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Lost on the other side of the world since 1855, the story of John Swanson Jacobs finally returns to America. This studen......more
Here is the remarkable autobiography of Frederick Douglass, chronicling the brutal challenges of enduring slavery until ......more
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A vote is a kind of prayer about the world we desire for ourselves and our children. --Senator Raphael Warnock Your voic......more
"An Enquiry into the Truth of the Tradition, Concerning the Discovery of America" by John Williams is a historical inqui......more
In collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, this stylish, illustrat......more
The Skull That Yawns is a historical fiction about the civil war and the leaders’ decisions that would lead to an unfore......more
Solomon Northup’s 12 Years A Slave: A True Story is a memoir of gripping intensity that recounts his kidnapping and ensl......more
A refreshing, insightful, sacrilegious take on African American history, Crazy as Hell explores the site of America’s gr......more
Discover the awe-inspiring men, women, and events from Black history in this incredible 2025 wall calendar! This stunnin......more
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This book is a tribute to the shamans of the Orinoco, those men who learned to bow to nature by using the multiple facet......more
Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Biography "A rich narrative of the Crafts, an enslaved couple who escaped from Geor......more
"California 1849-1913" book written by L. H. Woolley is a compelling historic narrative that unravels the fascinating ta......more
Uncommon - Black Can Make a Difference is an inspirational memoir that delves deep into the life of Mel King, an African......more
I have always been a fan of history, especially military history. However, I have found that the military history of Afr......more
A Journey Through Time and Heritage: Discovering the African American Legacy in Natchez Discover the profound and often ......more
Highlights the pre-Columbian era of American history, with a new text that reviews fascinating archeological discoveries......more
This is the definitive chronology of the Titanic’s final hours, told in fascinating detail and offering a real-time expe......more
"Mesoamerican culture is rooted in the region of modern Mexico where some 3500 years ago ancient peoples called the Olme......more
First published in 1963, James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America’s so-called "Negro problem."......more
For a special decade, from 1965 (when the author was 15 years old) to ten years later in 1975, David Chudwin was at the ......more
Show Me Justice tracks the life and career of the late civil-rights advocate and pioneer Alvin Lee Sykes, who used his s......more
La Négritude: An African Social Humanism seeks to tackle accounts of African society-particularly sub-Saharan Africa-fro......more
Ceremony, community and connection - the poems of Once the Smudge is Lit carry the reader into deeply spiritual elements......more
Thoughts upon the African slave trade, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the......more
Named one of Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten Best Books of 2023 Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in N......more
Thoughts upon slavery, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, ......more
For the 50th anniversary of his murder, this gritty, engrossing, definitive biography of the legendary Black writer Dona......more
Journey Through the Unspoken Legacy of Resilience Embark on a transformative journey through the corridors of time as "U......more
"An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New World slavery sustaine......more
The distinguished scholar examines the origins and history of African-American ancestry as he profiles nineteen noted Af......more
Black women physicians’ stories have gone untold for far too long, leaving gaping holes in American medical history, in ......more
This is a novel about the birth and the childhood of Jesus of Nazareth in Holy Scripture up to the age of twelve years. ......more
Jack Yazhi, a Navajo Medicineman must save lives 7684 miles away using traditional wild medicine plants or die trying....more
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Now available in paperback! One hundred and twenty Black leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs share their wisdom and e......more
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Black Philadelphians have shaped Philadelphia history since colonial times. In Black History in the Philadelphia Landsca......more
From America’s preeminent naval historian, the first full-length portrait in over fifty years of the man who won the war......more
This amazing true story of America’s first Black generals, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and Jr., a father and son who helped in......more
AN ECONOMIST AND SMITHSONIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eur......more
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2000 by Capall Bann under the title Ogham and Coelbren: Mystic Signs and ......more
One of The New Yorker’s Best Books of the Year Named one of the Most Memorable Music Books of the Year by No Depression:......more
A gripping and illuminating investigation "that is far overdue" (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises) int......more
"Alvin Hall set out to revisit the world of the Green Book to instruct us all on the real history of the guide that save......more
The last surviving witness to the lynching of Emmett Till tells his story, with poignant recollections of Emmett as a bo......more
America’s first international hero, the Marquis Lafayette, risked his life and spent his fortune in the fight for Americ......more
A history of the indigenous peoples of the Dominica. What happened to the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean in the wak......more
A Globe 100 Best Book of 2024 From the bestselling author of Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre Esprit-Radisson This ......more
A displaced family charts a path forward in this testament to the power of perseverance and the many forms resistance ca......more
"God’s Pale Horse" by James Ryan is a profound and unsettling exploration of historical injustice, intertwining divine m......more
Changes at the global, federal, state, and municipal level are pushing forward the reparations movement for people of Af......more
Unsatisfied with the relentless pace and narrow constraints of social media, two Americans-- Winkfield Twyman, Jr. and J......more
In the Fall of 1900, a young American anthropologist named John Swanton arrived in the Haida country, on the Northwest C......more
As the cruel South Dakota winter thawed toward the end of February 1976, a rancher on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation disc......more
"In 1863, after the end of the US-Dakota War, a group of white men in Mankato, Minnesota, formed a secret society, pledg......more
Ice & Oil is indeed a biography of an unlikely titan. Meet Dan Murphy, the man who shaped Los Angeles as the 19th centur......more
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of the Year A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer ......more
In From the Steel City to the White City, Zachary Brodt explores Western Pennsylvania’s representation at Chicago’s Colu......more
Join thought leaders fighting to win the posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey, one of the most influential figures in Blac......more
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Bailey) doesn’t know the year of his birth. Separated from his mother in infancy, he ......more
Longlisted for the National Book Award in Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Museum of African American History’s Stone Book......more
A "masterful" (Taylor Branch) and "striking" (The New Yorker) portrait of a small town living through tumultuous times, ......more
"The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably the least examined crisis in American history. Beginning with the......more
An exploration of Indigenous cosmology and history in North America - Examines the complexities of Indigenous legends an......more
Family Foundations: Four Stories of Black Washtenaw Community Building 1850-1950 features the origin stories of four his......more
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On the hot Sunday afternoon of June 25, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer decided to go for broke. After ......more
Lost on the other side of the world since 1855, the story of John Swanson Jacobs finally returns to America. This compre......more
A family reunion gives way to an unforgettable genealogical quest as relatives reconnect across lines of color, culture,......more
Mark Whitaker "writes with the eye of a journalist and ear of a poet" (The Boston Globe) to tell the story of the moment......more
There are many benefits to the practice of hoodoo and how it is used to influence the human condition As much as it has ......more
A guide to advanced practices with the bestselling The Hoodoo Tarot - Provides rituals for each of the Major Arcana card......more
The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in Ame......more
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From the renowned Tuskegee Institute of Alabama, founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881, this one-of-a-kind narrative c......more
The dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois’s reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I--and a new und......more
For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events that have ch......more
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Thirty Years on the Frontier, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human hi......more
"Rhythm of Resistance: The Soulful Echoes of Black Musicians in the Era of Martin Luther King Jr. (1957-1968)" is a must......more
Frederick Douglass was born in slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland. H......more
A collection of articles and essays from the early history of Marin County, California. Some are essays researched and e......more
A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 A leading historian exposes how the rise and tragic failure of the Free......more
For more the 200 years, controversy has simmered over the subject of cannibalism on the Pacific Northwest Coast. So heat......more
Following the horrific massacre of Sand Creek in 1864, the Arapaho and Cheyenne, along with bands of Northern Cheyenne, ......more
I Dare Say: A Gerald Horne Reader is a timely and essential collection of the many works of Professor Gerald Horne--a hi......more
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"From acclaimed historian Peter Cozzens, the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insatiable United States ......more
Named one of Smithsonian’s Best Books of 2023 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award 2024 Philip Taft Labor Hist......more
Lucy Ann Delaney, born Lucy Berry (c. 1830 - after 1891), was an African-American author, and activist, a former slave n......more
King Philip’s War not only left much of early New England in ruins, but it also left a permanent psychic scar upon the l......more
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY - An "important, deeply affecting--and regrettably relevant" (New York Times Boo......more
"Dr. Chavis shows us that the fight against the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade is not just about seeking justic......more
"In stunning full color and accessible text, a graphic adaptation of the American Book Award winning history of the Unit......more