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A Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo: Rootworkers, Conjurers & Spirituals
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Author Tony Kail traces Memphis's colorful Hoodoo heritage from the arrival of Africans in Shelby County to the growth of conjure culture in juke...
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Baltimore Civil Rights Leader Victorine Q. Adams: The Power of the Ballot
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Victorine Quille Adams was a Baltimore native and the first African American woman elected to the city council. Born in 1912, she lived through str...
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Black Beauties: African American Pageant Queens in the Segregated South
PaperbackOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /In 1984, Vanessa Williams broke the race barrier to become Miss America, but she was not the first Black woman to wear a pageant crown.Black beauty...
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Gullah Geechee Heritage in the Golden Isles
PaperbackOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /The Golden Isles are home to a long and proud African American and Gullah Geechee heritage. Ibo Landing was the site of a mass suicide in protest...
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Better Homes of South Bend, Indiana: An American Story of Courage
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781467118651 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: History Press The Publication Date: 09-07-2015 Pages: 144 Product Dimensions...
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Historic Black Neighborhoods of Raleigh
PaperbackOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /The story of Raleigh's African American communities begins before the Civil War. Towns like Oberlin Village were built by free people of color in t...
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Integrating the Charleston Police Force: Stories of the Pioneers
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /The civil rights era in the United States was a turbulent time of struggle and protest, with groups making history all across the nation. African A...
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Black Broadway in Washington, DC
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Before chain coffeeshops and luxury high-rises, before even the beginning of desegregation and the 1968 riots, Washington's Greater U Street was kn...
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Plantations, Slavery and Freedom on Maryland's Eastern Shore
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /The riveting, heart wrenching story of slave traders and abolitionists, kidnappers and freedmen, cruelty and courage on Maryland's eastern shore.Af...
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Stories of Rootworkers & Hoodoo in the Mid-South
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Men and women who carried the mantle of African healing and spirituality in the Mid-South were frequently accused and attacked for their misunderst...
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Tuskegee in Philadelphia: Rising to the Challenge
PaperbackOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /The uplifting story of the valiant Tuskegee men and women whose impact on Philadelphia during World War II will surprise even the most avid armchai...
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The Wampanoag Tribe of Martha's Vineyard:: Colonization to Recognition
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah are an indigenous people on Martha's Vineyard. From their legendary giant leader Moshup, Wampanoags can tr...
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Woodland Mounds in West Virginia
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /The first Europeans to arrive in the Ohio Valley were intrigued and puzzled by the many conical earthen mounds they encountered there. They creat...
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Canoe Indians of Down East Maine
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /In 1604, when Frenchmen landed on Saint Croix Island, they were far from the first people to walk along its shores.For thousands of years, Etchemin...
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A History of the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island: Keepers of the Bay
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A history of the Narragansett Tribe of RI from early European encounters to the tribe's return to sovereignty in the 20th Century.Before Roger Will...
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Cherokee Pottery: From the Hands of Our Elders
PaperbackOriginal price $12.99 - Original price $12.99Original price $12.99$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Discover the stories, history and meaning of Cherokee pottery and artists.The intricate designs and complex patterns of Cherokee pottery have been ...
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Out in Evansville: An LGBTQ+ History of River City
PaperbackOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /From arrests and ostracization to public festivals and drag shows, the LGBTQ+ people of Evansville have walked a twisting path to their current exi...
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The NAACP in Washington, DC: From Jim Crow to Home Rule
PaperbackOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /Founded in March 1912, DC branch of the NAACP quickly became the leading organization advocating for the city's Black community.President Woodrow W...
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African Americans of Chattanooga: A History of Unsung Heroes
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Learn and discover how African-Americans have held a prominent place in the history of Chattanooga dating back to the 16th century.Did you know tha...
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Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois
PaperbackOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /The Path to Freedom in Missouri and Illinois People enslaved here experienced the same horrors as those held captive in other states, and their st...
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A History of Milwaukee Drag: Seven Generations of Glamour
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /p>The queens that made Milwaukee famousFor over a century, drag has been an unstoppable force in Milwaukee nightlife. On June 7, 1884, The Only ...
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Chinese in Napa Valley: The Forgotten Community That Built Wine Country
PaperbackOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /Unearth the origins of Napa Valley's prosperity. Chinese laborers were once the backbone of Napa Valley. Throughout the late 1800s, they toiled in...
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Black Broadway in Washington, DC
HardcoverOriginal price $40.99Original price $40.99 - Original price $40.99Original price $40.99Current price $37.99$37.99 - $37.99Current price $37.99| /Before chain coffeeshops and luxury high-rises, before even the beginning of desegregation and the 1968 riots, Washington's Greater U Street was kn...
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History of Milwaukee Drag: Seven Generations of Glamour
HardcoverOriginal price $43.99Original price $43.99 - Original price $43.99Original price $43.99Current price $39.99$39.99 - $39.99Current price $39.99| /p>The queens that made Milwaukee famousFor over a century, drag has been an unstoppable force in Milwaukee nightlife. On June 7, 1884, The Only ...
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