Nonfiction by Black Authors

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The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases : The Effort Theory of Evolution, Chronic Diseases and Extinction
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases : The Effort Theory of Evolution, Chronic Diseases and Extinction
by: Paul Ola
3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson 4.16 avg rating — 38 ratings
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See Me Naked: Black Women Defining Pleasure During the Interwar Era
See Me Naked: Black Women Defining Pleasure During the Interwar Era 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Intention: Building Capabilities to Transform Your Story
Intention: Building Capabilities to Transform Your Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,564 ratings
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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,772 ratings
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Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating — 117,715 ratings
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Immersed in West Africa: My Solo Journey Across Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau (Travels With Terry Book 1)
Immersed in West Africa: My Solo Journey Across Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau (Travels With Terry Book 1) 4.29 avg rating — 118 ratings
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We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating — 320,734 ratings
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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,391 ratings
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The Last Black Unicorn
The Last Black Unicorn 3.84 avg rating — 68,455 ratings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,945 ratings
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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy 4.38 avg rating — 30,602 ratings
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Peace, Joy and Love: Christmas Across Africa
Peace, Joy and Love: Christmas Across Africa 4.87 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,130 ratings
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A New Day Dawns (Travels With Terry, #2)
A New Day Dawns (Travels With Terry, #2) 4.66 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures 3.96 avg rating — 112,015 ratings
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The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me 3.70 avg rating — 1,323 ratings
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating — 118,955 ratings
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Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture 4.43 avg rating — 22,350 ratings
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 131,993 ratings
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions 4.51 avg rating — 86,817 ratings
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March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 56,871 ratings
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Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires 3.93 avg rating — 3,773 ratings
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Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime Politics for a Better America
Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime Politics for a Better America 4.40 avg rating — 642 ratings
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This Is What I Know About Art
This Is What I Know About Art 4.13 avg rating — 1,485 ratings
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Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,491 ratings
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I Never Had It Made
I Never Had It Made 4.03 avg rating — 2,453 ratings
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The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools
The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools 4.31 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Black Boy
Black Boy 4.09 avg rating — 55,306 ratings
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The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations 4.30 avg rating — 4,086 ratings
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Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl's Love Letter to the Power of Fashion
Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl's Love Letter to the Power of Fashion 4.16 avg rating — 347 ratings
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How Can the Dream Survive If We Murder the Children?: ABORTION IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHT!
How Can the Dream Survive If We Murder the Children?: ABORTION IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHT! 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Rice & Peas and Fish & Chips
Rice & Peas and Fish & Chips 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Buses Are a Comin'
Buses Are a Comin' 4.50 avg rating — 918 ratings
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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row 4.65 avg rating — 75,648 ratings
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Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases
Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases 4.10 avg rating — 214 ratings
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In Peace and Freedom: My Journey in Selma
In Peace and Freedom: My Journey in Selma 4.45 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America 4.44 avg rating — 1,229 ratings
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How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide 4.27 avg rating — 2,669 ratings
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Life at All Costs: An Anthology of Voices from 21St Century Black Prolife Leaders
Life at All Costs: An Anthology of Voices from 21St Century Black Prolife Leaders liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter 4.46 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row 4.65 avg rating — 75,648 ratings
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The Color of Solomon (1895)
The Color of Solomon (1895) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings
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So You Want to Talk About Race
So You Want to Talk About Race 4.49 avg rating — 107,278 ratings
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Black Power: The Politics of Liberation
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation 4.37 avg rating — 2,102 ratings
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference 4.01 avg rating — 844,249 ratings
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools 4.35 avg rating — 6,610 ratings
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Passionate for Justice: Ida B. Wells as Prophet for Our Time
Passionate for Justice: Ida B. Wells as Prophet for Our Time 3.89 avg rating — 149 ratings
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I'm Still Here: Confessions of a Sex Kitten
I'm Still Here: Confessions of a Sex Kitten 4.19 avg rating — 154 ratings
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America Return to God: Repent From Sin, Rebuild the Wall, Repair the Gates, Restore the Dream
America Return to God: Repent From Sin, Rebuild the Wall, Repair the Gates, Restore the Dream 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America
Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America 4.11 avg rating — 691 ratings
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The Negro in Holy Writ (1900)
The Negro in Holy Writ (1900) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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A Grand Army of Black Men: Letters from African-American Soldiers in the Union Army 1861–1865 (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Book 63)
A Grand Army of Black Men: Letters from African-American Soldiers in the Union Army 1861–1865 (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Book 63) 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader
The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader 4.54 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Con Job: How Democrats Gave Us Crime, Sanctuary Cities, Abortion Profiteering, and Racial Division
Con Job: How Democrats Gave Us Crime, Sanctuary Cities, Abortion Profiteering, and Racial Division 3.78 avg rating — 76 ratings
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War Child: A Child Soldier's Story
War Child: A Child Soldier's Story 4.09 avg rating — 2,148 ratings
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The Negro's Origin (1869)
The Negro's Origin (1869) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Black Athlete Revolt: The Sport Justice Movement in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter
The Black Athlete Revolt: The Sport Justice Movement in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells 4.32 avg rating — 826 ratings
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Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric
Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric 4.34 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court
Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court 3.91 avg rating — 757 ratings
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The Descent of the Negro (1898)
The Descent of the Negro (1898) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Fat Off, Fat On
Fat Off, Fat On 3.96 avg rating — 227 ratings
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On Lynchings
On Lynchings 4.29 avg rating — 229 ratings
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Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side 4.38 avg rating — 3,350 ratings
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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. 3.89 avg rating — 47,226 ratings
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Not Equal: Civil Rights Gone Wrong
Not Equal: Civil Rights Gone Wrong 4.07 avg rating — 44 ratings
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The Education of Kendrick Perkins: A Memoir
The Education of Kendrick Perkins: A Memoir 3.91 avg rating — 241 ratings
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America, a Redemption Story: Choosing Hope, Creating Unity
America, a Redemption Story: Choosing Hope, Creating Unity
by: Tim Scott
4.38 avg rating — 927 ratings
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,044 ratings
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The Lost Treasures of R&B
The Lost Treasures of R&B 3.53 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series) 4.46 avg rating — 6,392 ratings
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Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation 4.40 avg rating — 14,692 ratings
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High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society 4.13 avg rating — 3,002 ratings
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Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning 4.11 avg rating — 3,914 ratings
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How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist 4.37 avg rating — 118,331 ratings
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The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style
The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style 3.61 avg rating — 253 ratings
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Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets
Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets 4.25 avg rating — 683 ratings
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Why I Couldn't Stay Silent
Why I Couldn't Stay Silent 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell
Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell 4.46 avg rating — 1,402 ratings
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Thick: And Other Essays
Thick: And Other Essays 4.43 avg rating — 18,145 ratings
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The James Brown Reader: Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul
The James Brown Reader: Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul 3.89 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: Being Black and Conservative in America
Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: Being Black and Conservative in America 3.94 avg rating — 52 ratings
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A Personal Odyssey
A Personal Odyssey 4.41 avg rating — 1,390 ratings
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This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America 4.04 avg rating — 6,731 ratings
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Where Did Our Love Go? the Rise and Fall of The Motown Sound
Where Did Our Love Go? the Rise and Fall of The Motown Sound 3.93 avg rating — 238 ratings
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A Black Women's History of the United States
A Black Women's History of the United States 4.29 avg rating — 3,590 ratings
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Shirley Chisholm is a Verb!
Shirley Chisholm is a Verb! 4.48 avg rating — 515 ratings
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Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin's Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom
Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin's Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom 4.35 avg rating — 278 ratings
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One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future
One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future 4.09 avg rating — 3,899 ratings
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The Death of Rhythm and Blues
The Death of Rhythm and Blues 4.09 avg rating — 296 ratings
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Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone
Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone 4.19 avg rating — 870 ratings
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The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love 4.22 avg rating — 30,034 ratings
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How Trump Is Making Black America Great Again: The Untold Story of Black Advancement in the Era of Trump
How Trump Is Making Black America Great Again: The Untold Story of Black Advancement in the Era of Trump 3.92 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South 4.13 avg rating — 11,515 ratings
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Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow 4.16 avg rating — 4,105 ratings
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Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America
Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America 3.87 avg rating — 2,017 ratings
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor 4.33 avg rating — 30,140 ratings
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lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts: essays
lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts: essays 3.72 avg rating — 132 ratings
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