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    Black History Month Titles for Middle School Students

    • The Black Panther Party
      The Black Panther Party
      A Graphic Novel History
      David F. Walker, Marcus Kwame Anderson
      $19.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 19, 2021
    • Brown Girl Dreaming
      Brown Girl Dreaming
      Jacqueline Woodson
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Oct 11, 2016
    • Our Auntie Rosa
      Our Auntie Rosa
      The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons
      Sheila McCauley Keys, Eddie B. Allen Jr.
      $15.00 US
      Paperback
      Jan 26, 2016
    • Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero
      Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero
      Kelly J. Baptist
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Aug 18, 2020
    • Timelines from Black History
      Timelines from Black History
      Leaders, Legends, Legacies
      DK
      $19.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 19, 2021
    • Making Our Way Home
      Making Our Way Home
      The Great Migration and the Black American Dream
      Blair Imani
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 14, 2020
    • The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
      The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
      Brenda Woods
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 07, 2020
    • March: Book One
      March: Book One
      Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Nate Powell
      $14.95 US
      Paperback
      Aug 13, 2013
    • March: Book Two
      March: Book Two
      Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Nate Powell
      $19.95 US
      Paperback
      Jan 20, 2015
    • March: Book Three
      March: Book Three
      Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Nate Powell
      $19.99 US
      Paperback
      Aug 02, 2016
    • It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime
      It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime
      Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)
      Trevor Noah
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Apr 07, 2020
    • The Life of Frederick Douglass
      The Life of Frederick Douglass
      A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom
      David F. Walker, Marissa Louise, Damon Smyth
      $19.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 08, 2019
    • Lifting as We Climb
      Lifting as We Climb
      Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box
      Evette Dionne
      $19.99 US
      Hardcover
      Apr 21, 2020
    • The Stars Beneath Our Feet
      The Stars Beneath Our Feet
      David Barclay Moore
      $7.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 08, 2019
    • Flygirl
      Flygirl
      Sherri L. Smith
      $9.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 16, 2010
    • Why We Can't Wait
      Why We Can't Wait
      Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
      $9.99 US
      Mass Market Paperback
      Jan 01, 2000
    • Take Back the Block
      Take Back the Block
      Chrystal D. Giles
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 26, 2021
    • Finding Langston
      Finding Langston
      Lesa Cline-Ransome
      $7.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 07, 2020
    • DK Life Stories: Katherine Johnson
      DK Life Stories: Katherine Johnson
      Ebony Joy Wilkins, Charlotte Ager
      $5.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 08, 2019
    • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
      Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
      Mildred D. Taylor
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Nov 27, 2001
    • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
      Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
      Frederick Douglass
      $4.95 US
      Mass Market Paperback
      Jun 07, 2005
    • The Talk
      The Talk
      Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Aug 11, 2020
    • Leaving Lymon
      Leaving Lymon
      Lesa Cline-Ransome
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 07, 2020
    • The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
      The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
      Christopher Paul Curtis
      $8.99 US
      Mass Market Paperback
      Dec 12, 2000
    • Clean Getaway
      Clean Getaway
      Nic Stone
      $7.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 05, 2021
    • Akata Witch
      Akata Witch
      Nnedi Okorafor
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Jul 11, 2017
    • The Sun Is Also a Star
      The Sun Is Also a Star
      Nicola Yoon
      $12.99 US
      Paperback
      Mar 05, 2019
    • Who Put This Song On?
      Who Put This Song On?
      Morgan Parker
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Mar 23, 2021
    • The Black Panther Party
      The Black Panther Party
      A Graphic Novel History
      David F. Walker, Marcus Kwame Anderson
      $19.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 19, 2021
    • Brown Girl Dreaming
      Brown Girl Dreaming
      Jacqueline Woodson
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Oct 11, 2016
    • Our Auntie Rosa
      Our Auntie Rosa
      The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons
      Sheila McCauley Keys, Eddie B. Allen Jr.
      $15.00 US
      Paperback
      Jan 26, 2016
    • Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero
      Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero
      Kelly J. Baptist
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Aug 18, 2020
    • Timelines from Black History
      Timelines from Black History
      Leaders, Legends, Legacies
      DK
      $19.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 19, 2021
    • Making Our Way Home
      Making Our Way Home
      The Great Migration and the Black American Dream
      Blair Imani
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 14, 2020
    • The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
      The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
      Brenda Woods
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 07, 2020
    • March: Book One
      March: Book One
      Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Nate Powell
      $14.95 US
      Paperback
      Aug 13, 2013
    • March: Book Two
      March: Book Two
      Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Nate Powell
      $19.95 US
      Paperback
      Jan 20, 2015
    • March: Book Three
      March: Book Three
      Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Nate Powell
      $19.99 US
      Paperback
      Aug 02, 2016
    • It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime
      It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime
      Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)
      Trevor Noah
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Apr 07, 2020
    • The Life of Frederick Douglass
      The Life of Frederick Douglass
      A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom
      David F. Walker, Marissa Louise, Damon Smyth
      $19.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 08, 2019
    • Lifting as We Climb
      Lifting as We Climb
      Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box
      Evette Dionne
      $19.99 US
      Hardcover
      Apr 21, 2020
    • The Stars Beneath Our Feet
      The Stars Beneath Our Feet
      David Barclay Moore
      $7.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 08, 2019
    • Flygirl
      Flygirl
      Sherri L. Smith
      $9.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 16, 2010
    • Why We Can't Wait
      Why We Can't Wait
      Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
      $9.99 US
      Mass Market Paperback
      Jan 01, 2000
    • Take Back the Block
      Take Back the Block
      Chrystal D. Giles
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 26, 2021
    • Finding Langston
      Finding Langston
      Lesa Cline-Ransome
      $7.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 07, 2020
    • DK Life Stories: Katherine Johnson
      DK Life Stories: Katherine Johnson
      Ebony Joy Wilkins, Charlotte Ager
      $5.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 08, 2019
    • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
      Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
      Mildred D. Taylor
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Nov 27, 2001
    • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
      Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
      Frederick Douglass
      $4.95 US
      Mass Market Paperback
      Jun 07, 2005
    • The Talk
      The Talk
      Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Aug 11, 2020
    • Leaving Lymon
      Leaving Lymon
      Lesa Cline-Ransome
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 07, 2020
    • The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
      The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
      Christopher Paul Curtis
      $8.99 US
      Mass Market Paperback
      Dec 12, 2000
    • Clean Getaway
      Clean Getaway
      Nic Stone
      $7.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 05, 2021
    • Akata Witch
      Akata Witch
      Nnedi Okorafor
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Jul 11, 2017
    • The Sun Is Also a Star
      The Sun Is Also a Star
      Nicola Yoon
      $12.99 US
      Paperback
      Mar 05, 2019
    • Who Put This Song On?
      Who Put This Song On?
      Morgan Parker
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Mar 23, 2021

    Black History Month Titles for High School Students

    • Four Hundred Souls
      Four Hundred Souls
      A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
      $32.00 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 02, 2021
    • Dream Country
      Dream Country
      Shannon Gibney
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Apr 09, 2019
    • Unsung
      Unsung
      Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery & Abolition
      $22.00 US
      Paperback
      Feb 16, 2021
    • 145th Street: Short Stories
      145th Street: Short Stories
      Walter Dean Myers
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 14, 2020
    • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
      Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
      Frederick Douglass
      $12.00 US
      Paperback
      Mar 06, 2018
    • A Black Women's History of the United States
      A Black Women's History of the United States
      Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross
      $27.95 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 04, 2020
    • Timelines from Black History
      Timelines from Black History
      Leaders, Legends, Legacies
      DK
      $19.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 19, 2021
    • The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
      The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
      Junauda Petrus
      $9.99 US
      Paperback
      Jun 23, 2020
    • A Promised Land
      A Promised Land
      Barack Obama
      $45.00 US
      Hardcover
      Nov 17, 2020
    • All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
      All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
      Mildred D. Taylor
      $11.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 05, 2021
    • The Black Church
      The Black Church
      This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
      Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      $30.00 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 16, 2021
    • The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults)
      The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults)
      Ta-Nehisi Coates
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 12, 2021
    • Ardency
      Ardency
      A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels
      Kevin Young
      $19.95 US
      Paperback
      Sep 18, 2012
    • Notes of a Native Son
      Notes of a Native Son
      James Baldwin
      $15.00 US
      Paperback
      Nov 20, 2012
    • Becoming
      Becoming
      Michelle Obama
      $32.50 US
      Hardcover
      Nov 13, 2018
    • A Phoenix First Must Burn
      A Phoenix First Must Burn
      Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Mar 09, 2021
    • Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom
      Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom
      My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
      Lynda Blackmon Lowery, PJ Loughran
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Dec 27, 2016
    • Stony the Road
      Stony the Road
      Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
      Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      $20.00 US
      Paperback
      Apr 07, 2020
    • Chlorine Sky
      Chlorine Sky
      Mahogany L. Browne
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 12, 2021
    • The New Huey P. Newton Reader
      The New Huey P. Newton Reader
      Huey P. Newton
      $19.95 US
      Paperback
      Jun 18, 2019
    • Well-Read Black Girl
      Well-Read Black Girl
      Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
      Glory Edim
      $20.00 US
      Hardcover
      Oct 30, 2018
    • How I Discovered Poetry
      How I Discovered Poetry
      Marilyn Nelson
      $9.99 US
      Paperback
      Mar 08, 2016
    • The Gilded Ones
      The Gilded Ones
      Namina Forna
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 09, 2021
    • The Warmth of Other Suns
      The Warmth of Other Suns
      The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
      Isabel Wilkerson
      $17.95 US
      Paperback
      Oct 04, 2011
    • Futures of Black Radicalism
      Futures of Black Radicalism
      $29.95 US
      Paperback
      Aug 29, 2017
    • Fire from the Rock
      Fire from the Rock
      Sharon Draper
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 18, 2008
    • Twelve Years a Slave
      Twelve Years a Slave
      Solomon Northup
      $17.00 US
      Paperback
      Jul 31, 2012
    • Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)
      Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)
      Kwame Onwuachi
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Apr 13, 2021
    • Medical Apartheid
      Medical Apartheid
      The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
      Harriet A. Washington
      $17.95 US
      Paperback
      Jan 08, 2008
    • Dear Martin
      Dear Martin
      Nic Stone
      $9.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 04, 2018
    • Four Hundred Souls
      Four Hundred Souls
      A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
      $32.00 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 02, 2021
    • Dream Country
      Dream Country
      Shannon Gibney
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Apr 09, 2019
    • Unsung
      Unsung
      Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery & Abolition
      $22.00 US
      Paperback
      Feb 16, 2021
    • 145th Street: Short Stories
      145th Street: Short Stories
      Walter Dean Myers
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 14, 2020
    • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
      Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
      Frederick Douglass
      $12.00 US
      Paperback
      Mar 06, 2018
    • A Black Women's History of the United States
      A Black Women's History of the United States
      Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross
      $27.95 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 04, 2020
    • Timelines from Black History
      Timelines from Black History
      Leaders, Legends, Legacies
      DK
      $19.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 19, 2021
    • The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
      The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
      Junauda Petrus
      $9.99 US
      Paperback
      Jun 23, 2020
    • A Promised Land
      A Promised Land
      Barack Obama
      $45.00 US
      Hardcover
      Nov 17, 2020
    • All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
      All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
      Mildred D. Taylor
      $11.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 05, 2021
    • The Black Church
      The Black Church
      This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
      Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      $30.00 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 16, 2021
    • The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults)
      The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults)
      Ta-Nehisi Coates
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 12, 2021
    • Ardency
      Ardency
      A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels
      Kevin Young
      $19.95 US
      Paperback
      Sep 18, 2012
    • Notes of a Native Son
      Notes of a Native Son
      James Baldwin
      $15.00 US
      Paperback
      Nov 20, 2012
    • Becoming
      Becoming
      Michelle Obama
      $32.50 US
      Hardcover
      Nov 13, 2018
    • A Phoenix First Must Burn
      A Phoenix First Must Burn
      Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Mar 09, 2021
    • Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom
      Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom
      My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
      Lynda Blackmon Lowery, PJ Loughran
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Dec 27, 2016
    • Stony the Road
      Stony the Road
      Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
      Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      $20.00 US
      Paperback
      Apr 07, 2020
    • Chlorine Sky
      Chlorine Sky
      Mahogany L. Browne
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 12, 2021
    • The New Huey P. Newton Reader
      The New Huey P. Newton Reader
      Huey P. Newton
      $19.95 US
      Paperback
      Jun 18, 2019
    • Well-Read Black Girl
      Well-Read Black Girl
      Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
      Glory Edim
      $20.00 US
      Hardcover
      Oct 30, 2018
    • How I Discovered Poetry
      How I Discovered Poetry
      Marilyn Nelson
      $9.99 US
      Paperback
      Mar 08, 2016
    • The Gilded Ones
      The Gilded Ones
      Namina Forna
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 09, 2021
    • The Warmth of Other Suns
      The Warmth of Other Suns
      The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
      Isabel Wilkerson
      $17.95 US
      Paperback
      Oct 04, 2011
    • Futures of Black Radicalism
      Futures of Black Radicalism
      $29.95 US
      Paperback
      Aug 29, 2017
    • Fire from the Rock
      Fire from the Rock
      Sharon Draper
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 18, 2008
    • Twelve Years a Slave
      Twelve Years a Slave
      Solomon Northup
      $17.00 US
      Paperback
      Jul 31, 2012
    • Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)
      Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)
      Kwame Onwuachi
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Apr 13, 2021
    • Medical Apartheid
      Medical Apartheid
      The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
      Harriet A. Washington
      $17.95 US
      Paperback
      Jan 08, 2008
    • Dear Martin
      Dear Martin
      Nic Stone
      $9.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 04, 2018

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      Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)
      Trevor Noah
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Apr 07, 2020
    • A Phoenix First Must Burn
      A Phoenix First Must Burn
      Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Mar 10, 2020
    • March: Book One
      March: Book One
      Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Nate Powell
      $14.95 US
      Paperback
      Aug 13, 2013
    • March: Book Two
      March: Book Two
      Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Nate Powell
      $19.95 US
      Paperback
      Jan 20, 2015
    • March: Book Three
      March: Book Three
      Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Nate Powell
      $19.99 US
      Paperback
      Aug 02, 2016
    • Clean Getaway
      Clean Getaway
      Nic Stone
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 07, 2020
    • The Stars Beneath Our Feet
      The Stars Beneath Our Feet
      David Barclay Moore
      $7.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 08, 2019
    • Bud, Not Buddy
      Bud, Not Buddy
      Christopher Paul Curtis
      $8.99 US
      Mass Market Paperback
      Sep 14, 2004
    • The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
      The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
      Christopher Paul Curtis
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Aug 06, 2013
    • Brave. Black. First.
      Brave. Black. First.
      50+ African American Women Who Changed the World
      Cheryl Hudson, Erin K. Robinson
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 07, 2020
    • A Young People's History of the United States
      A Young People's History of the United States
      Columbus to the War on Terror
      Howard Zinn
      $22.95 US
      Paperback
      Jun 02, 2009
    • Brown Girl Dreaming
      Brown Girl Dreaming
      Jacqueline Woodson
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Oct 11, 2016
    • Flying Lessons & Other Stories
      Flying Lessons & Other Stories
      $7.99 US
      Paperback
      Aug 14, 2018
    • Voices of a People's History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition
      Voices of a People's History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition
      Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove
      $24.95 US
      Paperback
      Nov 11, 2014
    • The Talk
      The Talk
      Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Aug 11, 2020
    • We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
      We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Dec 31, 2019
    • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
      Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
      Mildred D. Taylor
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Nov 27, 2001
    • Freedom Summer For Young People
      Freedom Summer For Young People
      The Violent Season that Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy
      Bruce Watson
      $22.95 US
      Paperback
      Nov 10, 2020
    • It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime
      It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime
      Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)
      Trevor Noah
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Apr 07, 2020
    • A Phoenix First Must Burn
      A Phoenix First Must Burn
      Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Mar 10, 2020
    • March: Book One
      March: Book One
      Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Nate Powell
      $14.95 US
      Paperback
      Aug 13, 2013
    • March: Book Two
      March: Book Two
      Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Nate Powell
      $19.95 US
      Paperback
      Jan 20, 2015
    • March: Book Three
      March: Book Three
      Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Nate Powell
      $19.99 US
      Paperback
      Aug 02, 2016
    • Clean Getaway
      Clean Getaway
      Nic Stone
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 07, 2020
    • The Stars Beneath Our Feet
      The Stars Beneath Our Feet
      David Barclay Moore
      $7.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 08, 2019
    • Bud, Not Buddy
      Bud, Not Buddy
      Christopher Paul Curtis
      $8.99 US
      Mass Market Paperback
      Sep 14, 2004
    • The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
      The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
      Christopher Paul Curtis
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Aug 06, 2013
    • Brave. Black. First.
      Brave. Black. First.
      50+ African American Women Who Changed the World
      Cheryl Hudson, Erin K. Robinson
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 07, 2020

    Books on Anti-Racism for High School Students, Educators, and Parents

    • White Fragility
      White Fragility
      Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
      Robin DiAngelo
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Jun 26, 2018
    • How to Be an Antiracist
      How to Be an Antiracist
      Ibram X. Kendi
      $27.00 US
      Hardcover
      Aug 13, 2019
    • Biased
      Biased
      Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
      Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      Mar 03, 2020
    • The Fire Next Time
      The Fire Next Time
      James Baldwin
      $13.95 US
      Paperback
      Dec 01, 1992
    • Dear Martin
      Dear Martin
      Nic Stone
      $9.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 04, 2018
    • Between the World and Me
      Between the World and Me
      Ta-Nehisi Coates
      $26.00 US
      Hardcover
      Jul 14, 2015
    • How to Be Less Stupid About Race
      How to Be Less Stupid About Race
      On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
      Crystal Marie Fleming
      $14.95 US
      Paperback
      Aug 20, 2019
    • Policing the Black Man
      Policing the Black Man
      Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment
      Bryan Stevenson, Angela J. Davis, Marc Mauer, Bruce Western, Jeremy Travis
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      May 15, 2018
    • Not Without Laughter
      Not Without Laughter
      Langston Hughes
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Jan 16, 2018
    • Just Mercy
      Just Mercy
      A Story of Justice and Redemption
      Bryan Stevenson
      $17.00 US
      Paperback
      Aug 18, 2015
    • Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
      Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
      A True Story of the Fight for Justice
      Bryan Stevenson
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 10, 2019
    • A Black Women's History of the United States
      A Black Women's History of the United States
      Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross
      $27.95 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 04, 2020
    • An African American and Latinx History of the United States
      An African American and Latinx History of the United States
      Paul Ortiz
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Dec 11, 2018
    • Black Is the Body
      Black Is the Body
      Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine
      Emily Bernard
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Dec 03, 2019
    • We Were Eight Years in Power
      We Were Eight Years in Power
      An American Tragedy
      Ta-Nehisi Coates
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      Oct 30, 2018
    • If You Come Softly
      If You Come Softly
      Jacqueline Woodson
      $7.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 07, 2010
    • This Is My America
      This Is My America
      Kim Johnson
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jul 28, 2020
    • The Autobiography of Malcolm X
      The Autobiography of Malcolm X
      Malcolm X
      $7.99 US
      Mass Market Paperback
      Oct 12, 1987
    • We Keep Us Safe
      We Keep Us Safe
      Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities
      Zach Norris
      $24.95 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 04, 2020
    • Rising Out of Hatred
      Rising Out of Hatred
      The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
      Eli Saslow
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Sep 03, 2019
    • Born a Crime
      Born a Crime
      Stories from a South African Childhood
      Trevor Noah
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      Feb 12, 2019
    • Dear Justyce
      Dear Justyce
      Nic Stone
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 29, 2020
    • A More Beautiful and Terrible History
      A More Beautiful and Terrible History
      The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
      Jeanne Theoharis
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      Feb 12, 2019
    • Hood Feminism
      Hood Feminism
      Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
      Mikki Kendall
      $26.00 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 25, 2020
    • Rest in Power
      Rest in Power
      The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin
      Sybrina Fulton, Tracy Martin
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      May 01, 2018
    • Futures of Black Radicalism
      Futures of Black Radicalism
      $29.95 US
      Paperback
      Aug 29, 2017
    • Invisible Man
      Invisible Man
      Ralph Ellison
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Mar 14, 1995
    • We Want to Do More Than Survive
      We Want to Do More Than Survive
      Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
      Bettina L. Love
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Feb 04, 2020
    • 145th Street: Short Stories
      145th Street: Short Stories
      Walter Dean Myers
      $9.99 US
      Paperback
      Feb 14, 2012
    • Notes of a Native Son
      Notes of a Native Son
      James Baldwin
      $15.00 US
      Paperback
      Nov 20, 2012
    • White Fragility
      White Fragility
      Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
      Robin DiAngelo
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Jun 26, 2018
    • How to Be an Antiracist
      How to Be an Antiracist
      Ibram X. Kendi
      $27.00 US
      Hardcover
      Aug 13, 2019
    • Biased
      Biased
      Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
      Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      Mar 03, 2020
    • The Fire Next Time
      The Fire Next Time
      James Baldwin
      $13.95 US
      Paperback
      Dec 01, 1992
    • Dear Martin
      Dear Martin
      Nic Stone
      $9.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 04, 2018
    • Between the World and Me
      Between the World and Me
      Ta-Nehisi Coates
      $26.00 US
      Hardcover
      Jul 14, 2015
    • How to Be Less Stupid About Race
      How to Be Less Stupid About Race
      On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
      Crystal Marie Fleming
      $14.95 US
      Paperback
      Aug 20, 2019
    • Policing the Black Man
      Policing the Black Man
      Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment
      Bryan Stevenson, Angela J. Davis, Marc Mauer, Bruce Western, Jeremy Travis
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      May 15, 2018
    • Not Without Laughter
      Not Without Laughter
      Langston Hughes
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Jan 16, 2018
    • Just Mercy
      Just Mercy
      A Story of Justice and Redemption
      Bryan Stevenson
      $17.00 US
      Paperback
      Aug 18, 2015
    • Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
      Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
      A True Story of the Fight for Justice
      Bryan Stevenson
      $10.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 10, 2019
    • A Black Women's History of the United States
      A Black Women's History of the United States
      Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross
      $27.95 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 04, 2020
    • An African American and Latinx History of the United States
      An African American and Latinx History of the United States
      Paul Ortiz
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Dec 11, 2018
    • Black Is the Body
      Black Is the Body
      Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine
      Emily Bernard
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Dec 03, 2019
    • We Were Eight Years in Power
      We Were Eight Years in Power
      An American Tragedy
      Ta-Nehisi Coates
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      Oct 30, 2018
    • If You Come Softly
      If You Come Softly
      Jacqueline Woodson
      $7.99 US
      Paperback
      Jan 07, 2010
    • This Is My America
      This Is My America
      Kim Johnson
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jul 28, 2020
    • The Autobiography of Malcolm X
      The Autobiography of Malcolm X
      Malcolm X
      $7.99 US
      Mass Market Paperback
      Oct 12, 1987
    • We Keep Us Safe
      We Keep Us Safe
      Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities
      Zach Norris
      $24.95 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 04, 2020
    • Rising Out of Hatred
      Rising Out of Hatred
      The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
      Eli Saslow
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Sep 03, 2019
    • Born a Crime
      Born a Crime
      Stories from a South African Childhood
      Trevor Noah
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      Feb 12, 2019
    • Dear Justyce
      Dear Justyce
      Nic Stone
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 29, 2020
    • A More Beautiful and Terrible History
      A More Beautiful and Terrible History
      The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
      Jeanne Theoharis
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      Feb 12, 2019
    • Hood Feminism
      Hood Feminism
      Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
      Mikki Kendall
      $26.00 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 25, 2020
    • Rest in Power
      Rest in Power
      The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin
      Sybrina Fulton, Tracy Martin
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      May 01, 2018
    • Futures of Black Radicalism
      Futures of Black Radicalism
      $29.95 US
      Paperback
      Aug 29, 2017
    • Invisible Man
      Invisible Man
      Ralph Ellison
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Mar 14, 1995
    • We Want to Do More Than Survive
      We Want to Do More Than Survive
      Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
      Bettina L. Love
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Feb 04, 2020
    • 145th Street: Short Stories
      145th Street: Short Stories
      Walter Dean Myers
      $9.99 US
      Paperback
      Feb 14, 2012
    • Notes of a Native Son
      Notes of a Native Son
      James Baldwin
      $15.00 US
      Paperback
      Nov 20, 2012

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