Celebrating Race and Resistance

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Black Girl Unlimited
Black Girl Unlimited 4.31 avg rating — 4,579 ratings
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A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope 3.95 avg rating — 3,179 ratings
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Clap When You Land
Clap When You Land 4.23 avg rating — 107,845 ratings
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A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 11,846 ratings
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You Should See Me in a Crown
You Should See Me in a Crown 4.07 avg rating — 42,887 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 — 115,043 ratings
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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir 4.49 avg rating — 25,283 ratings
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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower 4.38 avg rating — 13,757 ratings
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When Aidan Became A Brother
When Aidan Became A Brother 4.52 avg rating — 2,274 ratings
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A Love Hate Thing
A Love Hate Thing 3.41 avg rating — 3,427 ratings
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Saving Savannah
Saving Savannah 3.49 avg rating — 799 ratings
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Riot Baby
Riot Baby 3.71 avg rating — 11,751 ratings
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Not So Pure and Simple
Not So Pure and Simple 4.05 avg rating — 3,977 ratings
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Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence
Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence 4.09 avg rating — 760 ratings
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Conquest (Dragon Bones, #1)
Conquest (Dragon Bones, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 73 ratings
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The Blossom and the Firefly
The Blossom and the Firefly 3.83 avg rating — 1,085 ratings
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The Sound of Stars
The Sound of Stars 3.73 avg rating — 5,286 ratings
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When You Were Everything
When You Were Everything 4.01 avg rating — 4,584 ratings
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You 4.47 avg rating — 53,566 ratings
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All Boys Aren’t Blue
All Boys Aren’t Blue 4.19 avg rating — 44,455 ratings
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Felix Ever After
Felix Ever After 4.22 avg rating — 65,710 ratings
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The Black Flamingo
The Black Flamingo
by: Dean Atta
4.33 avg rating — 33,243 ratings
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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 20,486 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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All the Things We Never Knew
All the Things We Never Knew 3.51 avg rating — 1,144 ratings
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I Am Alfonso Jones
I Am Alfonso Jones 4.06 avg rating — 3,215 ratings
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Incognegro
Incognegro really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,427 ratings
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Monster: A Graphic Novel
Monster: A Graphic Novel 3.76 avg rating — 2,089 ratings
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Your Black Friend and Other Strangers
Your Black Friend and Other Strangers 3.93 avg rating — 1,491 ratings
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Hot Comb
Hot Comb 3.78 avg rating — 2,053 ratings
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The Black Mage
The Black Mage 3.49 avg rating — 1,420 ratings
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Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business
Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business 3.98 avg rating — 2,565 ratings
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BTTM FDRS
BTTM FDRS 3.86 avg rating — 1,546 ratings
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Black
Black 3.48 avg rating — 761 ratings
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March: Book Three (March, #3)
March: Book Three (March, #3) 4.64 avg rating — 21,409 ratings
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Nat Turner
Nat Turner 4.04 avg rating — 1,770 ratings
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The Silence of Our Friends
The Silence of Our Friends
by: Mark Long
3.86 avg rating — 4,261 ratings
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Run For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom
Run For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom 3.77 avg rating — 1,255 ratings
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Black History In Its Own Words
Black History In Its Own Words 4.13 avg rating — 651 ratings
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A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation 4.43 avg rating — 1,041 ratings
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Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History
Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History 3.71 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Overground Railroad
Overground Railroad 4.30 avg rating — 944 ratings
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Shades of People
Shades of People 4.19 avg rating — 469 ratings
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Before She was Harriet (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books)
Before She was Harriet (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) 4.49 avg rating — 2,373 ratings
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All Kinds of People
All Kinds of People 3.85 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Antiracist Baby
Antiracist Baby 4.06 avg rating — 6,851 ratings
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Give Us the Vote!: Over Two Hundred Years of Fighting for the Ballot
Give Us the Vote!: Over Two Hundred Years of Fighting for the Ballot 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Susie Q Fights Back
Susie Q Fights Back 3.36 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Out of Darkness
Out of Darkness 4.14 avg rating — 8,464 ratings
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See No Color
See No Color 3.44 avg rating — 757 ratings
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Finding Langston
Finding Langston 4.32 avg rating — 4,886 ratings
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Octopus Stew
Octopus Stew 3.70 avg rating — 498 ratings
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Mindful of Race: Understanding and Transforming Habits of Harm
Mindful of Race: Understanding and Transforming Habits of Harm
by: Ruth King
4.33 avg rating — 848 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 — 2,668 ratings
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Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? 4.34 avg rating — 26,842 ratings
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Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating — 27,664 ratings
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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 — 113,282 ratings
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The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,095 ratings
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Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race
Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race 4.03 avg rating — 10,662 ratings
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The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy (Cambridge Studies in Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity)
The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy (Cambridge Studies in Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity) 4.23 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Let's Talk About Race
Let's Talk About Race 4.21 avg rating — 860 ratings
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Harbor Me
Harbor Me 4.20 avg rating — 13,228 ratings
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Dear White People
Dear White People 4.14 avg rating — 1,292 ratings
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Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice 4.43 avg rating — 1,372 ratings
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Woke Baby
Woke Baby 3.69 avg rating — 620 ratings
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Black Is a Rainbow Color
Black Is a Rainbow Color 4.53 avg rating — 1,575 ratings
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Betty Before X
Betty Before X 4.14 avg rating — 2,265 ratings
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Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins
Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins 4.24 avg rating — 488 ratings
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For Black Girls Like Me
For Black Girls Like Me 4.27 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
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A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)
A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1) 3.74 avg rating — 8,517 ratings
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By Any Means Necessary
By Any Means Necessary 3.76 avg rating — 325 ratings
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If It Makes You Happy
If It Makes You Happy 3.70 avg rating — 1,000 ratings
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When We Were Alone
When We Were Alone 4.46 avg rating — 1,933 ratings
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It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way 4.45 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
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All Because You Matter (An All Because You Matter Book)
All Because You Matter (An All Because You Matter Book) 4.51 avg rating — 2,028 ratings
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I Love My Hair!
I Love My Hair! 4.46 avg rating — 2,371 ratings
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I Am Every Good Thing
I Am Every Good Thing 4.61 avg rating — 3,516 ratings
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Missing Daddy
Missing Daddy 4.24 avg rating — 272 ratings
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Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library 4.13 avg rating — 1,417 ratings
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,858 ratings
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The Whispering Town
The Whispering Town 4.30 avg rating — 986 ratings
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Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon 4.32 avg rating — 262 ratings
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We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices 4.38 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People 4.36 avg rating — 1,740 ratings
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Genesis Begins Again
Genesis Begins Again 4.34 avg rating — 8,805 ratings
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1)
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 10,513 ratings
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Punching the Air
Punching the Air
by: Ibi Zoboi
4.40 avg rating — 23,468 ratings
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We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide 4.40 avg rating — 781 ratings
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Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,487 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 — 75,645 ratings
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American Street
American Street
by: Ibi Zoboi
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21,857 ratings
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The ABCs of Black History
The ABCs of Black History 4.66 avg rating — 994 ratings
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Bunheads
Bunheads 3.85 avg rating — 917 ratings
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The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid 4.19 avg rating — 643 ratings
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Rocket Says Clean Up! (Rocket Says..., #2)
Rocket Says Clean Up! (Rocket Says..., #2) 4.22 avg rating — 362 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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Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid
Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid 4.25 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Grown
Grown 4.24 avg rating — 38,807 ratings
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Smash It! (Smash It! #1)
Smash It! (Smash It! #1) 3.65 avg rating — 1,230 ratings