#ReadPOC: List of Nonfiction Books by Authors of Color
201. 
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
by:
Angela Y. Davis
4.44 avg rating — 33,950 ratings 201. 
Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For
by:
Susan Rice
4.06 avg rating — 1,954 ratings 204. 
Climate of Fear: The Quest for Dignity in a Dehumanized World
by:
Wole Soyinka
3.62 avg rating — 146 ratings 
204. 
Billion Dollar Bet: Robert Johnson and the Inside Story Of Black Entertainment Television
by:
Brett Pulley
4.16 avg rating — 44 ratings 
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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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Prince Among Slaves: The True Story of an African Prince Sold into Slavery in the American South
by:
Terry Alford
3.76 avg rating — 224 ratings 215. 
The Quantum Rules: How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life
by:
Kunal K. Das
3.61 avg rating — 254 ratings 215. 
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
by:
Andrew X. Pham
3.99 avg rating — 6,620 ratings 215. 
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
by:
Robin DiAngelo
4.16 avg rating — 170,229 ratings 
219. 
The Wretched of the Earth: The Handbook for the Black Revolution That is Changing the Shape of the World 4.34 avg rating — 30,610 ratings
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The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race
by:
Jesmyn Ward
4.35 avg rating — 9,414 ratings 
225. 
The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community 4.47 avg rating — 441 ratings
227. 
Black Women and Social Justice Education: Legacies and Lessons it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
227. 
Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
by:
Randall Kennedy
3.81 avg rating — 1,613 ratings 
230. 
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
by:
Shunryu Suzuki
4.21 avg rating — 48,742 ratings 230. 
Black Wealth/White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality 4.22 avg rating — 282 ratings
233. 
Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World's Most Notorious Jewel Thief
by:
Doris Payne
3.83 avg rating — 2,447 ratings 
235. 
The State of Black Girls: A Go-To Guide for Creating Safe Space for Black Girls 4.31 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael 4.43 avg rating — 469 ratings
247. 
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
by:
Yeonmi Park
4.49 avg rating — 99,438 ratings 247. 
Can't Nothing Bring Me Down: Chasing Myself in the Race against Time
by:
Ida Keeling
3.93 avg rating — 602 ratings 
250. 
The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family 3.67 avg rating — 240 ratings
252. 
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
by:
Edwidge Danticat
4.23 avg rating — 1,631 ratings 252. 
The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery
by:
Rochelle Riley
3.97 avg rating — 116 ratings 254. 
Yours in Struggle: Three Feminist Perspectives on Anti-Semitism and Racism
by:
Elly Bulkin
4.18 avg rating — 93 ratings 254. 
It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America
by:
Reniqua Allen
3.88 avg rating — 188 ratings 254. 
African Roots/American Cultures: Africa in the Creation of the Americas
by:
Sheila S. Walker
3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings 257. 
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South
by:
Anne Moody
4.13 avg rating — 11,515 ratings 257. 
33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women's History: From Suffragettes to Skirt Lengths to the E.R.A
by:
Tonya Bolden
3.77 avg rating — 176 ratings 257. 
John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
260. 
Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America
by:
Tonya Bolden
3.40 avg rating — 316 ratings 260. 
The Betrayal of the Negro: From Rutherford B. Hayes to Woodrow Wilson
by:
Rayford W. Logan
4.16 avg rating — 43 ratings 
263. 
Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty
by:
Tonya Bolden
3.96 avg rating — 181 ratings 263. 
Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority
by:
Steve Phillips
4.14 avg rating — 305 ratings 266. 
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
by:
Eduardo Galeano
4.31 avg rating — 26,230 ratings 266. 
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man
by:
Tonya Bolden
3.73 avg rating — 282 ratings 
271. 
Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of African American Artists
by:
Tonya Bolden
4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings 273. 
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment 3.71 avg rating — 19,534 ratings
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281. 
Women and Words in Saudi Arabia: The Politics of Literary Discourse
by:
Saddeka Arebi
4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings 
281. 
Black Bourgeoisie: The Book That Brought the Shock of Self-Revelation to Middle-Class Blacks in America 4.11 avg rating — 356 ratings
287. 
Building the Black Metropolis: African American Entrepreneurship in Chicago 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
290. 
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
by:
Morgan Jerkins
4.04 avg rating — 6,731 ratings 290. 
Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone 3.85 avg rating — 600 ratings
293. 
Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community 3.62 avg rating — 26 ratings
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The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop, 13) 4.20 avg rating — 1,454 ratings
