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Ladies of Little Rock: Black Femininity and Respectability Politics in the Fight to Desegregate Central High School
Ladies of Little Rock explores the agency and activism of middle-class Black women and girls who led the movement to desegregate Little Rock Central High School. Misti Nicole Harper argues that these ladies assumed this responsibility as part of a broader...
$44.00
Black Summers: Growing Up in the Urban Outdoors
Remember frolicking outside during the long, jubilant days of summer? This vibrant collection invites readers to breathe deeply and return to that "carefree" season. From riding bikes with friends through the neighborhood, to hopping the ferry to Boblo Island, catching...
$55.00
Black Studies on 135th Street: The Founding and Future of the Schomburg Collection
A centennial celebration of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and its vital role in the development of Black Studies In 1926, the Afro–Puerto Rican bibliophile Arturo Schomburg’s collection of four thousand books, pamphlets, papers, and prints arrived at...
$55.00
Black. Single. Mother.: Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging
A personal meditation on, examination of, and tribute to Black single motherhood, unapologetically told through poignant essays and candid interviews by a celebrated cultural critic“Jamilah Lemieux is one of the most important feminist writers of the twenty-first century.”—Brittney CooperWith her...
$32.00
The Black Shield: An American Memoir of Family and Power
Both an epic history and an intimate family story, a startling account of the lives of Black cops in one Midwestern city.Amid the fervent protests over police killings in 2020, the reporter Wilbert L. Cooper returned to his hometown of...
$32.00
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...
$33.00
Black Narratives of Slavery: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThis Very Short Introduction brings together a wide range of narratives of slavery across a broad historical period to understand how Black people--enslaved and not-enslaved--have experienced and imagined slavery. It also investigates how slavery's long reach and...
$13.00
Strung Up: How White America Learned to Lynch Black Children
A powerful, unsettling, and unflinching exploration that forces readers to confront lynching as a devastating legacy of white childhood conditioning, and to reckon with the corrupting force of a system that trained children to become its willing executionersStrung Up examines how...
$33.00
Stories in the Seams: A People's History of Black Quilts and Their Makers
A sweeping survey of Black quiltmaking in America with stunning archival photographs of quilters and quilting bees, as well as full-page reproductions of both significant historical quilts and bold contemporary creations. This compelling volume gives Black quilting traditions long-overdue attention,...
$30.00
Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck: The Proven Path to Break Free from Debt, Build Real Wealth, and Live Free on Any Income
A Better Way to Live Is Within Reach Number one national bestselling author and trusted financial expert Anthony O'Neal provides the practical tools and everyday habits needed to build margin even if you're starting from zero. Drawing from his own...
$30.00
Star Power: Poems
A celebration and testament to the tenacity of life on the margins, brilliantly illuminating Black and queer experience.In this collection, a jubilant testimony to the joys and hardships of the Black queer experience, poet Nicholas Goodly explores language that venerates...
$18.00
Stages: Poems
“Tramaine Suubi is a visionary love poet, and stages makes a singular life feel vaster than the life cycle of a star. In this poetry of dissolution and re-making, of multiplications and expansion, embodied tenderness is a force capable of moving us...
$20.00
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Explore the Stories Behind the LegendsFirst introduced in 2011 by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli, Miles Morales reconceived Spider-Man as African American and Latinx, and his debut marked a new direction in the saga of a beloved character.Miles Morales...
$15.00
Southern Roots: Recipes and Stories from Mama Dip's Daughter
From the daughter of the legendary Mildred “Mama Dip” Council, a heartfelt cookbook celebrating four generations of Black restaurateurs and the soulful recipes that nourished a community. For nearly fifty years, Mama Dip’s Kitchen wasn’t just one of Chapel Hill,...
$30.00
The South African Cookbook: Authentic Flavor-Packed Recipes from Cape Town to Durban
Rising star Chef Nokx Majozi brings a taste of the myriad cultures and influences of South African cooking to your kitchen.From a hearty Boerewors roll to a fresh rainbow salad, and from iconic bobotie to the infamous melktert, this mouthwatering...
$38.00
Soulful Maximalism: A Colorful Guide to Living Boldly at Home
Design a home that speaks to your soul using color and cultural charm.Your home should be a love story about you, your dreams, and what brings you joy. With Soulful Maximalism as your guide, embrace the life of a maximalist through color...
$30.00
The Soul Instinct
From Beatrice Dixon, founder of The Honey Pot Company, comes an inspiring memoir about overcoming adversity—personally and professionally—by trusting her intuition and following what she calls her “soul instinct” to build the life of her dreams.Beatrice Dixon, cofounder and CEO...
$30.00
Soul: A Brief History of Black Cultural Life
A passionate and illuminating account of soul, the hard-won wisdom shepherded by Black people throughout generations How did enslaved Africans turn America’s infamous failure into the greatest moral occasion of modern Western life? In this book, Christopher Freeburg answers that...
$28.00
Soomaaliya: Food, Memory, and Migration: A Cookbook
75 recipes spanning cherished classics and modern interpretations, bringing the soul of Somali cooking to the world stage. Known by many names, the cape of spices, the nation of poets, and the land of cinnamon, Somalia is nestled in the...
$40.00
Songbook of Slavery and Emancipation
Throughout the history of slavery in the Americas, music carried messages of survival, rebellion, and solidarity. Enslaved people composed songs that were far more than laments—they were calls for liberty and revolution, celebrating heroes like Gabriel Prosser and Nat Turner...
$25.00
Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me
Part memoir by the daughter of the iconic comedian Richard Pryor, part exploration of the historical and contemporary use of the N-word, this hybrid book peels back the curtain on the life of Pryor and interrogates the most perplexing word...
$29.00
Black Mafia Queen: The Woman Behind the Bmf Empire
In this incredible-but-true crime memoir from “The First Lady of BMF” (Black Mafia Family), Tonesa Welch reveals the dramatic story of her unlikely rise from middle-class teenaged mom to Mafia Queen of Detroit, from Beverly Hills mansions to federal prison—and...
$28.00
Roots: Jamaican Food & Culture
Inspired by his multicultural upbringing, professional chef Kristian Smith set out to recreate the mouthwatering flavors present in all his favorite Jamaican dishes from childhood. The result of over a decade's worth of experimenting with the best methods and ingredients...
$35.00
The Black Madonna: Icon of Resistance and Nourisher of Souls
Meet Black Madonna—Mother of Abundance, Holy Insurrectionist, Our Lady of F Around and Find OutThis bold reclamation of the divine feminine offers a new vision of Black Madonna as a unifying figure of refuge, resistance, and renewal. When we are...
$19.00
Root Therapy: How to Love Your Hair (and Find Yourself)
Embrace and learn to love your natural hair with this eye-opening guide from “hair whisperer” to the stars, Felicia Leatherwood.As a child there was nothing Felicia Leatherwood wanted more than long, flowy hair. But Felicia’s short afro grew up and...
$28.00
Romare Bearden: Paris Blues: Painting Jazz
The first publication to focus on a rarely seen series of jazz-infused collages that explore the African American experience and the artist’s lifelong relationship to jazz music, by one of the most important and influential visual artists of the twentieth...
$50.00
Black Heel Strings: A Choptank Memoir
In this lyrical memoir, Robin Michel Caudell meditates on memory and identity as she traces her childhood in a Black family navigating poverty and racism on the Delmarva Peninsula. Many know Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman’s exodus stories out of...
$30.00
The Black Girla (Tm)S Guide to Building a Boutique Farm: Practical Advice to Keep Your Business Cute, Profitable, and Sustainable
An empowering, step-by-step guide that will equip readers with the essential tools and insights to build successful boutique farm brands. Merging agricultural know-how with entrepreneurial expertise, cultural wisdom, and a unique focus on brand identity, this book offers a clear roadmap for establishing and scaling boutique farming enterprises that are economically viable and culturally impactful. The book delves...
$30.00
Riding Into History: The Surprising Story of Sarah Keys Evans and the Fight to Desegregate Bus Travel
As a member of the integrated Women’s Army Corps, Private First Class Sarah Keys served her country as a receptionist at Fort Dix, New Jersey. When she boarded a bus home to North Carolina in 1952, she never expected to...
$30.00