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1	Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance more books like this by Barack Obama add to wishlist The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life and reconcile his divided ... see all copies from $3.23! new only from $8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Alex Cross's Trial more books like this by James Patterson, Richard DiLallo add to wishlist Detective Alex Cross tells an ancestor's story, in this astonishing account of one man's bold pursuit of justice in the face of racism and violence. Unlike any story Patterson has ever told before, "Alex Cross's Trial" still offers the astounding action and breakneck speed of any Alex Cross novel to date. see all copies from $7.38! new only from $10.78! \| first editions \| SVS
3	True to the Game II more books like this by Teri Woods add to wishlist Picking up where True to the Game left off, Quadir is dead, and Gena is now seeing a new guy named Jay. Little does she know that this man she has fallen in love with is actually Jerrell Jackson, Quadir's former arch-rival jerrell jackson! Unfortunately Jerrell is determind to get his revenge of Quadir's crew - starting with Gena! see all copies from $7.77! new only from $7.77! \| SVS
4	Fences: A Play more books like this by August Wilson, Lloyd Richards (Introduction by) add to wishlist The author of the 1984-85 Broadway season's best play, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, returns with another powerful, stunning dramatic work that has won him new critical acclaim and the Pulitzer Prize. The protagonist of FENCES, Troy Maxson, is a strong man, a hard man. He has had to be - to survive. For Troy Maxson has gone through life in an America ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Roll of thunder, hear my cry more books like this by Mildred D Taylor add to wishlist 'We have no choice of what colour we're born or who our parents are or whether we're rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we're here.' The Mississippi of the 1930s was a hard place for a black child to grow up in, but still Cassie didn't understand why farming his own land meant so much to her father. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others more books like this by James Daley (Editor) add to wishlist This anthology comprises speeches by influential figures in the history of African-American culture and politics. Contents include the famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech by Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass' immortal "What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?" Martin Luther King, Jr., 's "I Have a Dream," Barack Obama, and many others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
7	Lost in the City more books like this by Edward P Jones add to wishlist Set in the nation's capital, a collection of stories about African Americans living in Washington, D.C. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories more books like this by Edward P Jones add to wishlist The 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction returns with a collection of 14 short stories. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Rose That Grew from Concrete more books like this by Tupac Shakur add to wishlist By the time of his murder at the age of 25, Tupac Shakur was a major force in rap music, with a dozen albums and six movies under his belt. But this collection of poems, written in a poetry workshop by the future star at the age of 19, shows that Shakur possessed both a poet's disarming simplicity and a writer's raw talent well before the start of ... see all copies from $2.46! new only from $2.46! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Souls of Black Folk more books like this by W E B Du Bois, PH.D. add to wishlist This fictionalized account of the life of aviatrix Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman, the first female African-American to receive a pilot's license, is told through a series of poems/eulogies presented at her funeral by those who knew her or knew of her adventures, celebrating Coleman's achievements while informing readers of the circumstances of her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Skyscraper more books like this by Zane add to wishlist Most corporations hand out bonus checks for the holidays. Automobile manufacturer Wolfe Industries, on the other hand, passes out drama - and plenty of it. Zane's latest sizzler follows the sexual adventures of lust-struck employees through a carnival of corporate carnality. Anastasia spends her nights in the secret penthouse maintained by company ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.14! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Heat Seekers more books like this by Zane add to wishlist Tempest and Geren fall in love, but their relationship is threatened by voices from the past--and by Tempest's friend Janessa's affair with Geren's best friend. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.42! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 more books like this by Christopher Paul Curtis add to wishlist Nine-year-old Kenny narrates this story about his middle-class, African-American family and their 1963 trip from Flint, Michigan to Birmingham, Alabama. The trip's purpose is two-fold--to visit their grandmother, and to get Kenny's older brother away from the rough crowd he has been running with. Sadly, racism rears its ugly head as the family ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Forged by Fire more books like this by Sharon Mills Draper add to wishlist When his mother leaves him at home while she goes to buy drugs, 3-year-old Gerald Nickelby accidentally starts a fire and is badly burned. Afterward, his mother is charged with child neglect and sentenced to jail, and Gerald is sent to live with his firm but loving Aunt Queen. Six years later, after his mother is released from jail and Aunt Queen ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The strange career of Jim Crow more books like this by C. Vann Woodward add to wishlist This study of segregation was first published in 1955 and has long been considered a classic work in the history of the American South. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.40! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	A Love of My Own more books like this by E Lynn Harris add to wishlist A sequel to ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS, Zola Norwood is the editor of a successful magazine called Bling-Bling. As she tries to juggle her sexual and business affairs, the events of 9/11 intervene, and everything becomes dramatically different. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	True to the Game: A Teri Woods Fable more books like this by Teri Woods add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
18 view cover	Myne Owne Ground: Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676 more books like this by T H Breen, Stephen Innes add to wishlist Ever since its publication twenty-five years ago, "Myne Owne Ground" has challenged readers to rethink much of what is taken for granted about American race relations. During the earliest decades of Virginia history, some men and women who arrived in the New World as slaves achieved freedom and formed a stable community on the Eastern shore. ... see all copies from $2.39! new only from $27.79! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Come on People: On the Path from Victims to Victors more books like this by Bill Cosby, Alvin F Poussaint add to wishlist Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint have a powerful message for families and communities as they lay out their visions for strengthening America, or for that matter the world. They address the crises of people who are stuck because of feelings of low self-esteem, abandonment, anger, fear, sadness, and feelings of being used, undefended and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Water Is Wide: A Memoir more books like this by Pat Conroy add to wishlist Reissued in trade paper, this is the first-person account of the year spent by the author teaching black children on an impoverished island off the South Carolina coast. see all copies from $3.93! new only from $8.07! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Tar Beach more books like this by Faith Ringgold add to wishlist This book offers an up-close view of 1939 Harlem, as seen by an 8-year-old girl. The dreamlike illustrations are rich with color and imagination. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1991. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Too Little, Too Late more books like this by Victoria Christopher Murray add to wishlist "Essence"-bestselling author Murray brings back her most notorious character, the equally beloved and despised Jasmine Larson Bush, from "A Sin and a Shame." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Somebody's Gotta Be on Top more books like this by Mary B Morrison add to wishlist In the bestselling "Never Again Once More" and "He's Just a Friend," readers met playboy heir Darius Jones and reckless-in-romance Fancy Taylor--both of whom return in this deliciously sensual novel that explores the ways men and women surrender themselves to gain the love they're desperately seeking. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Warriors Don't Cry: The Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High more books like this by Melba Patillo Beals add to wishlist The author reflects on her role in the 1957 integration of Little Rock Central High School. A 16-year-old girl at the time, the author was among the first nine black students to attend that school--a situation that brought out the best, and the worst, in her neighbors and fellow students. The integration of Central High School was, and continues ... see all copies from $2.17! new only from $2.61! \| SVS
25 view cover	Sunrise Over Fallujah more books like this by Walter Dean Myers add to wishlist Robin "Birdy" Perry, a new army recruit from Harlem, isn't quite sure why he joined the army, but he's sure where he's headed: Iraq. Birdy and the others in the Civilian Affairs Battalion are supposed to help secure and stabilize the country and successfully interact with the Iraqi people. Officially, the code name for their maneuvers is Operation ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| first editions \| SVS

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