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The Finger of God: From the Lineage of David to the Presidency of the United States

The Finger of God: From the Lineage of David to the Presidency of the United States

Author: Jesse L. Jackson
Genres: Civil Rights, History, Politics, Race Relations

This work seeks to identify the evidence that shows and suggests that some of the founding fathers were aware of a grand architectural experiment and design for the nation and its future.

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My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives

My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives

Author: Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Genres: Civil Rights, History, Race Relations

From the legendary Emmy Award-winning journalist, a collection of ground-breaking reportage from across five decades which vividly chronicles the experience of Black life in America today.

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We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963

We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963

Author: Sheila Moses
Genres: Civil Rights, History, Race Relations

The powerful story of an eleven-year-old Black boy determined to stand up for his rights, who's pulled into the action of the 1963 civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.

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White Fear

White Fear

Author: Roland S. Martin
Genres: Civil Rights, Race Relations, Social Issues

In 1963, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights dispatched a document to President John F. Kennedy and congressional leaders, concluding: "It is now one hundred years seeing that this kingdom, lagging in the back of different civilized countries, abolished slavery.

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Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation

Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation

Authors: Stuart Connelly, Clarence B. Jones
Genres: Civil Rights, History, Race Relations

Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation is a thrilling, behind-the-scenes account of the weeks leading up to the great event, as told by Clarence Jones, co-writer of the speech and close confidant to King.

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You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

Authors: Zora Neale Hurston, Heny Louis Gates, Genevieve West
Genres: Civil Rights, History, Race Relations

You Don’t Know Us Negroes is the quintessential gathering of provocative essays from one of the world’s most celebrated writers, Zora Neale Hurston.

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Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America

Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America

Author: Rev. Al Sharpton
Genres: Civil Rights, Politics, Race Relations

Bestselling author Reverend Al Sharpton brings to light the stories of the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights movement, drawing on his unique perspective in the history of the fight for social justice in America

“This is the time. We won’t stop until we change the whole system of justice.”—Rev. Al Sharpton

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The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns

The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns

Author: William H. Turner
Genres: Civil Rights, Historical, Race Relations

Unfolding through layers of sociological insight and oral history, The Harlan Renaissance centers the sympathetic perspectives and critical eye of a master narrator of Black life.

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Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America

Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America

Author: John Lewis
Genres: Biography, Civil Rights, History, Race Relations

In Across That Bridge, Congressman John Lewis draws from his experience as a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement to offer timeless wisdom, poignant recollections, and powerful principles for anyone interested in challenging injustices and inspiring real change toward a freer, more peaceful society.

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Until I Am Free

Until I Am Free

Genres: Biography, Civil Rights

Explores the Black activist’s ideas and political strategies, highlighting their relevance for tackling modern social issues including voter suppression, police violence, and economic inequality.

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THE BURNING: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

THE BURNING: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

Author: Tim Madigan and St. Martin's Griffin
Genres: Civil Rights, Economics, Education, History, Race Relations

The Burning will recreate the town of Greenwood at the height of its prosperity, explore the currents of hatred, racism, and mistrust between its black residents and neighboring Tulsa's white population, narrate events leading up to and including Greenwood's annihilation

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State of Emergency: How We Win in the Country We Built

State of Emergency: How We Win in the Country We Built

Author: Tamilka D. Mallory
Genres: Civil Rights, Inspirational, Race Relations

Social justice leader Tamika D. Mallory states her case for action in this searing indictment of America’s historical, deadly, and continuing assault on Black and brown lives.

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A PROMISED LAND

A PROMISED LAND

Author: Barack Obama
Genres: Biography, Civil Rights, History, Politics, Race Relations

In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency—a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.

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We’re Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy

We’re Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy

Authors: Elijah Cummings and James Dale, Afterword by Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
Genres: Civil Rights, Politics

Part memoir, part call to action, We’re Better Than This is the story of our modern-day democracy and the threats that we all must face together, as well as a retrospective on the life and career of one of our country’s most inspirational politicians. As we approach another test of our democracy, the next race for the White House, We’re Better Than This reminds people that in this country we don’t elect kings, and we cannot afford four more years of this false one.

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Whaling Captains of Color: America’s First Meritocracy

Whaling Captains of Color: America’s First Meritocracy

Genres: Civil Rights, Education, History

The history of whaling as an industry on this continent has been well-told in books, including some that have been bestsellers, but what hasn't been told is the story of whaling's leaders of color in an era when the only other option was slavery.

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Klansville, U.S.A.

Klansville, U.S.A.

Genre: Civil Rights

Klansville, U.S.A. is the first substantial history of the civil rights-era KKK's astounding rise and fall, focusing on the under-explored case of the United Klans of America (UKA) in North Carolina.

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Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness

Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness

Author: Jennifer Berry Hawes
Genres: Civil Rights, History, Race Relations, Religion

A deeply moving work of narrative nonfiction on the tragic shootings at the Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jennifer Berry Hawes.

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The Emancipation of Evan Walls

The Emancipation of Evan Walls

Author: Jeffrey Blount
Genres: Biography, Civil Rights

It is June 1968. The Civil Rights movement is winding down after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. Negroes in the town of Canaan, Virginia have been used to acting the same, thinking the same and sharing in the unadulterated hatred of a common enemy. Evan is ten years old and, in the jargon of the times, young, gifted and black. In the presence of his parents and a summer porch gathering of their friends, he makes a startling declaration. From that moment on, the central question of his life is born. Is he black enough?

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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

Author: Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele
Genres: Civil Rights, Politics, Race Relations

A poetic and powerful memoir about what it means to be a Black woman in America―and the co-founding of a movement that demands justice for all in the land of the free.

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Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy

Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy

Author: Sheryll Cashin
Genres: Civil Rights, History, Politics, Race Relations, Social Issues

Drawing from the earliest chapters in US history, legal scholar Sheryll Cashin reveals the enduring legacy of America’s original sin, tracing how we transformed from a country without an entrenched construction of race to a nation where one drop of nonwhite blood merited exclusion from full citizenship.

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The Finger of God: From the Lineage of David to the Presidency of the United States

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This work seeks to identify the evidence that shows and suggests that some of the founding fathers were aware of a grand architectural experiment and design for the nation and its future.

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My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives

My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives

From the legendary Emmy Award-winning journalist, a collection of ground-breaking reportage from across five decades which vividly chronicles the experience of Black life in America today.

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The Finger of God: From the Lineage of David to the Presidency of the United States

The Finger of God: From the Lineage of David to the Presidency of the United States

This work seeks to identify the evidence that shows and suggests that some of the founding fathers were aware of a grand architectural experiment and design for the nation and its future.

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