African American & Black

An unforgettable journey through racism and faith across the generations. January 15, 1959-a day that changed one family forever. White supremacists kidnapped and severely beat rural Alabama preacher Israel Page, nearly killing him because he had sued...

At the turn of the early twentieth century, Harlem-the iconic Black neighborhood-was predominantly white. The Black real estate entrepreneur Philip Payton played a central role in Harlem's transformation. He founded the Afro-American Realty Company in...

A wrenching, redemptive, and "brilliant coming-of-age story" (New York Times) about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous home and the glory of finding salvation in geek culture, now in paperback.Stranded within an ever-shifting family's desperate...

Lucy Diggs Slowe (1885–1937) was one of the most remarkable and accomplished figures in the history of Black women’s higher education. She was a builder of institutions, organizing the first historically Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, while a student...

Lucy Diggs Slowe (1885–1937) was one of the most remarkable and accomplished figures in the history of Black women’s higher education. She was a builder of institutions, organizing the first historically Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, while a student...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888970904Author Ira AldridgeFormat HardbackPage Count 102Imprint Mint EditionsPublisher Mint Editions

Microsoft’s associate general counsel shares a story that is “as nuanced as it is hopeful” (Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader) about his rise from childhood poverty in pre-gentrified New York City to a stellar career at the top of the technology and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063237100Author Natasha S AlfordFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888970140Author Daniel Alexander Payne MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Mint Editions (Singapore) Pte LtdPublisher Mint Editions (Singapore)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807059487Author G'Ra AsimFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 127g

At the turn of the early twentieth century, Harlem-the iconic Black neighborhood-was predominantly white. The Black real estate entrepreneur Philip Payton played a central role in Harlem's transformation. He founded the Afro-American Realty Company in...

Author Sonja Boon's heritage is complicated. Although she has lived in Canada for more than thirty years, she was born in the UK to a Surinamese mother and a Dutch father. Boon's family history spans five continents: Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, South...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633938366Author Otis L Lee JrFormat HardbackPage Count 308Imprint Koehler BooksPublisher Koehler BooksWeight(grams) 621g

The St. Croix-born, Harlem-based Hubert Harrison (1883-1927) was a brilliant writer, orator, educator, critic, and activist who combined class consciousness and anti-white-supremacist race consciousness into a potent political radicalism. Harrison's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953534422Author Prince ShakurFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Tin House BooksPublisher Tin House BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 147mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807002681Author Leah VernonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 135mm * 18mm

A remarkable, personal glimpse of Black student life at Indiana University in the early 1960s. In 1961, a skinny African American boy from Indianapolis arrived at Indiana University Bloomington determined to become a doctor. For the next three years,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627311427Author Eugene S. RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.

WINNER 2024 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHYAn engrossing social history of the unsinkable Mollie Moon, the stylish founder of the National Urban League Guild and fundraiser extraordinaire who reigned over the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888970126Author Ira AldridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Mint EditionsPublisher Mint Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668004494Author Malcolm JenkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

A memoir by the Oscar-winning, platinum-selling rapper and producer for fans of Rick Ross's Hurricanes and The Autobiography of Gucci ManeThe hustle still continues for hip-hop OG Juicy J as he shares his invaluable story as an unwavering force in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807016268Author Imani PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735244580Author Matthew R. MorrisFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

History is a construction. What happens when we bring stories consigned to the margins up to the light? How does that complicate our certainties about who we are, as individuals, as nations, as human beings? As in her fiction, the essays in Out of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646221622Author Taylor HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint CatapultPublisher Catapult

Ernie McClintock and the Jazz Actors Family is a critical biography examining the life and work of Ernie McClintock, the founder of the Jazz Acting Method and 1997 recipient of the Living Legend Award from the National Black Theatre Festival, whose...

The past four hundred years have seen unprecedented growth in virtually every conceivable realm of life, from medicine to the arts, technology to finance. Far too often, however, when we think of the movers, shakers, and innovators behind these...

One of the foremost Black writers and intellectuals of his era, Claude McKay (1889-1948) was a central figure in Caribbean literature, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Black radical tradition. McKay's life and writing were defined by his class...

"We've railed against injustice for decade upon decade, a lifetime of struggle and progress and enlightenment that we see etched in Fredrick Douglass's mighty, leonine gaze." -Barack Obama "My Bondage and my Freedom, besides giving a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802149039Author Sarah M BroomFormat PaperbackImprint Grove PressPublisher Grove Press

Born to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, women's rights advocate, and journalist. Wells' refusal to accept any compromise on racial inequality caused her to be labeled a 'dangerous radical' in her day but made her a...

2022 PROSE Awards Category Winner - Biography & Autobiography Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - 2021 BRONZE Winner for Biography The fascinating biography of Eunice Hunton Carter, a social justice and civil rights trailblazer and the only woman...

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (1857) is the autobiography of Mary Seacole. Recognized for her pioneering healthcare work for soldiers and citizens around the world, Seacole was also the first Black Briton to publish an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496743251Author Joseph H. HollandFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953534934Author Prince ShakurFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Tin House BooksPublisher Tin House BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 143mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345376718Author MALCOLM XFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Booker T. Washington’s famous 1901 memoir, Up From Slavery, charts Washington’s rise from an enslaved child with a passion for learning to the nation’s most prominent Black educator and first president of Tuskegee University. A tireless advocate for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593240335Author Helena Andrews-DyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306830549Author Charles AdamsFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 503g