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In the Black Fantastic
A richly illustrated exploration of Black culture at its most wildly imaginative, artistically ambitious, and politically urgent. A richly illustrated exploration of Black culture...
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Isn't Her Grace Amazing!
The Women Who Changed Gospel Music
Isn't Her Grace Amazing!
The Women Who Changed Gospel Music
A unique tribute to often overlooked women who have left an indelible mark on Gospel Music—powerful talents who overcame racism and sexism to define the...
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$17.00Sale price From $12.75It Was All a Dream
Biggie and the World That Made Him
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Biggie and the World That Made Him
From a talented young journalist on the rise, a deeply reported, timely new biography of the Notorious B.I.G., publishing for what would have been his...
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Jamel Shabazz
Albums
Photo albums from the archives of the iconic chronicler of New York's 1980s rap, hip-hop and Black culture The influential Brooklyn-based photographer Jamel Shabazz has...
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Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
Double vinyl LP pressing. Thirtieth Anniversary edition that restores the album's previously missing interludes and unedited tracks. Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 is the fourth...
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King Pleasure
Jean-Michel Basquiat
King Pleasure
Jean-Michel Basquiat
This landmark volume tells the story of Jean-Michel Basquiat from the intimate perspective of his family, intertwining his artistic endeavors with his personal life, influences,...
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L.A. Graffiti Black Book
This collection of unique works by 151 Los Angeles graffiti and tattoo artists represents an unprecedented collaboration across the city's diverse artistic landscape. Many...
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Liner Notes for the Revolution
The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
Liner Notes for the Revolution
The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
An award-winning Black feminist music critic takes us on an epic journey through radical sound from Bessie Smith to Beyoncé.Daphne A. Brooks explores more than...
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Love Saves the Day
A History of American Dance Music Culture 1970-1979
Love Saves the Day
A History of American Dance Music Culture 1970-1979
Opening with David Mancuso's seminal "Love Saves the Day" Valentine's party, Tim Lawrence tells the definitive story of American dance music culture in the 1970s--from...
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Made in Harlem
A Memoir
Made in Harlem
A Memoir
With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative,...
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Major Labels
A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
Major Labels
A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have...
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Maverick Feminist
To Be Female and Black in a Country Founded Upon Violence and Respectability
Maverick Feminist
To Be Female and Black in a Country Founded Upon Violence and Respectability
Beginning with their forced introduction to American soil, Black women have relied on maverick-like characteristics to survive. And yet, these liberating characteristics have been repeatedly...
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Mickalene Thomas
I Can't See You Without Me
Sold outMickalene Thomas
I Can't See You Without Me
Presenting paintings of some of the artist's key models and muses, I Can't See You Without Me illuminates the work of Brooklyn painter Mickalene Thomas (born 1971)....
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Miss Me with That
Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits, and a Few Hard Truths
Sold outMiss Me with That
Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits, and a Few Hard Truths
A candid, witty, and inspiring collection of essays from The Bachelor's first Black Bachelorette, exploring everything from relationships and love to politics and race. ...
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Miss Me with That
Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits, and a Few Hard Truths (Paperback)
Miss Me with That
Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits, and a Few Hard Truths (Paperback)
A candid, witty, and inspiring collection of essays from The Bachelor's first Black Bachelorette, exploring everything from relationships and love to politics and race. ...
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Monsters
A Fan's Dilemma
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, Monsters is "part memoir, part treatise, and all treat" ( The New York Times)....
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My Black Country
A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future
My Black Country
A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future
Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" (The New York Times Book Review) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective,...
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My Pinup
Marrying the memoir and essay forms while exploring desire, Prince, and racism, Hilton Als’s My Pinup expands and delivers love In this brilliant two-part memoir, the Pulitzer...
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Nerd
Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse
Nerd
Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse
In the vein of You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) and Black Nerd Problems, this witty, incisive essay collection from New York Times critic at large Maya Phillips explores...
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Nobody Is Supposed to Know
Black Sexuality on the Down Low
Nobody Is Supposed to Know
Black Sexuality on the Down Low
Since the early 2000s, the phenomenon of the "down low"--black men who have sex with men as well as women and do not identify as...
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$29.99Sale price $22.50Not Your China Doll
The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
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The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles in the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong,...
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Oct 20th EVENT (Virtual)
Carefree Black Girls w/ Zeba Blay + Dr. Yaba Blay
Sold outOct 20th EVENT (Virtual)
Carefree Black Girls w/ Zeba Blay + Dr. Yaba Blay
WHO & WHAT: A VIRTUAL EVENT w/ film and culture critic, Zeba Blay, in conversation with author and scholar-activist Dr. Yaba Blay about her debut essay...
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On Bts
Pop Music, Fandom, Sincerity
On Bts
Pop Music, Fandom, Sincerity
A love letter to Korean pop sensation BTS and an ode to fandom. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism by Atlantic writers, drawn from contemporary articles or...
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Outlaw Culture
Resisting Representations
Outlaw Culture
Resisting Representations
According to the Washington Post, no one who cares about contemporary African-American cultures can ignore bell hooks' electrifying feminist explorations. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as...
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