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Ace of Spades
Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully.All you need to know is . . . I’m here to divide and...
$18.99
Happy Hair
Full 'fro, cute bow! I love being me! Smart girl, cool curls! I love being me!Girls will love seeing strong, happy reflections of themselves in this vibrant, rhythmic book full of beautiful Black hairstyles. From a cute crop to pom-pom...
$10.00
Tar Beach (hardcover)
CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER • CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOKAcclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamless weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom,...
$18.99
SHEKINAH WELLNESS, YOURS FOR THE TAKING
Dr. Estella Conwill Majozo dynamically explores 7 Shekinah Wellness Mandates taken from 7 powerful women in the Bible and presents them as a model to inspire contemporary women to own physical empowerment. Read this book and move in good health,...
$20.00

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Home Bound
"This moving book is both an act of defiance — a way to construct a home outside of borders — and a timely manifesto on the need for more equitable housing policy in America, weaving her scholarship in economic justice...
$27.00
Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World (hardcover)
A renowned historian debunks current distortion and myths about European colonialism in the New World and restores much needed balance to our understanding of the past.Was America really “stolen” from the Indians? Was Columbus a racist? Were Indians really peace-loving,...
$23.00 $18.00
Zu Weiss Fur Die Schwarzen Und Zu Schwarz Fur Die Weissen: Der Kunstlerische Umgang Mit Identitat, Rassismus Und Hybriditat Bei Samy Deluxe Und B-Tight
Bin ich schwarz, weiss oder beides? In ihren Tracks nehmen die beiden afrodeutschen Rapper B-Tight und Samy Deluxe Stellung zu offentlichen Debatten uber nationale Identitat, Integration und Rassismus und pragen diese - dank ihrer Popularitat - auch entscheidend mit. B-Tight...
$57.00
The Year of the Lash: Free People of Color in Cuba and the Nineteenth-Century
Michele Reid-Vazquez reveals the untold story of the strategies of negotia­tion used by free blacks in the aftermath of the “Year of the Lash”―a wave of repression in Cuba that had great implications for the Atlantic World in the next...
$149.50
Year of Fire, Year of Ash: The Soweto Schoolchildren’s Revolt that Shook Apartheid
'We can say without fear of being contradicted by history, that June 16, 1976 heralded the beginning of the end of the centuries-old white rule in this country.'Nelson MandelaOriginally banned on publication by the apartheid government, Year of Fire, Year of...
$27.50
Writing Black Britain, 1948–98: An interdisciplinary anthology
The first anthology of its kind, this timely collection brings together a diverse range of black British literatures, essays and documents from across the post-war period within a single volume.. Spanning half a century, this rich archive of representations includes...
$29.99
World's Great Men of Color, Volume I
The classic, definitive title on the great Black figures in world history, beginning in antiquity and reaching into the modern age.World’s Great Men of Color is the comprehensive guide to the most noteworthy Black personalities in world history and their significance....
$20.00
Worlds Apart: Race in the Modern Period
Long before the physical advent of Blacks in Europe, Professor Dathorne asserts they featured over and over again in literature as marginalized Others, but rarely were real Blacks present. As English developed as a language, race came into the evolution...
$123.50
Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination
Decolonization revolutionized the international order during the twentieth century. Yet standard histories that present the end of colonialism as an inevitable transition from a world of empires to one of nations―a world in which self-determination was synonymous with nation-building―obscure just...
$38.50
Mandela: The Hero Who Led His Nation to Freedom
Nelson Mandela comes to life in this portrait of a diplomatic man whose commitment to freedom gained him both the Nobel Peace Prize and Time’s Man of the Year honor. The son of a Thembu chief in South Africa, Mandela began his...
$7.99
Working the Diaspora: The Impact of African Labor on the Anglo-American World, 1650-1850
From the sixteenth to early-nineteenth century, four times more Africans than Europeans crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. While this forced migration stripped slaves of their liberty, it failed to destroy many of their cultural practices, which came with...
$115.99
Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora
Afro-Latina women relate their personal stories and advocacy for racial equality
$24.95
Wizards and Scientists: Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity and Tradition
In Wizards and Scientists Stephan Palmié offers a corrective to the existing historiography on the Caribbean. Focusing on developments in Afro-Cuban religious culture, he demonstrates that traditional Caribbean cultural practices are part and parcel of the same history that produced modernity and...
$143.99
Within These Wicked Walls: A Novel
* Reese's Book Club Fall 2021 YA Pick * "Lauren Blackwood’s can’t-miss debut is a magical, Ethiopian-inspired remix of Jane Eyre." (Harper's Bazaar) What the heart desires, the house destroys.... Andromeda is a debtera — an exorcist hired to cleanse households...
$18.99
Wisdom for the Soul of Black Folk
An anthology of quotations by Black authors from Africa and the diaspora, organized in over 200 subject categories and in chronological order from Khemetic times to the present. The selections focus on increasing awareness, empowerment and motivation. Sources include Ptahotep,...
$27.99
"Winds Can Wake up the Dead": An Eric Walrond Reader
Eric Walrond (1898-1966), a significant figure in the Harlem Renaissance and New Negro Movement, is a seminal writer of Black diasporic life, but much of his work is not readily available. This new anthology brings together a broad sampling of...
$41.99
Why Wakanda Matters: What Black Panther Reveals About Psychology, Identity, and Communication
In 2018, the Marvel Cinematic Universe finally delivered on something fans had long been waiting for: a feature film with a solo Black superhero.Black Panther introduced viewers to the stunning world of Wakanda, a fictional African country with incredible technological advancements,...
$14.95
Whitman Noir: Black America and the Good Gray Poet
Walt Whitman’s now-famous maxim about “containing the multitudes” has often been understood as a metaphor for the democratizing impulses of the young American nation. But did these impulses extend across the color line? Early in his career, especially in the...
$56.00
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