Dr. Keisha N. Blain 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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Keisha N. Blain is a writer and scholar of American and African-American history. ✨Award-winning Historian, Writer, and Professor | Columnist @MSNBC | Guggenheim Fellow & Carnegie Fellow✨
At the Threshold of Liberty: Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C.
Tamika Y. NunleyDr. Keisha N. BlainCongratulations to Tamika Y. Nunley (@TamikaYNunley), winner of the 2022 Pauli Murray Book Prize!! Dr. Nunley is the author of 'At the Threshold of Liberty: Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C.' (@UNC_Press)! @AAIHS @CornellHistory https://t.co/lTz4xVP9uY
Paperback, 2021
$29.95Member price:$28.45 + Free shipping5% off
Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance
A'Lelia BundlesDr. Keisha N. BlainThere are so many great books out this year! I’m thrilled to share this one, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Looking forward to introducing it to my students next year. Be sure to check it out.
Hardcover, 2025
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
Kathleen DuvalDr. Keisha N. BlainI’m excited to share this remarkable book with you. It’s one of the best books on Native American history and so it’s only fitting that this book won the 2025 Mark Lynton History Prize!
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Passing
Nella LarsenDr. Keisha N. BlainRT @kmdossett: Review of new film of Nella Larsen’s Passing, an extraordinary Harlem Renaissance novel. Streaming now and directed by Rebec…
Paperback, 2003
$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
Donovan X. RamseyDr. Keisha N. Blain“In ‘When Crack Was King,’ Donovan X. Ramsey offers a fresh history of the epidemic that gripped minority communities, inflamed media coverage and led to draconian drug laws.” https://t.co/489zOWa0Uj
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Capitalism And Slavery
Williams EricDr. Keisha N. Blain“84 years after his work was rejected in the UK, and 78 years after it was first published in America, where it became a highly influential anti-colonial text, [Eric] Williams’s book, Capitalism and Slavery, will finally be published in Britain.” https://t.co/soBVuouEeS
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The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System
Anna Gifty Opoku-AgyemanDr. Keisha N. Blain.@itsafronomics's new book, 'THE BLACK AGENDA: Bold Solutions for a Broken System,' is a *must-read* for anyone interested in turning anti-racist ideas into action. Please join us for a celebration of the book's release tomorrow night at @sourcebksellers! https://t.co/KcX2jp1mGN
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Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
Keisha N. BlainDr. Keisha N. Blain✨UNTIL I AM FREE comes out in paperback on October 4th! Sincere thanks to everyone who read it & recommended it to others. And TYSM to the professors who assigned the book. Students can now secure a copy for less. Thanks to everyone for your support. 🙏🏾 https://t.co/hYUsHSXkRD https://t.co/VIyTSK2rZr
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity
Christian G. AppyDr. Keisha N. BlainI wholeheartedly agree! ‘American Reckoning’ (@frontlinepbs) is an excellent documentary. Here’s my @MSNBC review: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/frontline-film-american-reckoning-gives-broader-view-civil-rights-fight-n1288971 https://twitter.com/lindarmonkjd/status/1494486104732577817
Paperback, 2016
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ida: In Her Own Words: The Timeless Writings of Ida B. Wells from 1893
Michelle DusterDr. Keisha N. BlainOn Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 11:00 a.m. ET, Michelle Duster, author of “Ida B. the Queen,” discusses her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells. #history #Blackhistorymonth https://t.co/aLOIfxbk3N
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