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The Can-Do Mindset: How to Cultivate Resilience, Follow Your Heart, and Fight for Your Passions
Original price was: $28.00.$26.00Current price is: $26.00.No One Is Self-Made: A Motivational Self-Help Guide with a Community-Oriented Approach and Collective Support
$29.99Malcolm X For Beginners
Original price was: $16.99.$15.99Current price is: $15.99.The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living with Less
Original price was: $18.99.$16.49Current price is: $16.49.Self-Care for Black Women: 150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & Soul
$15.99The People Remember: A Kwanzaa Holiday Book for Kids
Original price was: $19.99.$15.99Current price is: $15.99.Positive Affirmations Journal for Black Teen Boys: 3 Simple Steps to Effectively Use Affirmations to Improve Your Self-Esteem, Motivation, and Confidence
$18.95Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
$29.99The Light We Carry
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Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding LifeDaymond John (A) and Daniel Paisner (A)
List Price: $28.00 (Hardcover – Motivation / Performance and Success – 2107)
New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Broke and “Shark” on ABC’s hit show Shark Tank explores how grit, persistence, and good old-fashioned hard work are the backbone of every successful business and individual, and inspires readers…
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The Art of Living Out LoudMeg 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…
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The Other Black Girl: A NovelZakiya 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…
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Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male AmericaIjeoma Oluo (A)
List Price: $ 28.00 ( Hardcover – History/Race/ Political Corruption and Misconduct – 2020)
From the author of the New York Times best seller So You Want to Talk About Race, a subversive history of White male American identity.
What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of White men…
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My Global Journeys in Search of the African PresenceRunoko Rashidi (A)
List Price: $39.95 (Paperback – African Presence / Global Journeys – 2017)
As a young man Runoko Rashidi was inspired by the traveling journalist and historian J. A. Rogers. Rogers was undefeatable, rescuing and uncovering Black history from obscure places around the world and many of Europe s historically ruling families. W.E.B.…
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered PoliticsDonna Brazile (A), Yolanda Caraway (A), Leah Daughtry, (A), Minyon Moore (A) and Veronica Chambers (A)
List Price: $28.99 (Hardcover – Memoirs / Politics – 2018)
“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics. It’s a wonderful, necessary book.”
The four most powerful African American women in politics share the story of their friendship…
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Bartlett’s Familiar Black QuotationsRetha Powers (A) and Henry Louis Gates (FRWD)
List Price: $40.00 (Hardcover – Reference / Black Quotations- 2013)
Description: A comprehensive, all-new collection bringing together the most thoughtful, inspiring, and wisest voices from the Black diaspora across history.
BARTLETT’S FAMILIAR BLACK QUOTATIONS paints a rich canvas of Black history through time. Five thousand…
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7 Secrets to Investing Like Warren BuffettMary 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…
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101 Things I Wish My Father Had Taught MeJasiri Basel (A)
List Price: $19.99 (Paperback – Self Help and Motivational for Young Black Men – 2016)
Learning 101 Things before you need them has the power to greatly impact and improve your life and or state of being. This book is written because , I wish someone would have told me…
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates (A)
List Price: $26.00 (Hardcover / Personal Narrative / Essay on Race Etc.- 2019)
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,”…
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B is For Black Wealth : Children’s Encyclopedia Intro to Business and FinanceB is For Black Wealth is an ABC book for children designed to expose them to entrepreneurial concepts and business terminology.
This exposure is meant to build confidence in our children while simultaneously educating the adults that love them. This book is intentional about teaching concepts related to group economics, business ownership and…
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Ancient FutureWayne B. Chandler (A) and Ivan Van Sertima
List Price: $24.95 (Paperback – Ancient African History – 2000)
Ancient Future celebrates the wisdom of those ancient civilizations that did not disassociate the philosophical, spiritual, and material realms of life. This book is an attempt to re-create this holistic experience in hopes that a…
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Akbar Papers in African PsychologyDr. 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…
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across AmericaA New York Times 10 Best Books of 2021
Named a Best Book of 2021 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Economist, Smithsonian, Esquire, Entropy, The Christian Science Monitor, WBEZ’s Nerdette Podcast, TeenVogue, GoodReads, SheReads, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, <em…
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Why You’ll Never Find the One: And Why It Doesn’t MatterA 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…
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GLORY: Magical Visions of Black BeautyList Price: $30.00 (Hardcover – Featuring the Beauty of Black Children – 2020)
From Kahran and Regis Bethencourt, the dynamite husband and wife duo…
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Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black CitiesAndrea 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…
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Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa into the Twenty-First CenturyVelma Maia Thomas (A)
List Price: $40.00 (Hardcover – Interactive / African American History Book – 2019)
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…
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Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our TruthBeverly Bond (A and E)
List Price: $30.00 (Hardcover – Celebrates Black Women’s Achievements and Success – 2018)
From the award-winning entrepreneur, culture leader, and creator of the BLACK GIRLS ROCK! movement comes an inspiring and beautifully designed book that pays tribute to the achievements and contributions of black women around the world.
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Native SonRichard Wright (A)
List Price: $16.99 (Paperback – African American Classic / Race and Class – 2005)
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young…
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The Black Holocaust For BeginnersS. E. Anderson (A) and Vanessa Holley (ILT)
List Price: $16.99 (Paperback – The Black Holocaust – 2007)
Virtually anyone, anywhere knows that six million Jewish human beings were killed in the Jewish Holocaust. But how many African human beings were killed in the Black Holocaust – from the start of the European…
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The Isis Papers: The Keys to the ColorsDr. 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…
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The New Jim CrowMichelle Alexander (A)
List Price: $18.99 (Paperback – Social Justice /American Criminal Justice System/ African American Incarceration – 2010)
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…
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Say It Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black AthleteRoxanne 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…
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Middle PassageCharles Johnson (A)
List Price: $17.00 (Paperback – African American History / Middle Passage / Slave Trade – 1998)
A twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Charles Johnson’s National Book Award-winning masterpiece of a novel in the tradition of Billy Budd and Moby-Dick heroic in proportion to fiction that hooks the mind” (The New York…
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Black Women For BeginnersS. Pearl Sharp (A) and Beverly Hawkins Hall (ILT)
List Price: $15.95 (Paperback – History / Black Women – 2011)
Description: There are over 519 million Black Women on the planet Earth, give or take a dozen. There’s a Black Woman on each of the seven continents, in almost every country and in…
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The Sum Of UsABOUT 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…
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For The Love & MoneyLove and Money Couple Card Game helps in honest communication! If you’re looking to build a closer connection with your partner and better understand their thoughts about money, the Love and Money Couple Card Game is perfect for you.
This fun and informative game help promote honest communication while providing financial questions to get…
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Positive Affirmations Journal for Black Teen Boys: 3 Simple Steps to Effectively Use Affirmations to Improve Your Self-Esteem, Motivation, and ConfidencePositive 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.
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The People Remember: A Kwanzaa Holiday Book for KidsFrom 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…
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Self-Care for Black Women: 150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & SoulPrioritize your wellbeing with these 150 self-care exercises designed specifically to help Black women revitalize their outlook on life, improve their mental health, eliminate stress, and self-advocate.
Between micro- and macro-aggressions at school, at work, and everywhere in…
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The Can-Do Mindset: How to Cultivate Resilience, Follow Your Heart, and Fight for Your PassionsOne 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,…
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The MessageWith his bestseller, Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates established himself as a unique voice in his generation of American authors; a brilliant writer and thinker in the tradition of James Baldwin.
In his keenly anticipated new book, The Message, he explores the urgent question of how our stories – our reporting,…
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Malcolm X For BeginnersPowerful narrative and graphics tell the story of Malcolm X’s life, his journey of self-discovery, his far-reaching ideas, his martyrdom, and his impact on an era.
Embraced as a righteous prophet of Black power and pride, damned as the voice of violence, Malcolm X emerges as a complex, brave, and brilliant figure with much…
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No One Is Self-Made: A Motivational Self-Help Guide with a Community-Oriented Approach and Collective SupportThis 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,…
$29.99
Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We HealDr. Bettina L. Love (A)
List Price: $29.99 (Hardcover – Excellent Teaching Reference – 2023)
“I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bettina Love unapologetically and painstakingly chronicled the last forty years of education ‘reform’ in this landmark…
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From Here to Equality Reparations for Black Americans In The Twenty-First CenturyWilliam A. Darity Jr. (A) and A. Kirsten Mullen (A)
List Price: $22.00 (Paperback – A Case for Reparations – 2022)
Racism and discrimination have choked economic opportunity for African Americans at nearly every turn. At several historic moments, the trajectory of racial inequality could have been altered dramatically.
But neither Reconstruction nor the…
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Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday ResistanceAjuan Mance (A and ILT)
List Price: $22.95 (Hardcover – African American Resistance in Black America -2022)
In homage to the radical power of art, Living While Black celebrates the small acts of resistance that comprise the daily lives of Black folks by presenting them in a series…
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We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and LegacyNatalie Baszile (A)
List Price: $39.99 (Hardcover – Black Farming History and Present – 2021)
From the author of Queen Sugar—now a critically acclaimed series on OWN directed by Ava Duvernay—comes a beautiful exploration and celebration of black farming in…
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin StoryNikole 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…
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The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel HistoryDavid 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…
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Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially WholeTiffany The Budgetnista Aliche (A)
List Price $26.00 (Hardcover – Financial Advice – 2021)
NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A ten-step plan for finding peace, safety, and harmony with your money—no matter how big or small your goals and no matter how rocky the market might be—by the inspiring and savvy…
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Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy
AGholdy Muhammad (A)
List Price: $35.99 (Paperback – Teaching Reference – 2020)
In Cultivating Genius, Dr. Gholdy E. Muhammad presents a four-layered equity framework—one that is grounded in history and restores excellence in literacy education. This framework, which she names, Historically Responsive Literacy, was derived from…
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Brotha Vegan: Black Men Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and SocietyOmowale 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…
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