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Frederick K. Foote, Jr.
Frederick K. Foote, Jr. MULTIPLE Frederick K. Foote, Jr., born in Sacramento, California, experienced racial segregation in education before serving in the USAF. After retiring from the State of Cali...
For the Sake of Soul
For the Sake of Soul Frederick K. Foote, Jr. 9780984435067 Fiction Blue Nile Press Blue Nile Press Frederick Foote’s stories chart the geography of the African-American experience of his generation, t...
Child’s Play: A Poem
Child’s Play: A Poem Frederick K. Foote, Jr. Article Another young Black man knocked unconscious, lying motionless on the fake grass His fellow players move around him in hushed groups radiating fea...
The Maroon: Fables and Revelations
The Maroon: Fables and Revelations Frederick K. Foote, Jr. 9798695447408 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published These stories explore the edge of the wilderness that is human nature f...
Crossroads Encounters
Crossroads Encounters Frederick K. Foote, Jr. 9780692650417 Fiction Choose the Sword Press Choose the Sword Press Crossroad Encounters are visceral reactions to the intersections of faith and folly; ...
Frederick K. Foote, Jr. at the Sacramento Black Book Festival
Frederick K. Foote, Jr. at the Sacramento Black Book Festival Literary Events Author Frederick K. Foote, Jr. at the 2017 Sacramento Black Book Festival. Learn more: https://aalbc.com/books/bookinfo.ph...
Kim Coleman Foote
Kim Coleman Foote NONE Meet Kim Coleman Foote on Tour Kim Coleman Foote is an award-winning author from New Jersey recognized for her contributions in anthologies and literary reviews. She's earned mu...
Coleman Hill (hardcover): A Biomythography
Coleman Hill (hardcover): A Biomythography Kim Coleman Foote 9781638931140 Fiction SJP Lit Zando Meet Kim Coleman Foote on Tour “Once in a while, a writer comes along with a brilliance that stops t...
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass 0000000121171288 “Without Struggle… There Is No Progress!” —Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), born into slavery, was an influential abolit...
Frederick’s Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick’s Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass Doreen Rappaport 9781423114383 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A thought-provoking portrait of celebrated human...
Dorothea Grimes-Frederick
Dorothea Grimes-Frederick NONE Dorothea Grimes-Frederick is a distinguished engineer, educator, and speaker with considerable experience in Fortune 500 companies. The first African-American woman to ...
For the Sake of Soul
For the Sake of Soul Robert Fleming Book Review Sometimes short fiction can be a daunting task for the writer, especially when he decides to confront the challenges of plot, characterization, dialogu...
Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn
Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn Frederick Douglass 9781617754852 Nonfiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "A fascinating collection of Frederick Douglass’s controversial speeches in Brooklyn, N.Y., this ...
Frederick Price
Frederick Price 0000000400170923 Frederick K.C. Price, founder of Crenshaw Christian Center, began his ministry in 1973, expanding it globally through Ever Increasing Faith Ministries. Price also fou...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 9781722500399 Nonfiction G&D Media G&D Media Special Bicentennial Edition This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography ...
Frederick Douglass in Ireland: In His Own Words
Frederick Douglass in Ireland: In His Own Words Frederick Douglass 9780815380634 Nonfiction Routledge Routledge Frederick Douglass spent four months in Ireland at the end of 1845 that proved to be, in...
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man Tonya Bolden 9781419725463 Nonfiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) is best known for...
Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph
Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph MULTIPLE Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph are renowned authors known for their insightful writings. Their work significantly influences the literary world, refl...
Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, Olaudah Equiano
Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, Olaudah Equiano MULTIPLE "Explore the works of acclaimed authors Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker...
Everything’s Not Lost
Everything’s Not Lost Frederick Joseph 9798217040599 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A heart-wrenching yet vividly hopeful novel about a Black girl’s struggle to find the q...
William-Frederick Press
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William-Frederick Press
William-Frederick Press William-Frederick Press William-Frederick Press
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom David W. Blight 9781416590323 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. **Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History** “Extraordinary…a great American biog...
Frederick Douglass: Voice for Justice, Voice for Freedom
Frederick Douglass: Voice for Justice, Voice for Freedom Frank Murphy 9781524772352 Nonfiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Learn about the abolitionist Frederick Douglass...
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom David F. Walker 9780399581441 Fiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House A graphic novel biography of...
The Frederick Douglass Papers: Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 2: 1853-1865
The Frederick Douglass Papers: Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 2: 1853-1865 Frederick Douglass 9780300218305 Nonfiction Yale University Press Yale University Press The second collection of the me...
Love Twelve Miles Long
Love Twelve Miles Long Glenda Armand 9781620142547 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books A moving story about young Frederick Douglass and his mother, who walks twelve miles at night from a nearby p...
Frederick Preston
Frederick Preston 0000000068026443 Frederick J. Preston is an author and entrepreneur since 1989, leading WordPlay Multimedia, a company specializing in books, clothing, and professional development ...
Frederick Joseph
Frederick Joseph 000000011448266X Frederick Joseph, an award-winning marketer and writer, is recognized for his advocacy in media representation. Included in Forbes 30 Under 30, he's also a recipient...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass Excerpt PREFACE In the month of August 1841, I attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to beco...
Coleman Hill: A Novel
Coleman Hill: A Novel Kim Coleman Foote 9781638931706 Fiction SJP Lit Zando Shortlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction • Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize • Sh...
The Liquid Plain (TCG Edition)
The Liquid Plain (TCG Edition) Naomi Wallace 9781559365147 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group “American theater needs more plays like Naomi Wallace’s The Liquid Plain—by...
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage 0000000080050112 Congrats to Lynn Nottage: Winner 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Lynn Nottage, a distinguished playwright and lecturer, is celebrated for her outstanding plays and awarded ...
If You Call My Name: The Collected Memoirs of Black Enslaved People
If You Call My Name: The Collected Memoirs of Black Enslaved People Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, Olaudah Equiano 9781250281401 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Pre...
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass Benjamin Quarles 9781574782035 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press “No study of the Garrison school of reformers, Liberty party abolitionism, the technique of anti-sla...
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person Frederick Joseph 9781536217018 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press The instant New York Times bestseller! Writing from the perspective of a fr...
American Crisis Biographies: Frederick Douglass
American Crisis Biographies: Frederick Douglass Booker T. Washington 9781331494270 Nonfiction Forgotten Books Forgotten Books Excerpt from American Crisis Biographies: Frederick DouglassIn the succeed...
Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass
Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass Suzanne Slade 9781580895699 Nonfiction Charlesbridge Charlesbridge Their friendship changed a nation. No one thought Susan B. An...
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Paula Wiseman Books)
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Paula Wiseman Books) Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781416959038 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The inspirational, true story of h...
Great Speeches By African Americans: Frederick Douglass
Great Speeches By African Americans: Frederick Douglass James Daley 9780486447612 Nonfiction Dover Publications Dover Publications Tracing the struggle for freedom and civil rights across two centurie...
My Bondage and My Freedom: Part I. Life as a Slave. Part II. Life as a Freeman.
My Bondage and My Freedom: Part I. Life as a Slave. Part II. Life as a Freeman. Frederick Douglass 9780743460590 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. My Bondage and My Freedom is the second o...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 9780486284996 Nonfiction Dover Publications Dover Publications
Frederick Douglass Books
Frederick Douglass Books Forefront Books Forefront Books and Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives
Forefront Books
Forefront Books Forefront Books and Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives Frederick Douglass Books
This Thing of Ours
This Thing of Ours Frederick Joseph 9781536233469 Fiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press The powerful and timely YA novel debut from two-time New York Times best-selling author Frederick Josep...
We Alive, Beloved: Poems
We Alive, Beloved: Poems Frederick Joseph 9781955905640 Poetry Row House Publishing Row House Publishing NYT Bestselling Author Frederick Joseph explores a new genre in this captivating poetry collect...
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever the Courage to Dream
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever the Courage to Dream Frederick Joseph 9781368076739 Fiction Marvel Press Marvel Comics Set in the world of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever from Marvel Studios, The Courag...
Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the World
Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the World Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph 9781536224528 Nonfiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press From the New York Times best-selling a...
My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom Frederick Douglass 9780300190595 Nonfiction Yale University Press Yale University Press Born into slavery in 1818, Frederick Douglass escaped to freedom and became a passiona...
The Heroic Slave: A Thrilling Narrative of the Adventures of Madison Washington
The Heroic Slave: A Thrilling Narrative of the Adventures of Madison Washington Frederick Douglass 9781434441218 Nonfiction Wildside Press Wildside Press Book by Douglass, Frederick
Escape To Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass (Puffin books)
Escape To Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass (Puffin books) Ossie Davis 9780140343557 Nonfiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House A play that depicts Frederick Douglas overcoming his begi...
The Dark Race in the Dawn: Proof of Black African Civilization in the America’s Before Columbus
The Dark Race in the Dawn: Proof of Black African Civilization in the America’s Before Columbus Kathryn M. Johnson The_Dark_Race Nonfiction William-Frederick Press William-Frederick Press Originally p...
David Ruggles
David Ruggles 0000000078894447 David Ruggles was a pioneer in black activism, journalism, and entrepreneurship in the 1800s. He led 600+ slaves to freedom, including Frederick Douglass, and owned the...
Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery
Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery Richard Murray Book Review Frederick Douglass once said, “The American Government and the American Constitution are spoken of in a manner ...
Rabbit, Fox, Tar
Rabbit, Fox, Tar P.C. Verrone 9781646223176 Fiction Catapult Catapult "Verrone has an alchemical ability to take parts of the old and the new and transform them into something entirely his own … Its p...
Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought
Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought Beverly Guy-Sheftall 9781565842564 Nonfiction The New Press The New Press The first major anthology to trace the development, from the ...
Kia Corthron
Kia Corthron 0000000041541197 Kia Corthron, born May 13, 1961, is an award-winning author and playwright from Cumberland, Maryland, now based in Harlem, New York. Her debut fiction, 'The Castle Cross...
Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank
Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank Justene Hill Edwards 9781324073857 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. In the years immediately after the Civ...
Before 13th: A Graphic Novel
Before 13th: A Graphic Novel Michael Ralph 9780063097124 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins A gorgeous full-color graphic historical novel, sure to become an instant classic, that explores the friendship a...
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln Fred Lee Hord 9780252044687 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln’s imperf...
Walking in Tall Weeds
Walking in Tall Weeds Robin W. Pearson 9781496453723 Fiction Tyndale House Tyndale House Frederick, Paulette, and McKinley Baldwin have always been a family of “onlys” in their town of Hickory Grove, ...
American Histories
American Histories John Edgar Wideman 9781501178344 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. In a new short story collection, John Edgar Wideman—the acclaimed author of Writing to Save a L...
Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing
Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing Stephanie Stokes Oliver 9781501154287 Nonfiction Atria / 37 Ink Simon & Schuster, Inc. Spanning over 250 years of h...
Frederick Douglass: A Biography
Frederick Douglass: A Biography Booker T. Washington 9781138523784 Nonfiction Routledge Routledge
Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History
Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History Walter Dean Myers 9780060277093 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins
Intentional Ascension: How To Succeed On Purpose
Intentional Ascension: How To Succeed On Purpose Frederick Preston 9780975544419 Nonfiction Wordplay Multimedia Wordplay Multimedia Young Black Americans have been trying to realize the promise of the...
Answered Prayer Guaranteed!: The power of praying with faith
Answered Prayer Guaranteed!: The power of praying with faith Frederick Price 9781616384906 Nonfiction Charisma House Charisma Media Begin praying today…and start thanking God for what He has already d...
Douglass’ Women: A Novel
Douglass’ Women: A Novel Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780743410106 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the critically acclaimed author of Voodoo Dreams, a powerful and provocative fic...
Chicken on a Leash: Lessons in Strength of Mind
Chicken on a Leash: Lessons in Strength of Mind Dorothea Grimes-Frederick 9781403342942 Fiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions The sibilant sound of ’Girl, you know you crazy!’ resonates through our com...
The Teachers & Writers Guide to Frederick Douglass
The Teachers & Writers Guide to Frederick Douglass Wesley Brown 9780915924462 Nonfiction Teachers and Writers Collaborative Teachers and Writers Collaborative Some essays are personal accounts of te...
The Pan-Africanists
The Pan-Africanists Dudley Thompson and Barrington Watson 9780865438101 Nonfiction Ian Randle Publishers Ian Randle Publishers This book celebrates the lives of seventeen Black leaders who have made o...
Black Pioneers: An Untold Story
Black Pioneers: An Untold Story William Loren Katz 9780689814105 Nonfiction Atheneum Simon & Schuster, Inc. BLACK PIONEERS: AN UNTOLD STORY one of Katz’s four important books on the African American e...
Andrea Smith
Andrea Smith 0000000040577630 Andrea Smith, a recipient of fellowships from the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center and The New York Council on the Arts, is a Brooklyn-born author now residing in...
August Wilson
August Wilson 0000000368634467 August Wilson (1945-2005), two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning African American playwright, is renowned for his Pittsburgh Cycle, a series of 10 plays each set in a unique ...
Tonya Bolden
Tonya Bolden 0000000116508683 Tonya Bolden, a Princeton and Columbia University graduate, is an award-winning author/editor of over 40 books, including children's nonfiction and historical novels. He...
Richard B. Moore
Richard B. Moore 0000000082432341 Moore was an early advocate for the use of “African American” as opposed to “Negro” or “Black.” Richard Benjamin Moore was an infl...
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 0000000115887079 Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is a civil rights attorney, writer, playwright, and Constitutional Law professor at John Jay College (CUNY). She previously taught...
David F. Walker
David F. Walker 0000000071165663 David F. Walker is a celebrated comic book writer, author, filmmaker, and scholar. He's known for his award-winning comic 'Shaft' and YA series 'The Adventures of Dar...
Vincent Brown
Vincent Brown 0000000114674784 Vincent Brown is the Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of Tacky...
Chicken on a Leash: Lessons in Strength of Mind
Chicken on a Leash: Lessons in Strength of Mind Dorothea Grimes-Frederick Excerpt Even Dogs Cry August 25, 196 Dear Diary, The only thing bad about living next door to a rent-subsidize...
The People’s House: The Power and Presence of African Americans in the White House
The People’s House: The Power and Presence of African Americans in the White House Michelle D. Commander and Kathleen M. Kendrick 9780143139072 Nonfiction Penguin Classics Penguin Random House A new a...
As The Pages Turn Book Club of Newark Literary Luncheon Fundraiser
As The Pages Turn Book Club of Newark Literary Luncheon Fundraiser On June 28, 2014 As The Pages Turn Book Club of Newark hosted authors Pamela Samuels Young (Keynote), RM Johnson, Eva Tremains, Sadeq...
Receiving Redemption: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics
Receiving Redemption: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics Fred Sanders and Uche Anizor 9780310178804 Nonfiction Zondervan Academic HarperCollins Christian Publishing How do we receive the blessings...
A Venn Diagram of One: An American Story
A Venn Diagram of One: An American Story Lenny McAllister 9781637635940 Nonfiction Frederick Douglass Books Forefront Books In an age of noise, outrage, and tribal certainty, the most ra...
The Risk Worth Taking: A Story of Breaking Free and Trading for a Life You Love
The Risk Worth Taking: A Story of Breaking Free and Trading for a Life You Love Teri Ijeoma 9781637634653 Nonfiction Frederick Douglass Books Forefront Books What if the life you dream of isn’t just p...
Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America
Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America David S. Reynolds 9780593490235 Nonfiction Penguin Press Penguin Random House “Provocative … [E]ssential reading for ...
BEA Parties
BEA Parties BEA Parties An Archive of African American Related Events at BEA African American Pavilion @ BEA 2007 (Main Page) African American Book Publishing Professio...
Book Expo America 2011 - Stage Programing
Book Expo America 2011 - Stage Programing Book Expo America 2011 - Stage Programing Book Expo America 2011 - Stage Programing MIDTOWN STAGE - UPTOWN STAGE For complete and up to d...
Let It Shine!: A Celebration of You
Let It Shine!: A Celebration of You Carole Boston Weatherford 9780593805756 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House From the Newbery Honor–winning author of Box: Henry Brown Mails H...
The Risk of Loving You: When Danger Meets Desire
The Risk of Loving You: When Danger Meets Desire Dana Bari 9798999868909 Fiction AscendED AscendED Sixty-year-old Frederick “Rick” Thompson has spent a lifetime drifting from one situationship to anot...
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style Monica L. Miller 9781588397997 Nonfiction Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art This exploration of Black dandy fashion and its representation in art...
The Black Box (paperback): Writing the Race
The Black Box (paperback): Writing the Race Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9780593299807 Nonfiction Penguin Publishing Group Penguin Random House A New York Times Notable Book “Henry Louis Gates is a natio...
Black Planner: Daily History for Daily Planning
Black Planner: Daily History for Daily Planning Steven Barboza 9798992177701 Nonfiction BarbozArts BarbozArts Check out the Live Sample Pages—a Peek Inside the Planner The Planner. Reinvented Wi...
Sista Said: Words of Wisdom from Women of Color in Social Justice & the Arts
Sista Said: Words of Wisdom from Women of Color in Social Justice & the Arts Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. 9798989142309 Nonfiction Letterform Archive Books Letterform Archive Books Two sets of 20 unique let...
Load in Nine Times: Poems
Load in Nine Times: Poems Frank X. Walker 9781324094937 Poetry Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company A stirring and historically substantive tribute to literal freedom fighters that ...
The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America
The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America Sarah Lewis 9780674238343 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press The award-winning art historian and founder of Vision & Just...
Autobiomythography of
Autobiomythography of Ayokunle Falomo 9781949944655 Poetry Alice James Books Alice James Books Autobiomythography Of sifts through Nigerian stories and mythologies, both inherited and invented, to exp...
Summer on Highland Beach
Summer on Highland Beach Sunny Hostin 9780062994257 Fiction William Morrow & Company HarperCollins The View cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin transports readers to Highland Beach in...
Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit
Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit Robin Bernstein 9780226744230 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press An award-winning histor...