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• The Devil Three Times

  Fayne, Rickey

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  Rickey Fayne's debut spans eight generations of a Black family in West Tennessee as they are repeatedly visited by the Devil.

• Black-owned

  the Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore

  Adams, Char

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  Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organizing from abolition to the Civil Rights…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Althea

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  The first black tennis player to compete at elite level, Althea Gibson slammed her way through the color barrier into the world of international tennis. Includes rarely seen archival photographs and interviews with those closest to Althea.

• The 1619 Project

  a New Origin Story

  Hannah-Jones, Nikole,

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  Reveals long-glossed-over truths around the nation's founding and construction—and the way that the legacy of slavery did not end with emancipation, but continues to shape contemporary American life.

• The 44th President

  In His Own Words

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  Comprised of two interviews with President Barack Obama conducted both before and after the 2016 Presidential election, The 44th President: In His Own Words is the President's first-hand account of his time in office.

• The ABCs of Black History

  Cortez, Rio

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  B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright! And for a Book that takes a Bold journey through the alphabet of Black history and culture. Letter by letter, The ABCs of Black History celebrates a story that spans continents and centuries, triumph and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Africatown

  Tabor, Nick

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  An epic story, Africatown charts the fraught history of America from those who were brought here as slaves but nevertheless established a home for themselves and their descendants, a community which often thrived despite persistent racism and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Allow Me to Retort

  Mystal, Elie

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  Mystal explains how to protect the rights of women and people of color instead of cowering to the absolutism of gun owners and bigots. He explains the legal way to stop everything from police brutality to political gerrymandering, just by changing a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Amerikan Family

  Holley, Santi Elijah

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  A history of the rise and lasting impact of Black liberation groups in America, as seen through the Shakurs, one of the movement's most prominent and fiercely creative families, home to Tupac and Assata, and a powerful incubator for today's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Angela Davis

  An Autobiography

  Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-

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  Told with warmth, brilliance, humor and conviction, Angela Davis's autobiography is a classic account of a life in struggle with echoes in our own time.

• Benjamin Banneker and Us

  Eleven Generations of An American Family

  Webster, Rachel J.,

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  In 1791, Thomas Jefferson hired a Black man to help survey Washington, DC. That man was Benjamin Banneker, an African American mathematician, a writer of almanacs, and one of the greatest astronomers of his generation. Banneker then wrote what would…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Birds in the Sky

  the Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

  Colbert, Brandy

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  A searing new work of nonfiction from a ward-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre.

• Black Boy, Black Boy

  Celebrate the Power of You

  Kamanda, Ali,

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  Inspire Black boys to imagine all the great things they can do while celebrating remarkable moments from Black history!

• Black Boys

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  Illuminates the full humanity of Black men and boys in America. An intimate, inter-generational exploration, Black Boys strives for insight to black identity and opportunity at the nexus of sports, education, and criminal justice. Speaking with an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Church

  This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

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  Trace the history of the Black Church in America. From enslavement to today, the series explores key events shaping an institution at the heart of African American communities on the frontlines of hope and change.

• Black Folk Could Fly

  Kenan, Randall

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  These writings were Kenan's most personal and autobiographical: memories of the three women who raised him, the labor of tobacco picking and hog killing, and the food (oh the deliriously delectable Southern foods!) that sustained him. This powerful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Breathe

  a Letter to My Sons

  Perry, Imani, 1972-

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  Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world.

• Black Power and the American Myth

  Vivian, C.T.

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  In 1970, C. T. Vivian, a close colleague of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a member of his executive staff, sat down to take stock of the civil rights movement and the progress it had made. His assessment was that it failed, and that the blame lay in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Punk Now

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  Black Punk Now is an anthology of contemporary nonfiction, fiction, illustrations, and comics that collectively describe punk today and give punks—especially the Black ones—a wider frame of reference. It shows all of the strains, styles, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Driving the Green Book

  Hall, Alvin

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  Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black…Read moreRead more of this annotation