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Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery
$28.00
Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery
The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery—and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history It began with a secret mission, no expenses...
$28.00
Chicken Soup for the Soul: I'm Speaking Now: Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope
Now more than ever, the strong, independent, courageous voices of Black women are being heard loud and clear. They share their truth about life, love, family, faith and hope in these 101 personal stories and 12 powerful poems. The world is listening. Black...
$14.95
Carry on: Reflections for a New Generation
A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from venerable civil rights champion, the late Congressman John Lewis at the end of his remarkable life.Congressman John Lewis was a paragon of the Civil Rights Movement and...
$22.00
Carrie Mae Weems
Essays and interviews explore the work of Carrie Mae Weems and its place in the history of photography, African American art, and contemporary art. In this October Files volume, essays and interviews explore the work of the influential American artist...
$45.00
Can I Mix You a Drink?
Grammy Award winning artist T-Pain brings Can I Mix You A Drink?, a liquor guide inspired by his Platinum hits, combining unique drinks with an experience that only T-Pain can provide.In 2007, "rappa ternt sanga" T-Pain released his hit single "Can I...
$29.99
Cack-Handed: A Memoir
The British comedian of Nigerian heritage and co-executive producer and writer of the CBS hit series Bob Hearts Abishola chronicles her odyssey to get to America and break into Hollywood in this lively and humorous memoir. According to family superstition, Gina Yashere...
$26.99
Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls
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Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls
What happens after you click Tweet? The heart-stopping definitive account of the mission to rescue hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls whose abduction ignited a global social media campaign and a dramatic worldwide intervention. In the spring of 2014, millions of Twitter users,...
$28.99
Boyz N the Void: A Mixtape to My Brother
Writing to his brother, G’Ra Asim reflects on building his own identity while navigating Blackness, masculinity, and young adulthood—all through wry social commentary and music/pop culture critiqueHow does one approach Blackness, masculinity, otherness, and the perils of young adulthood? For...
$24.95
Born in a Second Language
Born in a Second Language investigates how Born in a Second Language investigates how translation shapes and alters both language and identity as speakers travel through space and time. In this book, languages are a means of conjuring an existence,...
$16.00
Black Nerd Problems: Essays
The creators of the popular website Black Nerd Problems bring their witty and unflinching insight to this engaging collection of pop culture essays on everything from Mario Kart and The Wire to issues of representation and police brutality across media.When William Evans and Omar Holmon founded Black...
$27.00
Black Health Matters: The Vital Facts You Must Know to Protect Your Health and That of Your Loved Ones
It’s no secret that the black community tops the list of groups afflicted by hypertension, stroke, diabetes, heart disease, kidney failure, and cancer. What the statistics do not show is the pain, misery, and despair that these conditions create―not only...
$16.95
Black Girls Take World: The Travel Bible for Black Women with Boundless Wanderlust
A book to inspire wanderlust (or just some fun armchair travel) for young women of color.Black Girls Take World is the global travel bible for young women of color. Packed full of insider knowledge, travel tips and tricks, plus advice on...
$16.99
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 Boy Out of Time: A Memoir
An eloquent, restless, and enlightening memoir by one of the most thought-provoking journalists today about growing up Black and queer in America, reuniting with the past, and coming of age their own way. One of nineteen children in a blended...
$24.95
Beyond the Sand and Sea: One Family's Quest for a Country to Call Home
From Ty McCormick, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, an epic and timeless story of a family in search of safety, security, and a place to call home.When Asad Hussein was growing up in the world’s largest refugee...
$28.99
Beyond Baseball's Color Barrier: The Story of African Americans in Major League Baseball, Past, Present, and Future
A fascinating history celebrating Black players in Major League Baseball from the 1800s through today, with special insight into what the future may hold. In Beyond Baseball's Color Barrier: The Story of African Americans in Major League Baseball, Past, Present, and...
$32.00
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
Exploring the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing.To live in a body both fat and Black is to exist at the margins of a society that creates the conditions for anti-fatness as anti-Blackness. Hyper-policed by...
$14.95
Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence
From the woman who gave the landmark testimony against Clarence Thomas as a sexual menace, a new manifesto about the origins and course of gender violence in our society; a combination of memoir, personal accounts, law, and social analysis, and...
$30.00
America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s
“Not since Angela Davis’s 2003 book, Are Prisons Obsolete?, has a scholar so persuasively challenged our conventional understanding of the criminal legal system.” ―Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Washington Post From one of our top historians, a groundbreaking story of policing and “riots”...
$29.95
Afrosurf
Discover the untold story of African surf culture in this glorious and colorful collection of profiles, essays, photographs, and illustrations.AFROSURF is the first book to capture and celebrate the surfing culture of Africa. This unprecedented collection is compiled by Mami...
$40.00
Afrikan Wisdom: New Voices Talk Black Liberation, Buddhism, and Beyond
A spiritual, political, and interdisciplinary anthology of wisdom stories from Black liberation leaders and teachers.Afrikan Wisdom represents an intersectional, cross-pollinated exploration of Black life--past, present, and future. Award-winning author and editor Valerie Mason-John (Vimalasara)'s collection of 34 essays--written by an eclectic...
$19.95
African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy
A sacred feminine initiation of self-love and soul care rituals, tools, and exercises.Spiritual teacher, intuitive coach, and award-winning author, Abiola Abrams invites you to activate African goddess magic to transmute your fears and limiting beliefs, so that you can create...
$24.99
African Europeans: An Untold History
A dazzling history of Africans in Europe, revealing their unacknowledged role in shaping the continent Conventional wisdom holds that Africans are only a recent presence in Europe. But in African Europeans, renowned historian Olivette Otele debunks this and uncovers a...
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A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
In this inspiring coming-of-age memoir, a world-renowned astrophysicist emerges from an impoverished childhood and crime-filled adolescence to ascend through the top ranks of research physics. “You’ll encounter one extraordinary turn of events after another, as the extraordinary chess player, puzzle solver, and occasional grifter...
$28.00
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
A stirring meditation on Black performance in America from the New York Times bestselling author of Go Ahead in the Rain“Whether heralding unsung entertainers or reexamining legends, Hanif Abdurraqib weaves together gorgeous essays that reveal the resilience, heartbreak, and joy within Black performance. I...
$27.00
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues: What You Can Do Right Now to Help the Black Community
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A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues: What You Can Do Right Now to Help the Black Community
Learn how to address racial wealth disparity in the United States today From the life, professional experiences, and research of former Harvard Business School professor Steven Rogers, comes his boldly stated, A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues. This informative...
$25.00
Collected Poems
A representative collection of the life work of the much-honored poet and a founder of the Black Arts movement, spanning the 4 decades of her literary career.Gathering highlights from all of Sonia Sanchez’s poetry, this compilation is sure to inspire...
$29.95
An African American Cookbook: Exploring Black History and Culture Through Traditional Foods (Revised)
400 Soul Food Recipes for Appetizers, Main Meals, Breads, Pies, Cakes, Salads, and More!An African American Cookbook: Exploring Black History and Culture Through Traditional Foods is a bountiful collection of favorite foods and the memories that go with them. The foods...
$17.99
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft an extraordinary testament to people who are left out of the archives.“A history told with brilliance and tenderness and fearlessness.”—Jill...
$28.00
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,...
$24.99