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STEM Pioneers and Visionaries (HARDCOPY)
STEM Pioneers and Visionaries celebrates the remarkable contributions of African American innovators and inventors in the realms of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Authored by Frances Presley Rice, this compendium delves into the accomplishments of trailblazers whose ingenuity and...
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STEM Pioneers and Visionaries (PAPERBACK)
STEM Pioneers and Visionaries celebrates the remarkable contributions of African American innovators and inventors in the realms of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Authored by Frances Presley Rice, this compendium delves into the accomplishments of trailblazers whose ingenuity and...
$29.95
$24.00
Black Trailblazers: Pioneering African Americans Who Shaped the Founding and Development of America
Black Trailblazers: Pioneering African Americans Who Shaped the Founding and Development of America Delve into the profound legacy of African American trailblazers who shaped America's history in "Black Trailblazers." From the courageous soldiers of the Revolutionary War to visionary civil...
$39.95
$24.00
Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent (paperback)
So often, Africa has been depicted simplistically as a uniform land of famines and safaris, poverty and strife, stripped of all nuance. In this bold and insightful book, Dipo Faloyin offers a much-needed corrective, weaving a vibrant tapestry of stories...
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$16.00
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War (Paperback)
Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and the maritime connection it established between West and East; others the accidental unearthing of the...
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$19.00
Black Movement: African American Urban History since the Great Migration (Paperback)
The Great Migration of African Americans from the South to northern and western cities between 1915 and 1970 fundamentally altered the political, social, and cultural landscapes of major urban centers like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Detroit, and changed the...
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$28.00
A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa
In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for "The "New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa's most devastating recent history-from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor's arrival...
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The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide (Hardcover)
Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2025 by Foreign Policy“Howard French’s The Second Emancipation stands the second half of the last century on its geopolitical head.” ―David Levering Lewis, winner of the Pulitzer PrizeFrom the acclaimed author of Born in Blackness comes an...
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Black and British: A Forgotten History (New Edit/Cover)
An updated edition with new material of the acclaimed re-examination of a shared history, telling the rich and revealing story of the long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa and the Caribbean.
$18.00
$12.00
Africa: The Definitive Visual History of a Continent (DK Definitive Visual Histories)
Spanning more than 200,000 years, from the emergence of the first humans to the rise of megacities, Africa explores the history and cultures of the world's second-largest continent. It brings to life the stories that shaped Africa and the world...
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Trailblazers, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great: American Firsts/American Icons, Volume 4
Since slavery, Black women have struggled to liberate themselves from racism and sexism. Yet despite these hurdles and under the most difficult circumstances, they managed to achieve greatness. TRAILBLAZERS shines a light on these their accomplishments, which often led to widespread cultural...
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Trailblazers, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great: American Firsts/American Icons, Volume 3
Since slavery, Black women have struggled to liberate themselves from racism and sexism. Yet despite these hurdles and under the most difficult circumstances, they managed to achieve greatness. TRAILBLAZERS shines a light on these their accomplishments, which often led to widespread cultural...
$39.99
$29.99
Trailblazers, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great: American Firsts/American Icons, Volume 2
Since slavery, Black women have struggled to liberate themselves from racism and sexism. Yet despite these hurdles and under the most difficult circumstances, they managed to achieve greatness. TRAILBLAZERS shines a light on these their accomplishments, which often led to widespread cultural...
$39.99
$29.99
Legal Fictions: Constituting Race, Composing Literature
Legal Fictions is a bold declaration that, in the U.S., the black body is thoroughly bound by law. It is an unflinchingly look at the implications of that claim and a virtuoso survey of the ways that black authors of...
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A Death in Harlem
A Death in Harlem is the first mystery novel by famed scholar Karla Holloway ( Passed On). In it, she introduces Harlem's first black policeman, Weldon Haynie Thomas, who investigates a murder. Readers will recognize the setting and some characters from Nella Larsen's...
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Police Brutality and White Supremacy: The Fight Against American Traditions
An NBA veteran offers engaging interviews and reflections that explore police brutality, white supremacy, and the struggle for racial justice in America. "Thomas's interviews demand careful reading by all who want to expose racism, hold police accountable, and create an...
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Curtis Snow, Chapter 1: I'm A G: The Self-Published Autobiography of Atlanta's Undergound King
The second edition of Curtis Snow's autobiography features updates and edits from the author.
ISBN: 9798702381831
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My Name Is Curtis Snow And I'm A G.
The amazing autobiography from the star of acclaimed film “Snow On Da Bluff” – Curtis Snow Some of the most street riveting stories from Atlanta’s worst hood! all told in his voice! A small excerpt - My name is Curtis...
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Curtis Snow, Chapter 2: Fuck Em We Ball: Uncensored Essays
Curtis Snow philosophizes on personal, business and cultural events between 2014 and 2018 in a series of raw essays.
ISBN: 9798702407951
$12.00
$6.95
Unsettled
Two bold, utopic communities are at the heart of Ayana Mathis’s searing follow-up to her bestselling debut, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. Bonaparte, Alabama – once 10,000 glorious Black-owned acres – is now a ghost town vanishing to depopulation, crooked developers,...
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