Race

Shaking the Gates of Hell: A Search for Family and Truth in the Wake of the Civil Rights Revolution John Archibald

SHAKING THE GATES OF HELL is Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Archibald's examination of a...

Unmasking the Klansman: The Double Life of Asa and Forrest Carter Dan Carter

UNMASKING THE KLANSMAN: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF ASA AND FORREST CARTER is one of the most bizarre stories in the history of American publishing. The mystery has finally been solved - fifty years after the master hoax began. The Education of Little Tree is a number one best seller, required reading in schoolrooms...

American Dirt Jeanine Cummins
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King: A Life Jonathan Eig

KING: A LIFE is the first full biography to include recently declassified FBI files. This  revelatory new portrait of the man who shook the world views the reasons why he demanded peaceful protests but was never at peace with himself. We have the unique opportunity to follow this brilliant student from the classroom to...

The Southernization of America: A Story of Democracy in the Balance Tucker, Cynthia Gaillard, Frye

THE SOUTHERNIZATION OF AMERICA: A STORY OF DEMOCRACY IN THE BALANCE finds two of the South's most respected and awarded journalists explaining to the country the lingering influence of the old Confederacy. This powerful Black/White - male/female perspective from a pair of brilliant writers who love their part of the...

Sittin' In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s Jeff Gold
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Transcendent Kingdom Yaa Gyasi

TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM allows the reader to grasp the experience of an immigrant attempting to follow the American dream. It is a deeply moving portrait painted by a brilliant artist who draws on her own life.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by Yaa Gyasi on a page bound...

The Secret of Magic Deborah Johnson

THE SECRET OF MAGIC is inspired by a true story that probes racial strife in the South following World War Two, and the stalwart people who fought to obtain justice for all.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by Deborah Jackson on the title page at the store. It is a new,...

True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson Kostya Kennedy

TRUE: THE FOUR SEASONS OF JACKIE ROBINSON allows readers a special inside look at the career of one of America's most gifted athletes and the courage he exhibited in one of the most important leadership roles in history. Revealed for the first time are the intracacies of his stance at the plate and in his life.

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You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America Paul Kix

YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO DIE BEFORE YOU CAN BEGIN TO LIVE: TEN WEEKS IN BIRMINGHAM THAT CHANGED AMERICA tells the inside story of the planning, the squabbles, the details and all the obstacles faced by Fred Shuttlesworth, James Bevel, Wyatt Walker and Martin Luther King, Jr. in planning the campaign to integrate...