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• Black American Refugee

  Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream

  Drayton, Tiffanie,

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  The story of a young girl arriving in America to find a better life, and the difficulties encountered due to racism.

• The Last Slave Ship

  the True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and An Extraordinary Reckoning

  Raines, Ben,

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  The location of the sunken wreck of Clotilda was hidden for 160 years. This account reveals how the ship was found and what happened to the enslaved suvivors and their descendants.

• Lorraine Hansberry

  the Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun

  Shields, Charles J., 1951-

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  A biography of the author of a play listed by the National Theatre as one of the most significant works of the twentieth century.

• South to America

  a Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

  Perry, Imani, 1972-

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  A Black woman explores the history and culture of the American South by relating the stories of people and places.

• Black Food

  Stories, Art and Recipes From Across the African Diaspora

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  Explore the Black experience around the world through recipes, essays and artwork.

• You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

  Hurston, Zora Neale,

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  A collection of essays and other works by an acclaimed writer of the Harlem Renaissance.

• Four Hundred Souls

  a Community History of African America, 1619-2019

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  A collection of Black voices presented in essays, biographical sketches and poems.

• Long Time Coming

  Reckoning With Race in America

  Dyson, Michael Eric,

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  Letters addressed to Black victims of violence revisits issues of recent anti-racism.

• South to Freedom

  Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War

  Baumgartner, Alice, 1987-

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  A lesser known story of slaves heading south instead of north to reach freedom.

• African American Poetry

  250 Years of Struggle & Song

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  Collection of Black poetry from the colonial period to the present.

• The Rise

  Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food

  Samuelsson, Marcus,

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  Not just a cookbook but the story of Black chefs and their contributions to American cuisine.

• 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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  Black motherhood revealed in the lives of three women who raised extraordinary sons.

• Ida B. the Queen

  the Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  Duster, Michelle,

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  The life of a Black activist and founder of the NAACP written by her great granddaughter.

• The Kidnapping Club

  Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

  Wells, Jonathan Daniel, 1969-

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  Although slavery was abolished in the northern states in 1827, free and fugitive Black people were kidnapped and enslaved for financial gain.

• The Dead Are Arising

  the Life of Malcolm X

  Payne, Les, 1941-

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  A biography that won the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

• The Movement

  the African American Struggle for Civil Rights

  Holt, Thomas C. (Thomas Cleveland), 1942-

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  Well-reviewed account of the struggle for civil rights in American.

• Vanguard

  How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All

  Jones, Martha S.,

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  The political lives of Black women illustrate the racism and sexism faced to win the right to vote.

• A Black Women's History of the United States

  Berry, Daina Ramey,

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  The historical life experiences of Black women reveal how they helped shape our country.