This collectible book by distinguished public historian Velma Maia Thomas offers an intimate look at black history in America with exclusive accounts, photographs, and interactive and removable artifacts.

Presented in three parts—Lest We Forget, Freedom’s Children, and We Shall Not Be Moved—the history comes to life…

Nikole Hannah-Jones (A and Creator), New York Times Magazine (Creator), Caitlin Roper  (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor) and Jake Silverstein (Editor)

List Price: $38.00 (Hardcover – Re-Envisioning Slavery in American History – 2021)

A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision…

Dr. Naim Akbar (A)

List Price: $18.99 (Paperback – Psychology / African / Worldview – 2003)

African Psychology is not a thing, but a place-a view, a perspective, a way of observing. It is a perspective that is lodged in the historical primacy of the human view from the land that is known…

Rekhit Kajara Nia Yaa Nebthet (A)

List Price: $18.95 (Paperback – Kemetic Reiki -2014)

Kemetic Reiki is an ancient science of spiritual healing that was practiced by the Egyptian priests, physicians and layman. This book is the Level 1 manual for learning the craft of Kemetic Reiki for personal spiritual development. It includes…

Robin DiAngelo (A) and Michael Eric Dyson

List Price: $17.00  – Confronting Racism  – 2018)

The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.

In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly…

Ibram X. Kendi (A) 

List Price: $27.00  (Hardcover –  Self Help / How To Be An Antiracist – 2019) 

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—and in ourselves.

“The most courageous book to date on…

Prof. Manu Ampim (A) 

List Price: $29.95 (Paperback – African History – 2019) 

A HISTORY OF AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS is a book for both the general public and the classroom, based on the original primary research of Prof. Ampim, and it is complete with lesson plans and unit resources. This book follows the African…

This book isn’t just for one kind of entrepreneur—it’s for every kind. Whether you’re thriving with purpose or struggling to grow your business and battle self-doubt, No One is Self-Made offers solutions and encouragement you need to push forward with the right community.

From the visionary behind the groundbreaking Village Market,…

Herb Boyd (A) and Lance Tooks (ILT)

List Price: $15.95 (Paperback – African American History / Black Panthers / Civil Rights Era 2015)

A crowd of onlookers gawked from the sidewalk as four young black men dressed in black leather jackets and berets leaped from a Volkswagen, each of them wielding shotguns with…

Jennifer Harvey (A)

List Price: $19.99  (Paperback – Raising Children / Anti- Racism –  2019)

This New York Times best-selling book is a guide for families, educators, and communities to raise their children to be able and active anti-racist allies.

With a foreword by Tim Wise, Raising White Kids<span…

Dr. Frances Cress Welsing (A)

List Price: $19.95 (Paperback – 25 Essays on White Supremacy – 2004)

During the course of the struggle of African people against European racism, brutality and domination, many innovative thinkers have risen from our ranks. The greatest and most courageous scholars have devoted their lives to the pursuit…

Robert T. Kiyosaki (A) 

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Strategies for Personal Finance – 2017

April 2017 marks 20 years since Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad first made waves in the Personal Finance arena.
It has since become the #1 Personal Finance book of all time… translated into dozens of languages and sold around the world.

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Jason Alexander (A) and Ibrahm X. Kendi (A) 

A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism–and antiracism–in America

This is NOT a history book.
This…

Toni Morrison (A) 

The Source of Self-Regard is brimming with…

Herb Boyd (A) and Shey Wolvek Pfister (ILT)

List Price: $14.95. (Paperback – Graphic Novel / African History – 2007)

African History For Beginners explores the rich history of this continent of contrasts. Discover the glory of the Pharaohs and Towers of Zimbabwe, the cosmology of the Yoruba, the courage of the Masai…

Mary Buffett (A) and Sean Seah (A)

List Price: $17.00 (Paperback – Business / Investing – 2019)

A clear, simple, and complete guide for beginning investors from bestselling author Mary Buffett and Sean Seah that explains Warren Buffett’s techniques of Value Investing and his proven strategies to ensure long-term success.

For twelve…

Queen Afua (A)

List Price: $20.00 (Paperback – Black Women / Holistic Health – 2001)

A Best Seller!

Queen Afua is a nationally renowned herbalist, natural health expert, and dedicated healer of women bodies and women souls who practices a uniquely Afrocentric spirituality. Her classic bestseller, Heal Thyself, forever changed the way African…

**A November LibraryReads Pick**

Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organizing from abolition to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.

In Black-Owned, Char Adams celebrates the living history of…

Zakiya Dalila Harris (A)

List Price: $27.00 (Hardcover – Adult Fiction – 2021) 

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A Good Morning America, Esquire, and Read with Marie ClaireBook Club Pick and a People Best Book of Summer

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Time, TheWashington Post, Harper’s Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, Marie…

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her debut picture book—a tour de force that uses the principles of Kwanzaa to talk about the history of African Americans. This lyrical, powerful tribute is sumptuously illustrated by New Yorker artist and rising star Loveis…

Isabel Wilkerson (A)

List Price: $20.00 (Paperback – African American History / The Migration South from 1915-1970 – 2010).

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.  The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel…

One of the most decorated and celebrated women’s basketball players of all time breaks down her ultimate recipe to success, using her own deeply inspiring journey to teach readers how to live bravely, unapologetically, and with purpose.

“Candace Parker has been a trailblazer on and off the court, inspiring us all with her resilience,…

Roxanne Jones (A), Jessie Paolucci (A), Tony Dungy (FRWD)

List Price: $35.00 (Hardcover – African American History / Sports – 2010)

They are heroes, stars, agitators, and entertainers; mentors, innovators, history-makers, and record-breakers. They are the men and women whose physical gifts buoyed the spirits of a people and lifted up the soul…

David F. Walker (A) and Marcus Kwame Anderson

List Price: $19.99  (Paperback – Graphic Novel – History of Black Panther Party – 2021)

A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Black Panther Party.

Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a radical political…

Speaking with Spirit is a collection of sacred words. The utterances of many millennium have been compiled for the reader from across the waters of the ancient and classic writings of Ancient Kemet (Egypt) and West…

Na’im Akbar (A)

List Price: $14.00 (Paperback – Black Manhood – 1991)

Visions For BlackMen raises issues which are not only important to black men but to all of us. How do we restore African manhood to those whom the society has not viewed as the chosen people? Discover the startling prediction of…

 Beverly Danielle Tatum (A) 

List Price: $19.99 (Paperback – Race Dynamics / Conversations – 2017) 

The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism — now fully revised and updated

Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is…

ABOUT THE SUM OF US (ADAPTED FOR YOUNG READERS)

The New York Times bestseller, now adapted for a new generation of young readers, leaders, thinkers, and activists. A groundbreaking call to action that examines how racism affects and harms all of us and how we need to face it head-on, together.

The future can be…

Gregory Walker (A)

List Price $19.99 (Paperback – Ancient Egyptian History – 2015) 

Series: Shades of Memnon (Book 2)

The adventure continues in the second installment of the Shades of Memnon series, where it is 1200 B.C. and a young Kushite must fight for his family’s survival. (212 pgs) 

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5…

Dr. Llaila O. Afrika (A)

List Price: $21.95 (Paperback – Health Advice and Remedies – 2012)

“A great amount of research in a highly organized manner. It is of vital importance to the African-American and the world community. This information is essential for professionals and everyone to utilize in lifestyle and to self.” (William Richardson,…

Created for the modern woman of color, Joyful by Nature is your guide to reconnecting with nature and reclaiming your place in the outdoor community.

Women, especially women of color, are often taught to quiet their inner voice and instead put everyone else’s needs ahead of their own. We’re taught to search for…

A funny and affirming illustrated guide, in New Yorker cartoonist Sarah Akinterinwa’s signature style, that offers a unique approach to finding love (or not).

This illustrated dating guide by cartoonist Sarah Akinterinwa, rooted in her experiences as a Black woman in her late twenties, encourages…

Ivan Van Sertima (A)

List Price: $23.00 (Paperback – Africans Pre-Columbus – 2003)

They Came Before Columbus reveals a compelling, dramatic, and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of Africans in ancient America. Examining navigation and shipbuilding; cultural analogies between Native Americans and Africans; the transportation of plants, animals, and textiles…

Omowale Adewale (Editor) and A.Breeze Harper (Editor)

List Price: $22.00 (Paperback – Vegan Cooking and Culture – 2021) 

Black vegan men discuss masculinity, sexuality, race, diet, health, fatherhood, social justice, animal rights, and the environment in this companion volume to Sistah Vegan.

In 2010, Lantern published Sistah Vegan, a landmark…

Is what I’m feeling normal? Is what my body is doing normal? Am I normal? How do I know what are the right choices to make? How do I know how to behave? How do I fix it when I make a mistake?

Let’s talk about it.

Growing up is complicated.

How do you find…

Andrea M. Perry (A)

List Price: $24.99 (Hardcover – Personal and Real Assets, Value and Empowerment – 2020)

The deliberate devaluation of Blacks and their communities has had very real, far-reaching, and negative economic and social effects. An enduring white supremacist myth claims brutal conditions in Black communities are mainly the result…

Chiekh Anta Diop (A)

List Price: $16.95 (Paperback – Ancient African History/ Egypt – 1989)

Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.  (336 pgs)

• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2…

Anthony T. Browder (A)

List Price: $20.00 (Paperback – Self Awareness / Essays – 1989) 

We can be led to act in our own interest as a group if…

So, You’re Gonna Be a Parent?! takes you on a heartfelt journey through the first stages of life—from babies first cries and facial expressions to toddlerhood.

This book helps guide parents through important childhood milestones building growth, trust, and love.
Written by Deborrah A. Bremond, this book is a must-have for every person stepping…

Positive Affirmations Journal for Black Teen Boys: 3 Simple Steps to Effectively Use Affirmations

Are you looking for a book that engages pre-teen/teen boys and provides positive words that can motivate you and build your confidence? This journal is the perfect gift for you or any young man in your life.

…

Chinua Achebe (A)

List Price: $13.00 (Paperback – African History / Post Colonization – 1994)

Things Fall Apart tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a äóìstrong manäó? of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first, a powerful fable of the immemorial conflict between the individual and…

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that…

Kofi A. Annan (A), Dudley J. Thompson (A) and Barrington A. Watson (ILT)

List Price: $15.00 (Paperback – Biographies / Pan Africanists – 2005)

This book celebrates the lives of seventeen Black leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the liberation, unity and solidarity of Africa and African peoples throughout…

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

As the United States celebrates the nation triumph over race with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped…

Meg Blackburn Losey, PHD (A)

A philosophy teacher who experienced devastating situations and lost everything

List Price: $16.95 (Paperback – Self-help Book For Teens – 2012)

In The Art of Living Out Loud, Losey describes how she learned to live an authentic life, from this traumatic experience. She…