Black American History in 2025

Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women by Rycenga, Jennifer

Music, Muscle, and Masterful Arts: Black and Indigenous Performers of the Circus Age by Hughes, Sakina M.

Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women by Rycenga, Jennifer

Prayer and Pen: The Prayers and Legacy of Carl Murphy, Publisher of the Afro-American Newspapers (1922-1967) by Murphy Draper, Frances

You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Kix, Paul

An Efficient Womanhood: Women and the Making of the Universal Negro Improvement Association by Duncan, Natanya

In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Weathersby, Irvin

Music, Muscle, and Masterful Arts: Black and Indigenous Performers of the Circus Age by Hughes, Sakina M.

Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons by Friedman, Brittany

No Right to an Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era by Jones, Jacqueline

An Efficient Womanhood: Women and the Making of the Universal Negro Improvement Association by Duncan, Natanya

Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons by Friedman, Brittany

Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins by Phillips, Mary Frances

Mary Turner and the Mob: The Brooks-Lowndes Race Riot of 1918 in History and Memory by Aiello, Thomas

Brooding over Bloody Revenge by Taylor, Nikki M.

A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy by Irving Bacheller

African American Maritime History in the Lowcountry by Long, Kim

Black Prison Intellectuals: Writings from the Long Nineteenth Century by Stone, Andrea

The Creole Rebellion: The Most Successful Slave Revolt in American History by Chadwick, Bruce

Strength Through Diversity: Harlem Prep and the Rise of Multiculturalism by Goldenberg, Barry M.

Black Prison Intellectuals: Writings from the Long Nineteenth Century by Stone, Andrea

What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation about Race in America by Dyson, Michael Eric

Letter from Birmingham Jail by King, Martin Luther

The Internal Colony: Race and the American Politics of Global Decolonization by Klug, Sam

Dangerous Learning: The South's Long War on Black Literacy by Black, Derek W.

The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North by Adams, Michelle

Strength Through Diversity: Harlem Prep and the Rise of Multiculturalism by Goldenberg, Barry M.

Readying the Revolution: African American Theater and Performance from Post-World War II to the Black Arts Movement by Shandell, Jonathan

New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America's Second Civil Rights Movement by Williams, Juan

Lincoln vs Davis: The Great Rivalry - How Two Presidents Shaped America's Civil War Through Leadership, Morality, and Strategy to Define by Hayes, Alexander Scott

Review and Evaluation Tulsa Race Massacre by

Living the Dream: The Contested History of Martin Luther King Jr. Day by Fleming, Daniel T.

Roses in December: Black Life in Hanover County from Civil War to Civil Rights by Allen, Jody Lynn

Of Black Study by Myers, Joshua

In Defense of the Nation: Black Iowans at War by Morris, William

Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present by Berry, Mary Frances

Roses in December: Black Life in Hanover County from Civil War to Civil Rights by Allen, Jody Lynn

Don Troiani's Black Soldiers in America's Wars: 1754-1865 by Rees, John U.

The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon by Shatz, Adam

Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery by McGill, Joseph, Frazier, Herb

Enslavement in the Puritan Village: The Untold History of Sudbury and Wayland, Massachusetts by Sciacca, Jane H.

Roots and Legends: Folktales from African Culture by Editors of Wellfleet Press

Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation by Parten, Bennett

The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American Myth by Fowler, Jermaine

Black Lives Matter and the misrepresentation of the movement: Fighting the negative narratives by Scantling, John Angus, Jr.

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Perry, Imani

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People (Large Print Edition) by Perry, Imani

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Perry, Imani

American Negra: A Memoir by Alford, Natasha S.

Buffalo Soldiers in Arizona by Langellier, John P.

The Power of Neo-Slave Fiction and Public History: From Slavery to the Enslaved by Rodwell, Grant

A Real Negro Girl: Fredi Washington and the New Negro Renaissance by Woodard, Laurie A.

Civil Sights: Sweet Auburn, a Journey Through Atlanta's National Treasure by Kansas, Gene

Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Tower of Strength in the Labor World by Phillips-Cunningham, Danielle

Contentious Unions: Black Baptist Schools and White Baptist Money in the Jim Crow South by Mathews, Mary Beth Swetnam

Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Tower of Strength in the Labor World by Phillips-Cunningham, Danielle

Stomp Off, Let's Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong by Riccardi, Ricky

Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality by Jackson, Maurice

Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.: Volume 1 by

Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.: Volume 2 by

Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.: Volume 1 by

In the Light of Dawn: The History and Legacy of a Black Canadian Community by Carter, Marie

Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.: Volume 2 by

Unjust Restitution: A Century of Black Struggle for Equality by Brown, Michael Kingsley

Fractured Freedoms: Reconstructing Central Louisiana by Ballantyne, David T.

The Shaping of Black Identities: Redefining the Generations Through the Legacy of Race and Culture by Hawkins, Jimmie R.

An Introduction to Black Studies by Jackson, Eric R.

Unjust Restitution: A Century of Black Struggle for Equality by Brown, Michael Kingsley

Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families by Giesberg, Judith

A Matter of Complexion: The Life and Fictions of Charles W. Chesnutt by Chakkalakal, Tess

Let's Play Two: The Life and Times of Ernie Banks by Wilson, Doug

A Time for Reflection: The Parallel Legacies of Baseball Icons Willie McCovey and Billy Williams by Cannon, Jason

Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern Shore by Daniels, Rita, Wiesen, Jean Marie

A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects by Awake, Robell

Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families by Giesberg, Judith

Borderland Blacks: Two Cities in the Niagara Region During the Final Decades of Slavery by Broyld, Dann J.

Frederick Douglass: A Life in American History by Christian, Mark

History Through the Black Experience Volume 1: Volume 1 by Hudson, Simon

History Through the Black Experience Volume Two by Hudson, Simon

History Through the Black Experience Volume 1: Volume 1 by Hudson, Simon

History Through the Black Experience Volume Two by Hudson, Simon

The Cost of the Vote: George Elmore and the Battle for the Ballot by Click, Carolyn

Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation by Parten, Bennett

The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History by Valby, Karen

Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Ewing, Eve L.

The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made by Schermerhorn, Calvin

Virginia in the American Revolution by Mills, Charles a.

The Stained Glass Window: A Family History as the American Story, 1790-1958 by Lewis, David Levering

Physicians for the People: Black Doctors and the Struggle for Health-Care Equality in Alabama, 1870-1970 by Ellis, Jack D.

The Making of American Whiteness: The Formation of Race in Seventeenth-Century Virginia by Thompson, Carmen P.

Physicians for the People: Black Doctors and the Struggle for Healthcare Equality in Alabama, 1870--1970 by Ellis, Jack D.

Prophetic Peril: The Rhetoric of Nineteenth-Century African American Prophetic-Call Narratives by Fuerst, Thomas M.

A Domestic Cook Book: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen by Russell, Malinda

Revolution in These Times: Black Panther Party Veteran Dhoruba Bin Wahad on Antifascism, Black Liberation, and a Culture of Resistance by Bin Wahad, Dhoruba

Arum and King: Six Decades of Boxing Gold by Corwin, Marty

Futures of Black Power: Reimagining the Black Past by

The Tulsa Race Massacre: The Department of Justice Review and Evaluation by Department of Justice

An Ordinary White: My Antiracist Education by Roediger, David

Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism (Large Print Edition) by Ewing, Eve L.

A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 by Bonhomme, Edna

Justice Batted Last: Ernie Banks, Minnie Miñoso, and the Unheralded Players Who Integrated Chicago's Major League Teams by Zminda, Don

The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York by Green, Elon

A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 by Bonhomme, Edna

How Black History Can Save Your Life: From the Talk to George Floyd, Everything You Need to Know to Deescalate a Racist Situation by Crim, Ernest

Slavery and the American Founding: Hope and Hypocrisy in the Age of Enlightenment by Pfister, Jude M.

The Black Box: Writing the Race by Gates, Henry Louis

World Without End: The George Washington Carver Project by

Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines by Allen, Eddie B.

Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women's Health by Hallman, J. C.

Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Bordewich, Fergus M.

The Integration of Minor League Baseball: A History and Player Register, 1946-1959 by Swaine, Rick, Fink, Gary C.

Sunday Coming: Black Baseball in Virginia, 2D Ed. by Howard, Darrell J.

Ball in My Hands: Essays on Black Athletes, Race, and American Culture by Wiggins, David K.

Fighting for Freedom: Black Craftspeople and the Pursuit of Independence by

A Southern Panther: Conversations with Malik Rahim by Tracy, James R.

Waging War for Freedom with the 54th Massachusetts: The Civil War Memoir of John W. M. Appleton by Appleton, John W. M.

Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery by Kreitner, Richard

South Carolina's Matilda Evans: A Medical Pioneer by Curry, Walter, Ghosh, Anusha, Muhammad, Beverly Aiken

My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future by Randall, Alice

Minding the Wealth Gap: Our Playbook to Close It Together by Goins, Cliff

Descended: Searching for My Gullah-Geechee Roots by Rushing, Keith

Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn's Comrade by Fishkin, Shelley Fisher

Tulsa, 2021: A Massacre's Centennial and a Nation's Reckoning by Krehbiel, Randy

Black Citizens and American Democracy: Fighting for the Soul of a Nation by

Black Movement: African American Urban History Since the Great Migration by

Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict and Freedom, 1812-1895 by Thompson, Cheryl

Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery: Global Inequality, Racial Boundaries, and the Rise of Unions in American and British Capitalism, 1870-192 by Batzell, Rudi

Rosa Parks: A Life in American History by Mace, Darryl

Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in American History by Li, Stephanie

For the Unremembered: A Journey of Reflection Into Cape Cod's Connection to Slavery by Graham-Pye, Susanna

Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America by Early, Gerald, National Baseball Hall of Fame

Mal Goode Reporting: The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer by Ruck, Rob, Tsoukas, Liann

The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don't Need Racial Preferences to Succeed by Riley, Jason L.

The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America by Kahrl, Andrew W.

My Father's House: An Ode to America's Longest-Serving Black Congressman by Conyers III, John

Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America's Civil Rights Revolution by Joseph, Peniel E.

Singing Through Struggle: Music, Worship, and Identity in Postemancipation Black Churches by Hitter Brown, Carolynne

Free Black Charlestonians in Debate: The Complete Proceedings of the Clionian Debating Society, 1847-1858 by

Chambers V. Florida and the Criminal Justice Revolution by Brust, Richard

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Jacobs, Harriet

City of Black Souls: Chicago, Ethiopianism, and the Black Apocalyptic Imagination by Parker, Kai

Democracy and Beauty: The Political Aesthetics of W. E. B. Du Bois by Gooding-Williams, Robert

Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit by Boyd, Kendra D.

Jim Crow: Voices from a Century of Struggle Part 2 (Loa #387): 1919-1976: Tulsa to the Boston Busing Crisis by

Jim Crow: Voices from a Century of Struggle 1876-1976 by Steptoe, Tyina L.

Life Could Be a Dream: African American Blues, R&b, Gospel and Doo Wop, 1946-1956 by Wasserman, Jerry

Veracity and Verse: A Preacher's Reflections and Poems on Faith and Truth by Forbes, James a.

From Rights to Economics: The Ongoing Struggle for Black Equality in the U.S. South by Minchin, Timothy J.

The Lost Black Communities of Merrifield, the Pines and Williamstown by Dobbins, Marion Ransell

Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church by Sack, Kevin

Voices of Camptown: Untold Stories from a Freedom Colony Cemetery by Swenson, Charles

American Scare: Florida's Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives by Fieseler, Robert W.

Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings by Jeffers, Honoree Fanonne

Black Baseball, 1858-1900: A Comprehensive Record of the Teams, Players, Managers, Owners and Umpires, Supplement 1 by Brunson, James E.

Heart of Atlanta: Five Black Pastors and the Supreme Court Victory for Integration by Greene, Ronnie

Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War by Clavin, Matthew J.

Black Women Freedom Fighters: Profiles in the Struggle Against Slavery by Barker, Gordon S.

Stand the Storm: Spiritual Quartet Singing in the Struggle for Black Education by Abbott, Lynn, Seroff, Doug

The 1619 Project Myth by Magness, Phillip W.

Black History Legends Alphabet by Feiner, Beck

Amy Mallard and Racial Justice: Lynching, Law, and Resistance in Post-World War II America by Lippman, Matthew

Give Me Liberty: Virginia & the Forging of a Nation by McCartney, Sarah E., Bly, Antonio T., Holton, Woody

The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women's Magic by Stewart, Lindsey

Driven by the Movement: Reports from the Black Power Era by Abron-Ervin, Jonina

Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877 by Nash, Jere

Wildcat of the Streets: Detroit in the Age of Community Policing by Stauch, Michael

If I Can Get Home This Fall: A Story of Love, Loss, and a Cause in the Civil War by Alexander, Tyler

Nobody Can Give You Freedom: The Political Life of Malcolm X by Andrews, Kehinde

A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Black Life in America by Lee, Trymaine

Supplying the Slave Trade: European Enslavers and African Markets in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic by Ruderman, Anne

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Hylton, Antonia

Make Capital Out of Their Sympathy: Debt and Payment in Postbellum African-American Literature by Wooley, Christine

A Revolutionary Brother, Chokwe Lumumba by Shakur, Shushanna

Hidden Hospitality: Untold Stories of Black Hotel, Motel, and Resort Owners from the Pioneer Days to the Civil Rights Era by Stovall, Calvin