Best Cities For African American Families 2019 - April 2024

An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR  * TIME  * BUSTLE  * O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE  * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS  * AMAZON.COM OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTIONWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2019 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE  WINNER OF THE 2019 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK—FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION“A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.” —Barack Obama “Haunting . . . Beautifully written.” —The ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1616208686
• ASIN: 1616208686
• ISBN: 1616208686
• Brand: Algonquin Books
• Manufacturer: Algonquin Books

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

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNERLYNTON HISTORY PRIZE WINNERHEARTLAND AWARD WINNER DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE FINALIST      NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe New York Times  • USA Today • O: The Oprah Magazine • Amazon • Publishers Weekly •  Salon • Newsday  • The D... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0679763880
• ASIN: 0679763880
• ISBN: 9780679763888
• Brand: Vintage Books
• Manufacturer: Vintage

I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Superstar comedian and Hollywood box office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the, a, for, above, and even even. Put them together and you have the funniest, most heartfelt, and most inspirational memoir on survival, success, and the importance of believing in yourself since Old Yeller.The question you’re probably asking yourself right now is: What does Kevin Hart have that a book also has? According to the three people who have seen Kevin Hart and a book in the same room, the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501155563
• UPC: 642688062880
• ASIN: 1501155563
• ISBN: 1501155563
• Brand: 37 Ink
• Manufacturer: 37 Ink

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

A New York Times bestsellerFrom one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country.Senator Kamala Harris's commitment to speaking truth is informed by her upbringing. The daughter of immigrants, she was raised in an Oakland, California community that cared deeply about social justice; her parents--an esteemed economist from Jamaica and an admired cancer researcher from India--met as activists in the civil rights mov... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0525560718
• ASIN: 0525560718
• ISBN: 0525560718
• Manufacturer: Penguin Press

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Esquire • Newsday • Booklist Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishab... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399588191
• ASIN: 0399588191
• ISBN: 0399588191
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

Discrimination and Disparities

An empirical examination of how economic and other disparities ariseEconomic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are victims of genetics. Others believe that those who are less fortunate are victims of the more fortunate. Discrimination and Disparities gathers a wide array of empirical evidence from to challenge the idea that different economic outcomes can be explained by any one factor, be it discrimination, exploitation or genetics. It is readab... [Read More]

• ASIN: 154164560X
• ASIN: 154164560X
• ISBN: 9781541645608
• Manufacturer: Basic Books

Boy21

You can lose yourself in repetition--quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age.Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in broken-down Bellmont, a town ruled by the Irish mob, drugs, violence, and racially charged rivalries. At home, his dad works nights, and Finley is left to take care of his disabled grandfather alone. He's always dreamed of getting out someday, but until he can, putting on that number 21 jersey makes everything seem okay.Russ has just moved to the neighborhood, and the life of this teen basketball phenom has been turned upside dow... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316127965
• ASIN: 0316127965
• ISBN: 0316127965
• Brand: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America

From a leading journalist and activist comes a brave, beautifully wrought memoir.When Darnell Moore was fourteen, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. They cornered him while he was walking home from school, harassed him because they thought he was gay, and poured a jug of gasoline on him. He escaped, but just barely. It wasn't the last time he would face death.Three decades later, Moore is an award-winning writer, a leading Black Lives Matter activist, and an advocate for justice and liberation. In No Ashes in the Fire, he shares the journey taken by that scared, bullied... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1568589484
• ASIN: 1568589484
• ISBN: 1568589484
• Brand: Nation Books
• Manufacturer: Bold Type Books

JUJU: Life on the East Side

STARRED REVIEWThis is a must-read for anyone who loved Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. It should be on summer reading lists and in high school libraries everywhere. BlueInk ReviewClarion Rating: 5 out of 5 JuJu is a harrowing and hopeful novel, and Pettigrew's writing is diamond sharp. Foreword Clarion Reviews Pettigrew speaks with an authentic, compelling voice... Vivid and poignant... Kirkus ReviewsIt's a powerful book, based on palpable authenticity... The PublicThirteen-year-old JuJu reluctantly moves into a shack with his mother and siblings. The move is a downgrade from the more welcomin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 109094778X
• ASIN: 109094778X
• ISBN: 109094778X
• Manufacturer: Independently published

Down the River unto the Sea

In this Edgar Award-winning novel, "Mosley writes with great power" about a framed NYPD investigator facing racism and political corruption (Booklist). Joe King Oliver was one of the NYPD's finest investigators, until, dispatched to arrest a well-heeled car thief, he is framed for assault by his enemies within the NYPD, a charge which lands him in solitary at Rikers Island. A decade later, King is a private detective, running his agency with the help of his teenage daughter, Aja-Denise. Broken by the brutality he suffered and committed in equal measure while behind bars, his work and his dau... [Read More]

• ASIN: B071FZSWP1
• ASIN: B071FZSWP1
• Manufacturer: Mulholland Books

The Great Migration: An American Story

This critically acclaimed picture book suitable for a wide range of readers chronicles the Great Migration—the diaspora of African Americans who headed to the North after WWI—through the iconic paintings and words of renowned artist Jacob Lawrence. The New York Times praised it as "a compassionate and sensitive portrayal of history.”After World War I, large numbers of African Americans began leaving their homes in the rural South in search of employment, and a better life, in the industrial cities of the North like Chicago and Pittsburgh.Jacob Lawrence chronicled their journey of hope in... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0064434281
• ASIN: 0064434281
• ISBN: 0064434281
• Brand: Lawrence, Jacob
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

Plug Love

• ASIN: B073ZMVQH5
• ASIN: B073ZMVQH5

Patsy: A Novel

A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Selection A Washington Post Lily Lit Club Selection A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection An Apple Books Book of the Month A Rumpus Book Club SelectionOne of the "Most Anticipated Books of the Summer": Entertainment Weekly • Vogue • TIME • Washington Post • Buzzfeed • Vulture • O Magazine • Vanity Fair • Elle • Real Simple • NYLON • New York Post • Newsday • Southern LivingA beautifully layered portrait of motherhood, immigration, and the sacrifices we make in the name of love from award-winning novelist Nicole ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1631495631
• ASIN: 1631495631
• ISBN: 1631495631
• Manufacturer: Liveright

The Old Drift: A Novel

• ASIN: 1101907142
• ASIN: 1101907142
• ISBN: 1101907142
• Manufacturer: Hogarth

All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

With a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events, this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted the country’s elected prime minister, ushered in a quarter-century of brutal rule under the Shah, and stimulated the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and anti-Americanism in the Middle East. Selected as one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and The Economist, it now features a new preface by the author on the folly of attacking Iran.

• ASIN: 047018549X
• ASIN: 047018549X
• ISBN: 047018549X
• Brand: Kinzer, Stephen
• Manufacturer: Wiley

The Best American Mystery Stories 2019

New York Times best-selling author of ten genre-bending novels Jonathan Lethem helms this collection of the year’s best mystery short

• UPC: 497261548

The President's Kitchen Cabinet : The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas

An NAACP Image Award Finalist for Outstanding Literary Work--Non FictionJames Beard award-winning author Adrian Miller vividly tells the stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers,

• UPC: 55311408
• Rating: 3.0

The Black Calhouns : From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family

The daughter of actress Lena Horne traces the story of her family between two major human rights periods in America, sharing the stories of her house-slave-turned-businessman ancestor, the branches of her family that lived in

• UPC: 46768854
• Rating: 4.0

The Best American Poetry 2019

The 2019 edition of The Best American Poetry--"one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world" (Academy of American Poets)--now guest edited by Major Jackson, award-winning poet and poetry editor of the Harvard Review. Since

• UPC: 368810733

Help Me to Find My People : The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery

Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in

• UPC: 48586255

African American History & Devotions : Readings and Activities for Individuals, Families, and Communities

Celebrating heritage, deepening faith, and building community through interactive

• UPC: 56074602

Collapse of the African American Family

"Anthropologist Gregory Days presents a twenty-first century wake-up call to his fellow African Americans and America as a nation. Days shares his observations as a Black man who spent years working as a cultural anthropologist.

• UPC: 56103778

Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City - eBook

Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York

• UPC: 780606417

Black Roots : A Beginners Guide To Tracing The African American Family Tree

"In Black Roots", Tony Burroughs--who traced his own family back seven generations--addresses the particular obstacles African Americans face in genealogical research, including the legacy of slavery and segregation. Burroughs describes what types of records to

• UPC: 25668892

Unspoken Truths Being African American in The Inner Cities in America - eBook

A thought provoking collection of poems of life for those living within the inner cities across

• UPC: 739224704