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• A Promised Land

  Obama, Barack,

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  A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

  Angelou, Maya,

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  The author and poet recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums.

• The Three Mothers

  How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

  Tubbs, Anna Malaika,

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  "In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised and shaped some of America's most pivotal heroes: Martin Luther King, Jr.,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Friend

  on Being a Better White Person

  Joseph, Frederick (Writer)

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  Presents race-related anecdotes from the author's past, weaving in his thoughts on why they were hurtful and how he might handle things differently now, in hopes of bringing more race awareness to Americans.

• Becoming

  Obama, Michelle, 1964-

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  This volume for young people is an honest and fascinating account of Michelle Obama's life led by example. She shares her views on how all young people can help themselves as well as help others, no matter their status in life. She asks readers to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Four Hundred Souls

  A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

  Kendi, Ibram X.

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  A chorus of extraordinary voices comes together to tell one of history’s great epics: the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present—edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, and Keisha N. Blain,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hidden Figures

  the American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

  Lee Shetterly, Margot,

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  An account of the previously unheralded but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program describes how they were segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws in spite of their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Caste

  the Origins of Our Discontents

  Wilkerson, Isabel,

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  "As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Between the World and Me

  Coates, Ta-Nehisi

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  "For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him -- most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stamped

  Racism, Antiracism, and You

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  "A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning"

• Barracoon

  the Story of the Last "black Cargo"

  Hurston, Zora Neale,

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  Presents a never-before-published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God that illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last known survivors of the Atlantic slave…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

  Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-

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  Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• His Truth Is Marching on

  John Lewis and the Power of Hope

  Meacham, Jon,

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  "John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is a visionary and a man of faith. Using intimate interviews with Lewis and his family and deep research into the history of the civil rights movement,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The 1619 Project

  a New Origin Story

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  "The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life Upon These Shores

  Looking at African American History, 1513-2008

  Gates, Henry Louis

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  A director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard presents a sumptuously illustrated chronicle of more than 500 years of African-American history that focuses on defining events, debates and controversies as well as important achievements of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unbound

  My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

  Burke, Tarana,

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  "From the founder and activist behind one of the largest movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the "me too" movement, Tarana Burke debuts a powerful memoir about her own journey to saying those two simple yet infinitely powerful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Deeper the Roots

  a Memoir of Hope and Home

  Tubbs, Michael, 1990-

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  "The making of a visionary political leader-and a blueprint for a more equitable country "Don't tell nobody our business," Michael Tubbs's mother often told him growing up. For Michael, that meant a lot of things: don't tell anyone about the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Punch Me Up to the Gods

  a Memoir

  Broome, Brian,

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  "A poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir in essays about blackness, masculinity, and addiction"--

• Ida B. the Queen

  the Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  Duster, Michelle,

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  Written by her great-granddaughter, a historical portrait of the boundary-breaking civil rights pioneer covers Wells' early years as a slave, her famous acts of resistance, and her achievements as a journalist and anti-lynching activist.

• The Matter of Black Lives

  Writing From the New Yorker

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  Bringing together reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism from The New Yorker to present a bold and complex portrait of black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision, and artistic…Read moreRead more of this annotation