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Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup · Atria / 37 Ink
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.Solomon Northup was an entrepreneur and dedicated family man,... |
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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 · Knopf Books for Young Readers
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... |
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Mom & Me & Mom
Maya Angelou · Random House; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe story of Maya Angelou's extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. For the first time, Angelou... |
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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 The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA at the leading edge of the feminist and civil rights movement, whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space - a powerful, revelatory contribution... |
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The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas · Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Format: Paperback
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Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands... |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel
Zora Neale Hurston · Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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"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 important and enduring books of the twentieth... |
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We Speak Your Names: A Celebration
Pearl Cleage · One World/Ballantine
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover
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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... |
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No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
Condoleezza Rice · Crown; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the worldrsquos most admired women this is former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Ricersquos compelling story of eight years serving at the highest levels of government In her position as Americarsquos chief diplomat Rice traveled almost continuously... |
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Invisible Man (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)
Ralph Ellison
Format: Print book
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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time
Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. A first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen... |
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What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng
Dave Eggers · McSweeney's; 1 edition
Pages: 475
Format: Hardcover
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In aheartrending and astonishingnovel 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 hes driven from his home as a boy and walks with thousands of orphans to Ethiopia where... |
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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 · HighBridge Audio
Format: Audiobook
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More than fifty years ago an assassin's bullet robbed us of one of the most eloquent voices for twentieth-century human rights and justice. Drawing on a new generation of scholarship about the civil rights era, To the Promised Land goes beyond the iconic view of King as an advocate of racial... |
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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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The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle
He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us himself) . Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth... |
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Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth
Richard Wright
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 who were... |
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