BIPOC Histories
Histories and biographies centering Black, Indigenous and POC leaders, influencers, and everyday people.
Black History for Beginners
by Denise Dennis Author, For Beginners Author and Susan Willmarth Author
Covering a rich history often ignored, Denise Dennis chronicles the struggle from capture and enslavement in Africa…
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Author
In An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the…
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The Book of Awesome Black Americans: Scientific Pioneers, Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and Afro-Futurists
by Monique L. Jones Author
It's a sad and undeniable truth that in the educational system, there is a downplaying of the history and…
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Add to CartHidden Figures
by Margot Lee Shetterly Author
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s…
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The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
by Jeffrey Haas Author
Fans of the Malcolm X's autobiography will enjoy this expose of Fred Hampton's life and the role that the police and FBI…
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Add to CartWorld's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero
by Michael Kranish Author
At the end of the 19th Century a young black man called Major Taylor swept the new, hugely popular sport of competitive…
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View Details Quick ShopMajor Taylor: World Champion
by Fred Noland Author
"Hey Lance!" is something people shout at Fred a lot as he bikes down the road. He would much prefer to be compared to…
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by Justseeds Author
Major Taylor was an African American cyclist who won the World One Mile Track Cycling Championship in 1899. He set…
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Add to CartUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
by Geoffrey C. Ward Author
The biography of heavyweight US boxing champ Jack Johnson, a Black sports celebrity who came out of poverty in the Jim…
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View Details Quick ShopEscaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
by Elijah Wald Author
Escaping the Delta is about the life of blues legend Robert Johnson, one of the greatest figures in blues history.…
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500 Years of Indigenous Resistance
by Gord Hill Author
The history of the colonization of the Americas by Europeans is often portrayed as a mutually beneficial process, in…
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View Details Quick Shop500 Years of Resistance Comic Book
by Gord Hill Author and Ward Churchill Foreword
This graphic novel is often brutal, always thought-provoking. Through captivating and haunting imagery, The 500 Years of…
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Add to CartCitizen 13660
by Mine Okubo Author
Evocative and emotionally-expressive illustrations, each paired with a caption that show life in a US internment camp…
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Add to CartChicano Movement for Beginners
by For Beginners Author and Maceo Montoya Author
As the heyday of the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s to early 70s fades further into history and as more and more of…
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Add to CartBlack Panthers for Beginners
by Herb Boyd Author, For Beginners Author and Lance Tooks Author
The late 1960s, when the Panthers captured the imagination of the nation’s youth, was a time of regulation. While…
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Add to CartBlack Women for Beginners
by For Beginners Author, Beverly Hawkins Hall Author and S. Pearl Sharp Author
There are over 519 million Black Women on the planet Earth. There are Black Women on each of the seven continents, in…
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Black Holocaust for Beginners
by S.E. Anderson Author, Cro-Maat Collective Illustrator, For Beginners Series Editor and Vanessa Holley Illustrator
From the start of the European slave trade around the year 1500 through the U.S. Civil War in 1865, 15…
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Add to CartCivil Rights for Beginners
by Paul Von Blum Author, For Beginners Series Editor and Frank Reynoso Author
In this illustrated introduction, Paul Von Blum chronicles the Civil Rights movement in America, beginning with the…
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Add to CartRun For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom
by Marcelo D'salete Author
Millions of Bantus were forcibly transported to Brazil and enslaved from the 1500's-1800's. Run For It tells the stories…
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Add to CartSix Days in Cincinnati: A Graphic Account of the Riots That Shook the Nation a Decade Before Black Lives Matter
by Dan Méndez Moore Author
This is the graphic history of the 2001 Cincinnati riots, told for the first time from the perspective of the…
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View Details Quick ShopBicycle Culture Rising #4: How Kittie Knox Made Bicycling for Everyone
by Joe Biel Author
In the 1890s, bicycling was a cultural activity for the wealthy elite, with a bicycle costing about twenty weeks of a…
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View Details Quick ShopBasquiat
by Soren Glosimodt Mosdal Illustrator and Julian Voloj Author
The dazzling, provocative work of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) would come to define the vibrant New York art scene…
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Frida Kahlo
by Jane Kent Author and Isabel Muñoz Illustrator
Explore the incredible life of Frida Kahlo, one of the greatest artists of all time as well as a radical thinker,…
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Add to CartMadam C.J. Walker Builds a Business
by Rebel Girls Author and Salini Perera Illustrator
From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes a story based on the life of Madam C.J. Walker—America’s…
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The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
by Lesa Cline-Ransome Author and John Parra Author
In the early 1900s, Ethel Payne was the daughter of a Pullman Porter with an ear for good stories. She grew up to be…
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Add to CartMuhammad Ali
by Amazing Ameziane Author and Titeux Sybille Author
A graphic novel detailing the life of Muhammad Ali - who he was before he became a legendary boxer and activist, as well…
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Add to CartHarold, the People's Mayor: The Biography of Harold Washington
by Clarence P Author and Dempsey Travis Author
Harold, the People's Mayor is the authorized biography of Chicago's first black mayor, written by the late civil rights…
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Add to CartAn Autobiography of Black Chicago
by Dempsey Travis Author
This is a history of Chicago's African-American community through the personal experiences of late civil rights…
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Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story
by Alice Bag Author
The coming-of-age memoir of Alicia Armendariz, aka Alice Bag, taking us on a journey through her violent, male-dominated…
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Paul Robeson for Beginners
by Paul Von Blum Author, For Beginners Author, Elizabeth Von Notias Author and Ramsess Author
An exceptional scholar, lawyer, athlete, stage and screen actor, linguist, singer, civil rights and political activist,…
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Add to CartAngela Davis: An Autobiography
by Angela Davis Author
Originally published in 1974 and written when Angela Davis was 25, this is a fine telling of the situations and struggle…
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by Molly Fair Author
Targeted by law enforcement as the “soul” of the militant Black Liberation Movement, accused (and acquitted) of…
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Add to CartAssata: An Autobiography
by Assata Shakur Author
With her hands raised on a New Jersey turnpike, Assata Shakur (godmother of Tupac) was shot by state troopers, claiming…
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Malcolm X poster
by Josh MacPhee Author and Justseeds Author
“Armed with the knowledge of our past we can charter a course for our future. Only by knowing where we’ve been can…
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Add to CartMalcolm X for Beginners
by Bernard Aquina Doctor Author and For Beginners Author
Powerful narrative and graphics tell the story of Malcolm X's life, his journey of self-discovery, his far-reaching…
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View Details Quick ShopMarch (Trilogy Slipcase Set)
by Andrew Aydin Author, John Lewis Author and Nate Powell Author
Discover the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman…
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Add to CartMARCH: Book 3
by Andrew Aydin Author, John Lewis Author and Nate Powell Author
Congressman Lewis' firsthand account of the civil rights era concludes with images of steely-eyed police, motion, and…
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Add to CartPhoolan Devi: Rebel Queen
by Claire Fauvel Author
A big, full-color graphic novel about India's beloved modern-day Robin Hood. Sold into marriage at 11, she escaped to…
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Add to CartPortland Black Panthers: Empowering Albina and Remaking a City
by Lucas N. N. Burke Author and Judson L. Jeffries Author
In Portland, Oregon, "America's whitest major city," the local Black Panther movement in the 1960s addressed racial…
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Add to CartPower to the People: The World of the Black Panthers
by Steven Shames Author and Bobby Seale Author
In this incredible comprehensive account of the Black Panther movement, get first-hand accounts from people at ground…
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100 African Americans Who Shaped American History
by Chrisanne Beckner Author
A collection of short biographies of 100 influential African Americans who changed history, from the earliest days of…
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Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present
by Jamia Wilson Author and Andrea Pippins Illustrator
Short bios, relevant quotes, and vividly colorful illustrations combine to spotlight 52 of history’s black…
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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
by Vashti Harrison Author
Let these 40 women who changed the world inspire you and your kiddo to aim for great heights. From Alice Ball the…
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View Details Quick ShopFacing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man
by Tonya Bolden Author
Frederick Douglass lived a huge life—abolitionist, newspaper reporter, women's rights activist, diplomat, politician,…
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Add to CartBallots and Bullets: Black Power Politics and Urban Guerrilla Warfare in 1968 Cleveland
by James Robenalt Author
With some mystery, history, violence, black liberation, and important questions on police brutality and the ethics of…
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View Details Quick ShopBicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance
by Adonia E. Lugo, PhD Author
Bicycle/Race paints an unforgettable picture of Los Angeles—and the United States—from the perspective of two…
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View Details Quick ShopYou Don't Play With Revolution: The Montreal Lectures of C.L.R. James
by CLR James Author
As the author of not only the seminal work on the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, but also the finest book ever…
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Add to CartYoung C.L.R. James
by Paul Buhle Author, Milton Knight Author and Lawrence Ware Author
This graphic novelette illustrates the early years of C.L.R. James, the son of a family of teachers and in later years…
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Add to CartHarriet Tubman for Beginners
by Annette Alston Author, For Beginners Author, Lynsey Hutchinson Author and Susan Ades Stone Author
Harriet Tubman's name has gone down in history for her escape from slavery and many subsequent trips back to help others…
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Add to CartThey Can't Kill Us All: The Story of the Struggle for Black Lives
by Wesley Lowery Author
Conducting hundreds of interviews during the course of over one year reporting on the ground, Washington Post writer…
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Add to CartFrom #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Author
Police murders of Black people no longer go unnoticed in the public eye and the violence of racism can no longer be…
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Add to CartRest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin
by Sybrina Fulton Author and Tracy Martin Author
Years after his tragic, shocking murder, Travyon Martin’s name is still evoked every day. He has become a symbol of…
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Add to CartParty Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers' Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music
by Rickey Vincent Author
Connecting the black music tradition with the black activist tradition, Party Music brings both into greater focus than…
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Add to CartThe History of Gangster Rap: From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form
by Soren Baker Author and Xzibit Foreword
I think we all remember where we were the first time we heard Ice-T bellowing “COP KILLAH!!!” And then he…
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Billie Holiday
by Jose Muñoz Author and Carlos Sampayo Author
Born in Philadelphia in 1915, and dead too early in New York in 1959, Billie Holiday became a legendary jazz singer,…
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Keep On Pushing: Black Power Music From Blues to Hip-Hop
by Denise Sullivan Author
Music has historically been an important part of the fights for civil rights. In Keep On Pushing, Denise Sullivan tells…
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Add to CartThe Bartender's Best Friend: A Complete Guide to Cocktails, Martinis, and Mixed Drinks
by Mardee Haidin Regan Author
This newly revised 2nd edition provides 850 alphabetized recipes for alcoholic beverages with problem-solving tips and…
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Women of Color & Feminism
by Maythee Rojas, PhD Author
An in-depth look at feminism from the perspective of race. Rojas, a Latina from a working class background, draws on…
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Add to CartUnderstanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice
by David Pilgrim Author
For many people in modern America, it is difficult to understand what it was like to be an African American living under…
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Add to Cart1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann Author
Contrary to what Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine…
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Add to Cart1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
by Charles C. Mann Author
From the bestselling author of 1491, this is a deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the…
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View Details Quick ShopBessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, no. 2
by Joel Christian Gill Author
Bessie Stringfield, the Motorcycle Queen of Miami, was a pioneer in motorcycling and led an extraordinary life. An…
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Add to CartStrange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History
by Joel Christian Gill Author
Collecting stories from early African American history, this comic shows how people succeeded in the face of slavery…
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Add to CartStrange Fruit, Volume II: More Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History
by Joel Christian Gill Author
This graphic novel contains true stories of unknown American heroes. Collecting stories from early African American…
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Add to CartThe Nez Perce Indians
by John Gerlach Author
A good hard look at the Nez Perce, also known as the Nimiipuu (or "the real people."). Over the course of 48 heavily…
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View Details Quick ShopHawaii (1778-1959): From Western Discovery to Statehood
by John Gerlach Author
Hawaii tells the story of an uncharted melting pot of cultures, homogenized and “conquered” by the United States. It…
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Add to CartPatch #142All Power to the People (Black Panther Party)
by Roz Payne Author
An old standby image from the Black Panthers; an African American civil rights and self-defense organization, active…
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