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Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Natural Hair
A visual celebration of natural Black hair that highlights the powerful connection between mothers and their children during their wash day rituals.“A beautiful love letter to natural hair and the rituals Black women have created.”—Roxane GayIn this stunning book, documentary...
$30.00
WATCHNIGHT
In WATCHNIGHT, we accompany Johnson’s unnamed protagonist on a psychedelic quest across myriad forms, places, and times marked by climate crisis, exodus, and Black trans identity-making. In exhilarating lyric poems and chiseled prose blocks, Cyrée Jarelle Johnson charts the history of...
$17.95
We Alive, Beloved: Poems
NYT Bestselling Author Frederick Joseph explores a new genre in this captivating poetry collection that seeks to find joy in moments of difficulty whether through illuminating the beauty of being Black, highlighting the hope that can be found in childhood,...
$16.98
We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men
As seen in the New York Times The women have something to say. Are you listening? In this powerful and needed collection, editor Angela P. Dodson brings together the voices of more than thirty-five accomplished women writers on the topic of...
$29.98
woke up no light: poems
A poignant, rousing debut book of poetry, full of life, from the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland, Californiawoke up no light is a Black girl’s saunter turned to a woman’s defiant strut. These are the hymns of a new generation...
$28.00
Zora Neale Hurston (Coming soon-August 12, 2024)
The life, work, and legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most published African American women. This book explores the life and legacy of Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), the most-published African American woman of the first half of the twentieth century....
$22.00
Black Britannia: A History of Blacks in Britain (Hardcopy)
Paperback : 316 pages
Brawtley Caribbean Series
ISBN: 9781647540586
This book documents the role of Blacks in the social, economic, and cultural development of Britain from the seventeenth through the twentieth century.
$79.95
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives
$14.99
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives
Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers―who fought for liberty and justice for all―were slave owners? Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were “owned” by four of our greatest presidents, this middle-grade nonfiction book helps...
$14.99
Dilla Time
WINNER OF THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHYNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius.” ―QUESTLOVEEqual parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla,...
$20.00
Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou
“Words mean more than what is set down on paper,” Maya Angelou wrote in her groundbreaking memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Indeed, Angelou’s words have traveled the world and transformed lives—inspiring, strengthening, healing. Through a long and prolific...
$22.00
The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America
A startling and gripping reexamination of the Jim Crow era, as seen through the eyes of some of the most important American writers"Walker has opened up a fresh way of thinking about the intellectual history of the South during the...
$30.00
$26.00
Storms of Orisha
Elongated street lamps bow to the earth like angels and give dim light to the dark city. Silent prayers for the dead and the living are made and there arises an urban fantasy of allegorical insight and power. Storms of...
$20.00
$14.00
Akhenaten's Dreams
From the Author of the books: The Real Wakandas of Africa and The Great Wall of AfricaAkhenaten was the first Egyptian (Kemet's first) pharaoh to unite a nation under the concept of one God. In this thrilling work of historical...
$25.95
The Bell Curse
From the Author of the Book: The Real Wakandas of Africa: Dr. John Henrik Clarke vs. Herman Cain, the sequel to J.A. Rogers' book From Superman to Man, and host of the podcast: The Real Wakandas of Africa.The Bell Curse: A...
$25.95
From Man To Superman: Dr. John Henrik Clarke vs. Herman Cain: The most in-depth discussion of race and African history since J.A. Rogers’ book From Superman to Man
This book is the sequel to J.A. Rogers’ book: From Superman to Man and is an introduction to the field of African Studies. Here are 2 reviews by prominent scholars in the field of African Studies and former colleagues of...
$34.95
New Orleans Pharaoh: A Tribute to Dr. Maurice M. Martinez
This poetry book is a tribute to my father Dr. Maurice M. Martinez, Renaissance Man, Professor Emeritus UNCW, Former Professor Hunter College, CUNY, Protégé of Langston Hughes, Second African American in History to publish a Photobook that also contained Poetry,...
$25.95