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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston
RRP: $23.21$12.73Apologies 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)... -
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi 9780753560136
RRP: $21.92$18.00*AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A Radio 4 Book of the Week*Selected as a book to look out for in 2024 by the Guardian and The Rest is PoliticsEveryone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone.For too long, Africa's history... -
Black England: A Forgotten Georgian History by Gretchen Gerzina 9781399804905
RRP: $16.76$11.09'The classic book on Black people in Georgian London' DAVID OLUSOGA'Deeply researched, lucidly written and utterly fascinating . . . If you ever thought Black British history started with Windrush, read this book' GREG JENNERGeorgian England had a large... -
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi 9780753560129
RRP: $32.25$23.25*AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A Radio 4 Book of the Week*Selected as a book to look out for in 2024 by the Guardian and The Rest is PoliticsEveryone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone.For too long, Africa's history... -
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson 9780141995151
RRP: $19.34$14.13'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: $38.70$23.56Apologies 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 -
Becoming: The No. 1 International Bestseller by Michelle Obama
RRP: $16.76$11.73An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwideTHE NO. 1 BESTSELLER - AND THE BOOK WE'LL BE GIFTING TO EVERY FAMILY MEMBER AND FRIEND THIS CHRISTMAS!Now in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter... -
Major Taylor: The Inspiring Story of a Black Cyclist and the Men Who Helped Him Achieve Worldwide Fame by Conrad Kerber 9781510704169
RRP: $21.92$16.14"Before Magic, before Ali, before Jesse Owens, there was Major Taylor. . . . This is a must read [for] anyone interested in the transcendent power of the bicycle as a vehicle of real freedom."-Bob Roll, NBC cycling analyst and former professional... -
Becoming by Michelle Obama
RRP: $32.25$23.25An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwideTHE NO. 1 BESTSELLERNow in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion... -
A Brief History of Slavery: A New Global History by Professor Jeremy Black
RRP: $14.18$4.53A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day.In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all... -
The Black History Book by DK
RRP: $25.79$18.18Learn 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... -
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi 9781529114676
RRP: $14.18$10.02*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 Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song by Henry Louis Gates
RRP: $23.21$15.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984880352Author Henry Louis GatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult -
Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route by Saidiya Hartman
RRP: $14.18$10.02The slave, Saidiya Hartman observes, is a stranger torn from family, home, and country. To lose your mother is to be severed from your kin, to forget your past, and to inhabit the world as an outsider. In Lose Your Mother, Hartman traces the history of... -
The Seventh Shrine: Meditations on the African Spiritual Journey: From the Middle Passage to the Mountaintop by Orland Bishop 9781584209645
RRP: $25.80$16.91Orland Bishop is a remarkable man who has combined extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, psychology and indigenous cosmologies with a deep dedication to human rights, Founder of the ShadeTree foundation which works with at-risk young people in Los... -
Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball by Luke Epplin
RRP: $24.50$18.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250266316Author Epplin LukeFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm *... -
The Solution: How Africans in America Achieve Unity, Justice and Repair by Jay Morrison 9781943686575
RRP: $19.34$16.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943686575Author Jay MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Good2go PublishingPublisher Good2go PublishingWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Black Victorians: Hidden in History by John Woolf
RRP: $25.80$18.85Beyond the patrician vision of Victorian Britain traditionally advanced in our textbooks, there always existed another, more diverse Britain, populated by people of colour marking achievements both ordinary and extraordinary. In this deeply researched... -
Connecting History: National 4 & 5 The Atlantic Slave Trade, 1770-1807 Eleanor Trevena 9781398345393
$26.88Exam board: SQALevel: National 4 & 5Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First assessment: Summer 2018Fresh stories, fresh scholarship and a fresh structure. Connecting History informs and empowers tomorrow's citizens, today.Bringing together... -
Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's Lies Sheila Curran Bernard 9781009098120
RRP: $32.25$22.73Known worldwide as Lead Belly, Huddie Ledbetter (1889–1949) is an American icon whose influence on modern music was tremendous – as was, according to legend, the temper that landed him in two of the South's most brutal prisons, while his immense talent... -
Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 9780767909136
RRP: $25.80$18.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767909136Author Kareem Abdul-JabbarFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)... -
Why We Kneel How We Rise by Michael Holding
RRP: $12.89$8.27WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR With contributions from Usain Bolt, Adam Goodes, Jeff Harriott, Thierry Henry, Michael Johnson, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Makhaya Ntini, Naomi Osaka, Hope Powell THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER In... -
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
RRP: $21.92$19.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award 2011 and Anisfield-Wolf Book Award 2011 and Heartland Award 2011 and Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 2011 and Mark Lynton History Prize 2011... -
The History of the Civil Rights Movement: The Story of the African American Fight for Justice and Equality Dan Peel 9781912918362
RRP: $25.80$18.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorDan Peel is an experienced writer and editor working for the International group Future Publishing.Book InformationISBN 9781912918362Author Dan PeelFormat... -
Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain Padraic X. Scanlan 9781472142337
RRP: $16.76$11.09'Engrossing and powerful . . . rich and thought-provoking'Fara Dabhoiwala, Guardian'Path-breaking . . . a major rewriting of history'Mihir Bose, Irish Times'Slave Empire is lucid, elegant and forensic. It deals with appalling horrors in cool and... -
Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams 9781469663685
RRP: $32.19$28.84Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism... -
Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics by Michael G. Long 9781479818495
RRP: $28.37$21.54Celebrates 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... -
Billy Waters is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain by Mary L. Shannon 9780300267686
RRP: $32.25$26.99The story of William Waters, Black street performer in Regency London, and how his huge celebrity took on a life of its own Every child in Regency London knew Billy Waters, the celebrated “King of the Beggars.” Likely born into enslavement in 1770s New... -
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter Godwin Woodson 9781680920680
RRP: $7.68$7.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680920680Author Carter Godwin WoodsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint 12th Media ServicesPublisher 12th Media ServicesWeight(grams)... -
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
RRP: $19.34$12.59**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History** "Extraordinary...a great American biography" (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one... -
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi
RRP: $25.80$18.95*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... -
Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America by Cameron McWhirter 9781250009067
RRP: $23.21$16.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250009067Author Cameron McWhirterFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm)... -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: The Black History Classic Frederick Douglass 9780857089106
RRP: $12.89$8.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857089106Author Frederick DouglassFormat HardbackImprint Capstone Publishing LtdPublisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd -
Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power by Jefferson Cowie
$39.73American 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... -
Stony The Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates
RRP: $21.92$14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525559559Author Henry Louis Jr GatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damien Lewis 9781541700673
RRP: $28.37$22.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541700673Author Damien LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairs -
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles 9781800818200
RRP: $32.25$20.81LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER ~ NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ~ WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 'An astonishing account of love, resilience and survival' Sunday Times 'A remarkable book' New York... -
Wake by Rebecca Hall
RRP: $25.80$19.36'A must-read graphic history. . . an inspired and inspiring defence of heroic women whose struggles could be fuel for a more just future' Guardian'Not only a riveting tale of Black women's leadership of slave revolts but an equally dramatic story of the... -
Freedom Dreams (TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION): The Black Radical Imagination by Robin D.G. Kelley
RRP: $23.21$14.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807007037Author Robin D.G. KelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot
RRP: $28.38$18.81From 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...