Black Lives Matter (20th Century)

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March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 56,875 ratings
2.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.34 avg rating — 23,720 ratings
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,223 ratings
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,205 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,287 ratings
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,041 ratings
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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,409 ratings
8.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,831 ratings
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Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart 3.74 avg rating — 403,126 ratings
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Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,723 ratings
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Down to the Crossroads: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear
Down to the Crossroads: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear 4.28 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Assata: An Autobiography
Assata: An Autobiography 4.59 avg rating — 29,695 ratings
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Steeped in the Blood of Racism: Black Power, Law and Order, and the 1970 Shootings at Jackson State College
Steeped in the Blood of Racism: Black Power, Law and Order, and the 1970 Shootings at Jackson State College 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Ballots and Bullets: Black Power Politics and Urban Guerrilla Warfare in 1968 Cleveland
Ballots and Bullets: Black Power Politics and Urban Guerrilla Warfare in 1968 Cleveland 4.22 avg rating — 68 ratings
15.
The Wretched of the Earth
The Wretched of the Earth 4.34 avg rating — 30,611 ratings
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Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement: Workers, Consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement: Workers, Consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture) 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings
17.
Women, Race and Class
Women, Race and Class 4.59 avg rating — 33,022 ratings
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Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: Organizing Memphis Workers
Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: Organizing Memphis Workers 4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings
19.
The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk 4.31 avg rating — 44,288 ratings
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Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.: Popular Black History in Postwar America
Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.: Popular Black History in Postwar America 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings
21.
Long Walk to Freedom: Volume 1
Long Walk to Freedom: Volume 1 4.37 avg rating — 41,899 ratings
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Black in Selma: The Uncommon Life of J.L. Chestnut, Jr.
Black in Selma: The Uncommon Life of J.L. Chestnut, Jr. 4.16 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave 4.12 avg rating — 132,011 ratings
23.
In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s
In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s 4.24 avg rating — 289 ratings
25.
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: An Informal Autobiography
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: An Informal Autobiography 4.42 avg rating — 2,810 ratings
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A Voice That Could Stir an Army: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)
A Voice That Could Stir an Army: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series) 4.21 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America
Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America 4.20 avg rating — 568 ratings
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Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,748 ratings
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The Making of Black Revolutionaries
The Making of Black Revolutionaries 4.31 avg rating — 58 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 — 569,014 ratings
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Race Man: Selected Works, 1960-2015
Race Man: Selected Works, 1960-2015 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Southern Food and Civil Rights: Feeding the Revolution
Southern Food and Civil Rights: Feeding the Revolution 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
33.
Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael
Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael 4.43 avg rating — 469 ratings
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The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. 4.23 avg rating — 1,763 ratings
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Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought
Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought 4.46 avg rating — 946 ratings
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Swing Time
Swing Time 3.56 avg rating — 76,236 ratings
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Monster
Monster 3.73 avg rating — 74,201 ratings