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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Cover Image

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Paperback)

By Maya Angelou
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812980028
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Published: Random House Trade - April 21st, 2009
Kindred Cover Image

Kindred (Paperback)

By Octavia E. Butler
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807083697
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Published: Beacon Press (MA) - February 2004
I Have a Dream - Special Anniversary Edition: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World Cover Image

I Have a Dream - Special Anniversary Edition: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World (Paperback)

By Martin Luther King, Jr.
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062505521
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Published: HarperOne - April 29th, 2003
I Am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans Cover Image

I Am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans (Mass Market Paperbound)

By Arnold Adoff, Benny Andrews (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780689808692
Availability: Special Order
Published: Simon Pulse - January 1997
Rosa Parks: My Story Cover Image

Rosa Parks: My Story (Paperback)

By Rosa Parks, James Haskins (With)
$6.99
ISBN: 9780141301204
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Published: Puffin Books - January 1999
MLK: A Celebration in Word and Image Cover Image

MLK: A Celebration in Word and Image (Hardcover)

By Martin Luther King, Jr., Bob Adelman (Editor), Charles Johnson (Introduction by)
$15.00
ISBN: 9780807003169
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Published: Beacon Press (MA) - October 25th, 2011
Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend Cover Image

Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend (Paperback)

By James S. Hirsch
$18.00
ISBN: 9781416547914
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Published: Scribner Book Company - March 1st, 2011
Black Voices Cover Image

Black Voices (Mass Market Paperbound)

By Various, Abraham Chapman (Editor), Abraham Chapman (Introduction by)
$8.95
ISBN: 9780451527820
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Published: Signet Book - April 10th, 2001
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Cover Image

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperbound)

By Malcolm X
$7.99
ISBN: 9780345350688
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Published: Ballantine Books - October 12th, 1987
Hope on a Tightrope: Words & Wisdom Cover Image

Hope on a Tightrope: Words & Wisdom (Paperback)

By Cornel West
$14.95
ISBN: 9781401930769
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Published: Smiley Books - January 2011
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Cover Image

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)

By Barack Obama
$16.00
ISBN: 9781400082773
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Published: Broadway Books - August 10th, 2004

Soul on Ice Cover Image

Soul on Ice (Paperback)

By Eldridge Cleaver
$16.00
ISBN: 9780385333795
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Published: Delta - January 11th, 1999
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Cover Image

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Mass Market Paperbound)

By Barack Hussein Obama
$7.99
ISBN: 9780307455871
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Published: Vintage Books USA - July 15th, 2008
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters Cover Image

Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters (Hardcover)

By Barack Hussein Obama, Loren Long (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780375835278
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Published: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers - November 16th, 2010
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope Cover Image

Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope (Hardcover)

By Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781416971443
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - August 26th, 2008
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Cover Image

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Paperback)

By Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9781423106357
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Published: Jump at the Sun - December 18th, 2007

I Have A Dream (Paperback)

By Martin Luther King Jr.
$6.99
ISBN: 9780590205177
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Published: Scholastic Paperback Nonfiction - January 1st, 2007
The Color Purple Cover Image

The Color Purple (Paperback)

By Alice Walker
$8.95
ISBN: 9780156031820
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Published: Harvest Books - November 2006
Harriet Tubman Cover Image

Harriet Tubman (Paperback)

By Ann Petry
$6.99
ISBN: 9780064461818
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Published: Amistad Press - August 14th, 2007
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Cover Image

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Paperback)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$17.00
ISBN: 9780679763888
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Published: Vintage Books - October 4th, 2011
The New Jim Crow Cover Image

The New Jim Crow (Paperback)

By Michelle Alexander, Cornel West (Introduction by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781595586438
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Published: New Press - January 16th, 2012
Black Boy Cover Image

Black Boy (Paperback)

By Richard Wright
$18.99
ISBN: 9780061443084
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Published: Harper Perennial - April 29th, 2008

Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson Cover Image

Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson (Paperback)

By George Jackson, Jean Genet (Illustrator), Jonathan Jackson, JR. (Foreword by)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781556522307
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Published: Chicago Review Press - September 1994

Renegade for Peace and Justice: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Speaks for Me (Hardcover)

By Barbara Lee
$24.95
ISBN: 9780742558434
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Published: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers - October 2008

The Souls of Black Folk: 100th Anniversary Edition (Mass Market Paperback)

By W. E. B. Du Bois, Randall Kenan (Introduction by)
$5.95
ISBN: 9780451526038
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Published: Signet Classics - August 1st, 1995
Notes of a Native Son Cover Image

Notes of a Native Son (Paperback)

By James A. Baldwin
$14.00
ISBN: 9780807064313
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Published: Beacon Press (MA) - July 9th, 1984
Zora and Me Cover Image

Zora and Me (Hardcover)

By Victoria Bond, T. R. Simon
$16.99
ISBN: 9780763643003
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Published: Candlewick Press (MA) - October 12th, 2010
Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad Cover Image

Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad (Paperback)

By Jacqueline L. Tobin, Raymond G. Dobard (Joint Author), Cuesta Benberry (Foreword by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9780385497671
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Published: Anchor Books - January 17th, 2000
One Crazy Summer Cover Image

One Crazy Summer (Hardcover)

By Rita Williams-Garcia
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060760885
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Published: Amistad Press - January 26th, 2010
Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others Cover Image

Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others (Paperback)

By James Daley (Editor)
$4.00
ISBN: 9780486447612
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Published: Dover Publications - April 28th, 2006
The Fire Next Time Cover Image

The Fire Next Time (Paperback)

By James A. Baldwin
$13.95
ISBN: 9780679744726
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Published: Vintage - December 1st, 1992
All about Love: New Visions Cover Image

All about Love: New Visions (Paperback)

By Bell Hooks
$14.99
ISBN: 9780060959470
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Published: Harper Perennial - January 9th, 2001
Strength to Love Cover Image

Strength to Love (Paperback)

By Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King (Foreword by)
$24.00
ISBN: 9780800697402
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Published: Fortress Press - April 15th, 2010

Selected Poems Cover Image

Selected Poems (Paperback)

By Rita Dove, Dove
$15.00
ISBN: 9780679750802
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Published: Vintage - September 28th, 1993
The Dream Keeper: And Other Poems Cover Image

The Dream Keeper: And Other Poems (Paperback)

By Langston Hughes, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
$11.99
ISBN: 9780679883470
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Published: Alfred A. Knopf - December 3rd, 1996
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales Cover Image

Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales (Hardcover)

By Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon
$25.99
ISBN: 9780590473705
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Published: Blue Sky Press - November 1995
Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary Cover Image

Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Partridge
$19.99
ISBN: 9780670011896
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Published: Viking Children's Books - October 15th, 2009
Odetta: The Queen of Folk Cover Image

Odetta: The Queen of Folk (Hardcover)

By Stephen Alcorn (Illustrator), Samantha Thornhill (Contribution by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780439928182
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Published: Scholastic Press - December 2010
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the REV. Dr. Martin Luther King JR Cover Image

My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the REV. Dr. Martin Luther King JR (Paperback)

By Christine King Farris, Chris Soentpiet (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780689843884
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Published: Aladdin Paperbacks - December 2005
Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa Cover Image

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa (Paperback)

By Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
$6.99
ISBN: 9780786814169
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Published: Jump at the Sun - January 2007
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Cover Image

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Mass Market Paperbound)

By Harriet Jacobs, Linda Brent, Dawn Lundy Martin (Afterword by)
$5.95
ISBN: 9780451531469
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Published: Signet Classics - January 5th, 2010
Thank You, Jackie Robinson: An Original Jane Bond Parody Cover Image

Thank You, Jackie Robinson: An Original Jane Bond Parody (Paperback)

By Barbara Cohen, John Steptoe (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9780688152932
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Published: HarperCollins - April 24th, 1997
Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson Cover Image

Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson (Paperback)

By Barry Denenberg, Copyright Paperback Collection
$5.99
ISBN: 9780590425605
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Published: Scholastic Paperbacks - April 17th, 1990
Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism Cover Image

Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism (Paperback)

By Belva Davis, Vicki Haddock (With), Bill Cosby (Foreword by)
$15.95
ISBN: 9781609944667
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Published: Berrett-Koehler Publishers - February 6th, 2012
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude

Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday (Paperback)

By Angela Yvonne Davis
$17.00
ISBN: 9780679771265
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Published: Vintage - January 26th, 1999