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BORN TO WIN
"I am grateful to Althea Gibson for having the strength and courage to break through the racial barriers in tennis. She knocked down walls that gave us more freedom to concentrate on the game. . . . Althea's accomplishments set...
$50.00
WE WANT TO DO MORE THAN SURVIVE: ABOLITIONIST TEACHING AND THE PURSUIT OF EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM
Drawing on her life’s work of teaching and researching in urban schools, Bettina Love persuasively argues that educators must teach students about racial violence, oppression, and how to make sustainable change in their communities through radical civic initiatives and movements....
$24.99
$17.99
THE RACIAL HEALING HANDBOOK: PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOU CHALLENGE PRIVILEGE, CONFRONT SYSTEMIC RACISM, AND ENGAGE IN COLLECTIVE HEALING
Healing from racism is a journey that often involves reliving trauma and experiencing feelings of shame, guilt, and anxiety. This journey can be a bumpy ride, and before we begin healing, we need to gain an understanding of the role...
$24.95
SING A RHYTHM, DANCE A BLUES: EDUCATION FOR THE LIBERATION OF BLACK AND BROWN GIRLS
Wise Black women have known for centuries that the blues have been a platform for truth-telling, an underground musical railroad to survival, and an essential form of resistance, healing, and learning. In her highly anticipated follow-up to the widely acclaimed Pushout,...
$23.99
WE LIVE FOR THE WE: THE POLITICAL POWER OF BLACK MOTHERHOOD
In We Live for the We, first-time mother Dani McClain sets out to understand how to raise her daughter in what she, as a black woman, knows to be an unjust -- even hostile -- society. Black women are more likely...
$26.00
PROMISES KEPT: RAISING BLACK BOYS TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND IN LIFE
Regardless of how wealthy or poor their parents are, all black boys must confront and surmount the “achievement gap”: a divide that shows up not only in our sons’ test scores, but in their social and emotional development, their physical...
$18.00
PATHFINDERS: THE JOURNEYS OF 16 EXTRAORDINARY BLACK SOULS
Untold numbers of Black men and women in America have achieved great things against the odds. In this insightful book, award-winning author Tonya Bolden commemorates the lives of sixteen Black individuals who dared to dream, take risks, and chart courses...
$29.95
$24.95
TABLE TALK MATH: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR BRINGING MATH INTO EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS
Exploring math with your kids can be fun. Really! Maybe you love math. Maybe you still remember anxiety you felt as a student in math class. Either way, your kids are learning from you and deciding whether or not they...
$21.95
EDUCATING BLACK GIRLS
Making use of the latest trends and statistics, Educating Black Girls is a guidebook that looks at the academic performances of African American girls from kindergarten through high school. This work dissects such issues as the disproportionate number of black girls suspended...
$16.95
THE MISEDUCATION OF BLACK CHILDREN
Parents and teachers of black children who wish to confront the failures of the education system that have not been remedied by the No Child Left Behind Act will appreciate this dissection of the root issues affecting academic achievement. Postulating...
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SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP: HOW DISCIPLINE CAN SET STUDENTS FREE
On his very first day of school as a substitute teacher, Cinque Henderson was cursed at and openly threatened by one of his students. Not wanting trouble or any broken bones, Henderson called the hall monitor, who escorted the student...
$27.99
SOAR: HOW BOYS LEARN, SUCCEED, AND DEVELOP CHARACTER
From a respected educator who has advised Hillary Clinton and Cory Booker on scholastic issues, a “rare book that can bring tears to your eyes while showing the way to deep and meaningful social change” (New York Times bestselling author William...
$16.00
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SELF-PUBLISHING COMPLETE GUIDE TO SELF-PUBLISHING (EXPANDED & REVISED)
Provides writers with step-by-step guidance on every aspect of publishing and marketing a book. This guide also gives up-to-date advice on e-publishing and electronic rights. Appendices list marketing contacts, and other chapters cover production tips, cover design and advertising. Product...
$23.99
THE EDUCATION OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND THE IDEA OF RACE RELATIONS
Booker T. Washington has long held an ambiguous position in the pantheon of black leadership. Lauded by some in his own lifetime as a black George Washington, he was also derided by others as a Benedict Arnold. In The Education of...
$45.50
RADICAL INSURGENCIES
In Radical Insurgencies, Molefi Kete Asante has stitched together various social and political concerns with the skill of a quilt maker drawing inspiration from Africology, history, sociology, and philosophy. Dr. Nah Dove Africology Temple University Product details Publisher : Universal Write Publications...
$25.28
RAISING BLACK GIRLS
Geared toward African American parents, this handbook offers more than 50 tips on successfully guiding girls into womanhood and helping them avoid common pitfalls. The book looks at topics such as education, the definition of beauty, peer pressure, social media,...
$16.95
WHATEVER IT TAKES: GEOFFREY CANADA'S QUEST TO CHANGE HARLEM AND AMERICA
That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking. What would it take to change the lives of poor children—not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could...
$16.99
US(A.)
After four years abroad, Williams returned to the United States and found his head twirling with thoughts on race, class, gender, finance, freedom, guns, cooking shows, dog shows, superheroes, not-so-super politicians—everything that makes up our country. US(a.) is a collection of poems...
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THE 100 BEST AFRICAN AMERICAN POEMS
Award-winning poet and writer Nikki Giovanni takes on the impossible task of selecting the 100 best African American works from classic and contemporary poets. A startlingly vibrant collection that spans from historic to modern, from structured to freeform, and reflects...
$27.99
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FELON: POEMS
Felon tells the story of the effects of incarceration in fierce, dazzling poems―canvassing a wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic violence, fatherhood, and grace―and, in doing so, creates a travelogue for an imagined life....
$26.95