Nonfiction - Black Reads
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Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era
PaperbackOriginal price $45.00 - Original price $45.00Original price $45.00$55.99$55.99 - $55.99Current price $55.99| /For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought in World War I, Woodrow Wilson's charge to make the world "safe for democracy" carried life-...
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In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down
PaperbackOriginal price $24.00Original price $24.00 - Original price $24.00Original price $24.00Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Revealing never-before-told stories with the incisive thought and emotion of one who was there. "The author does not pull any punches...his story...
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Against All Tides: The Untold Story of the USS Kitty Hawk Race Riot
HardcoverOriginal price $28.99Original price $28.99 - Original price $28.99Original price $28.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Simmering racial tensions inflamed by discriminatory punitive measures sparked a violent confrontation aboard the USS Kitty Hawk while it was engag...
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Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day's Black Heroes, at Home and at War
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /"An utterly compelling account of the African Americans who played a crucial and dangerous role in the invasion of Europe. The story of their heroi...
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Like Men of War: Black Troops in the Civil War, 1862-1865
HardcoverOriginal price $44.95 - Original price $44.95Original price $44.95$60.99$60.99 - $60.99Current price $60.99| /Originally published in 1998, Like Men of War was a groundbreaking early study of Black troops in the Civil War that is still considered a major co...
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Mesoamerican History & Mythology: Aztec, Inca, Maya, Toltec, Zapotec & Central American Myths, Legends, Mysteries & History Uncovered
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The history of Mesoamerica is rich, complex, and filled with mystery But for too long it has been misrepresented, misunderstood, and overlooked.Emb...
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The Barbary Wars: A Captivating Guide to the First Overseas Wars Conducted by the United States
HardcoverOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /Discover the captivating history of the first American wars in Africa!In this book, you'll learn about the Barbary Wars of 1801 to 1805 and 1815, t...
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Against All Tides: The Untold Story of the USS Kitty Hawk Race Riot
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Simmering racial tensions inflamed by discriminatory punitive measures sparked a violent confrontation aboard the USS Kitty Hawk while it was engag...
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Hear Our Voices: A Powerful Retelling of the British Empire Through 20 True Stories
HardcoverOriginal price $24.00Original price $24.00 - Original price $24.00Original price $24.00Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /This compelling and important history of the British Empire, told from the perspective of 20 people who lived through it, tells the story of one of...
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Contested Valor: African American Marines in the Age of Power, Protest, and Tokenism
HardcoverOriginal price $44.95 - Original price $44.95Original price $44.95$60.99$60.99 - $60.99Current price $60.99| /Contested Valor is a challenging examination of the use and status of black Marines in United States military service during the Cold War era. Thes...
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Insurgency Warfare: A Global History to the Present
PaperbackOriginal price $44.00 - Original price $44.00Original price $44.00$59.99$59.99 - $59.99Current price $59.99| /This timely book offers a history of insurgencies and counterinsurgency beyond a traditional Western-centric narrative. Black probes the linkages b...
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The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World
HardcoverOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /A dynamic collective biography that presents 44 of America’s greatest Black movers and shakers, from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Bar...
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A is for Aloha: A Hawai'i Alphabet
HardcoverOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Completing our acclaimed Discover America State by State series is A is for Aloha: AHawaii Alphabet. The landscape of Hawaii is as exotic as its ...
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It is Important to Become...
HardcoverOriginal price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00$24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /This book tells a story about the hidden world of racial disparities and the history from which they stem. The kids who encounter negative experien...
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Leland Melvin: Volume 9
PaperbackOriginal price $8.95 - Original price $8.95Original price $8.95$11.99$11.99 - $11.99Current price $11.99| /Learn about Leland Melvin's fascinating life, who went from being a professional football player to an influential NASA astronaut, in the kids book...
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Bayard Rustin: Volume 1
PaperbackOriginal price $8.95 - Original price $8.95Original price $8.95$11.99$11.99 - $11.99Current price $11.99| /Learn about Bayard Rustin's fascinating life and how he played a role in one of the most important Civil Rights events in American history in the b...
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Hidden Black History: From Juneteenth to Redlining
PaperbackOriginal price $10.99 - Original price $10.99Original price $10.99$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Many important moments in history have not been taught in schools or explored in the mainstream media. These events often include people of color a...
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La Estudiante Mayor: Cómo Mary Walker Aprendió a Leer / The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
HardcoverOriginal price $17.95 - Original price $17.95Original price $17.95$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Libro ganador del Premio Texas Bluebonnet de 2022 Imagínate aprender a leer a los 116 años! Conoce la historia real de Mary Walker, la estudiante ...
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A Kid's Guide to African American History: More Than 70 Activities
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /What do all these people have in common: the first man to die in the American Revolution, a onetime chief of the Crow Nation, the inventors of pean...
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Calvin Spann: Daring Fighter Pilot
Library BindingOriginal price $35.64Original price $35.64 - Original price $35.64Original price $35.64Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /Calvin Spann was a fighter pilot during World War II, when the US military was segregated. He fought with the African American flying force the Tus...
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I Am Black History from A-Z
PaperbackOriginal price $14.99 - Original price $14.99Original price $14.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /I Am Black History is a poetic journey through the alphabet honoring some of the most brave, most creative, and most intellectual historical figure...
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Henry Ossian Flipper: West Point's First Black Graduate
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95$22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /In 1878 Henry Ossian Flipper seemed destined for a long military career. Four years later, he was on trial at Fort Davis, Texas, for embezzlement o...
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We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq
PaperbackOriginal price $15.99 - Original price $15.99Original price $15.99$19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /The Greatest Generation meets Bloods in this revealing oral history of the unrecognized contributions of African American veterans.Award-winning jo...
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We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
PaperbackOriginal price $10.99 - Original price $10.99Original price $10.99$12.99$12.99 - $12.99Current price $12.99| /This young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling White Rage is essential antiracist reading for teens.An NAACP Image Award finalistA K...
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