History - African American & Black

This striking exhibition catalog celebrates the late artist whose deeply emotional works intermingled realism with abstraction to address complex themes of identity, race, and community. American artist Noah Davis (1983-2015) believed 'painting does something to your soul that nothing else can. It is visceral...

A "provocative, insightful, and urgent" (Peniel E. Joseph) new examination of Malcolm X that shows how the iconic figure was always dedicated to a global movement for Black liberation Malcolm X is one of the most iconic figures of the twentieth century. Across countless...

New neighborhoods began emerging north of Main Street in Spartanburg, South Carolina in the 1870s as emancipated Black men and women spent their hard-won post-slavery wages to purchase lots and build homes. As the decades rolled by, they and their descendants established a string...

Author: Johnisha Matthews LeviPublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 06/17/2025Pages: 224Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.61h x 5.91w x 0.83dISBN: 9781985902329About the AuthorLevi, Johnisha Matthews: - Johnisha Matthews Levi is a nonprofit development professional and former litigation attorney. Her writing has appeared in Wildsam, thekitchn.com, Northern...

Obsidian Sun is Black brilliance, burden, beauty, and bravery captured in verse. These poems confront the ways society distorts Blackness - how our light is too often dimmed by a skewed lens - yet they also reveal the radiance that has always existed. Light...

Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed's On Juneteenth provides a historian's view of the country's long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century...

The collected creative nonfiction of a singular American writer, Jesmyn Ward, including widely shared classics, three never-before-published speeches, and an introductory essay. Respair (noun, obsolete), fresh hope after despair. From the two-time National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Jesmyn Ward,...

Author: Jesmyn WardPublisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintPublished: 09/09/2026Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.59h x 5.60w x 0.80dISBN: 9781420539097

"One Last Word is the work of a master poet." - Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Crossover From the New York Times bestselling and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes an emotional, special new collection of poetry inspired by the...

From the acclaimed author of The Fire Is upon Us, the dramatic untold story of Barry Goldwater and Martin Luther King Jr.'s decade-long clash over the meaning of freedom--and how their conflicting visions still divide American politics In the mid-1950s, Barry Goldwater and Martin...

A stunning and lyrical picture book introduction to the Civil Rights Movement from celebrated author Erica Martin. "Powerful and engaging." --Kirkus reviews From Jim Crow laws and the 1896 "separate but equal" Supreme Court ruling, to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on...

As Dutch merchants became drivers of the transatlantic slavery business in the seventeenth century, Dutch art increasingly used Blackness to signal slavery and servitude. In this brilliant and pathbreaking work, Angela Vanhaelen proposes new ways of looking at Dutch paintings that do not equate...

During a time when taking a trip across the nation could be dangerous for Black Americans, one man crafted a guide that changed the lives of millions. A 2025 Choose to Read Ohio title In the late 1930s when segregation was legal and Black...

This is the first full history of Operation Breadbasket, the interfaith economic justice program that transformed into Jesse Jackson's Operation PUSH (now the Rainbow PUSH Coalition). Begun by Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1966 Chicago Freedom Movement, Breadbasket was directed by Jackson. Author...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A fascinating and eye-opening look at how American schools have helped build and reinforce an infrastructure of racial inequality . . . a must-read for every American parent and educator."--Esquire "Though the argument of this book is bleak, it...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A fascinating and eye-opening look at how American schools have helped build and reinforce an infrastructure of racial inequality . . . a must-read for every American parent and educator."--Esquire "Though the argument of this book is bleak, it...

"The centuries-long attack on Black history represents a strike against our very worth, brilliance, and value. We're ready to fight back. And when we fight, we win." -Colin Kaepernick Since its founding as a discipline, Black Studies has been under relentless attack by social...

An exploration of how African American innovators and artists--whose impact and financial value in American music, movies, and TV is disproportionately greater than their numbers--have fought for and often won the rights to own and benefit from their own work. When we think about...

The riveting story of four men--Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige--whose improbable union on the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s would shape the immediate postwar era of Major League Baseball and beyond. In July 1947, not even three months after...

Author: Joseph P. StinnettPublisher: RivannaPublished: 03/31/2026Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.02h x 6.15w x 0.69dISBN: 9780813954684About the AuthorJoseph P. Stinnett is retired editor of the News and Advance (Lynchburg) and the Roanoke Times.This title is not returnable