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Book Cover Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems by Rita Dove

Playlist for the Apocalypse

Book Cover By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners by Margaret A. Burnham

By Hands Now Known

Book Cover Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings by Randall Kenan

Black Folk Could Fly

Book Cover Best Barbarian: Poems by Roger Reeves

Best Barbarian

Book Cover New York, My Village by Uwem Akpan

New York, My Village

Book Cover Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature by Farah Jasmine Griffin

Read Until You Understand

Book Cover Selected Works of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde and Roxane Gay (Editor)

Selected Works of Audre Lorde

Book Cover If I Had Two Wings: Stories by Randall Kenan

If I Had Two Wings

Book Cover Race in America by Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer

Race in America

Book Cover Seeing the Body: Poems by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Seeing the Body

Book Cover Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory by Claudio Saunt

Unworthy Republic

Book Cover The Absurd Man: Poems by Major Jackson

The Absurd Man

Book Cover Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments

Book Cover Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts

Felon

Book Cover The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

The Shadow King

Book Cover Travelers: A Novel by Helon Habila

Travelers

Book Cover Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century by Lorene Cary

Ladysitting

Book Cover Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

Book Cover Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Accessory to War

Book Cover Collected Poems (paperback): 1974-2004 by Rita Dove

Collected Poems (paperback)

Book Cover Chester B. Himes: A Biography by Lawrence P. Jackson

Chester B. Himes

Book Cover Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History by Camille T. Dungy

Guidebook to Relative Strangers

Book Cover Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Book Cover Roll Deep: Poems by Major Jackson

Roll Deep

Book Cover The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire by Karl Jacoby

The Strange Career of William Ellis

Book Cover Collected Poems: 1974–2004 by Rita Dove

Collected Poems

Book Cover The Illegal: A Novel by Lawrence Hill

The Illegal

Book Cover Saint Monkey: A Novel by Jacinda Townsend

Saint Monkey

Book Cover The Book Of Negroes: A Novel (Movie Tie-In Edition) (Movie Tie-In Editions) by Lawrence Hill

The Book Of Negroes

Book Cover West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 by Claudio Saunt

West of the Revolution

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Book Cover The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, Volume 2 by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O'Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, and Cheryl A. Wall (Editors)

The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, Volume 2

Book Cover The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (3rd Edition) Set by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O’Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, and Cheryl A. Wall

The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (3rd Edition) Set

Book Cover The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights by William P. Jones

The March on Washington

Book Cover The Cineaste: Poems by A. Van Jordan

The Cineaste

Book Cover The Collected Poems of Ai by Ai Ogawa

The Collected Poems of Ai

Book Cover Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery To Hip-Hop by Yuval Taylor and Jake Austen

Darkest America

Book Cover Space Chronicles: Facing The Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Space Chronicles

Book Cover Holding Company: Poems by Major Jackson

Holding Company

Book Cover The Conjure Stories (Norton Critical Editions) by Charles W. Chesnutt

The Conjure Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

Book Cover The Chitlin’ Circuit: And The Road To Rock &rsquoN&rsquo Roll by Preston Lauterbach

The Chitlin’ Circuit

Book Cover Oil on Water: A Novel by Helon Habila

Oil on Water

Book Cover The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race And Civility In Everyday Life by Elijah Anderson

The Cosmopolitan Canopy

Book Cover No Surrender: Poems by Ai Ogawa

No Surrender

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Book Cover Sonata Mulattica: Poems by Rita Dove

Sonata Mulattica

Book Cover The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen by Kwame Anthony Appiah

The Honor Code

Book Cover Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History by Fawn M. Brodie

Thomas Jefferson

Book Cover The History Of White People by Nell Irvin Painter

The History Of White People

Book Cover Beneath The Lion’s Gaze: A Novel by Maaza Mengiste

Beneath The Lion’s Gaze

Book Cover Michelle Obama: The First Lady In Photographs by Deborah Willis and Emily Bernard

Michelle Obama

Book Cover The Hemingses Of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed

The Hemingses Of Monticello

Book Cover More Than Just Race: Being Black And Poor In The Inner City (Issues Of Our Time) by William Julius Wilson

More Than Just Race

Book Cover Scottsboro: A Novel by Ellen Feldman

Scottsboro

Book Cover God’s Crucible: Islam And The Making Of Europe, 570-1215 by David Levering Lewis

God’s Crucible

Book Cover Someone Knows My Name: A Novel by Lawrence Hill

Someone Knows My Name

Book Cover Death By Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Death By Black Hole

Book Cover Hoops: Poems by Major Jackson

Hoops

Book Cover Quantum Lyrics: Poems by A. Van Jordan

Quantum Lyrics

Book Cover An Illuminated Life: Bella da Costa Greene’s Journey from Prejudice to Privilege by Heidi Ardizzone

An Illuminated Life

Book Cover Measuring Time: A Novel by Helon Habila

Measuring Time

Book Cover Spike Lee: That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It by Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Book Cover When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson

When Affirmative Action Was White

Book Cover The Skin Between Us: A Memoir of Race, Beauty, and Belonging by Kym Ragusa

The Skin Between Us

Book Cover Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers (Issues of Our Time Series) by Kwame Anthony Appiah

Cosmopolitanism

Book Cover Macnolia: Poems by A. Van Jordan

Macnolia

Book Cover Origins: Fourteen Billion Years Of Cosmic Evolution by Neil Degrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith

Origins

Book Cover Dread: Poems by Ai Ogawa

Dread

Book Cover American Smooth: Poems by Rita Dove

American Smooth

Book Cover Shaking the Tree: A Collection of New Fiction and Memoir by Black Women by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah

Shaking the Tree

Book Cover Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde by Alexis De Veaux

Warrior Poet

Book Cover Waiting for An Angel: A Novel by Helon Habila

Waiting for An Angel

Book Cover Bob Marley: Spirit Dancer by Bruce W. Talamon and Roger Steffens

Bob Marley

Book Cover Death And The King’s Horseman: A Play by Wole Soyinka

Death And The King’s Horseman

Book Cover Police Brutality: An Anthology by Jill Nelson

Police Brutality

Book Cover Code Of The Street: Decency, Violence, And The Moral Life Of The Inner City by Elijah Anderson

Code Of The Street

Book Cover Vice: New and Selected Poems by Ai Ogawa

Vice

Book Cover On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems by Rita Dove

On the Bus with Rosa Parks

Book Cover Collected Poems Of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde

Collected Poems Of Audre Lorde

Book Cover The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey by Toi Derricotte

The Black Notebooks

Book Cover Yesterday Will Make You Cry by Chester Himes

Yesterday Will Make You Cry

Book Cover Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women’s Humor by Daryl Cumber Dance

Honey, Hush!

Book Cover S. R. O. (Old School Books Series) by Robert Deane Pharr

S. R. O. (Old School Books Series)

Book Cover Weary Feet, Rested Souls: A Guided History of the Civil Rights Movement by Townsend Davis

Weary Feet, Rested Souls

Book Cover Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned

Book Cover Still I Rise: A Cartoon History Of African Americans by Roland Owen Laird, Taneshia Nash Laird, and Elihu Bey

Still I Rise

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Book Cover The School on 103rd Street: A Novel (Old School Books) by Roland S. Jefferson

The School on 103rd Street

Book Cover Black in America by Eli Reed

Black in America

Book Cover The Music of Black Americans: A History (Third Edition) by Eileen Southern

The Music of Black Americans

Book Cover Giveadamn Brown: A Novel (Old School Books) by Robert Deane Pharr

Giveadamn Brown

Book Cover The Norton Anthology of African American Literature by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay

The Norton Anthology of African American Literature

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Book Cover The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Third Edition Vol. 1 by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Valerie A. Smith

The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Third Edition Vol. 1

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Book Cover Sojourner Truth: A Life, a Symbol by Nell Irvin Painter

Sojourner Truth

Book Cover Coal by Audre Lorde

Coal

Book Cover The Angry Ones by John A. Williams

The Angry Ones

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Book Cover Mother Love: Poems by Rita Dove

Mother Love

Book Cover Where a Nickel Costs a Dime: Poems by Willie Perdomo

Where a Nickel Costs a Dime

Book Cover The Black Unicorn: Poems (Norton Paperback) by Audre Lorde

The Black Unicorn

Book Cover RL’s Dream by Walter Mosley

RL’s Dream

Book Cover Divine Days by Leon Forrest

Divine Days

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Book Cover Life Notes: Personal Writings by Contemporary Black Women by Patricia Bell-Scott

Life Notes

Book Cover Greed by Ai Ogawa

Greed

Book Cover Our Dead Behind Us: Poems by Audre Lorde

Our Dead Behind Us

Book Cover The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance: Poems, 1987-1992 by Audre Lorde

The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance

Book Cover The Narrative of Hosea Hudson: The Life and Times of a Black Radical by Nell Irvin Painter

The Narrative of Hosea Hudson

Book Cover Undersong: Chosen Poems Old and New by Audre Lorde

Undersong

Book Cover Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas After Reconstruction by Nell Irvin Painter

Exodusters

Book Cover The Before Columbus Foundation Fiction Anthology by Ishmael Reed

The Before Columbus Foundation Fiction Anthology

Book Cover Grace Notes: Poems by Rita Dove

Grace Notes

Book Cover Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919 by Nell Irvin Painter

Standing at Armageddon

Book Cover Beirut: City of Regrets by Eli Reed

Beirut

Book Cover You May Plow Here - the Narrative of Sara Brooks by Sara Brooks

You May Plow Here - the Narrative of Sara Brooks

Book Cover Readings in Black American Music (Second Edition) by Eileen Southern

Readings in Black American Music (Second Edition)

Book Cover The Winner Names the Age: A Collection of Writings by Lillian Smith by Lillian Smith and Michelle Cliff (Editor)

The Winner Names the Age

Book Cover FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr: From “Solo” to Memphis by David J. Garrow

FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr

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Book Cover The District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History by David Levering Lewis

The District of Columbia