Top Sellers at the Schomburg Gift Shop by Candice FrederickApril 1, 2015

Looking for something great to read? The Schomburg Gift Shop has got you covered. From non-fiction titles by our very own Dr. Sylviane Diouf, Director of the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery, to fun items for young readers like postcards and magnets, our bookstore has something for everyone. Read a list of our top sellers below:

Adult Books

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander and Cornel West

The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Dr. Khalil Muhammad

Slavery's Exiles: The Story of the American Maroons by Dr. Sylviane Diouf

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James w. Loewen

The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson

Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey

Stolen Legacy by George G.M. James

The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X and Alex Haley

James Baldwin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

Selected Letters of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes and Arnold Rampersad

The Harlem Reader: A Celebration of New York's Most Famous Neighborhood, from the Renaissance Years to the Twenty-First Century by Herb Boyd

Children's Books

Malcolm Little by Ilyasah Shabazz

Dover Coloring Books

Harlem's Little Blackbird by Renee Watson

Discount Books

Six Easy Pieces: Easy Rawlins Stories by Walter Mosley

Bicycles: Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni

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Gift shop

Submitted by Yoki Bell (not verified) on April 30, 2017 - 1:42am

The renovations are absolutely beautiful! I happened by chance to visit the gift shop over this Saturday for the first time. I purchased 3 items all t shirts. 2 from the classic book t-shirts. And one of James Baldwin. Sooo in love with all 3 items! The store offers great items at reasonable prices. The lovely woman managing the store was friendly and a great help. I plan to go back again soon for more unique and special items.

African fabric handheld fan

Submitted by Crystal Ollivie... (not verified) on August 11, 2019 - 10:22pm

I would like to purchase 4 handheld african fabric handheld fans.