Black History Month

Black History Month - Biographies

Assata: An Autobiography By Assata Shakur, Angela Davis (Foreword by) Cover Image
Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg By Vanessa K. Valdés Cover Image
 		Boss of the Grips: The Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Grand Central Terminal (Hardcover) (Signed) (Word Up)
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Black History Month - Black Studies

We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice By Mariame Kaba, Tamara K. Nopper (Editor), Naomi Murakawa (Foreword by) Cover Image
Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition By Cedric J. Robinson, Robin D. G. Kelley (Foreword by), Tiffany Willoughby-Herard (Preface by) Cover Image
Discourse on Colonialism By Aimé Césaire Cover Image
Malcolm X Speaks (Malcolm X Speeches & Writings) By Malcolm X Cover Image
Women, Race & Class By Angela Y. Davis Cover Image
The Wretched of the Earth By Frantz Fanon, Cornel West (Introduction by), Richard Philcox (Translator) Cover Image
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Black History Month - Graphic Novels/Comics

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The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History By David F. Walker, Marcus Kwame Anderson (Illustrator) Cover Image
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights By Mikki Kendall, A. D'Amico (Illustrator) Cover Image
Strange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History By Joel Christian Gill Cover Image
Run: Book One By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury (Illustrator), Nate Powell (Illustrator) Cover Image
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts By Rebecca Hall, Hugo Martínez (Illustrator) Cover Image
Hip Hop Family Tree Book 1: 1975-1981 By Ed Piskor Cover Image
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Black History Month - History Books

Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South By T. Thomas Fortune, Robin D. G. Kelley (Foreword by), Seth Moglen (Introduction by) Cover Image
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa By Walter Rodney, Angela Davis (Introduction by) Cover Image
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 By W. E. B. Du Bois, David Levering Lewis (Introduction by) Cover Image
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story By Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor) Cover Image
Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination By Robin D.G. Kelley Cover Image
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality By Cheikh Anta Diop, Mercer Cook (Editor) Cover Image
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Black History Month - Kids Books

Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History By Vashti Harrison, Kwesi Johnson (With) Cover Image
The ABCs of Black History By Rio Cortez, Lauren Semmer (Illustrator) Cover Image
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance By Nikki Grimes Cover Image
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) By Vashti Harrison Cover Image
The Undefeated By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Fiction, Non-Fiction, and young readers books celebrating black voices and history. Curated by volunteers and staff at Word Up Community Bookshop.