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Brian Jones Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Book Cover for: The Black Librarian in America Revisited, E. J. Josey

The Black Librarian in America Revisited

E. J. Josey
Brian JonesBrian Jones

Dream come true! The Tuskegee Student Uprising is on the “written by staff” shelf at the @SchomburgCenter Shop alongside The Black Librarian in America, co-edited by @ShaunteeBS, Unsung, edited by @professormdc, & a whole bunch of books by @Deardarkness!🙏🏽 https://t.co/mDdGUhNEYK

Out of stock

Book Cover for: Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America, Keisha N. Blain

Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America

Keisha N. Blain
Brian JonesBrian Jones

2. Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America by @KeishaBlain

Paperback, 2022

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution, Eric Foner

The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

Eric Foner
Brian JonesBrian Jones

17. The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution by Eric Foner

Paperback, 2020

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Race and Education in New Orleans: Creating the Segregated City, 1764-1960, Walter Stern

Race and Education in New Orleans: Creating the Segregated City, 1764-1960

Walter Stern
Brian JonesBrian Jones

In @JAAHistory I reviewed @walter_stern's excellent book, Race and Education in New Orleans.👇🏽https://t.co/g7Yfv9N3cl

Paperback, 2020

$35.00Member price:$33.25 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, Heather McGhee

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

Heather McGhee
Brian JonesBrian Jones

10. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by @hmcghee

Paperback, 2022

$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Twentieth Century: A People's History, Howard Zinn

The Twentieth Century: A People's History

Howard Zinn
Brian JonesBrian Jones

Been wondering how you can bring the work of Howard Zinn & Voices of a People's History to your classroom/school? Want to bring history to life through the power of performance? Join us Wednesday and hear from the @vph team about how to get involved! https://t.co/xnvtoe3Kvn

Paperback, 2003

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, Joshua Bloom

Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party

Joshua Bloom
Brian JonesBrian Jones

24. Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, by Joshua Bloom & Waldo E. Martin Jr.

Paperback, 2016

$27.95Member price:$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: African or American?: Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784-1861, Leslie M. Alexander

African or American?: Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784-1861

Leslie M. Alexander
Brian JonesBrian Jones

12. African or American? Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784-1861 by Leslie Alexander

Paperback, 2011

$30.00Member price:$30.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War, Howard W. French

Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

Howard W. French
Brian JonesBrian Jones

1. Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War by Howard French.

Paperback, 2022

$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City, Carla L. Peterson

Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City

Carla L. Peterson
Brian JonesBrian Jones

9. Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City by Carla Peterson

Paperback, 2012

$20.00Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)