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Larry Tye

The Jazzmen

From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz---Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie---who, born w…

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"--

History Of American Fol

Claudette Colvin, Phillip Hoose,

Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!

Civil rights icon Claudette Colvin teams up with Phillip Hoose-author of the Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning blockbuster biography Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice -to tell her groundb…

Ashley Howard

Midwest Unrest

Explores those rebellions in US cities during the 1960s, paying particular attention to the ways that region, race, class, and gender all played critical and often overlapping roles in shaping Black peopl…

Thad Williamson, Julian M Hayter, Amy L Howard

The Making of Twenty-First-Century Richmond

"Richmond, Virginia, took center stage globally in the summer of 2020 as an epicenter of antiracist protests in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd. In a period of just a few weeks, overwhe…

Grace Elizabeth Hale

In the Pines

Winner of the Mississippi Historical Society Book of the Year Award In this "courageous and compelling ... essential and critically important" book (Bryan Stevenson), an award-winning scholar of…

Margena Christian

It's No Wonder

The biography of Sylvia Moy, Motown's first certified female in-house producer and songwriter, and one of the authors behind classic hits like "My Cherie Amour," "Uptight (Everything's Alri…

Addie Tsai

Straight White Men Can't Dance

This book analyses movement from white men on screen in order to discern how dance in American popular culture reflects gender and race ideologies. In particular, it focuses on the 'straight white man can…

20th-Century Queer American History Reader

The 20th Century Queer American History Reader is an innovative resource designed to guide scholars, students, and enthusiasts through the field of queer studies. This reader serves as a guide to explorin…

Arab American Public History

Forthcoming Fall 2025

Arab American Public History

Forthcoming Fall 2025

Mike Africa Jr

On a Move

"The incredible story of MOVE, the revolutionary Black civil liberties group that Philadelphia police bombed in 1985, killing 11 civilians-by one of the few people born into the organization, raised …

Adia Harvey Wingfield

Gray Areas

NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB's November 2023 Must Read Books • LIBRARY JOURNALEDITOR PICK •"A groundbreaking book, both bold in its premise and precise in its exploration of systemic racism in the workplace. T…

Andrea Stone

Black Prison Intellectuals

Recovering critical, understudied writings from early archives, this book calls into question the idea that the Black prison intellectual movement began in the twentieth century, tracing the arc of Black …

Franklin R Jones Jr

Learn Black American Sign Language

Learn Black American Sign Language shares details of its history and teaches everyday words alongside proper positions and motions of the language with photos and descriptions.

Andrea Stone

Black Prison Intellectuals

Recovering critical, understudied writings from early archives, this book calls into question the idea that the Black prison intellectual movement began in the twentieth century, tracing the arc of Black …

Imani Perry

Black in Blues

A "vast, multifaceted and enchanting" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) meditation on the color blue and its fascinating role in Black history and culture, from National Book Award winner Imani Perry, …

Rise to Command

An intimate view of the triumphs and challenges experienced by Black officers in the twentieth century.Rise to Command is a social history told in the words of seventeen Black military officers who grew u…