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The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir by Martha S. Jones

April 3, 2025April 3, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2025, Basic Books $30 315 pages   Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families by Judith Giesberg c.2025, Simon & Schuster $29.99 309 pages   Who do you […]

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Black Girls Gardening: Empowering Stories and Garden Wisdom for Healing and Flourishing in Nature by Amber Grossman

March 27, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2025, Chronicle Books $26.95 240 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Mythic Plants: Potions and Poisons from the Gardens of the Gods by Ellen Zachos c.2025, Workman $22.00 176 pages In a way, it’s […]

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Women’s History Month Books for Kids by Various Authors

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, 2025 $17.99 – $20 various page counts By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Mom and Grandma know a lot of things. They know what you like for breakfast and for lunch. They help you […]

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Books about Integration, Schools & HBCUs by Various Authors

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2025, various publishers    $28 – $34  various page counts By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor The anticipation is high. Your soon-to-be-graduate has been checking every day to see if there’s good news or bad […]

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Firstborn Girls: A Memoir by Bernice L. McFadden

March 6, 2025March 6, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2025, Dutton              $30.00        400 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor The Bible includes a lot of begatting. Cush begat Nimrod. Jacob begat Joseph. Abraham begat […]

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Qualified: How Competency Checking and Race Collide at Work by Shari Dunn

February 27, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2025, Harper Business                            $32.00                        320 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth […]

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Becoming Spectacular: The Rhythm of Resilience from the First African American Rockette by Jennifer Jones

February 20, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2025, Amistad $26.99 208 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Step, step, kick. Twirl, step, and kick again. Left, right, step. The choreography is all new to you, but you’ll get it eventually, no […]

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Fearless and Free: A Memoir by Josephine Baker, translated by Anam Zafar and Sophie Lewis, foreword by Ijeoma Oluo

February 13, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2025, Tiny Reparations Books                $32.00            304 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor You march to the tun of your own drummer because […]

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Black History Month books for Kids by various authors and illustrators

February 6, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, 2025 $17.95 – $18.99      various page counts By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Your mother tells you stories. She talks about things that happened before you were born; Grandpa does it, too, […]

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

January 30, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2025, Viking                $30.00                    256 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor The issue appears to be permanent. It’s been […]

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