Social Science
Social Science
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
A New York Times bestseller!“A hard-hitting resource for action and change.” —Booklist (starred review)“We don’t see color.” “I didn’t know Black people liked Star Wars!” “What hood are you from?” As a student in a largely white high school, Frederick Joseph often simply let...
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What We Don't Talk about
Farai and Adam have been dating for two years, but she's never met his parents. Until this weekend.Adam's parents have a lovely house in a beautiful small town. But after they arrive, Adam's mom immediately begins making racist comments about...
$15.00
The Overseer Class: A Manifesto
The author of the critically acclaimed The Viral Underclass (one of Kirkus Reviews best books of 2022) is back with The Overseer Class, which explores what happens when members of historically minoritized groups are selected for high-visibility positions of power within existing institutions—but under the...
$32.00
Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation
“An urgent call to action, a manifesto for justice, and a blueprint for a more equitable America. . . .It's time we confront our history head-on, and Radical Reparations provides the necessary tools.” —Congresswoman Barbara Lee A timely groundbreaking book in the...
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Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation
“An urgent call to action, a manifesto for justice, and a blueprint for a more equitable America. . . .It's time we confront our history head-on, and Radical Reparations provides the necessary tools.” —Congresswoman Barbara Lee A timely groundbreaking book in the...
$30.00
Race and Reckoning: From Founding Fathers to Today's Disruptors
Ranging from chattel slavery, through the New Deal to the Covid pandemic, a groundbreaking work that investigates how pivotal decisions have established and perpetuated discriminatory practices, even as the rise of disinformation and other modern advertising techniques have plunged democracy into an...
$28.00
Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler
A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work. As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field...
$19.00
Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler
A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work. As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field...
$30.00
Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All
“Much like the work of Michelle Alexander and Douglas Blackmon, Plant’s narrative traces connections among slavery, the Jim Crow regime and modern mass incarceration.”—Los Angeles Times A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America’s obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor...
$20.00
Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All
“Much like the work of Michelle Alexander and Douglas Blackmon, Plant’s narrative traces connections among slavery, the Jim Crow regime and modern mass incarceration.”—Los Angeles Times A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America’s obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor...
$29.00
Of Blood and Sweat
“Ford’s overlap of past and present, narrative and commentary is masterful, and makes this volume all the more valuable to those readers wise enough to allow the past to inform the future. Of Blood and Sweat is a myth-busting work...
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I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free
“Harrowing and insightful. . . . A profound work about the Black experience and white oppression.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “This work is vitally important and essential to understanding the magnitude of the impact of racism and violence.”—Library Journal (starred review) “Gripping, thought-provoking,...
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I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free
“Harrowing and insightful. . . . A profound work about the Black experience and white oppression.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “This work is vitally important and essential to understanding the magnitude of the impact of racism and violence.”—Library Journal (starred review) “Gripping, thought-provoking,...
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Honoring Sergeant Carter: A Family's Journey to Uncover the Truth about an American Hero
Allene Carter's father-in-law was a decorated veteran. Yet it was not until the Carter family received a call from the White House that she discovered he was a heroic force in the Rhineland campaign. President Clinton awarded the Medal of...
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A High Price for Freedom: Raising Hidden Voices from the African American Past
The author and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Publishing Project gives voice to long silent African Americans from the past, allowing them to tell their own stories that shed new light on critical moments in the Black...
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A High Price for Freedom: Raising Hidden Voices from the African American Past
The author and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Publishing Project gives voice to long silent African Americans from the past, allowing them to tell their own stories that shed new light on critical moments in the Black...
$30.00
Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood
From an accomplished historian comes an uncompromising look at the pervasive racism in Hollywood, as seen through the life and times of actress Hattie McDaniel Hattie McDaniel is best known for her performance as Mammy, the sassy foil to Scarlett...
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No More Lies: The Myth and Reality of American History
Republished as part of Amistad’s Literary Revival Program, the groundbreaking, bestselling look at history from the perspective of African Americans: an essential classic that continues to speak to us today, written by the voice of black consciousness, Dick Gregory—the incomparable...
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Magically Black and Other Essays
*** Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay**** ****Semi-Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor**** ****Finalist for the New England Book Award**** ****Longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award**** In this engaging follow up to How to...
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Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It
NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB's November 2023 Must Read Books • LIBRARY JOURNAL EDITOR PICK • “A groundbreaking book, both bold in its premise and precise in its exploration of systemic racism in the workplace. This could not be a more urgent and necessary...
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Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It
NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB's November 2023 Must Read Books • LIBRARY JOURNAL EDITOR PICK • “A groundbreaking book, both bold in its premise and precise in its exploration of systemic racism in the workplace. This could not be a more urgent and necessary...
$30.00
A Love Noire
When Noire, a hip, Afro-wearing Ph.D. student, walks into Brown Betty Books, her righteousness kicks in to overdrive amid the self-identified "talented tenth" who wear their double degrees and five-hundred-dollar shoes like badges of honor. And then Innocent, a well-heeled...
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God Is a Black Woman
In this timely, much-needed book—a blend of theology and spiritual memoir—theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland recounts her personal journey to dismantle the cultural "whitemalegod" and uncover the Sacred Black Feminine, introducing a Black Female God who imbues us...
$18.00
Life Is God's Best Gift: Wisdom from the Ancestors on Finding Peace and Joy in Today's World
Following the success of the megabestselling Black Pearls, a collection of 365 African proverbs that illuminate the secret to peace and joy; and inspire the words of Cudjo Lewis in Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon.In Africa, grandparents traditionally share their wisdom about life...
$23.00
Liberating Abortion: Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and Building the Reproductive Future We Deserve
“A gift to future generations.”—Cecile Richards, author of Make Trouble “Our storytellers meet the moment with powerful insight and testimonials.”—Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley A galvanizing history of abortion recentering people of color to put forth a timely argument that we must liberate...
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Liberating Abortion: Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and Building the Reproductive Future We Deserve
“A gift to future generations.”—Cecile Richards, author of Make Trouble “Our storytellers meet the moment with powerful insight and testimonials.”—Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley A galvanizing history of abortion, this powerful work of social justice recenters people of color to put forth a...
$30.00
Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic
A People Pick! “One of theyear’s must-reads.” –ELLE “[A] provocative,heart-breaking, and frequently hilarious collection.” –GLAMOUR “Essential,vital, and urgent.” –HARPER’S BAZAAR In the vein of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist and Issa Rae’s The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, but wholly its own, a provocative, humorous, and,...
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Every Where Alien
“Every Where Alien is a book that asks for interaction and understanding. . . . Brad Walrond defies aesthetic boundaries to write the poems that only he could write, poems that travel time and space for a truth that is sometimes...
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Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States
A recently discovered collection of folktales celebrating African American oral tradition, community, and faith...”splendidly vivid and true.”—New York Times Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels...
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Imagine Freedom: Transforming Pain Into Political and Spiritual Power
A social activist, journalist, public theologian, and international speaker who has become a powerful and brilliant voice of her generation offers a bold path to liberation and healing for people of African descent struggling in the shadows of the American...
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