poems live in the world even as they leave it, clinging like “a ribbon in the sand / Captivated by your ankle,” that “Bojangles next to...
$17.95
Ancestral Genomics: African American Health in the Age of Precision Medicine
A leading evolutionary historian offers a radical solution to racial health disparities in the United States.Constance B. Hilliard was living in Japan when she began experiencing joint pain. Her doctor diagnosed osteoarthritis―a common ailment for someone her age. But her...
$32.95
AfriCali: Recipes from My Jikoni (Coming Soon- August 13, 2024)
African cuisine is infused with Californian culture to create delicious, unique meals in this beautiful fusion cookbook.Kiano Moju was born to a Kenyan mother and a Nigerian father and raised in California. While she spent her summer breaks in Kenya,...
$35.00
Africa, My Passion (Coming Soon - August 27, 2024)
In an exquisite personal pilgrimage, Corinne Hofmann, author of the global bestseller The White Masai, delves into the slums of Nairobi to uncover the heart-warming and heart-breaking stories of unforgettable people and places. Joined by her half-Kenyan daughter, Napirai, and...
$23.99
Mary Had a Little Plan: Mary Had a Little Glam (Volume 2)
After glamming it up with her school friends in the bestselling Mary Had a Little Glam, children's book author Tammi Sauer brings back Mary, the resourceful, stylish little girl protagonist for another exciting adventure. This time, a little plan that has a big...
$17.99
Mama's Library Summers: A Picture Book
Mama’s Library Summers is a moving picture book tribute to a strong Black mother, libraries, and the power of reading and of seeing oneself in books by the author of Chef Edna, Melvina Noel, and illustrator Daria Peoples.Every summer, Mama takes her...
$18.99
Mama's Home
A gorgeously illustrated picture book that is a powerful love letter to chosen families and the village that raises us. A young girl basks in the love of her community--which includes not only her mother but the many different women...
$18.99
The Magical Snowflake
Experience the enchanting and timeless tale of expectation, anticipation, and wonder crafted by renowned children’s book author Bernette Ford. The Magical Snowflake captures the heartwarming essence of a young girl amid the frosty snow, making it more than just a children’s Christmas...
$18.99
Lovely Day
Bill Withers's celebrated hit song "Lovely Day" comes to life in this beautifully illustrated picture book! "'Lovely Day' is a positive and uplifting song that comforts the soul. I'm thrilled to see my husband’s beautiful words come to life in...
$18.99
Lorraine
Old Crow Medicine Show founder and Grammy award-winning musician Ketch Secor teams up with Ashley Bryan Award-winning illustrator Higgins Bond to create this sweeping, epic Americana story about the power of music and family. "Who needs a whistle or some...
$7.99
The N-Word of God
The N-Word of God is a literary graphic novel of interconnected illustrated stories of social insight, cognitive surprise, wry mirth, and Black existential wonder. Artist Mark Doox transports readers back to the beginning of the universe when God fatefully declared...
$29.99
White Over Black: American Attitudes toward the Negro, 1550-1812
In 1968, Winthrop D. Jordan set out in encyclopedic detail the evolution of white Englishmen's and Anglo-Americans' perceptions of blacks, perceptions of difference used to justify race-based slavery, and liberty and justice for whites only. This second edition, with new...
$47.50
The Finest Thief in the Kingdom: Libyan Tales from Sadeq Naihoum
The collection’s title, Min Qisas Alatfal, literally means Children’s Tales, however these stories are far from your average bedtime read. They are socio-political tales told from a satirical and critical perspective. Naihoum writes about his native Libya, bringing to life...
$14.95
And So I Roar: A Novel
A stunning, heart wrenching new novel from Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding VoiceWhen Tia accidentally overhears a whispered conversation between her mother—terminally ill and lying in a hospital bed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria—and her aunt,...
$28.00
You Are NOT Negro, Black, Coloured, Morisco Nor An African Slave!
Grand Sheik Kudjo Adwo El examines the history of various misnomers of Moorish Americans since their initial encounter with the nations of Europe and their socio-political implications. Using various scholarly sources, G.S. Adwo El demonstrates the importance of preserving national...
$16.75
Official Proclamation of Real Moorish American Nationality: Black and White Edition Prepared for Public Distribution
In 1928, Noble Drew Ali attended the Pan-American Conference in Havana, Cuba. At said conference, our Prophet received from the nations of America the mandate recognizing the Moors' claim to the Americas, and simultaneously, the expiration of the European mandate...
$18.65
Nationality: The Order of the Day: The Divine Message and Warning, ALL Garveyites, Rastafarians, Black Nationalist & Pan Africans
Message to the bearers of the Red Black and Green brought by The Prophet in these days and his Forerunner. In this, his seminal title, Grand Sheik Kudjo Adwo El expounds on the necessity of nationality in self-determination.
$16.99