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Bennett Parten

Somewhere Toward Freedom

An "account of Sherman's March to the Sea--the critical Civil War campaign that destroyed the Confederacy--told for the first time from the perspective of the tens of thousands of enslaved people who fled…

Stephanie Li

Zora Neale Hurston

In this biography, chronological chapters follow Zora Neale Hurston's family, upbringing, education, influences, and major works, placing these experiences within the context of American history.

Mitchell Nathanson

Under Jackie's Shadow

The stories of thirteen Black Minor League baseball players during the post–Jackie Robinson era, from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, who were figuratively and literally left behind even as both baseball and …

Jonathan Eig

King: A Life

WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY A finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award | Named one of the ten best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Time A N…

Lori D Ginzberg

Tangled Journeys

"In 1830 Richard Walpole Cogdell, a husband, father, and bank clerk in Charleston, South Carolina, purchased a fifteen-year-old enslaved girl, Sarah Martha Sanders. Before her death in 1850, she bore nine…

Matthew Lippman

Amy Mallard and Racial Justice

This book is the first to document the story of Amy Mallard, who sought justice through the legal system for the 1948 lynching of her husband in Georgia and later became an advocate for civil rights at th…

Nikkolas Smith

The History of We

"A picture book about the origin and advancement of humans"--

Ian Delahanty

Embracing Emancipation

"Embracing Emancipation tackles a perennial question in scholarship on the Civil War era: Why did Irish Americans, who claimed to have been oppressed in Ireland, so vehemently opposed the antislavery move…

Jaha Nailah Avery,

I Heard

"This lyrical poem tells the story of Black History in America, from slavery to the Civil Rights movement to present day struggles"--

Black Urban History at the Crossroads

Navigates the Complicated History of the City as Both Site of Oppression and Space for Self-Determination

Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine

The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience

"An illustrated edition of The 1619 Project, with newly commissioned artwork and archival images, The New York Times Magazine's award-winning reframing of the American founding and its contemporary echoes…

Carole Boston Weatherford,

Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair

"Cornrows forming complex patterns. Shells and beads on boxy braids. A flowery 'fro that's wash-and-go. A regal pouf that scrapes the sky. Black hair styles embody beauty and loving ritual, culture and co…

Joel Asaph Allen

History of the American bison, Bison Americanus

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

Mass. American Academy of Dental Science Boston

A History of Dental and Oral Science in America

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

Willie Mae Brown

My Selma

Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming, debut author Willie Mae Brown crafts an unforgettable memoir about growing up amidst the civil rights movement in a town at the crossroads of …

Hoke S Glover, V Efua Prince

Crazy as Hell

A refreshing, insightful, sacrilegious take on African American history, Crazy as Hell explores the site of America's greatest contradictions. The notables of this book are the runaways and the rebels, th…

Nat'l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture,

In Slavery's Wake

"The companion book to a groundbreaking exhibition on African American history and culture-with 150 powerful illustrations of people and objects"--

Harry Dunn

Standing My Ground

"Walking the halls of democracy as a Capitol Police officer, Harry Dunn was a man slowly experiencing an awakening. It sparked after the election of our first Black president. It grew as his belief in the…

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