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Oklahoma Freedmen of the Five Tribes
HardcoverOriginal price $36.99Original price $36.99 - Original price $36.99Original price $36.99Current price $30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /Explore accounts of Oklahoma's Freedmen as told by their descendants in these stories of resistance and resilience on the Western frontier.The Free...
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Virginia's Civil Rights Hero Curtis W. Harris Sr.
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 1924, the Virginia State Legislature passed the Racial Integrity Act. The act banned interracial marriage down to "a single drop" of African blo...
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Desegregation in Northern Virginia Libraries
PaperbackOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /A Hidden History of Unequal Access During the Jim Crow era, many public libraries were segregated. The public library plays a fundamental role in c...
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Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois
HardcoverOriginal price $36.99Original price $36.99 - Original price $36.99Original price $36.99Current price $30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /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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African Americans of St. Lawrence County: North Country Pioneers
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Discover the Black pioneers who shaped St. Lawrence County through grit and determination.From its origins as part of New France through the Civil ...
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Abolition and the Underground Railroad in South Jersey: Not Without a Fight
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Southern New Jersey was a hotbed of slave fugitives, freedmen and abolitionists in the Civil War era. The proud 22nd Regiment of the United States ...
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Trailblazing Black Women of Washington State
HardcoverOriginal price $33.99Original price $33.99 - Original price $33.99Original price $33.99Current price $28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /Breaking glass ceilings, organizing clubs, and making history as the first in their fields, these trailblazing Black women paved the way for new ge...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Oklahoma Freedmen of the Five Tribes
PaperbackOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /Explore accounts of Oklahoma's Freedmen as told by their descendants in these stories of resistance and resilience on the Western frontier.The Free...
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Trailblazing Black Women of Washington State
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Breaking glass ceilings, organizing clubs, and making history as the first in their fields, these trailblazing Black women paved the way for new ge...
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