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Books to Celebrate Black History Month

These are great current and classic books to celebrate Black History Month! Don't miss our selection from our Children's Books Department here.

 

Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series By Jacob Lawrence (Artist), Leah Dickerman (Editor), Elsa Smithgall (Editor) Cover Image
By Jacob Lawrence (Artist), Leah Dickerman (Editor), Elsa Smithgall (Editor)
$35.00
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ISBN: 9781633450400
Published: Museum of Modern Art - February 28th, 2017

Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence By Patricia Hills Cover Image
$39.95
ISBN: 9780520305502
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Published: University of California Press - February 16th, 2019

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom By David W. Blight Cover Image
$23.99
ISBN: 9781416590323
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Published: Simon & Schuster - January 7th, 2020

The Autobiography of Malcolm X By MALCOLM X Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9780345350688
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Published: Ballantine Books - October 12th, 1987

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Sweet Home Café Cookbook: A Celebration of African American Cooking By NMAAHC, Jessica B. Harris (Contributions by), Albert Lukas (Contributions by), Jerome Grant (Contributions by), Lonnie G. Bunch III (Preface by) Cover Image
By NMAAHC, Jessica B. Harris (Contributions by), Albert Lukas (Contributions by), Jerome Grant (Contributions by), Lonnie G. Bunch III (Preface by)
$29.95
ISBN: 9781588346407
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Published: Smithsonian Books - October 23rd, 2018

Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking: A Cookbook By Toni Tipton-Martin Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781524761738
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Published: Clarkson Potter - November 5th, 2019

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South: A James Beard Award Winner By Michael W. Twitty Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062379276
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Published: Amistad - July 31st, 2018

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Americanah: A novel By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780307455925
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Published: Vintage - March 4th, 2014

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What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories By Lesley Nneka Arimah Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780735211032
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Published: Riverhead Books - April 3rd, 2018

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Homegoing By Yaa Gyasi Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781101971062
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Published: Vintage - May 2nd, 2017

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Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International) By Toni Morrison Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781400033416
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Published: Vintage - June 8th, 2004

Black No More By George S. Schuyler, Danzy Senna (Introduction by) Cover Image
By George S. Schuyler, Danzy Senna (Introduction by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9780143131885
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Published: Penguin Classics - January 16th, 2018

The Color Purple: A Novel By Alice Walker Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143135692
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Published: Penguin Books - December 10th, 2019

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Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel By Jesmyn Ward Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781501126079
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Published: Scribner - May 8th, 2018

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The Underground Railroad: A Novel By Colson Whitehead Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780345804327
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Published: Anchor - January 30th, 2018

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls By Anissa Gray Cover Image
$26.00
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ISBN: 9781984802439
Published: Berkley - February 19th, 2019

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance By Zora Neale Hurston Cover Image
$25.99
ISBN: 9780062915795
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Published: Amistad - January 14th, 2020

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Red at the Bone: A Novel By Jacqueline Woodson Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525535270
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 17th, 2019

The Black Book By Middleton A. Harris (Editor), Ernest Smith (Editor), Morris Levitt (Editor), Roger Furman (Editor), Toni Morrison (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Middleton A. Harris (Editor), Ernest Smith (Editor), Morris Levitt (Editor), Roger Furman (Editor), Toni Morrison (Foreword by)
$35.00
ISBN: 9781400068487
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Published: Random House - December 3rd, 2019

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Between the World and Me By Ta-Nehisi Coates Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780812993547
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Published: One World - July 14th, 2015

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Becoming By Michelle Obama Cover Image
$32.50
ISBN: 9781524763138
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Published: Crown - November 13th, 2018

The Souls of Black Folk: With
By W. E. B. Du Bois, Ibram X. Kendi (Introduction by), Monica E. Elbert (Notes by)
$14.00
ISBN: 9780140189988
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Published: Penguin Classics - April 1st, 1996

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Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies By Dick Gregory Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062448712
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Published: Amistad - September 18th, 2018

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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America By Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781568585987
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Published: Bold Type Books - August 15th, 2017

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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race By Margot Lee Shetterly Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062677280
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - September 5th, 2017

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration By Isabel Wilkerson Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780679763888
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Published: Vintage - October 4th, 2011

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Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family By Daniel Bergner Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780316300636
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Published: Lee Boudreaux / Back Bay Books - September 5th, 2017

Miles By Miles Davis Cover Image
$23.00
ISBN: 9781451643183
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Published: Simon & Schuster - September 20th, 2011

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Black Water Rising: A Novel (Jay Porter Series #1) By Attica Locke Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780061735851
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Published: Amistad - April 20th, 2010

Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers (Turner Classic Movies) By Donald Bogle, John Singleton (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Donald Bogle, John Singleton (Foreword by)
$35.00
ISBN: 9780762491414
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Published: Running Press Adult - May 7th, 2019

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Sweat (TCG Edition) By Lynn Nottage Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781559365321
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Published: Theatre Communications Group - June 13th, 2017

The Piano Lesson (Drama, Plume) By August Wilson Cover Image
$15.00
ISBN: 9780452265349
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Published: Plume - December 1st, 1990

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A Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter By Nikki Giovanni Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062399465
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - October 2nd, 2018

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Vintage Classics) By Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad (Editor) Cover Image
$22.00
ISBN: 9780679764083
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Published: Vintage - October 31st, 1995

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness By Michelle Alexander, Cornel West (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Michelle Alexander, Cornel West (Introduction by)
$19.95
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ISBN: 9781595586438
Published: New Press - January 16th, 2012

The Fire Next Time (Vintage International) By James Baldwin Cover Image
$14.00
ISBN: 9780679744726
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Published: Vintage - December 1st, 1992

Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements By Charlene Carruthers Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9780807039823
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Published: Beacon Press - August 27th, 2019

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement By Angela Y. Davis, Frank Barat (Editor), Cornel West (Preface by) Cover Image
By Angela Y. Davis, Frank Barat (Editor), Cornel West (Preface by)
$15.95
ISBN: 9781608465644
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Published: Haymarket Books - February 9th, 2016

Why We Can't Wait By Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson (Afterword by) Cover Image
$10.99
ISBN: 9780451527530
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Published: Signet - January 1st, 2000

How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories By N. K. Jemisin Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316491372
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Published: Orbit - August 13th, 2019

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings By Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780345514400
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Published: Ballantine Books - April 21st, 2009

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches By Audre Lorde, Cheryl Clarke (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Audre Lorde, Cheryl Clarke (Foreword by)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781580911863
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Published: Crossing Press - August 1st, 2007

Narrative of Sojourner Truth By Sojourner Truth, Nell Irvin Painter (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Sojourner Truth, Nell Irvin Painter (Introduction by)
$12.00
ISBN: 9780140436785
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Published: Penguin Classics - November 1st, 1998