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Covenant with Black America - Twenty Years Later
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Covenant with Black America - Twenty Years Later

9781401994235
$18.99
Twenty years after sparking a national dialogue, The Covenant with Black America returns with renewed urgency, weaving original insights with contemporary voices, and reminding us that our...
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Pardon My Frenchie (PB) (2024)
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Pardon My Frenchie (PB) (2024)

9781538739143
$17.99
The New York Times bestselling author of Almost There delivers the start of a new rom-com series with an enemies-to-lovers romance, perfect for readers of Abby Jimenez and Jasmine Guillory. Ashanti...
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Amari and the Despicable Wonders #3 (HC) (2024)
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Amari and the Despicable Wonders #3 (HC) (2024)

9780062975225
$19.99
The highly anticipated third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Supernatural Investigations series that began with Amari and the Night Brothers! Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a...
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She Who Knows (HC) (2024)
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She Who Knows (HC) (2024)

9780756418953
$23.00
⭐ "Readers will devour this." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Part science fiction, part fantasy, and entirely infused with West African culture and spirituality, this novella offers an intimate...
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The Book of Juju: Africana Spirituality for Healing, Liberation, and Self-Discovery (HC) (2024)
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The Book of Juju: Africana Spirituality for Healing, Liberation, and Self-Discovery (HC) (2024)

9781454951285
$19.99
In order to know where you're going, you must know where you've been. In her debut book, podcaster, priestess, and all-around badass witch Juju Bae teaches you how to connect with your ancestors,...
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Negotiating While Black: Be Who You Are to Get What You Want (HC) (2024)
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Negotiating While Black: Be Who You Are to Get What You Want (HC) (2024)

9780593544600
$30.00
A real-world, one-of-a-kind resource for anyone who has ever been underestimated, overlooked, or misunderstood at the negotiating table. There's no shortage of negotiation books that advise you to...
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The Rich People Have Gone Away (HC) (2024)
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The Rich People Have Gone Away (HC) (2024)

9780593241868
$29.00
A diverse group of New Yorkers are brought together by the search for a missing woman--in this electric novel of secrets, connection, and community. "Riveting . . . mines the delicate and treacherous...
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Get Up and Get on It: A Black Entrepreneur's Lessons on Creating Legacy and Wealth (HC) (2024)
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Get Up and Get on It: A Black Entrepreneur's Lessons on Creating Legacy and Wealth (HC) (2024)

9781394198696
$28.00
A compelling story of entrepreneurial determination Are you ready to embark on an inspiring journey of resilience and success, especially for those often facing daunting challenges in our society?...
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House of Shades (9780358627920)
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House of Shades

9780358627920
$30.00
In this dark, immersive tale steeped in atmosphere and drama, the author of Theatre of Marvels returns to Victorian London to tell the story of a young Black female doctor's dangerous quest...
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Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest (HC) (2024)
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Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest (HC) (2024)

9781595911346
$28.00
Embark on a captivating journey with Love & Whiskey. New York Times bestselling author Fawn Weaver unveils the hidden narrative behind one of America's most iconic whiskey brands. This book is a...
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Kwame Crashes the Underworld (HC) (2024)
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Kwame Crashes the Underworld (HC) (2024)

9781250900265
$17.99
TRISTAN STRONG meets Guillermo del Toro's THE BOOK OF LIFE in Craig Kofi Farmer's stunning middle grade fantasy about a boy hurled into the Ghanaian underworld to help his late grandmother save...
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The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America (HC) (2024)
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The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America (HC) (2024)

9780226730592
$35.00
Revealing a history that is deep, broad, and infuriating, The Black Tax casts a bold light on the racist practices long hidden in the shadows of America's tax regimes. American taxation is...
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The Fire Next Time; Nobody Knows My Name; No Name in the Street; The Devil Finds Work: Introduction by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (HC) (2024)
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The Fire Next Time; Nobody Knows My Name; No Name in the Street; The Devil Finds Work: Introduction by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (HC) (2024)

9781101908471
Black Books Matter: James Baldwin Edition
$32.00
A major hardcover compendium of nonfiction by one of America's most brilliant essayists, timed to the celebration of his centenary Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual James Baldwin is widely...
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Lovely One: A Memoir
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Lovely One: A Memoir

9780593729908
$35.00
In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story. With this unflinching account,...
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God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin (HC) (2024)
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God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin (HC) (2024)

9781954947092
Black Books Matter: James Baldwin Edition
$39.95
Baldwin's life and legacy as remembered by a pantheon of artists and writers: from Jamaica Kincaid and Barry Jenkins to Richard Avedon and Alice Neel When author James Baldwin died in 1987, he left...
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The New Jim Crow (PB)
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The New Jim Crow (PB)

9781620971932
$18.99
A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller--"one of the most influential books of the past 20 years," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education--with a new preface by the...
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me
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Between the World and Me

9780812993547
Mahogany's List of Black Banned Books
$26.00
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - NAMED ONE OF TIME'S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST - ONE...
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Dream Big, Little One by Vashti Harrison Dream Big, Little One ( Little Leaders )
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Dream Big, Little One ( Little Leaders )

9780316475099
$8.99
This beautifully illustrated board book edition of instant bestseller Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History showcases women who changed the world and is the perfect goodnight book to inspire...
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

9781580911863
$16.99
The fourteen essays and speeches collected in this work, several of them published for the first time, span almost a decade of this Black lesbian feminnist's work. Lorde is unflinching in her...
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The Warmth of Other Suns (PB) The Warmth of Other Suns (PB)
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The Warmth of Other Suns (PB)

9780679763888
$17.95
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this beautifully written masterwork, the Pulitzer Prize-winnner and bestselling author of Caste chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the...
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye
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The Bluest Eye

9780307278449
Mahogany's List of Black Banned Books
$14.95
March 2024 Bookclub Selection NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner powerfully examines our obsession with beauty and conformity--and asks questions about race, class, and gender...
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (PB)
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (PB)

9780812984965
$18.00
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX - A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our...
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (PB)

9781568585987
$19.99
2016 National Book Award Winner, Nonfiction Americans like to insist that we are living in a post-racial, color-blind society. In fact, racist thought is alive and well; it has simply become more...
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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

9780593134047
$32.00
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A chorus of extraordinary voices tells the epic story of the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present--edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author...
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Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment
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Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment

9781534451865
Elementary School Reading List
$17.99
A New York Times bestseller!   A visit to Washington, DC's National Portrait Gallery forever alters Parker Curry's young life when she views First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait.   When...
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Such a Fun Age
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Such a Fun Age

9780525541905
$26.00
A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter,...
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All About Love: New Visions
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All About Love: New Visions (Bell Hooks Love Trilogy)

9780060959470
$15.99
"The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet...we would all love better if we used it as a verb," writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love. Here, at her...
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The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time (Vintage Ed.)
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The Fire Next Time (Vintage Ed.)

9780679744726
Black Books Matter: James Baldwin Edition
$13.95
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation, gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement--and still lights the way to understanding...
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

9780316453691
High School Reading List
$18.99
The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller!A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America   This is NOT a history book.This is a book about...
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