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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston
£7.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062748218Author Zora Neale HurstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Let This Radicalize You: The Revolution of Rescue and Reciprocal Care by Mariame Kaba
RRP: £14.99£10.13What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe... -
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot
RRP: £22.00£14.58From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.America's backstory is a... -
The Black History Book by DK
RRP: £19.99£14.20Learn about the most important milestones in Black history in The Black History Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Black History in this overview... -
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson 9780141995151
RRP: £14.99£10.95'A landmark piece of non-fiction' Janet Maslin, The New York TimesFrom the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is one of the great untold stories of American history: the migration of black citizens who fled the south and went north in search of a better... -
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton 9781538723692
RRP: £30.00£19.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538723692Author Antonia HyltonFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Legacy LitPublisher Legacy LitWeight(grams) 553gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 160mm * 25mm -
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi 9781529114676
RRP: £10.99£8.02*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*Four Hundred Souls is an epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, told by ninety leading Black voices -- co-curated by Ibram X. Kendi, author of the million-copy bestseller How To... -
The History of the Civil Rights Movement: The Story of the African American Fight for Justice and Equality by Dan Peel
RRP: £20.00£14.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912918362Author Dan PeelFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Sona BooksPublisher Danann Media Publishing Limited -
What Sorrows Labour in My Parent's Breast?: A History of the Enslaved Black Family by Brenda E. Stevenson 9781442252165
RRP: £35.00£31.35The legacy of the slave family haunts the status of black Americans in modern U.S. society. Stereotypes that first entered the popular imagination in the form of plantation lore have continued to distort the African American social identity. In What... -
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles 9781800818200
RRP: £25.00£16.13NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 'A remarkable book' - Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times 'A brilliant exercise in historical excavation and recovery' - Annette Gordon-Reed, author of The... -
Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power by Jefferson Cowie
RRP: £28.00£21.35American freedom is typically associated with the fight of the oppressed for a better world. But for centuries, whenever the federal government intervened on behalf of nonwhite people, many white Americans fought back in the name of freedom-their freedom... -
Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter by Charlton D. McIlwain 9780190863845
RRP: £21.99£16.40Activists, pundits, politicians, and the press frequently proclaim today's digitally mediated racial justice activism the new civil rights movement. As Charlton D. McIlwain shows in this book, the story of racial justice movement organizing online is... -
Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics by Michael G. Long 9781479818495
RRP: £27.95£18.27Celebrates the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader behind the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom While we can all recall images of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of a massive crowd at... -
Black Man on the Titanic: The Story of Joseph Laroche by Serge Bile
RRP: £14.95£10.11#1 New Release in Caribbean & West Indies History - Discover the True Story Behind One of the Black Passengers on the TitanicAn Incredible Tragedy: Joseph Laroche was an anomaly among the passengers of the Titanic. He was exceptionally well-educated in a... -
The Great Stain: Witnessing American Slavery by Noel Rae 9781468315134
RRP: £40.00£25.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781468315134Author Noel RaeFormat HardbackPage Count 591Imprint Harry N. AbramsPublisher Harry N. AbramsWeight(grams) 807g -
Brooding over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women's Lethal Resistance by Nikki M. Taylor
RRP: £18.99£13.61From the colonial through the antebellum era, enslaved women in the US used lethal force as the ultimate form of resistance. By amplifying their voices and experiences, Brooding over Bloody Revenge strongly challenges assumptions that enslaved women only... -
The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition by Manisha Sinha
RRP: £19.99£18.76Winner of the 2017 Frederick Douglass Prize A groundbreaking history of abolition that recovers the largely forgotten role of African Americans in the long march toward emancipation from the American Revolution through the Civil War Received historical... -
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi
RRP: £20.00£14.69An epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, Four Hundred Souls is a chronological account of four hundred years of Black America as told by ninety of America's leading Black writers. Curated by Ibram X. Kendi,... -
Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen by George McCalman
RRP: £30.00£19.53*AWARD WINNER* of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author / and the NCBR Recognition AwardA gorgeous collection of 145 original portraits that celebrates Black pioneers-famous and little-known--in politics, science, literature,... -
The Ground Breaking: An American City and its Search for Justice by Scott Ellsworth
RRP: £16.99£11.58A gripping exploration of the worst single incident of racial violence in American history, timed to coincide with its 100th anniversary. On 31 May 1921, in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a mob of white men and women reduced a prosperous African... -
Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
£8.23Soon to be a major motion picture starring Golden Globe-winner Taraji P. Henson and Academy Award-winners Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of... -
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey
£18.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780525511809Author Donovan X. RamseyFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint One World... -
Running from Bondage: Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America by Karen Cook Bell 9781108926720
RRP: £14.99£10.95Running from Bondage tells the compelling stories of enslaved women, who comprised one-third of all runaways, and the ways in which they fled or attempted to flee bondage during and after the Revolutionary War. Karen Cook Bell's enlightening and original... -
Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life by Renata Cherlise
RRP: £26.00£16.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984859297Author Renata CherliseFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale -
Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives by Darcy Eveleigh
RRP: £25.00£16.55In February 2016, Rachel Swarms, Darcy Eveleigh, Damien Cave, and Dana Canedy discovered dozens of photographs--and explored the history behind them--and chronicled them in the popular blog series Unpublished Black History. The month-long series was... -
Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
RRP: £16.99£11.48Foreword by Bernardine Evaristo Award-winning author and cultural critic Sarah Ladipo Manyika takes us on a remarkable journey across contemporary cultural and political landscapes as she talks to some of the most distinguished black thinkers of our... -
Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America by Curtis Bunn
RRP: £25.00£15.55For many, the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific eight minutes and 46 seconds when Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd on camera, and it ended with the sweeping federal, state, and intrapersonal... -
A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Berry
RRP: £15.99£10.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807001998Author Daina BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation by Daina Ramey Berry
RRP: £16.99£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807067147Author Daina Ramey BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora by Sarah Ladipo Manyika 9781804440810
£7.51'A must read...!!!' will.i.am'Each encounter is framed and presented with enormous literary skill and grace' David OlusogaWITH A FOREWORD FROM BERNARDINE EVARISTOConversations with some of the most extraordinary Black minds of our age, discussing race,... -
Black Fortunes by Shomari Wills 9780062437600
RRP: £17.99£11.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062437600Author Shomari WillsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Amistad PressPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly 9780062363596
RRP: £27.99£18.00Soon to be a major motion picture starring Golden Globe--winner Taraji P. Henson and Academy Award--winners Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story... -
The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States by Walter Johnson 9781541619586
£16.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541619586Author Walter JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic Books -
Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism by Alex Zamalin
£16.99Within the history of African American struggle against racist oppression that often verges on dystopia, a hidden tradition has depicted a transfigured world. Daring to speculate on a future beyond white supremacy, black utopian artists and thinkers... -
Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class by Blair LM Kelley
RRP: £30.00£20.21There have been countless books, articles, and televised reports in recent years about the almost mythic "white working class," a tide of commentary that has obscured the labor, and even the very existence, of entire groups of working people, including... -
Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created by Nick Tabor
RRP: £29.99£19.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250766540Author Nick TaborFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 592gDimensions(mm) 247mm * 168mm... -
A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life by Allyson Hobbs 9780674659926
£14.28Between the eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, countless African Americans passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and community. It was, as Allyson Hobbs writes, a chosen exile, a separation from one racial identity and the leap... -
African Americans and Africa: A New History by Nemata Amelia Ibitayo Blyden 9780300258523
£18.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300258523Author Nemata Amelia Ibitayo BlydenFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Yale University PressPublisher Yale University PressWeight(grams) 156g -
Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson
RRP: £19.99£12.95The night of May 25, 2020 changed America. George Floyd, a 43-year-old Black man, was killed during an arrest in Minneapolis when a white cop suffocated him. The video of that night's events went viral, sparking the largest protests in the nation's... -
American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World by Christina Proenza-Coles
RRP: £24.95£16.99American Founders reveals men and women of African descent as key protagonists in the story of American democracy. It chronicles how black people developed and defended New World settlements, undermined slavery, and championed freedom throughout the...