African American & Black

This engaging history overturns the conventional wisdom about the Second Amendment--showing that the right to bear arms was not about protecting liberty but about preserving slavery. In Madison's Militia, Carl Bogus illuminates why James Madison and...

"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...

A riveting and illuminating exploration of the transatlantic slave trade by an intrepid team of divers seeking to reclaim the stories of their ancestors. From the writers behind the acclaimed documentary series Enslaved (starring Samuel L. Jackson),...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947247499Author Rose IhedigboFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Yorkshire PublishingPublisher Yorkshire PublishingWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692895290Author Katherine Bankole-Medina Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Liberated Scholars PressPublisher Liberated Scholars...

"Read this book. It explains so much about the moment...Beautiful, heartbreaking work." -Ta-Nehisi CoatesWhen the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States' total wealth. More than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497103979Author Kehinde AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Fox Chapel PublishingPublisher Fox Chapel PublishingWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm)...

In 1854, traveling was full of danger. Omnibus accidents were commonplace. Pedestrians were regularly attacked by the Five Points' gangs. Rival police forces watched and argued over who should help. Pickpockets, drunks and kidnappers were all part of the...

*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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142003756Author Peter IronsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 297gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 130mm *...

"Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Loaded is like a blast of fresh air. She is no fan of guns or of our absurdly permissive laws surrounding them. But she does not merely take the liberal side of the familiar debate."--Adam Hochschild, The New York Review of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award 2005.Book InformationISBN 9780375708848Author Mark S. WeinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Vintage...

Go deeper than the Black History you may think you know! Black American History For Dummies reveals the terrors and struggles and celebrates the triumphs of Black Americans. This handy book goes way beyond what you may have studied in school, digging...

An introduction to the complex relationship between African Americans and the African continent What is an "African American" and how does this identity relate to the African continent? Rising immigration levels, globalization, and the United States'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734924152Author Yecheilyah YsraylFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Literary Korner PublishingPublisher Literary Korner PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541602908Author Kellie Carter JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Seal Press (CA)Publisher Seal Press (CA)Weight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 242mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807008249Author Michael HinesFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473540388Author Pat BackleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Pat BackleyPublisher Pat BackleyWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 14mm

How did a black child, growing up in segregationist Mississippi during the early 1900s, become the commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Corps during the brutal Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935? In this gripping, never-before-told tale, biographer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951213527Author Jethro SoutarFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Unnamed PressPublisher Unnamed Press

A sobering excavation of how deeply nineteenth-century American banks were entwined with the institution of slavery. It's now widely understood that the fullest expression of nineteenth-century American capitalism was found in the structures of chattel...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316492935Author Clint SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632461155Author James Weldon JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Ig PublishingPublisher Ig Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692657676Author Jabari G OsazeFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint African Genesis Institute PressPublisher African Genesis Institute PressWeight(grams)...

Hollywood is often thought of-and certainly by Hollywood itself-as a progressive haven. However, in the decade after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the film industry grew deeply conservative when it came to conflicts over racial justice. Amid black...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593447376Author Brea BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint One World BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...

George Washington's life has been scrutinized by historians over the past three centuries, but the day-to-day lives of Mount Vernon's enslaved workers, who left few written records but made up 90 percent of the estate's population, have been largely left...

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten...

There 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738105502Author Felix LambertFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Felix LambertPublisher Felix LambertWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

More than any other scholar, Eric Foner has influenced our understanding of America's history. Now, making brilliant use of extraordinary evidence, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian once again reconfigures the national saga of American slavery and...

In 1859, at the largest recorded slave auction in American history, over 400 men, women, and children were sold by the Butler Plantation estates. This book is one of the first to analyze the operation of this auction and trace the lives of slaves before,...

The Story Behind an Unsung Event in the Civil Rights Movement"Over eight days, eight students sparked change that defined their lives, changed an institution and fueled a movement that continues today." Alberto Ibarguen, President and CEO of the John S...

Winner of the Alice Hanson Jones Prize, Economic History AssociationA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearThe civil rights movement was also a struggle for economic justice, one that until now has not had its own history. Sharing the Prize ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692905609Author Leah YehudahFormat PaperbackPage Count 454Imprint Through the Fire PressPublisher Through the Fire PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm)...

Exploring the profound impact of the Black Power movement on African Americans.Outstanding Academic Title, ChoiceIn the 1960s and 70s, the two most important black nationalist organizations, the Nation of Islam and the Black Panther Party, gave voice and...

Owned by his father, Isaac Harold Anderson (1835-1906) was born a slave but went on to become a wealthy businessman, grocer, politician, publisher, and religious leader in the African American community in the state of Georgia. Elected to the state...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513208664Author Matthew HensonFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Mint EditionsPublisher Mint Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598537031Author W.E.B. Du BoisFormat HardbackPage Count 1100Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America

Discover how-and why-Black, Indigenous, and people of color in America experience societal, economic, and infrastructural inequality throughout history covering everything from Columbus's arrival in 1492 to the War on Drugs to the Black Lives Matter...