Black History Month 2026

Black History Is A Tool. Use It.

For generations, Black thinkers, writers, and organizers have shaped the struggle for justice. This Black History Month, explore books that don’t just remember the past—they equip us to change the present.

This history is meant to be used.

Buy any of our Black History titles and use the code CHANGE30 for 30% off your order. A Lift Every Voice eBook will be added to the cart for free!

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Lift Every Voice

An epic narrative of the struggle against injustice, hailed as "the definitive history of the NAACP" by Henry Louis Gates Jr.A "civil rights Hall of Fame" (Kirkus) that was published to remarkable praise in conjunction with the NAACP's Centennial Celebration, Lift Every Voice is a momentous history of the struggle for civil rights told through the stories of men and women who fought inescapable racial barriers in the North as ...

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If We Don’t Get It

At a time of renewed activism, the story of the young people who bravely turned a local issue into a ...
$29.99
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King of the North

A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated BookFrom the New York Times bestselling author, a radical reframing of the life and work ...
$22.99$30.99
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A Plausible Man

The remarkable story of the man behind the book that helped spark the Civil War, in a stunning historical detective ...
$28.99
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Blackbirds Singing

An uplifting collection of speeches by Black women, curated by the civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author When ...
$25.99$27.99
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Paul Robeson

Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Paul Robeson’s death, a young adult version of his life, based on the biography USA ...
$17.99$28.99
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Denmark Vesey’s Garden

One of Janet Maslin’s Favorite Books of 2018, The New York TimesOne of John Warner’s Favorite Books of 2018, Chicago ...
$19.99$28.99
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Free All Along

Featured in the New Yorker's "Page-Turner" One of Mashable's "17 books every activist should read in 2019""This is an expression ...
$26.99
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Chokehold

Finalist for the 2018 National Council on Crime & Delinquency’s Media for a Just Society Awards Nominated for the 49th ...
$17.99$28.99
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Lighting the Fires of Freedom

Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel PrizeRecommended by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Book Riot and Autostraddle ...
$17.99$25.99
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The Dawn of Detroit

Winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner of the American Book Award Winner of the Merle Curti Social History ...
$18.99$27.95
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Remembering Jim Crow

A timely paperback reissue of the stunning, prize-winning portrait of the Jim Crow South through unique first-person accounts Praised as ...
$19.95$20.99
Black Stats

Black Stats

An essential handbook of eye-opening—and frequently myth-busting—facts and figures about the real lives of Black Americans today There’s no defeating white ...
$14.95$49.00
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1877

1877 was the year many Americans wanted to forget. In the messy aftermath of the Civil War, economic depression, white ...
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Say It Plain

A moving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injustice—with speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, ...
$16.99$34.95