Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by L. Maria Child $28.50
Published in 1861, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” was one of the first personal narratives by a slave and one of the few written by a woman. Jacobs (1813-97) was a slave in North Carolina and suffered terribly, along with her family, at the hands of a ruthless owner. She made several failed attempts to escape before successfully making her way North, though it took years of hiding...
HEART OF DARKNESS (non illustrated) by $0.99
Marlow sits at the Thames River in the evening with several other people and begins telling the story about how he entered into the dark continent out of nowhere. No one wants to listen but he continues anyway.Marlow expressed a desire to go to Africa to his Aunt who got him a position as a captain of a steamboat of an ivory company. The previous captain Freslaven died in a scuffle with the...
The Souls of Black Folk (Bedford Series in History and Culture) by Bedford/St. Martin's $5.00
One of the most influential and widely read texts in all of African American letters and history, The Souls of Black Folk combines some of the most enduring reflections on black identity, the meaning of emancipation,and Afican American culture. This new edition reprints the original 1903 edition of W.E.B. Du Bois's classic work with the fullest set of annotations of any version yet published,...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself (Bedford Books in American History) by David W. Blight $14.75
'This is a book that should be on the reading list of every course on American history or literature...with its excellent notes, bibliography and appendices, this supersedes other versions available in paperback.' Adam Lively, Times Educational Supplement This new edition of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is the first prepared especially for American history courses. David W....
Up from Slavery: with Related Documents (Bedford Series in History & Culture) by W. Fitzhugh Brundage $9.15
Up From Slaveryis one of the most widely read African American autobiographies in the English language. It details how prominent African American leader Booker T. Washington rose from slavery to become one of the nation’s most prominent orators and educators at the turn of the 20th century. This reprint of the original 1901 edition is enhanced by 12 related documents and an essay by W. Fitzhugh...
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Vintage $30.00
One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the YearIn 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. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six...
Speak Swahili, Dammit! by United Writers Publications Ltd $23.99
While this book gives you a "life in Mayberry" feeling at its beginning, you must read on. It suddenly moves into more serious, sorrowful and sometimes humorous events. The author is the main character who takes you through the good times and the horrific. The graphically described sequence of events of his experiences in Vietnam, and the six major battles he takes part in, will have you grabbing...
The Mis-Education of the Negro by BN Publishing $6.99
The Mis-Education of the Negro is one of the most important books on education ever written. Carter G. Woodson shows us the weakness of Euro-centric based curriculums that fail to include African American history and culture. This system mis-educates the African American student, failing to prepare them for success and to give them an adequate sense of who they are within the system that they...
My Bondage and My Freedom (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Brent Hayes Edwards $6.95
My Bondage and My Freedom, by Frederick Douglass, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to...
The Negro by Robert Gregg $19.95
Africa is at once the most romantic and the most tragic of continents. So begins The Negro, the first comprehensive history of African and African-derived people, from their early cultures through the period of the slave trade and into the twentieth century. Originally published in 1915, the book was acclaimed in its time, widely read, and deeply influential in both the white and black...