Black New York City (nonfiction)

1.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 4.48 avg rating — 113,298 ratings
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Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl 3.86 avg rating — 157 ratings
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My Soul Looks Back
My Soul Looks Back 3.61 avg rating — 923 ratings
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Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives
Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn
Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Slumming: Sexual and Racial Encounters in American Nightlife, 1885-1940
Slumming: Sexual and Racial Encounters in American Nightlife, 1885-1940
by: Chad Heap
3.78 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance
Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance 3.86 avg rating — 384 ratings
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Harlem: The Four Hundred Year History from Dutch Village to Capital of Black America
Harlem: The Four Hundred Year History from Dutch Village to Capital of Black America 3.83 avg rating — 254 ratings
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Slavery in New York
Slavery in New York 4.36 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Dutch New York Histories: Connecting African, Native American and Slavery Heritage
Dutch New York Histories: Connecting African, Native American and Slavery Heritage 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Hellfighters of Harlem: African-American Soldiers Who Fought for the Right to Fight for Their Country
The Hellfighters of Harlem: African-American Soldiers Who Fought for the Right to Fight for Their Country 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
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When Harlem Was in Vogue
When Harlem Was in Vogue 3.96 avg rating — 352 ratings
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Black and White Manhattan: The History of Racial Formation in Colonial New York City
Black and White Manhattan: The History of Racial Formation in Colonial New York City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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All Hopped Up and Ready to Go: Music from the Streets of New York 1927-77
All Hopped Up and Ready to Go: Music from the Streets of New York 1927-77 4.10 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Emancipating New York: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom, 1777-1827
Emancipating New York: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom, 1777-1827 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Jim Crow New York: A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777-1877
Jim Crow New York: A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777-1877 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Five Points: The Nineteenth-Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum
Five Points: The Nineteenth-Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum 3.96 avg rating — 1,576 ratings
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Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad 3.62 avg rating — 1,329 ratings
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Getting the Holy Ghost
Getting the Holy Ghost 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
20.
An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden
An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden 4.14 avg rating — 28 ratings
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American Cocktail: A “Colored Girl” in the World
American Cocktail: A “Colored Girl” in the World 3.44 avg rating — 90 ratings
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The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family
The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family 3.67 avg rating — 240 ratings
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Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater
Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater
by: Ted Fox
3.75 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Black Gotham: A Family History of African-Americans in Nineteenth Century New York City
Black Gotham: A Family History of African-Americans in Nineteenth Century New York City 4.11 avg rating — 94 ratings
25.
Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North 4.09 avg rating — 277 ratings
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Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America
Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America 3.83 avg rating — 426 ratings
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Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family
Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family 4.04 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Before the Fires: An Oral History of African American Life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s
Before the Fires: An Oral History of African American Life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings
29.
The Seventh Child: A Lucky Life
The Seventh Child: A Lucky Life 3.53 avg rating — 38 ratings
30.
The Skin Between Us: A Memoir of Race, Beauty, and Belonging
The Skin Between Us: A Memoir of Race, Beauty, and Belonging 4.06 avg rating — 172 ratings
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Second Founding: New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy
Second Founding: New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy 3.22 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Harlem At War: The Black Experience in WWII
Harlem At War: The Black Experience in WWII 3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Playing the Numbers: Gambling in Harlem between the Wars
Playing the Numbers: Gambling in Harlem between the Wars 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
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To Stand and Fight: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Postwar New York City
To Stand and Fight: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Postwar New York City 3.74 avg rating — 31 ratings
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A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn 1636-1990
A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn 1636-1990 4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings
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In the Heat of the Summer: The New York Riots of 1964 and the War on Crime
In the Heat of the Summer: The New York Riots of 1964 and the War on Crime 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings
37.
Equal Justice Under Law
Equal Justice Under Law 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Knocking at Our Own Door: Milton A. Galamison and the Struggle to Integrate New York City Schools
Knocking at Our Own Door: Milton A. Galamison and the Struggle to Integrate New York City Schools 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises
Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Daughter of the Empire State: The Life of Judge Jane Bolin
Daughter of the Empire State: The Life of Judge Jane Bolin really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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City Son: Andrew W. Cooper's Impact on Modern-Day Brooklyn (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies)
City Son: Andrew W. Cooper's Impact on Modern-Day Brooklyn (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Rat That Got Away: A Bronx Memoir
The Rat That Got Away: A Bronx Memoir 3.48 avg rating — 79 ratings
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One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York
One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York 4.23 avg rating — 83 ratings
44.
The Education of Kevin Powell : A Boy's Journey into Manhood
The Education of Kevin Powell : A Boy's Journey into Manhood 3.84 avg rating — 275 ratings
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The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire
The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire 3.77 avg rating — 273 ratings