Black biography

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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 — 568,993 ratings
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,198 ratings
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Buck: A Memoir
Buck: A Memoir 4.05 avg rating — 3,060 ratings
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The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War
The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War 4.31 avg rating — 130 ratings
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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution 4.39 avg rating — 7,202 ratings
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 3.94 avg rating — 229,616 ratings
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 132,005 ratings
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Black Boy
Black Boy 4.09 avg rating — 55,307 ratings
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Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 4.36 avg rating — 9,962 ratings
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12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,138 ratings
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Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention 4.19 avg rating — 19,917 ratings
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Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery 4.11 avg rating — 35,601 ratings
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Ida: A Sword Among Lions
Ida: A Sword Among Lions 4.27 avg rating — 947 ratings
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Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement 4.60 avg rating — 3,777 ratings
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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth 4.10 avg rating — 10,543 ratings
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Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah 4.22 avg rating — 189 ratings
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Bone Black
Bone Black 4.26 avg rating — 4,137 ratings
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W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963 4.13 avg rating — 559 ratings
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Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,336 ratings
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Julian Bond, Civil Rights Activist and Chairman of the Naacp: Civil Rights Activist and Chairman of the Naacp
Julian Bond, Civil Rights Activist and Chairman of the Naacp: Civil Rights Activist and Chairman of the Naacp it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 56,873 ratings
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Assata: An Autobiography
Assata: An Autobiography 4.59 avg rating — 29,695 ratings
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A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story
A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story 4.30 avg rating — 4,578 ratings
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Nigger
Nigger 4.40 avg rating — 9,281 ratings
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision 4.33 avg rating — 1,658 ratings
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Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story
Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story 4.46 avg rating — 260 ratings
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Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power
Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power 4.19 avg rating — 1,020 ratings
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W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919
W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 4.38 avg rating — 2,420 ratings
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The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion
The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion 3.80 avg rating — 660 ratings
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The Life of Langston Hughes
The Life of Langston Hughes 4.49 avg rating — 215 ratings
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John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series)
John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series) 4.16 avg rating — 606 ratings
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The Life of Langston Hughes
The Life of Langston Hughes 4.53 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday 4.28 avg rating — 1,707 ratings
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself 4.17 avg rating — 56,859 ratings
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Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues 4.05 avg rating — 7,373 ratings
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Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom 4.07 avg rating — 3,262 ratings
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision 4.33 avg rating — 1,658 ratings
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Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? 4.17 avg rating — 876 ratings
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Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856-1901
Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856-1901 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
by: Tom Reiss
4.02 avg rating — 21,033 ratings
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Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915
Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915 3.90 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism
Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism 3.56 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson 4.27 avg rating — 3,835 ratings
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For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer 4.17 avg rating — 249 ratings
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Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary 4.21 avg rating — 911 ratings
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Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson 4.32 avg rating — 265 ratings
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Lost Prophet : The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
Lost Prophet : The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin 4.24 avg rating — 791 ratings
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Ghetto Medic: A Father in the 'Hood
Ghetto Medic: A Father in the 'Hood 3.55 avg rating — 129 ratings
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Me, My Mother, My Life: A journey through pain and healing
Me, My Mother, My Life: A journey through pain and healing 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Hidden Genius: Frank Mann, the Black Engineer behind Howard Hughes
Hidden Genius: Frank Mann, the Black Engineer behind Howard Hughes 4.14 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Unashamed
Unashamed 4.38 avg rating — 5,138 ratings
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Qui etait le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1739-1799)?
Qui etait le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1739-1799)? 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White
Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White 4.21 avg rating — 285 ratings
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Dido Elizabeth Belle: A Biography
Dido Elizabeth Belle: A Biography 3.61 avg rating — 67 ratings
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An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene's Journey from Prejudice to Privilege
An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene's Journey from Prejudice to Privilege 3.86 avg rating — 539 ratings
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Abyssinian Nomad: An African woman's journey of love, loss, and adventure from Cape to Cairo
Abyssinian Nomad: An African woman's journey of love, loss, and adventure from Cape to Cairo 4.06 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Invisible shadows: A Black woman's life in Nova Scotia
Invisible shadows: A Black woman's life in Nova Scotia 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen 4.09 avg rating — 4,990 ratings
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Brother, I'm Dying
Brother, I'm Dying 4.16 avg rating — 7,577 ratings
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There and Now (Volume #2)
There and Now (Volume #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early
Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Onliest One Alive: Surviving Jonestown, Guyana
The Onliest One Alive: Surviving Jonestown, Guyana 4.32 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle
Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
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True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson
True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson 4.29 avg rating — 529 ratings
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The Life and Legend of George McJunkin: Black Cowboy
The Life and Legend of George McJunkin: Black Cowboy 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
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A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League 3.96 avg rating — 4,478 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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THE BLACK MOZART: Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
THE BLACK MOZART: Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges 3.51 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar
Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar 3.94 avg rating — 186 ratings
67.
There and Now (Volume #3)
There and Now (Volume #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Richard Allen: An Apostle of Freedom
Richard Allen: An Apostle of Freedom really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
67.
Slavery of Faith
Slavery of Faith 3.73 avg rating — 82 ratings
67.
From the Auroral Darkness
From the Auroral Darkness 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider 4.50 avg rating — 918 ratings
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Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria
Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria 3.96 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Way Up North in Dixie: A Black Family's Claim to the Confederate Anthem
Way Up North in Dixie: A Black Family's Claim to the Confederate Anthem 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
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There and Now (Volume #1)
There and Now (Volume #1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,709 ratings
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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie: A Man, a Trumpet, and a Journey to Bebop (Change Maker Series)
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie: A Man, a Trumpet, and a Journey to Bebop (Change Maker Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 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 — 75,671 ratings
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All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake 3.93 avg rating — 7,986 ratings
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream 3.83 avg rating — 168,483 ratings
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The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist
The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist 3.83 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr. 4.44 avg rating — 1,057 ratings
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Buses Are a Comin'
Buses Are a Comin' 4.50 avg rating — 918 ratings
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Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne
Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne 3.84 avg rating — 245 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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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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In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. [21 CDs]
In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. [21 CDs] 4.02 avg rating — 175 ratings
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To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells
To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells
by: Mia Bay
4.10 avg rating — 248 ratings
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett and American Reform, 1880-1930
Ida B. Wells-Barnett and American Reform, 1880-1930 3.56 avg rating — 32 ratings
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All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw
All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw 4.22 avg rating — 489 ratings
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom 4.17 avg rating — 12,342 ratings
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George Washington Williams: A Biography
George Washington Williams: A Biography 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Robert Parris Moses: A Life in Civil Rights and Leadership at the Grassroots
Robert Parris Moses: A Life in Civil Rights and Leadership at the Grassroots 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
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My Life and an Era: The Autobiography Buck Colbert Franklin
My Life and an Era: The Autobiography Buck Colbert Franklin 4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings
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The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation
The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation 4.08 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Denmark Vesey: The Buried History of America's Largest Slave Rebellion and the Man Who Led It
Denmark Vesey: The Buried History of America's Largest Slave Rebellion and the Man Who Led It 4.05 avg rating — 262 ratings
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I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March up Freedom's Highway
I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March up Freedom's Highway
by: Greg Kot
3.88 avg rating — 580 ratings
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Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original 4.31 avg rating — 2,520 ratings
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