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Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
**ABA Indies Choice Book Awards Winner****Black Caucus American Library Association Nonfiction Award Winner****L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist****A November LibraryReads Pick**Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the...
$32.00
Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women's Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century
$28.00
Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women's Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century
An uplifting collection of speeches by Black women, curated by the civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author When Mary Ann Shadd Cary—the first Black woman publisher in North America—declared, “break every yoke . . . let the oppressed...
$28.00
A Black Women's History of the United States
The award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this “groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States” (Ibram X. Kendi)—the perfect companion to An Indigenous People’s History of the United States and An African American and Latinx History of the United...
$30.00
Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-Ish and Beyond
With iconic imagery and engrossing text, Black TV is the first book of its kind to celebrate the groundbreaking, influential, and often under-appreciated shows centered on Black people and their experiences from the last fifty years. Over the past decade, television has seen an...
$35.00
A Black Queer History of the United States
The first-ever Black history to center queer voices, this landmark study traces the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans from slavery to present dayGender and sexual expression have always been part of the Black freedom struggleIn this latest book in Beacon’s...
$29.00
Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to '90s Sitcoms
The award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour presents a sweeping and insightful retrospective on the history of Black comedy in America. Black comedians have long played a pivotal role in shaping the American sense of humor. The 1990s showcased a golden era for...
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Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America (Original)
*A "Next Big Idea Club" Must-Read Book for January**An Essence "Books by Black Authors to Read This Winter" Pick**A Lambda Literary "Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature" for January**A Southern Review of Books Best Book of January**A Zibby's Most Anticipated Book of 2023**An Ebony Entertainment "Required Reading" Book for January*A...
$28.00
Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State
One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of the YearLonglisted for the National Book Award for NonfictionOne of The Washington Post's Best Nonfiction Books of the YearA New York Times Editors' Choice Pick“Powerful… [and] fascinating.” —The Washington PostThe remarkable story of Edward McCabe, a...
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Black Lives, American Love: Essays on Race and Resilience
"An eloquent and perceptive series of essays on Black lives in America" — Kirkus ReviewsIn this hard-hitting collection of essays, D.B. Maroon presents a personal biography of America, Blackness, and racial politics with unflinching style, and delivers a relentless truth-telling on some...
$28.00
The Black Joy Project
NAACP Image Award Finalist for Outstanding Debut Author Featuring 117 full-color photos and eight breathtaking essays on a force that fuels Black life all around the globe, this is Humans of New York meets The Black Book "A patchwork quilt of visually stunning...
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Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
A “vast, multifaceted and enchanting” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) meditation on the color blue and its fascinating role in Black history and culture, from National Book Award winner Imani Perry, “the most important interpreter of Black life in our time” (Eddie S....
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Black History Is for Everyone
A longtime educator explores how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race, nation, and the stories we tell about who we are.Black history is under attack from powerful forces that seek to excise it from classrooms, libraries,...
$25.00
The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Learn about the most important milestones in Black history in The Black History Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Black History in this...
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Black Girl, Call Home
“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 queer identity.With echoes of Gwendolyn Brooks and Sonia Sanchez, Mans writes to call herself—and...
$18.00
Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy
A powerful read redefining the meaning of genius while illuminating the ways in which Black Americans have found various ways to thrive despite insurmountable obstacles.**A Washington Post 50 Notable Nonfiction Books of 2025 Pick**Black genius sits at the heart of the American...
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Black Friend: Essays
With the razor-sharp, late-night comedic timing of a Ziwe interview and the pop-culture fluency of an NPR podcast, Black Friend is a hilarious, unapologetic dissection of modern tokenism. What does it actually feel like to be “the Black friend” in a predominantly...
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Black Freedom: A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days
The first fully illustrated history of Juneteenth and other Emancipation Day celebrations, told through photographs, art, and an engrossing narrative from an award-winning historian. For more than 150 years, Black communities have gathered to honor freedom, resilience, and the ongoing struggle...
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Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora [A Cookbook]
A beautiful, rich, and groundbreaking book exploring Black foodways within America and around the world, curated by food activist and author of Vegetable Kingdom Bryant Terry.“Mouthwatering, visually stunning, and intoxicating, Black Food tells a global story of creativity, endurance, and imagination that was sustained...
$40.00
Black Film: A History of Black Representation and Participation in the Movies
An illustrated history that celebrates the legacy of Black actors, films, and filmmakers from the silent era through today and explores the deeply embedded racism of the film industry, from the award-winning author of The Black Panther PartyIn Black Film, Eisner Award-winning...
$25.00
The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers
A Scientific American Favorite Book of 2025The riveting story of the McKissack family—the founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the mid-1800s to its thriving status today—in a moving celebration of resilience...
$29.00
Black Evidence: A History and a Warning
A fierce exposé of the resistance to believing Black people and its devastating effects throughout American history. From Reconstruction to Redemption, from the enactment of landmark civil rights legislation to the execution of the Southern strategy, from 2020’s multiracial protests...
$32.00
Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll
African American women have played a pivotal part in rock and roll—from laying its foundations and singing chart-topping hits to influencing some of the genre's most iconic acts. Despite this, black women's importance to the music's history has been diminished...
$31.00
Black Art: A Cultural History
This groundbreaking study explores the visual representations of Black culture across the globe throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. The African diaspora―a direct result of the transatlantic slave trade and Western colonialism―has generated a wide array of artistic...
$30.00
Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life
A photographic celebration and exploration of Black identity and experience through the twentieth century from the founder and curator of the hit multimedia platform Black Archives.“Browsing the book ultimately feels like looking through one immense family photo album. And that’s...
$35.00
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
Winner of the Christopher Award 2024NPR Science Friday Best Summer Beach Reads 2024Gotham Book Finalist 2024NASW Science in Society Journalism Award Finalist 2024PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Finalist 2024"An incredible story...the writing is phenomenal." —John Green, author of Everything Is TuberculosisNew York City, 1929....
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Black American History for Dummies
Go deeper than the Black History you may think you know! Black American History For Dummies reveals the terrors and struggles and celebrates the triumphs of Black Americans. This handy book goes way beyond what you may have studied in school,...
$25.00
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE * AMAZON'S TOP 20 HISTORY BOOKS OF 2023 * B&N BEST OF EDUCATIONAL HISTORY * THE ROOT'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 From acclaimed...
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Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller! From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life. If it weren't for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg....
$29.00
Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights
"Penningroth's conclusions emerge from an epic research agenda.... Before the Movement presents an original and provocative account of how civil law was experienced by Black citizens and how their 'legal lives' changed over time . . . [an] ambitious, stimulating, and provocative...
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Becoming Spectacular: The Rhythm of Resilience from the First African American Rockette
The first African American Rockette charts her journey to one of the world's most celebrated dance troupes in this gripping performing arts memoir that, for the first time, goes behind the velvet curtains at Radio City's legendary holiday show. "Smashing...
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