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Their Eyes Were Watching GodBlack History Month

Black History Month has been observed in North America since 1926. Celebrate freedom and learn more about Black History with these rare and collectible books by prominent authors. We've compiled a list of some of our favorites to get you started.

Did You Know? - Although at the time of her death in 1960, Zora Neale Hurston had published more books than any other black woman in America, she was unable to capture a mainstream audience in her lifetime, and she died poor and alone in a welfare hotel. Today, she is seen as one of the most important black writers in American history. -- HistoryChannel.com

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Native SonNative Son
Richard Wright

Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection of the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.

All Editions: $1.93 - $7,500.00
First Editions: $1.90 - $7,500.00
Signed Editions: $500.00 - $7,500.00

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The Heart of a WomanThe Heart of a Woman
Maya Angelou

In this fourth volume of her highly acclaimed autobiographical series, the esteemed poet and author continues the story of her remarkable and sometimes turbulent life, beginning with her days as a singer-dancer in New York City, when her love for writing blossomed at the Harlem Writers Guild.

All Editions: $1.00 - $144.40
First Editions: $1.95 - $125.00
Signed Editions: $7.00 - $144.40

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The Souls of Black FolkThe Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois

One of the most influential books ever published in America, W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk is an eloquent collection of fourteen essays that describe the life, the ambitions, the struggles, and the passions of African Americans at the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century.

All Editions: $1.00 - $1,500.00
First Editions: $5.00 - $1,500.00
Signed Editions: $600.00 - $800.40

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Invisible ManInvisible Man
Ralph Ellison

Ellison won the National Book Award for this searing story of a black man's fervent quest for personal identity and social visibility that takes him on a journey through the Southern U.S. and later to New York City.

All Editions: $1.00 - $9,500.00
First Editions: $3.00 - $9,500.00
Signed Editions: $100.00 - $9,350.00

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Their Eyes Were Watching GodTheir Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston

Fair and long-legged, independent and articulate, Janie Crawford sets out to be her own person -- no mean feat for a black woman in the '30s. Janie's quest for identity takes her through three marriages and into a journey back to her roots.

All Editions: $1.95 - $12,000.00
First Editions: $600.00 - $12,000.00

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The Temple of My FamiliarThe Temple of My Familiar
Alice Walker

Filled with the author's unique combination of magic and reality, this book is a sweeping yet intimate novel about people who are tormented by the world's contradictions--black vs. white, man vs. woman, sexual freedom vs. sexual slavery, and past vs. present.

All Editions: $1.00 - $200.00
First Editions: $1.00 - $200.00
Signed Editions: $10.00 - $200.40

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