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Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup · Atria Books
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
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The story that inspired the major motion picture, with an introduction by the bestselling author of Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery.
The story that inspired the major motion... |
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley · Da Capo Press
Pages: 912
Format: Paperback
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A new eight-hour event series based on Roots will be simulcast on the History Channel, Lifetime, and A&E over four consecutive nights beginning Memorial Day, May 30, 2016
"Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia,... |
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Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters
Barack Obama · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
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In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington,... |
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Mom & Me & Mom
Maya Angelou · Random House
Pages: 201
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A moving memoir about the legendary author's relationship with her own mother.
Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick!
The story of Maya Angelou's extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies.... |
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Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
Margot Lee Shetterly · William Morrow
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestseller -WINNER OF ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION
-WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK
-WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK
-WINNER NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE COMMUNICATION... |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel
Zora Neale Hurston · Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Pages: 219
Format: Paperback
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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick "A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don't know how to live properly." - Zadie Smith One of the most... |
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We Speak Your Names: A Celebration
Pearl Cleage · One world books
Pages: 64
Format: Book
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For centuries, African American women have been remaking the world, giving testament to the power of hope, courage, and resilience. But it took the inspired generosity of Oprah Winfrey to honor fully the many gifts of sisterhood. For three amazing days-from May 13 to 15, 2005-a distinguished... |
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No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
Condoleezza Rice · Crown
Pages: 784
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the world's most admired women, this is former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's compelling story of eight years serving at the highest levels of government. In her position as America's chief diplomat, Rice traveled almost continuously around... |
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Invisible Man (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)
Ralph Ellison · Modern Library
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover
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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time * Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read
Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance... |
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What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng
Dave Eggers · McSweeney's
Pages: 475
Format: Hardcover
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In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the United States. We follow his life as he's driven from his home as a boy and walks, with thousands of orphans, to Ethiopia,... |
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Parable of the talents : a novel
Octavia E Butler · Seven Stories Press
Pages: 365
Format: Book
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A Christian fundamentalist group kidnaps children to raise them in Christian homes in this tale of religious intolerance in a future America. The story is told by a woman at the receiving end of their zeal, the founder of a religion which they consider heathen. By the author of Parable... |
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To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice
Michael K. Honey · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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"To the Promised Land helps us to remember King as a prophet for poor and working-class people, as we carry on that campaign against racism and poverty in our own times. A terrific book." -- Timothy B. Tyson, author of The Blood of Emmett Till Fifty years ago, a single... |
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The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights
William P. Jones · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant history that goes beyond the dazzling "I Have a Dream" speech to explore the real significance of the massive march and the movement it inspired. It was the final speech of a long day, August 28, 1963, when hundreds of thousands gathered on the Mall for the March... |
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Ali: A Life
JONATHAN EIG · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2018 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
Winner of The Times Sports Biography of the Year
"Stunning . . . Eig's brilliant, exhaustive book is the biography the champ deserves." - NPR.org
The definitive biography of an American icon, from... |
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Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth
Richard Wright · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 432
Format: Book
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Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites... |
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