history and nonfiction for teens of color

1.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,106 ratings
2.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave 4.12 avg rating — 132,004 ratings
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Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,190 ratings
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,426 ratings
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If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk 4.27 avg rating — 76,375 ratings
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12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,138 ratings
7.
To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace
To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace 3.90 avg rating — 190 ratings
8.
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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Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him
Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him 3.76 avg rating — 1,102 ratings
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl―A National Book Award Winner
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl―A National Book Award Winner 4.06 avg rating — 60,127 ratings
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures 4.20 avg rating — 87,601 ratings
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The Untold History of the United States, Volume 1: Young Readers Edition, 1898-1945
The Untold History of the United States, Volume 1: Young Readers Edition, 1898-1945 3.78 avg rating — 54 ratings
13.
To End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of the First World War
To End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of the First World War 3.84 avg rating — 58 ratings
14.
Working in the Dark: Reflections of a Poet of the Barrio (Red Crane Literature Series)
Working in the Dark: Reflections of a Poet of the Barrio (Red Crane Literature Series) 4.34 avg rating — 68 ratings
15.
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen 4.30 avg rating — 228,806 ratings
16.
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World 4.20 avg rating — 87,496 ratings
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Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive 4.39 avg rating — 989,247 ratings
18.
Voices of a People's History of the United States
Voices of a People's History of the United States 4.32 avg rating — 2,152 ratings
19.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,336 ratings
20.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,413 ratings
21.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,108 ratings
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Heroes in the Night: Inside the Real Life Superhero Movement
Heroes in the Night: Inside the Real Life Superhero Movement 3.91 avg rating — 85 ratings
23.
Thunderstruck
Thunderstruck 3.78 avg rating — 55,032 ratings
24.
America's Constitution: A Biography
America's Constitution: A Biography 4.26 avg rating — 1,692 ratings
25.
Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard 4.22 avg rating — 21,745 ratings
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On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City
On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City 3.82 avg rating — 3,343 ratings
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The Harlem Hellfighters
The Harlem Hellfighters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,282 ratings
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly 4.18 avg rating — 359,919 ratings
29.
The Griots of Oakland: Voices from the African American Oral History Project
The Griots of Oakland: Voices from the African American Oral History Project 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings
30.
Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine 4.01 avg rating — 8,184 ratings
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The Night Malcolm X Spoke at the Oxford Union: A Transatlantic Story of Antiracist Protest
The Night Malcolm X Spoke at the Oxford Union: A Transatlantic Story of Antiracist Protest 4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings
32.
A Young People's History of the United States
A Young People's History of the United States 4.30 avg rating — 1,907 ratings
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 4.01 avg rating — 885,854 ratings
34.
The Closer: My Story
The Closer: My Story 4.01 avg rating — 3,122 ratings
35.
Pedro
Pedro 3.94 avg rating — 1,120 ratings
36.
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body 4.04 avg rating — 28,100 ratings
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Numbers Don't Lie: Mets: The Biggest Numbers in Mets History
Numbers Don't Lie: Mets: The Biggest Numbers in Mets History 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings