Overview :The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of ... Read More
Overview :The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans ins... Read More
Overview :Interweaving American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed, the descendant of enslaved pe... Read More
Overview :Instant #1 New York Times bestseller Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Cl... Read More
Overview :New York Times Bestseller The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disgu... Read More
Overview :Beautifully written and deeply researched, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded... Read More
Overview :From its origins in the 1750s, the white-led American abolitionist movement adhered to principles of "moral suasion" and nonviolent resistan... Read More
Overview :"By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black h... Read More
Overview :The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives a... Read More
Overview :NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to... Read More
Overview :LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - A "vivid and frank" (NPR) account of the crack cocaine era and a community's ultimate resilience, t... Read More
Overview :* Longlisted for the National Book Award * Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post No... Read More
Overview :Republished as part of Amistad's Literary Revival Program, the groundbreaking, bestselling look at history from the perspective of African A... Read More
Overview :The definitive, newsbreaking account of the ongoing investigation into the Tulsa race massacre In the late spring of 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma,... Read More
Overview :The story of the fight against fascism across the African diaspora, revealing that Black antifascism has always been vital to global freedom... Read More
Overview :A new eight-hour event series based on Roots will be simulcast on the History Channel, Lifetime, and A&E over four consecutive nights beginn... Read More
Overview :First published in 1934 and revised in 1962, this book gathers journalist and historian Joel Augustus Rogers' columns from the syndicated ne... Read More
Overview :The local community around the Nat Turner rebellion The 1831 Southampton Rebellion led by Nat Turner involved an entire community. Vanessa ... Read More