- Product
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire (PB)
9780345453488$18.00The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any... -
The Butler: A Witness to History
9781476752990$18.00A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow and a writer for the "Washington Post", Wil Haygood has been described as a cultural historian. He is the author of a trio of iconic biographies. His "King of the Cats: The Life and Times of... -
Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir
9781586486709$19.99As a young college student in Atlanta, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. had a summer job driving a white banker around town. During the man's post-luncheon siestas, Jordan passed the time reading books, a fact that astounded his boss. "Vernon can read!" the man... -
The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World (HC) (2023)
9781953368546$38.00The true story of Marshall "Major" Taylor, who overcame racial prejudice to become one of the most dominant cyclists in history. Part of Belt's Revival series and with an introduction by Zito Madu.The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World, which Taylor... -
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (PB) (2021)
9781324091059$21.95Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to create an unprecedented portrait of Malcolm X, one that would separate fact from fiction. The result is this historic,... -
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (HC) (2018)
9781524760854$25.00NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - From a leading voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female that exposes how white America's love affair with "diversity" so often falls short of its... -
Notes on Grief
9780593320808Essence Authors 2023$16.00From the globally acclaimed, best-selling novelist and author of We Should All Be Feminists, a timely and deeply personal account of the loss of her father. Essential. --BooklistNotes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope,... -
Hungry Hearts: Essays on Courage, Desire, and Belonging
9780593229620$26.00Sixteen innovators, creatives, and thought leaders--Austin Channing Brown, Sue Monk Kidd, and Luvvie Ajayi Jones, among others--share intimate stories of uncovering beauty and potential through moments of fear, loss, heartbreak, and uncertainty. Over the... -
Think Black: A Memoir
9780062890566$25.99A masterful storyteller, Ford interweaves his personal story with the backdrop of the social movements unfolding at that time, providing a revealing insider's view of the tech industry. . . simultaneously informative and entertaining. . . A powerful,... -
Ordinary Light: A Memoir
9780345804075$16.95The dazzling memoir from the U.S. Poet Laureate and author of Wade in the Water and Life on Mars. Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Denver Post In Ordinary Light, Pulitzer... -
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga
9780062201027$13.992016 NAACP Image Award Winner An award-winning journalist reveals a little-known and shameful episode in American history, when an African man was used as a human zoo exhibit a shocking story of racial prejudice, science, and tragedy in the early years... -
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original 9781439190463
9781439190463$22.00From the mind of brilliant historian Robin Kelley comes the first full biography of legendary jazz musician Thelonious Monk, including full access to the family's archives, dozens of interviews, and an afterword for Monk's 2017 centennial. Thelonious... -
The Lost Daughter
9780399160868$26.95Williams was born to Black Panther parents and grew up in Oakland, California, in the 70s--a vivid childhood during a time of immense political and cultural upheaval, though hardly idyllic. A daughter of the Black Panther movement tells her remarkable... -
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work (Toni Morrison Lecture)
9780691140186$19.95Publisher Comments: Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what I've always thought it meant to be a writer. Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her... -
Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs
9780393077476$26.95This stunning, visual biography of Michelle Obama chronicles her life since becoming First Lady. Photos of her on Inauguration Day, at play with her daughters, and greeting dignitaries at the White House place the popular First Lady into a cultural and... -
Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting
9780743298834$18.00Black people are dying everywhere we turn, in the faces we see and the headlines we read, and we feel emotional pain, but we don't know how to tackle it--it's time to recognize it and work through our trauma. Terrie had made it: she had launched her own...