History - African American & Black

In this book, you'll find a collection of Joel Augustus Rogers' newspaper columns from a series called "Your History." Think of it like a version of Ripley's "Believe It or Not." In each episode, there are many short stories based on Rogers' research.Author: J....

Washington, DC is filled with unexpected stories in Black history and culture. Learn more, explore more, and experience the nation's capital from a whole new perspective. Whether you have visited Washington, DC several times or have been here all your life, 111 Places In...

Reflections on race, class, violence, segregation, and the hidden histories that shape our divided urban landscapes.Author: Eve L. EwingPublisher: Haymarket BooksPublished: 06/11/2019Pages: 88Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 7.80h x 7.90w x 0.30dISBN: 9781608465989About the AuthorDr. Eve L. Ewing is a sociologist of education and a...

Show kids ages 8 to 12 how Black Americans shaped US history in the 20th centuryFrom fighting against discrimination to changing the landscape of art and music, discover the incredible ways that Black Americans influenced the world we live in today. Spanning the 1900s...

A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund publication Born to Jewish immigrants, Julius Rosenwald rose to lead Sears, Roebuck & Company and turn it into the world's largest retailer. Born into slavery, Booker T. Washington became the founding principal of Tuskegee Institute. In 1912 the two...

The first-ever Black history to center queer voices, this landmark study traces the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans from slavery to present day Gender and sexual expression have always been part of the Black freedom struggle In this latest book in Beacon's award-winning ReVisioning...

The award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this "groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States" (Ibram X. Kendi)--the perfect companion to An Indigenous People's History of the United States and An African American and Latinx History of the United States....

"Lorde's words - on race, cancer, intersectionality, parenthood, injustice - burn with relevance 25 years after her death." - O, The Oprah MagazineWinner of the 1988 Before Columbus Foundation National Book Award, this path-breaking collection of essays is a clarion call to build communities...

From Alabama to Congress--Arthur W. Mitchell's fight for justice rewrote the rules of Black political power.A Carpetbagger in Reverse offers a landmark reassessment of the life, career, and accomplishments of groundbreaking Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell, the first Black Democrat elected to Congress and the...

A comprehensive, entertaining look at heroes, heroines, and critical moments from African American history -- from the slave trade to the Black Lives Matter movement -- by award-winning author Jabari Asim. Jabari Asim goes beyond what's taught in the classroom to reveal a fact-filled...

A Committee of One: How Faith + Action = A PurposeFULL Life is an inspirational memoir/self-help book from the Grandmother of Juneteenth that will be a testament to the transformative power of resilience, faith, and love.In 2016, then-90-year-old Opal Lee began her Opal Walks...

2025 Edgar Award finalist Oprah Daily ranked #1 of the "best true crime books of all time." A riveting narrative that pieces together the life and murder of Black socialite Lita McClinton Sullivan--and the journey to bring her true killer to justice. The 1987...

A Domestic Cook Book (1866) by Malinda Russell is the oldest known published cookbook written by an African American woman. Born in Tennessee, and descended from Virginia freemen, Russell decided to move to Liberia at the age of 19. When her money for the...

The first full-length biography of one of South Carolina's most significant African American visual artists Excluded from the Charleston Renaissance because of his race and pushed to the edges of the Harlem Renaissance by geography and circumstance, Edwin Augustus Harleston was an artist caught...

Claudia Jones stood at many crossroads. Her world was one of heated battles for Black liberation, of anti-fascism in the build-up to World War II, of national liberation struggles across the Global South, of the US government persecuting her and her comrades for their...

Expert quilter Kim Taylor shares a unique and powerful story of the celebration of the first Juneteenth, from the perspective of a young girl. On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, General Gordon Granger of the Union Army delivered the message that African Americans in...

A Forgotten Migration tells the little-known story of "segregation scholarships" awarded by states in the US South to Black students seeking graduate education in the pre-Brown v. Board of Education era. Under the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, decades earlier, southern states could provide graduate...

A Golden Legacy: Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose by Samuel P. Golden is a deeply moving memoir that blends personal reflection with heartfelt tributes from family and friends. The narrative begins on Samuel's 70th birthday, where his daughter shares a heartfelt dedication,...

An "incredible, humane, insightful" (Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize winner) account of humankind's battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role in deepening inequality along racial, ethnic, class, and gender lines--in the vein of Medical Apartheid and Killing the Black Body. With clear-eyed research and...

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - A sweeping, genre-bending "masterpiece" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity--from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé ONE OF THE...