Urban LIT.
Black Water Rising
“A near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterizations, and action-oriented plot.... Attica Locke [is] a writer wise beyond her years.”
— Los Angeles Times “Atmospheric… deeply nuanced... akin to George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane.... Subtle and compelling.”
— New York Times Publisher ...
$14.99
$8.99
Black Nihilism and Antiblack Racism
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
November 4, 2021
Hardcover : 207 pages
ISBN-10 : 1538153491
ISBN-13 : 978-1538153499
$115.00
Black Lives Matter at School
Black Lives Matter at School succinctly generalizes lessons from successful challenges to institutional racism that have been won through the BLM at School movement that began at one school in 2016 and has since spread to hundreds of schools across the...
$50.00
Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration
When Tracey M. Lewis-Giggetts wrote an essay on Black joy for The Washington Post, she had no idea just how deeply it would resonate. But the outpouring of positive responses affirmed her own lived experience: that Black joy is not just a...
$27.99
$16.79
Black in Blue: Lessons on Leadership, Breaking Barriers, and Racial Reconciliation
Chief Carmen Best has spent the last 28 years as a member of a big-city police force, an institution where minorities and women have historically found it especially difficult to succeed. She defied the odds and became the first Black...
$27.99
$16.79
Black Card
Chris L. Terry’s Black Card is an uncompromising examination of American identity. In an effort to be “Black enough,” a mixed–race punk rock musician indulges his own stereotypical views of African American life by doing what his white bandmates call “Black stuff.”...
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Black Buck
An unambitious twenty-two-year-old, Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, who wants nothing more than to see him live up to his potential as the valedictorian of Bronx Science. But Darren is content working at Starbucks in the...
$16.99
$10.19
The Black Athlete Revolt: The Sport Justice Movement in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter
A timely and significant examination of how Black athletes have used their influence to create meaningful change and reform for Black Americans. In the age of social media, athletes have a powerful influence like never before. Many Black athletes have...
$34.00
The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System
From ongoing reports of police brutality to the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on Black Americans, 2020 brought a renewed awareness to the deep-rootedness of racism and white supremacy in every facet of American life.Edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, The Black...
$28.99
$17.39
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
From one of the world’s leading experts on unconscious racial bias come stories, science, and strategies to address one of the central controversies of our timeHow do we talk about bias? How do we address racial disparities and inequities? What...
$28.00
$16.80
Between the World and Me (PAPERBACK)
In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current...
$16.00
$12.00
Beloved
Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad, yet she is still held captive by memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful...
$28.00
$16.80
Behold the Dreamers
Publisher : Random House; American First edition
August 23, 2016
Hardcover : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 0812998480
ISBN-13 : 978-0812998481
$28.00
$16.80
Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
In an era where we seem to be increasingly divided along racial lines, many are hesitant to step into the gap, fearful of saying or doing the wrong thing. At times the silence, particularly within the church, seems deafening. But change...
$17.99
$10.79
Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America
When George Yancy penned a New York Times op-ed entitled “Dear White America” asking white Americans to confront the ways that they benefit from racism, he knew his article would be controversial. But he was unprepared for the flood of...
$19.95
$11.97
Americanah
Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for...
$30.00
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An American Daughter of Brown
An American Daughter of Brown is an historical novel set in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education in the year 1955, in the geographic center of the United States. It is a coming-of-age story of Lauren Sullivan, an...
$19.95
$11.97
All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope--And Hard Pills to Swallow--About Fighting for Black Lives
When the rallying cry “Black Lives Matter” was heard across the world in 2013, Andre Henry was one of the millions for whom the movement caused a political awakening and a rupture in some of his closest relationships with white...
$26.00
$15.60
An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World
In AN ABOLITIONIST’S HANDBOOK, Cullors charts a framework for how everyday activists can effectively fight for an abolitionist present and future.Filled with relatable pedagogy on the history of abolition, a reimagining of what reparations look like for Black lives and...
$26.99
$16.19
#1960now: Photographs of Civil Rights Activists and Black Lives Matter Protests (Social Justice Book, Civil Rights Photography B
The fight for equality continues, from 1960 to now. Combining portraits of past and present social justice activists with documentary images from recent protests throughout the United States, #1960Now sheds light on the parallels between the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and the...
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$18.00