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1	Think & Grow Rich more books like this by Napoleon Hill A perennial best seller in the self-help field since its first publication in 1937, Napoleon Hill's THINK AND GROW RICH sets down the basic principles of success, showing how to apply them not only to business and careers, but also to life and relationships. In 1908, Hill a journalist, was commissioned by the great American business tycoon and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Invisible Man more books like this by Ralph Waldo Ellison Ellison's classic 1952 novel is about a black man from the South who travels to New York City in the 1930s. He becomes involved with the Communist Party, but is soon disillusioned: the Communists see him not as a person but as a symbol of oppressed humanity, as does the Black Nationalist Group he encounters. This inability of a blind and hostile ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Roots more books like this by Alex Haley An historical narrative of slavery in the American South. Based upon actual researches conducted over a period of years, Haley reconstructs the events that led to the enslavement of Kunte Kinte, the "African" identified in Haley's family lore as their founding father, and his settlement on American shores. Kinte, in his own history, becomes an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Autobiography of Malcolm X more books like this by Malcolm X Malcolm X was a controversial figure in the early sixties as one of the most forceful and eloquent spokesmen for African-Americans. In his writings and public appearances he addressed the issues of Black pride, separatism (a position he eventually renounced), and self-esteem. In the years prior to his assassination in 1965, he granted Alex Haley, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Raisin in the Sun more books like this by Lorraine Hansberry The award-winning, now classic drama about a working-class African-American family on the South Side of Chicago--their hopes, their dreams, their aspirations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.30! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Water is Wide more books like this by Pat Conroy This is the moving and true tale of Pat Conroy's experiences teaching black children on an impoverished and isolated island off the coast of South Carolina. The book was made into the movie "Conrack", starring Jon Voight. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Song of Solomon more books like this by Toni Morrison In Toni Morrison's powerful 1977 novel, Milkman Dead hears a strange story: his father and his aunt Pilate witnessed their father's murder, and Pilate has carried his bones around with her for 20 years. Milkman travels south to find that this grandfather (who fled slavery and escaped, creating a myth of flight) has been immortalized in folktales ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Temple of My Familiar more books like this by Alice Walker (Read by) Walker's novel spans 500,000 years as it tells the story of men and women in Europe, Africa, and America--their spiritual lives and their attempts to comprehend their worlds. The plot centers on an aging, much-victimized woman and the young American rock musician for whom she creates feathered costumes; the two fall passionately in love, finding ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Souls of Black Folk more books like this by W E B Du Bois, PH.D. 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
10	Jazz more books like this by Toni Morrison The unnamed omniscient narrator--like a Greek chorus, or a tribal storyteller--relates the story of Joe and Violet Trace, a pair of orphans who meet and marry in rural Virginia, then come north to Harlem in 1906. Trapped in their unfulfilling marriage for 20 years, Joe begins an affair with a young woman, Dorcas. When she leaves him, he kills her- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Soul on Ice more books like this by Eldridge Cleaver Finally back in print, the prison memoirs of Black Panther activist Eldridge Cleaver that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed the way America looked at the Black experience. "Brilliant and revealing".--New York Times Book Review. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Manchild in the Promised Land more books like this by Claude Brown The classic autobiography of growing up in Harlem in the fifties. From a life of mischief and encounters with gangs, drug pushers, and the police, Claude Brown eventually leaves Harlem for law school. The Harlem setting and the many characters in his family and neighborhood are evoked with frankness, beauty and love. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Fire Next Time more books like this by James A Baldwin The Modern Library edition of the book that William Styron said shook the conscience of a nation. This is James Baldwin's call for activism "to end the racial nightmare... and change the history of the world." Includes the long essay/sermon "Down at the Cross", his commentary on the rise of the Nation of Islam in America, and an argument against ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.07! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	The autobiography of Malcolm X more books like this by Malcolm X see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.29! \| first editions
15 view cover	House of Dies Drear more books like this by Virginia Hamilton Life changes for 13-year-old Thomas Small when he and his family relocate to Ohio where they take up residence in a house that was once a stop on the Underground Railroad. As both an African-American and a history professor, Thomas's father is particularly interested in the house although his wife and children are disconcerted about another aspect ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Snowy Day more books like this by Ezra Jack Keats First published in 1962, THE SNOWY DAY was the first full-color picture book to feature an African-American as its main character. One day a boy named Peter wakes up to discover that snow has fallen during the night. After breakfast, Peter dons his red snowsuit and solitarily explores his newly snowy world. He enjoys such activities as making snow ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.83! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Middle Passage more books like this by Charles R Johnson Rutherford Calhoun escapes marriage and debt by stowing away on the illegal slave ship, the "Republic." Discovered, he is then put in charge of the ship's log. Calhoun must confront his self-centered philosophies as he writes the log, adrift with a cargo of slaves and forty crew members in search of new lives. This novel won the 1990 National Book ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans more books like this by John Hope Franklin This classic in African American studies was first published in 1947; it has been a standard text ever since, and has been revised several times. Professors Franklin and Moss provide a comprehensive survey of the African American experience--including slavery, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights movement--and highlight movements of self ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $42.07! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Passing more books like this by Nella Larsen A light-skinned African American woman is married to a white man who is ignorant of her racial heritage. Her childhood friend, equally capable of "passing," has chosen to live her life as a black woman and deny the existence of racism. A chance meeting forces both women to confront truths about themselves. First published in 1929, this novel has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Color Purple M more books like this by Alice Walker Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $69.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Contender more books like this by Robert Lipsyte Seventeen-year-old Alfred Brooks is tired of running from the gangs in his native Harlem. His salvation is the gym that he accidentally discovers, where he realizes his talents as a boxer, and gets on the road to becoming a professional. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Cheaters more books like this by Eric Jerome Dickey This bestselling novel, called everything from provocative and steamy to fresh and honest by the critics, takes a dip into the Los Angeles singles scene for a totally uncensored and outrageously entertaining adventure in seduction, betrayal, heartbreak, revenge, and oh-so-sweet true love. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Why We Can't Wait more books like this by Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing in the 1960s for a general audience, Dr. King reflects on the recent history of the civil rights movement--especially the campaign in Birmingham, Alabama, which brings him hope--on the assassination of President Kennedy, and on the the necessary struggle to come. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Piano Lesson more books like this by August Wilson Set in 1936, The Piano Lesson is a powerful new play from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. A sister and brother fight over a piano that has been in the family for three generations, creating a remarkable drama that embodies the painful past and expectant future of black Americans. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	If Beale Street Could Talk more books like this by James Baldwin Baldwin writes an affecting, affirming, bluesy love story about a pair of teenage lovers--one in jail, one pregnant--and their attempts to stay together and raise a family in the face of racist oppression. Fonny, the artist, is arrested for a crime he didn't commit and incarcerated in the Tombs. His devoted girlfriend, Tish, is determined to get ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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