<![CDATA[The Book Company: New Products - Black History Month]]> https://www.thebookco.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:42:55 +0000 <![CDATA[How Black Music Took Over the World]]> https://www.thebookco.com/how-black-music-took-over-the-world/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:17:05 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/how-black-music-took-over-the-world/ How Black Music Took Over the World by Melvin Gibbs, 9781541603240One of the world’s greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmic structures and the long history of the African diaspora made it the world’s most popular form. 
 
“A revelatory new book.”—New York Times..

Price: $30.00

]]> How Black Music Took Over the World by Melvin Gibbs, 9781541603240One of the world’s greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmic structures and the long history of the African diaspora made it the world’s most popular form. 
 
“A revelatory new book.”—New York Times..

Price: $30.00

]]> One of the world’s greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmic structures and the long history of the African diaspora made it the world’s most popular form. 
 
“A revelatory new book.”—New York Times..]]> <![CDATA[Black Film (A History of Black Representation and Participation in the Movies)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/black-film-a-history-of-black-representation-and-participation-in-the-movies/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:54:27 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/black-film-a-history-of-black-representation-and-participation-in-the-movies/ Black Film (A History of Black Representation and Participation in the Movies) by David F. Walker, 9781984860163An illustrated history that celebrates the legacy of Black actors, films, and filmmakers from the silent era through today and explores the deeply embedded racism of the film industry, from the award-winning author of The Black Panther Party

In Black Film, Eisner Award-..

Price: $24.99

]]> Black Film (A History of Black Representation and Participation in the Movies) by David F. Walker, 9781984860163An illustrated history that celebrates the legacy of Black actors, films, and filmmakers from the silent era through today and explores the deeply embedded racism of the film industry, from the award-winning author of The Black Panther Party

In Black Film, Eisner Award-..

Price: $24.99

]]> An illustrated history that celebrates the legacy of Black actors, films, and filmmakers from the silent era through today and explores the deeply embedded racism of the film industry, from the award-winning author of The Black Panther Party

In Black Film, Eisner Award-..]]> <![CDATA[Cooking Up Change (Grandma's Recipes from a Year in Black History)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/cooking-up-change-grandma-s-recipes-from-a-year-in-black-history/ Fri, 30 May 2025 07:22:05 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/cooking-up-change-grandma-s-recipes-from-a-year-in-black-history/ Cooking Up Change (Grandma's Recipes from a Year in Black History) by Michael Platt, Alleanna Harris, 9781419778889In Cooking Up Change—the eagerly awaited sequel to teen chef and food justice advocate Michael Platt’s Recipes for Change—Platt journeys through a year in Black history with a little help from his beloved grandmother as he retells 12 important historic events and shares a rec..

Price: $18.99

]]> Cooking Up Change (Grandma's Recipes from a Year in Black History) by Michael Platt, Alleanna Harris, 9781419778889In Cooking Up Change—the eagerly awaited sequel to teen chef and food justice advocate Michael Platt’s Recipes for Change—Platt journeys through a year in Black history with a little help from his beloved grandmother as he retells 12 important historic events and shares a rec..

Price: $18.99

]]> In Cooking Up Change—the eagerly awaited sequel to teen chef and food justice advocate Michael Platt’s Recipes for Change—Platt journeys through a year in Black history with a little help from his beloved grandmother as he retells 12 important historic events and shares a rec..]]> <![CDATA[Carlotta's Special Dress (How a Walk to School Changed Civil Rights History)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/carlotta-s-special-dress-how-a-walk-to-school-changed-civil-rights-history/ Mon, 05 May 2025 13:48:33 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/carlotta-s-special-dress-how-a-walk-to-school-changed-civil-rights-history/ Carlotta's Special Dress (How a Walk to School Changed Civil Rights History) by Carlotta Walls LaNier, Lisa Frazier Page, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, 9780316572545

Carlotta Walls LaNier, the youngest of the Little Rock Nine, shares the true story about a girl, a dress, and the historic fight to attend an all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Carlotta can’t wait to wear her new dress on her first day of school. But when th..

Price: $18.99

]]> Carlotta's Special Dress (How a Walk to School Changed Civil Rights History) by Carlotta Walls LaNier, Lisa Frazier Page, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, 9780316572545

Carlotta Walls LaNier, the youngest of the Little Rock Nine, shares the true story about a girl, a dress, and the historic fight to attend an all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Carlotta can’t wait to wear her new dress on her first day of school. But when th..

Price: $18.99

]]> Carlotta Walls LaNier, the youngest of the Little Rock Nine, shares the true story about a girl, a dress, and the historic fight to attend an all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Carlotta can’t wait to wear her new dress on her first day of school. But when th..]]> <![CDATA[The Broken King]]> https://www.thebookco.com/the-broken-king/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:45:02 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/the-broken-king/ The Broken King by Michael Thomas, 9780802120144

“There’s a bridge of beautiful American prose—lyrical, powerful, fearlessly candid—running straight from James Baldwin to Thomas, who is obviously Baldwin’s worthy heir . . . An utterly immersive book.”—Francisco Goldman, author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Monkey Boy

F..

Price: $28.00

]]> The Broken King by Michael Thomas, 9780802120144

“There’s a bridge of beautiful American prose—lyrical, powerful, fearlessly candid—running straight from James Baldwin to Thomas, who is obviously Baldwin’s worthy heir . . . An utterly immersive book.”—Francisco Goldman, author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Monkey Boy

F..

Price: $28.00

]]> “There’s a bridge of beautiful American prose—lyrical, powerful, fearlessly candid—running straight from James Baldwin to Thomas, who is obviously Baldwin’s worthy heir . . . An utterly immersive book.”—Francisco Goldman, author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Monkey Boy

F..]]> <![CDATA[Where the Wildflowers Grow (A Novel)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/where-the-wildflowers-grow-a-novel/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:07:21 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/where-the-wildflowers-grow-a-novel/ Where the Wildflowers Grow (A Novel) by Terah Shelton Harris, 9781464229220

From acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris comes a poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living.

Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die.

Grief never truly fades and..

Price: $29.99

]]> Where the Wildflowers Grow (A Novel) by Terah Shelton Harris, 9781464229220

From acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris comes a poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living.

Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die.

Grief never truly fades and..

Price: $29.99

]]> From acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris comes a poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living.

Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die.

Grief never truly fades and..]]> <![CDATA[On the Courthouse Lawn (Revised Edition)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/on-the-courthouse-lawn-revised-edition/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 09:52:15 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/on-the-courthouse-lawn-revised-edition/ On the Courthouse Lawn (Revised Edition) by Sherrilyn Ifill, Bryan Stevenson, 9780807023044Nearly 5,000 black Americans were lynched between 1890 and 1960. Over forty years later, Sherrilyn Ifill's On the Courthouse Lawn examines the numerous ways that this racial trauma still resounds across the United States. While the lynchings and their immediate aftermath were devastating, t..

Price: $20.00

]]> On the Courthouse Lawn (Revised Edition) by Sherrilyn Ifill, Bryan Stevenson, 9780807023044Nearly 5,000 black Americans were lynched between 1890 and 1960. Over forty years later, Sherrilyn Ifill's On the Courthouse Lawn examines the numerous ways that this racial trauma still resounds across the United States. While the lynchings and their immediate aftermath were devastating, t..

Price: $20.00

]]> On the Courthouse Lawn examines the numerous ways that this racial trauma still resounds across the United States. While the lynchings and their immediate aftermath were devastating, t..]]> <![CDATA[HBCU Made (A Celebration of the Black College Experience)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/hbcu-made-a-celebration-of-the-black-college-experience/ Mon, 01 May 2023 17:51:51 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/hbcu-made-a-celebration-of-the-black-college-experience/ HBCU Made (A Celebration of the Black College Experience) by Ayesha Rascoe, 9781643753867In this joyous collection of essays about historically Black colleges and universities, alumni both famous and up-and-coming write testimonials about the schools and experiences that shaped their lives and made them who they are today.

With a distinguished and diverse ..

Price: $29.00

]]> HBCU Made (A Celebration of the Black College Experience) by Ayesha Rascoe, 9781643753867In this joyous collection of essays about historically Black colleges and universities, alumni both famous and up-and-coming write testimonials about the schools and experiences that shaped their lives and made them who they are today.

With a distinguished and diverse ..

Price: $29.00

]]> In this joyous collection of essays about historically Black colleges and universities, alumni both famous and up-and-coming write testimonials about the schools and experiences that shaped their lives and made them who they are today.

With a distinguished and diverse ..]]> <![CDATA[Supreme Sirens (Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Music)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/supreme-sirens-iconic-black-women-who-revolutionized-music/ Fri, 03 Feb 2023 06:03:13 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/supreme-sirens-iconic-black-women-who-revolutionized-music/ Supreme Sirens (Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Music) by Marcellas Reynolds, Monica, 9781419769016A stunning photography book that explores the power, rebellion, and resilience held within the voices of trailblazing Black female musicians.
 
From entertainment journalist and fashion stylist Marcellas Reynolds, the author of Supreme Models and Supreme Actr..

Price: $60.00

]]> Supreme Sirens (Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Music) by Marcellas Reynolds, Monica, 9781419769016A stunning photography book that explores the power, rebellion, and resilience held within the voices of trailblazing Black female musicians.
 
From entertainment journalist and fashion stylist Marcellas Reynolds, the author of Supreme Models and Supreme Actr..

Price: $60.00

]]> A stunning photography book that explores the power, rebellion, and resilience held within the voices of trailblazing Black female musicians.
 
From entertainment journalist and fashion stylist Marcellas Reynolds, the author of Supreme Models and Supreme Actr..]]> <![CDATA[Beyond Black and White (From Civil Rights to Barack Obama)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/beyond-black-and-white-from-civil-rights-to-barack-obama/ Sun, 15 May 2022 22:05:03 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/beyond-black-and-white-from-civil-rights-to-barack-obama/ Beyond Black and White (From Civil Rights to Barack Obama) by Manning Marable, 9781784787660Highly acclaimed dissection of the “new racism,” from one of the greatest radical black intellectuals of our time

Many in the United States, including Barack Obama, have called for a “post-racial” politics; yet race still divides the country politically, economically, and socially. I..

Price: $24.95

]]> Beyond Black and White (From Civil Rights to Barack Obama) by Manning Marable, 9781784787660Highly acclaimed dissection of the “new racism,” from one of the greatest radical black intellectuals of our time

Many in the United States, including Barack Obama, have called for a “post-racial” politics; yet race still divides the country politically, economically, and socially. I..

Price: $24.95

]]> Highly acclaimed dissection of the “new racism,” from one of the greatest radical black intellectuals of our time

Many in the United States, including Barack Obama, have called for a “post-racial” politics; yet race still divides the country politically, economically, and socially. I..]]>