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A Brief Moment in the Sun: Francis Cardozo and Reconstruction in South Carolina
HardcoverOriginal price $45.00 - Original price $45.00Original price $45.00$55.99$55.99 - $55.99Current price $55.99| /A Brief Moment in the Sun is the first scholarly biography of Francis Lewis Cardozo, one of the most talented and influential African Americans to ...
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A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day
HardcoverOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A moving tribute to the little-known history behind the first Memorial Day, illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award winner Floyd Cooper Today is a...
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All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
HardcoverOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Experience the joy of Juneteenth in this celebration of freedom from the award-winning team of Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis.Through the eyes of ...
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Black Was the Ink
HardcoverOriginal price $21.95Original price $21.95 - Original price $21.95Original price $21.95Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Grateful American Book Prize, Grateful American Foundation Skipping Stones Honor Award, Skipping Stones Magazine Recommended YA Fiction List, In th...
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Carrimebac, the Town That Walked
HardcoverOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /"The Civil War may be over, but times are not substantially improved for the freed Black citizens of Walkerton, Georgia, who are shunned by the whi...
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Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow
HardcoverOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America's past and our nation's attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War's conclusion...
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Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem
HardcoverOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /This lyrical celebration of Juneteenth, deeply rooted in Black American history, spans centuries and reverberates loudly and proudly today. After 3...
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Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867: Series 3, Volume 2: Land and Labor, 1866-1867
HardcoverOriginal price $125.00 - Original price $125.00Original price $125.00$152.99$152.99 - $152.99Current price $152.99| /Land and Labor, 1866-1867 examines the remaking of the South's labor system in the tumultuous aftermath of emancipation. Using documents selected f...
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History Smashers: The Underground Railroad
PaperbackOriginal price $8.99 - Original price $8.99Original price $8.99$11.99$11.99 - $11.99Current price $11.99| /Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth about the Underground Railroad and Black Americans' struggle for freedom. Perfect for fans of I Surv...
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History Smashers: The Underground Railroad
Library BindingOriginal price $12.99 - Original price $12.99Original price $12.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth about the Underground Railroad and Black Americans' struggle for freedom. Perfect for fans of I Surv...
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I Can't Wait to Call You My Wife: African American Letters of Love and Family in the Civil War Era
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /This book honors the voices of African Americans of the Civil War era through their letters, inviting readers to engage personally with the Black h...
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If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad
HardcoverOriginal price $22.99Original price $22.99 - Original price $22.99Original price $22.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /What do you know about the Underground Railroad?What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would...
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Kite to Freedom: The Story of a Kite-Flying Contest, the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, and the Underground Railroad
PaperbackOriginal price $12.95 - Original price $12.95Original price $12.95$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Katie and her best friend Homan fly their kite, The Union, across the vast Niagara Gorge in 1848, winning the miraculous sum of $5 and laying the f...
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Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
HardcoverOriginal price $29.99Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /New York Times Bestseller The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, ...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
HardcoverOriginal price $26.00Original price $26.00 - Original price $26.00Original price $26.00Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Notes From Black ReadsA historical document that is a must read, Frederick Douglass’ personal account is powerful and impressive. Douglass, who ...
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No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice
HardcoverOriginal price $24.00Original price $24.00 - Original price $24.00Original price $24.00Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /When it comes to Confederate monuments, there is no common ground. Polarizing debates over their meaning have intensified into legislative maneuver...
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On Juneteenth
HardcoverOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /NEW YORK TIMES • 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2021New York Times • Times Critics Top Books of 2021New York Times Bestseller Best Books of the Year • Washingt...
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Papa's Mark
HardcoverOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /In this timely reissue, a father and son help their community claim the right to vote in the post Civil-War South.A son teaches his father how to...
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Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /In 1998, The New Press published Remembering Slavery, a book-and-tape set that offered a startling first-person history of slavery. Using excerpt...
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South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A “gripping and poignant” (Wall Street Journal) account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped t...
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Standard-Bearers of Equality: America's First Abolition Movement
HardcoverOriginal price $42.50 - Original price $42.50Original price $42.50$53.99$53.99 - $53.99Current price $53.99| /Paul Polgar recovers the racially inclusive vision of America's first abolition movement. In showcasing the activities of the Pennsylvania Abolit...
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Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Stephen Atkins Swails is a forgotten American hero. A free Black in the North before the Civil War began, Swails exhibited such exemplary service i...
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Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town: Based on the History of the African American Pioneer Settlement
HardcoverOriginal price $16.99 - Original price $16.99Original price $16.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /2020 Kansas Notable BookSTARRED REVIEW! "The historic town of Nicodemus, Kansas, springs to life through expressive artwork done in softly fluid ...
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The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /A stunning collection of stoic portraits and intimate ephemera from the lives of Black Civil War soldiersThough both the Union and Confederate ar...
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