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Founding Mother

In 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified giving women the right to vote. Sojourner Truth died in 1883 but fought for women abolition and for Black women during a time when they were ignored. Grace Lynn Haynes made her debut with The New Yorker... more

Reimagining Equality : Stories of Gender Race and Finding Home (Paperback)

A searing portrait of the ways in which black men and women have struggled to surmount injustice to own homes --from the heroic lawyer who spoke out against Clarence Thomas (The New York Times Book Review) In this highly readable and deeply... more

I m Telling the Truth But I m Lying: Essays (Paperback)

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In I m Telling the Truth but I m Lying Bassey Ikpi explores her life--as a Nigerian-American immigrant a black woman a slam poet a mother a daughter an artist--through the lens of her mental health and diagnosis of... more

Tami Charles: We Are Here (an All Because You Matter Book) (Hardcover)

An empowering follow-up to New York Times bestselling picture book All Because You Matter that celebrates the rich history of Black and brown men and women throughout history with soaring language and stunning illustration. Lyrical affirmational and... more

Pre-Owned Battered Black Women and Welfare Reform: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Paperback) 0791468445 9780791468449

D?na-Ain Davis is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Purchase College State University of New York. more

Pre-Owned Please Come Back to Me: Stories and a Novella (Hardcover) 0820335843 9780820335841

Please Come Back To Me is another remarkable collection by an author the New York Times has called a writer with an unsparing bent for the truth. In The Nurse and the Black Lagoon a woman tries to understand why her teenage son has been accused of a... more

Mastered Unwound Book 02 (Paperback)

In the continuation to the Mastered series by New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James a man s need for control is tested by the one woman he ll risk everything for... When sensei Ronin Black first encounters Amery Hardwick the fire in her... more

Pre-Owned Celia a Slave (Paperback) 0380719355 9780380719358

Compelling. . . a shocking tale. . . a remarkable account. . . . McLaurin succeeds admirably in using Celia s story to raise larger issues about the meaning of American slavery for both blacks and whites for both women and men. -- New York Times... more

Pre-Owned A Sinful Calling Reverend Curtis Black Novel Hardcover Kimberla Lawson Roby

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Reverend Curtis Black NovelTwo years ago to everyone s surprise Dillon Whitfield Black the secret son of Reverend Curtis Black boldly moved back home married a woman named Raven and founded a church right in his... more

If Beale Street Could Talk (Movie Tie-In) (Media tie-in) (Paperback)

A stunning love story about a young Black woman whose life is torn apart when her lover is wrongly accused of a crime-- a moving painful story so vividly human and so obviously based on reality that it strikes us as timeless ( The New York Times... more

By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe Fashion Designer to the Social Register (Paperback)

The incredible untold story of how Ann Lowe a Black woman and granddaughter of slaves rose above personal struggles and racial prejudice to design and create one of America s most famous wedding dresses of all time for Jackie Kennedy. 1953 New York... more

A Reverend Curtis Black Novel: Sin of a Woman (Series #14) (Paperback)

The new novel in Kimberla Lawson Roby s beloved New York Times bestselling Curtis Black series that sizzles with scandal and is a deliciously decadent beach read of temptation and the wages of sin (Kirkus Reviews). Raven Black is bouncing back after... more

Pre-Owned Women of the Harlem Renaissance (Hardcover) 0756520347 9780756520342

In the 1920s and 1930s New York City s community of Harlem was filled with creative work in literature art and music. At the heart of this cultural explosion were talented women who took their experiences of being black females and shaped them into... more

Pre-Owned Three Strong Women (Paperback) 0307741338 9780307741332

A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2012 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 Longlisted for The 2014 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award From Marie NDiaye the first black woman to win the Prix Goncourt a... more

The Women in Black : A Novel (Paperback)

The book I most often give as a gift to cheer people up. --Hilary Mantel A deceptively smart comic gem. -The New York Times Book Review Witty and delicious. -People The women in black so named for the more

House of Mirth (Paperback - Used) 0679725393 9780679725398

A black comedy of manners about vast wealth and a woman who can define herself only through the perceptions of others. The beautiful Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City - people whose millions were made in railroads shipping... more

Year book of the New York State Federation of Women s Clubs. Volume 1921 (1921) [LeatherBound]

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1921 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are included in black and... more

Pre-Owned By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe Fashion Designer to the Social Register (Paperback) 0063059746 9780063059740

The incredible untold story of how Ann Lowe a Black woman and granddaughter of slaves rose above personal struggles and racial prejudice to design and create one of America s most famous wedding dresses of all time for Jackie Kennedy. 1953 New York... more

A report on the scientific work of the surgical staff of the Woman s Hospital in the State of New York ... Volume c.1 4 1921/22 (1922) [LeatherBound]

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1922 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are included in black and... more

Rise. Risk. Remember. Incredible Stories of Courageous Black Women: Susie King Taylor : Nurse Teacher & Freedom Fighter (Paperback)

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Never Caught and She Came to Slay comes a vibrant middle grade biography of Susie King Taylor one of the first Black Civil War nurses in a new series spotlighting Black women who left their... more

Pre-Owned Playing Smart: New York Women Writers and Modern Magazine Culture (Paperback 9780813551784) by Professor Catherine Keyser

9780813551784. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 242. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 242 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white. American Literatures Initiative. Smart women sophisticated ladies savvy... more

Pre-Owned Sex Workers Psychics and Numbers Runners: Black Women in New York City s Underground (Hardcover 9780252040207) by Lashawn Harris

9780252040207. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 296. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 296 p. Contains: Illustrations. New Black Studies. During the early twentieth century a diverse group of African American women... more

Nightcrawling : A Novel (Oprah s Book Club) (Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK - A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system. This debut of a blazingly original voice bursts at the... more

Rise. Risk. Remember. Incredible Stories of Courageous Black Women: Susie King Taylor : Nurse Teacher & Freedom Fighter (Hardcover)

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Never Caught and She Came to Slay comes a vibrant middle grade biography of Susie King Taylor one of the first Black Civil War nurses in a new series spotlighting Black women who left their... more

Pre-Owned How It Feels to Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement (Hardcover 9780195314038) by Ruth Feldstein

9780195314038. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Contains: Unspecified. Includes unspecified. In 1964 Nina Simone sat at a piano in New York s Carnegie Hall to play what she called a show tune. Then she began to sing: Alabama... more

Pre-Owned The House of Mirth (Mass Market Paperback) 1439169497 9781439169490

A black comedy of manners about vast wealth and a woman who can define herself only through the perceptions of others. The beautiful Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City - people whose millions were made in railroads shipping... more

Pre-Owned Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York (Paperback 9780374534271) by Robin Nagle

9780374534271. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 304. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white Maps. One woman s journey inside New York City s grittiest--and most... more

Curlfriends Curlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel) Book 1 (Hardcover)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER! 2024 Golden Kite Award Winner - An NPR and New York Public Library Best Book of the Year I want to be friends with them all -- Vashti Harrison #1 New York Times bestselling author of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History... more

Murder & Mayhem in York County (Paperback) by Joseph David Cress

9781609491888. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 128. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Contains: Unspecified Illustrations black & white. Murder & Mayhem. The unsolved 1878 murder of a young woman walking home from... more

Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World (Hardcover)

The instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History comes the highly anticipated follow-up a beautifully illustrated collectible detailing the lives of women creators around the world. Featuring the... more

Pre-Owned The Other Black Girl (Paperback) 1982160144 9781982160142

A Hulu Original Series Coming Soon Riveting fearless and vividly original (Emily St. John Mandel New York Times bestselling author) this instant New York Times bestseller explores the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the... more

Flannery O Connor Award for Short Fiction: Please Come Back to Me: Stories and a Novella (Paperback)

Please Come Back To Me is another remarkable collection by an author the New York Times has called a writer with an unsparing bent for the truth. In The Nurse and the Black Lagoon a woman tries to understand why her teenage son has been accused of a... more

Pre-Owned Weight Watchers Start Living Start Losing: Inspirational Stories That Will Motivate You (Paperback 9780470376164) by Weight Watchers (Compiled by) Duchess Of York Sarah

9780470376164. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 256. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Contains: Unspecified Illustrations black & white. What Makes a Great Weight-Loss Success Story? OVER 70 REAL WOMEN... more

Black Swan Rising: The Shape Stealer (Paperback)

Jewelry designer Garet James is the Watchtower--the last in a long line of powerful women sworn to protect the world from evil. Although she had once defeated evil in New York City her pursuit of her true love the 400-year-old vampire Will Hughes... more

With Her Fist Raised : Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism (Hardcover)

The first biography of Dorothy Pitman Hughes a trailblazing Black feminist activist whose work made children race and welfare rights central to the women s movement. Dorothy Pitman Hughes was a transformative community organizer in New York City in... more

Pre-Owned Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She s Learned (Hardcover 9780812994995) by Lena Dunham

9780812994995. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 288. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF... more

Remarkable Women in New York State History (Paperback) by Helen Engel Marilynn Smiley

9781609499662. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 320. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Unspecified Illustrations black & white. Discover the stories of these indomitable women who have steered the course... more

Branches of the Vine : The Price of Admission: Re-Imagining the Bible Belt South for a NU World Order (Hardcover)

It s all quiet now in cities like Birmingham Chicago Detroit New York and Newark where blacks once protested and rioted against their segregated conditions in the 1960s and women burned their bras during the Women s Liberation era in the 1970s. But... more