African American & Black

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640095939Author Antong LuckyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

In this searing, honest memoir, a Black queer emergency-room nurse works the front lines of care during COVID-19.Britney Daniels is a Black, masculine-presenting, tattooed lesbian from a working-class background. For the last five years, she has been...

Tyler Merritt's video "Before You Call the Cops" has been viewed millions of times. He's appeared on Jimmy Kimmel and Sports Illustrated and has been profiled in the New York Times. The viral video's main point-the more you know someone, the more...

Bishop E.W. Jackson's life story unites Americans around a shared legacy of freedom. As a great grandson of slaves, he believes that the promise of liberty has always belonged to all Americans. For some, only their heirs would be the full beneficiaries...

"Thompson-Hernandez's portrayal of Compton's black cowboys broadens our perception of Compton's young black residents, and connects the Compton Cowboys to the historical legacy of African Americans in the west. An eye-opening, moving book."- Margot Lee...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645030133Author Dionne FordFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 360gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 146mm *...

In this classic work-a blend of memoir, social criticism, and political analysis that remains relevant today-the first Black Congresswoman to serve in American history, New York's dynamic representative Shirley Chisholm, traces her extensive political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593448663Author Hafizah Augustus GeterFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487009632Author Chidiogo Akunyili-ParrFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint House of Anansi PressPublisher House of Anansi PressWeight(grams)...

Follow the life lessons of 30 remarkable women of colour - past and present - who have made their mark on society and culture."When you are struggling and you start thinking about giving up, I want you to remember something... and that is the power of...

Black Indian, searing and raw, is Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Alice Walker's The Color Purple meets Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony-only, this isn't fiction. Beautifully rendered and rippling with family dysfunction, secrets, deaths, drunks, and old...

IN THE MARGINS 2023 TOP TITLE FOR NONFICTIONOne of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike's Jordan Brand from a $200M sneaker company to a $4B global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780717807581Author Hugh MulzacFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S.Publisher International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S...

From the former President and CEO of the United States Tennis Association-the first black woman and youngest person ever to hold the position-comes a behind-the-scenes look at the leadership skills involved in hosting the U.S. Open, the largest and most...

"[C]harming and surprising. . . The work of Admissions is laying down, with wit and care, the burden James assumed at 15, that she - or any Black student, or all Black students - would manage the failures of a racially illiterate community. . . The best...

Finalist, Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History, African American Intellectual History SocietyShortlisted, 2023 Historical Nonfiction Legacy Award, Hurston / Wright FoundationOne of the foremost Black writers and intellectuals of his era,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496739568Author Stacy SpikesFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

"Magnificent.... A uniquely intimate history of Black liberation." - Los Angeles TimesThe long overdue story of the Shakurs, persistent fighters in the U.S. struggle for racial justice, and one of the most prominent, influential and fiercely creative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623545161Author Phyllis Biffle ElmoreFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Imagine Publishing, IncPublisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541700666Author Damien LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairsWeight(grams) 767gDimensions(mm) 243mm * 159mm * 40mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593238011Author Shaka SenghorFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint ConvergentPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 147mm...

The life and accomplishments of an influential leader in the desegregated South. This biography of educational activist and Black studies pioneer Bertha Maxwell-Roddey examines a life of remarkable achievements and leadership in the early years of the...

From an unlikely beginning as an agency transcriptionist in her hometown of Washington, DC, Gloria Brown became the first African American woman to attain the rank of forest supervisor at the US Forest Service. As a young widow with three children, she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692035122Author Dolores WhartonFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Doeclif PublishingPublisher Doeclif Publishing

The Westside Slugger is the powerful story of civil rights in Las Vegas and Nevada through the eyes and experience of Joe Neal, a history-making state lawmaker in Nevada. Neal rose from humble beginnings in Mound, Louisiana, during the Great Depression...

A Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings' family explores America's racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestors-both the enslaver and the enslaved. Gayle Jessup White had long heard the stories passed down from her father's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789395767576Author Purushottam AgrawalFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Westland Publications LimitedPublisher Westland Publications Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063011434Author David J Dennis JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Harper PaperbacksPublisher Harper PaperbacksWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952926266Author Margaret L BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Manifold Grace Publishing House LLCPublisher Manifold Grace Publishing House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637588765Author Bruce JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639731466Author Winfred RembertFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487009724Author Michel NFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint House of Anansi PressPublisher House of Anansi PressWeight(grams) 127g

This Is Not For You is a book about how and why to become an engaged, activist citizen-and about how activists can stay grounded, no matter how deeply they immerse themselves in the work. It also offers an intimate, firsthand look at policing: about what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802879424Author Gary Scott SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint William B. Eerdmans Publishing CompanyPublisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506474267Author Khristi Lauren AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982182465Author Debra ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 206mm *...

Kendra Allen's first collection of essays-at its core-is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize (Biography) 2022 and ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781635576597Author Winfred RembertFormat HardbackPage Count...

Cole has heard it all before - token, bougie, oreo, Blackish - the things we call the kids like him. Black kids who grow up in white spaces, living at an intersection of race and class that many doubt exists. He needed to get far away from the preppy...

'[Pinckney] reveals himself to be a skilful chronicler of black experience in literary criticism, reportage and biography' The New York Times In these twenty-five essays, Darryl Pinckney has given us a view of our recent racial history that blends the...