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  • Million Man March

    A strikingly photographed exploration of the largest gathering of African American men in U.S. history—the Million Man March—and their journey to Washington, D.C. to renew their faith and commitmentIt was a day for men to join hands and pray for peace and self-responsibility; a day for Black men to sing, to rejoice, to celebrate each other. It was a day for Black men to cry, to share their ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Say Their Names

    How Black Lives Came to Matter in America

    This definitive guide to America's present-day racial reckoning examines the forces that pushed our unjust system to its breaking point after the death of George Floyd.For many, the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds when Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd on camera, and it ended with the sweeping federal, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Segregated Skies

    It was 1964 and Black men didn't fly commercial jets. But David Harris was about to change that ... After years of flying B-52 bombers in the United States Air Force, David Harris applied to be a pilot for commercial airliners, an opportunity no other African American before him---not even the famed Tuskegee Airmen---had ever been afforded. After receiving rejection after rejection, he finally ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Shackles From the Deep

    Tracing the Path of a Sunken Slave Ship, a Bitter Past, and a Rich Legacy

    A pile of lime-encrusted shackles discovered on the seafloor in the remains of a ship called the Henrietta Marie, lands Michael Cottman, a Washington, D.C.-based journalist and avid scuba diver, in the middle of an amazing journey that stretches across three continents, from foundries and tombs in England, to slave ports on the shores of West Africa, to present-day Caribbean plantations. This is ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Segregated Skies

    David Harris's Trailblazing Journey to Rise Above Racial Barriers

    Unabridged

    2 hours 41 min

    It was 1964 and black men didn't fly commercial jets. But David Harris was about to change that ...After years of flying B-52 bombers in the United States Air Force, David Harris applied to be a pilot for commercial airliners, an opportunity no other African American before him--not even the famed Tuskegee Airmen--had ever been afforded. After receiving rejection after rejection, he finally signed ... Read more

    $19.60 USD

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    Say Their Names

    How Black Lives Came to Matter in America

    Unabridged

    11 hours 58 min

    This definitive guide to America's present-day racial reckoning examines the forces that pushed our unjust system to its breaking point after the death of George Floyd.For many, the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds when Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd on camera, and it ended with the sweeping federal, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement

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  • The Great Escape

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