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At Mama’s Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White

At Mama’s Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White

Author: April Ryan
Genres: Biography, Civil Rights, History, Inspirational, Race Relations

In her first book, The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan examined race in America through her experience as a White House reporter. In this book, she shifts the conversation from the White House to every home in America. At Mama’s Knee looks at race and race relations through the lessons that mothers transmit to their children.

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In The Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives

In The Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives

Author: Kenneth C. Davis
Genres: Civil Rights, History

Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers―who fought for liberty and justice for all―were slave owners?

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Saving Black Colleges: Leading Change in a Complex Organization

Saving Black Colleges: Leading Change in a Complex Organization

Author: Alvin J. Schexnider

Saving Black Colleges makes clear the challenges, opportunities, and prospects for change historically black colleges and universities now face.

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It’s Our Music Too: The Black Experience in Classical Music

It’s Our Music Too: The Black Experience in Classical Music

Author: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Genres: Entertainment, History

Earl Ofari Hutchinson meticulously details in his It’s Our Music Too The Black Experience in Classical Music the black impact on classical music.

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Obama’s Legacy: What He Accomplished as President

Obama’s Legacy: What He Accomplished as President

Author: Michael I. Days
Genres: Historical, Politics

Through it all, the President who campaigned on a slogan of 'Yes, We Can!' has persevered in his determination to make a difference and left an indelible mark on American politics and the world. LEGACY is a commemoration of his eight years in the White House.

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Are We Better Off?

Are We Better Off?

Author: Julianne Malveaux
Genre: Civil Rights

Julianne Malveaux's latest book, Are We Better off? Race, Obama & Public Policy was released February 2016 and is a timely, poignant and needed review of President Barack Obama's time in office.

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The Making of Donald Trump

The Making of Donald Trump

Author: David Cay Johnston
Genre: Politics

The culmination of nearly 30 years of reporting on Donald Trump, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, David Cay Johnston, takes a revealingly close look at the mogul's rise to power and prominence.

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The Long Road to Hard Truth: The 100-Year Mission to Establish the National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Long Road to Hard Truth: The 100-Year Mission to Establish the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Author: Judge Robert L. Wilkins
Genres: Civil Rights, Education, Historical

In Long Road to Hard Truth: The 100 Year Mission to Create the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Robert L. Wilkins tells the story of how his curiosity about why there wasn't a national museum dedicated to African American history and culture became an obsession-eventually leading him to quit his job as an attorney when his wife was seven months pregnant with their second child, and make it his mission to help the museum become a reality.

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Book of Addis

Book of Addis

Author: Brooke C. Obie
Genres: Education, Fiction, History

In this epic tale of love, loss and the cost of liberation, Addis, a 17-year-old enslaved girl, escapes from her enslaver, the first president of a young country.

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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon

Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon

Author: Larry Tye
Genres: Biography, Historical, Politics

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Satchel comes an in-depth, vibrant, and measured biography about the most complex and controversial member of the Kennedy family.

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United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good

United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good

Author: Cory Booker

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A passionate new voice in American politics, United States Senator Cory Booker makes the case that the virtues of empathy, responsibility, and action must guide our nation toward a brighter future.

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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

Author: Jeanee Theoharis
Genres: Biography, Civil Rights, History, Politics

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks shows readers how this civil rights movement radical sought—for more than a half a century—to expose and eradicate the American racial-caste system in jobs, schools, public services, and criminal justice.

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Beethoven and Me: A Beginner’s Guide to Classical Music

Beethoven and Me: A Beginner’s Guide to Classical Music

Author: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Genres: Politics, Race Relations, Social Issues

Best known as an African-American commentator on politics, race and social issues, Beethoven and Me: A Beginner’s Guide to Classical Music is a fast paced, easy to understand survey of the music’s well-known and not so well-known composers, their music and their struggles for recognition.

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The NAACP – Fighting Neoslavery in the 20th Century

The NAACP – Fighting Neoslavery in the 20th Century

Author: Ronald Walters
Genres: Civil Rights, History, Race Relations

A compilation of stories and narratives confirmed by numerous letters and documents are used by the author, Ron Walters, to establish the amazing fact that slavery existed in the United States well into the 20th century.

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Killing the Messenger: The Right-Wing Plot to Derail Hillary and Hijack Your Government

Killing the Messenger: The Right-Wing Plot to Derail Hillary and Hijack Your Government

Author: David Brock
Genre: Politics

New York Times bestselling author and founder of Media Matters, David Brock takes readers on his daring and eye-opening odyssey through the maze of political trenches.

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Son of Virginia: A Life in America’s Political Arena

Son of Virginia: A Life in America’s Political Arena

Author: L. Douglas Wilder
Genres: Civil Rights, History, Politics

SON OF VIRGINIA by L. Douglas Wilder details the events of the author’s life to paint a portrait of the changing face of America. It will be a story of constant struggle and conflict, not only Wilder’s struggle, but also that of courageous people who stood up to decades of discrimination, corruption and greed.

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Tuff Juice: My Journey from the Streets to the NBA

Tuff Juice: My Journey from the Streets to the NBA

Author: Caron Butler

Two-time All-Star and thirteen-year NBA veteran Caron Butler has an impressive basketball record. He was Big East Co-Player of the Year at UConn, the 10th overall pick of the 2002 NBA Draft and a key player for the Dallas Mavericks in their championship-winning season in 2011.

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Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide

Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide

Author: Joy-Ann Reid
Genres: Civil Rights, Politics, Race Relations

Fracture traces the party's makeup and character regarding race from the civil rights days to the Obama presidency. Filled with key political players such as Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, John Lewis, and Al Sharpton, it provides historical context while addressing questions arising as we head into the next national election: Will Hillary Clinton's campaign represent an embrace of Obama's legacy or a repudiation of it? How is Hillary Clinton's stand on race both similar to and different from Obama's, or from her husband's? How do minorities view Mrs. Clinton, and will they line up in huge numbers to support her—and what will happen if they don't?

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Fighting Neoslavery in the Twentieth Century

Fighting Neoslavery in the Twentieth Century

Author: Ronald Walters
Genres: History, Politics, Race Relations

Dr. Ronald Walters, one of the most highly respected political scientist in the nation, has compiled a body of evidence and anecdotes to substantiate his hypothesis that chattel slavery for African Americans did not end with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Genres: Education, Politics, Race Relations

In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis.

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  1. Emmett Walker, Jr. on April 16, 2014

    The guy who called you the N word, and you paided him a compliment by saying his brain was the size of a cricket, that was to big try putting his brain in a flee. Goodbye, Emmett

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LONG TIME COMING: Reckoning with Race in America

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