Vital Culture Books

History & Heritage

Books by Black historians, journalists and storytellers that bring the past to life, from The Souls of Black Folk to The 1619 Project. Classic and new works on the people, places and moments that shaped America and the diaspora, plus novels that make history personal.

46 books

Adult nonfiction history 24 books

The Souls of Black FolkW. E. B. Du Bois$14.00
The Mis-Education of the NegroCarter G. Woodson$16.00
The Warmth of Other SunsIsabel Wilkerson$21.00
Stamped from the BeginningIbram X. Kendi$28.99
Four Hundred SoulsIbram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain$23.00
Black AF HistoryMichael Harriot$32.50
A Black Women's History of the United StatesDaina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross$18.95
On JuneteenthAnnette Gordon-Reed$15.95
Born in BlacknessHoward W. French$21.99
Hidden FiguresMargot Lee Shetterly$18.99
How Bright the Path GrowsMarcia Chatelain$35.00
The 1619 ProjectNikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper$38.00
The Black UtopiansAaron Robertson$20.00
A Dream DeferredAbby Phillip$19.99
African Americans of PetersburgAmina Luqman-Dawson$24.99
Black MosesCaleb Gayle$33.00
Negro with a HatColin Grant$22.99
A House Through TimeDavid Olusoga, Melanie Backe-Hansen$19.99
Black History for Every Day of the YearDavid Olusoga, Yinka Olusoga$19.95
Black and BritishDavid Olusoga$12.99
Pan-Africanism and CommunismHakim Adi$26.95
Nobody Can Give You FreedomKehinde Andrews$30.00
The Sailing of the IntrepidMontel Williams$30.00
The Path to FreedomWalter D. Greason$31.99

Memoir & biography 5 books

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveFrederick Douglass$14.00
Incidents in the Life of a Slave GirlHarriet Jacobs$16.00
The Autobiography of Malcolm XMalcolm X$22.00
I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelou$19.00
BarracoonZora Neale Hurston$17.99

Historical fiction 5 books

KindredOctavia Butler$17.00
BelovedToni Morrison$18.00
HomegoingYaa Gyasi$21.00
James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)Percival Everett$20.00
The Heaven & Earth Grocery StoreJames McBride$19.00

Culture history (food) 2 books

Soul FoodAdrian Miller$26.00
JubileeToni Tipton-Martin$35.00

Culture history (music) 1 book

Birth of a CultureGrandmaster Flash, Robert Scoop Jackson$29.99

Culture history (art/culture) 1 book

Black in BluesImani Perry$17.99

Middle grade / YA history 3 books

StampedJason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi$13.99
Brown Girl DreamingJacqueline Woodson$12.99
MarchJohn Lewis, Andrew Aydin$14.95

Children's (pre-selected) 5 books

An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)Kwame Alexander$18.99
Build a HouseRhiannon Giddens$17.99
BarracoonZora Neale Hurston, Ibram X. Kendi$9.99
Heart and SoulKadir Nelson$10.99
The Library in the WoodsCalvin Alexander Ramsey$19.99