African American & Black

"She fought a lonely and almost single-handed fight, with the single-mindedness of a crusader, long before men or women of any race entered the arena; and the measure of success she achieved goes far beyond the credit she has been given in the history of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Kirkus Prize (Nonfiction) 2023.Book InformationISBN 9781501191053Author Ilyon WooFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon &...

Bestselling author, James Earl Ray's defense attorney, and, later, lawyer for the King family William Pepper reveals who actually killed MLK. William Pepper was James Earl Ray's lawyer in the trial for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., and even...

The 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955905145Author Jermaine FowlerFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Row House PublishingPublisher Row House PublishingWeight(grams) 1g

In this "sharp-eyed account of a nearly forgotten African-American sports legend" (Publishers Weekly)-the remarkable Major Taylor who became the world's fastest bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era-"Kranish has done historians and fans a service...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982532768Author Adebayo C AkomolafeFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Universal Write Publications LLCPublisher Universal Write Publications...

I Dare Say: A Gerald Horne Reader is a timely and essential collection of the many works of Professor Gerald Horne-a historian who has made an indelible impact on the study of US and international history. Horne approaches his study of history as a...

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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551647371Author Nalini MohabirFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2023A Library Journal Recommended Read for 2023A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2023A vibrant collection of personal and lyric essays in conversation with archival objects of Black history and memory.What...

An illuminating look at how Philadelphia's antebellum free Black community defended themselves against kidnappings and how this "street diplomacy" forced Pennsylvanians to confront the politics of slavery.As the most southern of northern cities in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614274117Author Robert F WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Martino Fine BooksPublisher Martino Fine BooksWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984856920Author Blair ImaniFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

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...

Long before the rise of New World slavery, West Africans were adept swimmers, divers, canoe makers, and canoeists. They lived along riverbanks, near lakes, or close to the ocean. In those waterways, they became proficient in diverse maritime skills,...

A timely paperback reissue of the stunning, prize-winning portrait of the Jim Crow South through unique first-person accounts Praised as "viscerally powerful" (Publishers Weekly), this remarkable work of oral history captures the searing experience of...

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),...

"The most revealing and subjectively penetrating assessment of Baldwin's life yet published." -The New York Times Book Review. "The first Baldwin biography in which one can recognize the human features of this brilliant, troubled, principled, supremely...

A New York Times Best Seller! Baltimore, one of our country's quintessential urban war zones, is brought powerfully to life by literary talent, D. WatkinsTo many, the past 8 years under President Obama were meant to usher in a new post-racial American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588345707Author National Museum of African American History andFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593544921Author Maria SmiliosFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 663gDimensions(mm) 236mm *...

Activists, 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...

Interweaving American history, dramatic family chronicle and searing episodes of memoir, On Juneteenth recounts the origins of the holiday that celebrates the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. A descendant of enslaved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420952421Author Frederick DouglassFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982145095Author David Hackett FischerFormat HardbackPage Count 960Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 1134gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Kirkus Prize (Nonfiction) 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781984855015Author Tiya MilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593134375Author Victor LuckersonFormat HardbackPage Count 672Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 964gDimensions(mm)...

Soon 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 amazing true story of America’s first Black generals, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. and Jr., a father and son who helped integrate the American military and created the Tuskegee Airmen. Perfect for fans of Devotion and Hidden Figures.Red Tails, George...

A major new look at the work of one of America's foremost self-taught artistsBill Traylor (ca. 1853-1949) came to art-making on his own and found his creative voice without guidance; today he is remembered as a renowned American artist. Traylor was born...

From 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...

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 9780593447376Author Brea BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint One World BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 578g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798881803902Author Maegan Parker BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798881803841Author Erica L. BallFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

This volume examines the influence of African Catholics on the historical development of Black Christianity in America during the seventeenth century. Black Christianity in America has long been studied as a blend of indigenous African and Protestant...

A Place to Live in Peace: Free People of Color in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana reveals a community where free people of color lived harmoniously with white people even as slavery persisted. Author Evelyn L. Wilson documents the presence, land...

A Place to Live in Peace: Free People of Color in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana reveals a community where free people of color lived harmoniously with white people even as slavery persisted. Author Evelyn L. Wilson documents the presence, land...

Beginning with an examination of West African food traditions during the era of the transatlantic slave trade and ending with a discussion of black vegan activism in the twenty-first century, Getting What We Need Ourselves: How Food Has Shaped African...