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    • Black History Book: 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (Paperback) - Black Authors, black History, books, Paperback, Slavery

      12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (Paperback)

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      This unforgettable memoir was the basis for the Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave. This is the true story of Solomon Northup, who was bor...

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    • Black History Book: 2nd Time Around (A B-Boy Blues Novel #2) (Paperback) - 20-25, books, Hard Copy, Novel, Paperback
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      2nd Time Around (A B-Boy Blues Novel #2) (Paperback)

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      The Second Time Around is the sequel to B-Boy Blues, Hardy's hugely successful first "Africentric" gay hip-hop novel. Raheim Rivers is back, and he...

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    • Black History Book: A Do Right Man by Omar Tyree (Paperback) - 9-20, Black Women, books, Hard Copy, Paperback
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      A Do Right Man by Omar Tyree (Paperback)

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      Finally, a story of a handsome, educated, heterosexual black man and his experiences with careers and relationships in the fast-moving ‘90s!Bobby D...

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    • Black History Book: A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines (Paperback) - 9-20, books, Hard Copy, Novel, Paperback
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      A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines (Paperback)

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      A powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man--set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantati...

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    • Black History Book: A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines (Paperback) - 9-20, Black Culture, black History, Black Struggle, books, History, Paperback, Race, Racism
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      A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines (Paperback)

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      “This majestic, moving novel is an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives.”—Chicago TribuneWi...

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    • Black History Book: A Little Yellow Dog: An Easy Rawlins Mystery by Walter Mosley (Paperback) - 9-20, books, Hard Copy, Paperback
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      A Little Yellow Dog: An Easy Rawlins Mystery by Walter Mosley (Paperback)

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      November 1963: Easy's settled into a steady gig as a school custodian. It's a quiet, simple existence -- but a few moments of ecstasy with a sexy t...

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    • Black History Book: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (Paperback) - 9-20, books, Hard Copy, Paperback
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      A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (Paperback)

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      This groundbreaking play starred Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeill, Ruby Dee and Diana Sands in the Broadway production which opened in 1959. Set on ...

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    • Black History Book: African Holistic Health by Dr. Llaila O. Afrika (Paperback & E-Book) - 25-30, books, Hard Copy, Paperback, PWYW
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      African Holistic Health by Dr. Llaila O. Afrika (Paperback & E-Book)

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      African Holistic Health addresses health issues from a comprehensive African-centered viewpoint. It provides a complete guide to herbal remedies al...

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    • Black History Book: Africans and Native Americans by Jack Forbes (Paperback) - Indigenous, MesoAmerica, Native Americans, Natives

      Africans and Native Americans by Jack Forbes (Paperback)

      $34.99

      Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples Africans and Native Americans (the book) explores key is...

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    • Black History Book: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Paperback) - 9-20, books
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      Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Paperback)

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      Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, w...

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    • Black History Book: An Introduction to African Civilizations: with Main Currents in Ethiopian History by John G. Jackson (Paperback) - Africa, African History, books, Ethiopia, Paperback

      An Introduction to African Civilizations: with Main Currents in Ethiopian History by John G. Jackson (Paperback)

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      This is a unique and pioneering survey of the ancient and contemporary (1937) African world. Huggins views Africa and African accomplishments from ...

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    • Black History Book: And This Too Shall Pass: A Novel by Milena Busquets (Paperback) - 20-25, books, Hard Copy, Novel, Paperback
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      And This Too Shall Pass: A Novel by Milena Busquets (Paperback)

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      An irresistible, vivid, and wise story of one woman's reckoning with loss and loveBlanca is forty years old and motherless. Shaken by the unexpecte...

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    • Black History Book: Another Country by James Baldwin (Paperback) - 9-20, books, Hard Copy, James Baldwin, Novel, Paperback
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      Another Country by James Baldwin (Paperback)

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      Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadSet in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France, among other locales, ...

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    • Black History Book: Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur (Paperback & E-Book) - 9-20, books, Hard Copy, Paperback, Police Brutality, PWYW, Queens, Revolutionaries
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      Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur (Paperback & E-Book)

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      In 2013 Assata Shakur, founding member of the Black Liberation Army, former Black Panther and godmother of Tupac Shakur, became the first ever woma...

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    • Black History Book: Awakening the Natural Genius of Black Children by Amos N. Wilson (Paperback) - Black Children, Black Culture, books, Intelligence, Paperback
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      Awakening the Natural Genius of Black Children by Amos N. Wilson (Paperback)

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      A guide for parents and educatiors explains how to stimulate the curiosity and nourish the spirits of young African American children

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    • Black History Book: B-Boy Blues by James Earl Hardy (Paperback) - 20-25, books, Hard Copy, Novel, Paperback
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      B-Boy Blues by James Earl Hardy (Paperback)

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      Hardy's debut novel about the lives of black gay men in New York City is unabashedly and unapologetically written for the African-American male. Ro...

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    • Black History Book: Baby of the Family by Tina McElroy Ansa (Paperback) - 20-25, books, Hard Copy, Paperback
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      Baby of the Family by Tina McElroy Ansa (Paperback)

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      An evocative, delicately comic story of a girl’s coming of age. From the moment of her birth in a rural black hospital in Georgia, Lena McPherson...

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    • Black History Book: Bailey's Cafe by Gloria Naylor (Paperback) - 20-25, books, Hard Copy, Novel, Paperback
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      Bailey's Cafe by Gloria Naylor (Paperback)

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      Set in a diner where the food isn't very good and the ambience veers between heaven and hell, this bestselling novel from the author of Mama Day an...

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    • Black History Book: Becoming by Michelle Obama (Paperback + E-Book) - 25-30, Black Love, Black Women, books, Michelle Obama, Obama
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      Becoming by Michelle Obama (Paperback + E-Book)

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      An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michell...

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    • Black History Book: Beloved by Toni Morrison (Paperback) - 9-20, books, Hard Copy, Paperback
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      Beloved by Toni Morrison (Paperback)

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      Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding New York Times bestseller transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus ...

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    • Black History Book: Bessie by Chris Albertson (Paperback) - 20-25, books, Hard Copy, Paperback
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      Bessie by Chris Albertson (Paperback)

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      The definitive biography of Bessie Smith, the great singer known as the “Empress of the Blues”Considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of...

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    • Black History Book: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Paperback) - 20-25, Black Authors, books, Paperback
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      Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Paperback)

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      #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST •...

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    • Black History Book: Beyond Mis-Education by Donna Shannon (Physical Book) - 9-20, books

      Beyond Mis-Education by Donna Shannon (Physical Book)

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      Summary of BEYOND MIS-EDUCATION Donna Shannon   Introduction    Part 1   Birth to Early College   Hard to Believe Talks about how at 2 yea...

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    • Black History Book: Big Girls Don't Cry by Connie Briscoe (Paperback) - 20-25, books, Hard Copy, Novel, Paperback
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      Big Girls Don't Cry by Connie Briscoe (Paperback)

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      "[An] empathetic portrait of a modern woman wrestling with issues of love, work, and family obligations."           --Publishers Weekly            ...

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