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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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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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All Roads Lead to The Birchmere

All Roads Lead to The Birchmere

Authors: Stephen Moore, Gary Oezle
Genres: Entertainment, History

The rousing, illustrated history of the Birchmere music hall by founder and operator Gary Oelze with music writer Stephen Moore.

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Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

Author: Jamie Raskin
Genres: History, Politics

In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life—and his family’s—as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation’s Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence.

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Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

Author: Maggie Haberman
Genres: Biography, History, Politics

From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist: a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that moves beyond simplistic caricature, chronicling his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency and his potential comeback.

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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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Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History

Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History

Author: Schele Williams
Genres: History, Race Relations

A proud, empowering introduction to African American history that celebrates and honors enslaved ancestors.

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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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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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LONG TIME COMING: Reckoning with Race in America

LONG TIME COMING: Reckoning with Race in America

Author: Michael Eric Dyson
Genres: History, Politics, Race Relations

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop, a passionate call to America to finally reckon with race and start the journey to redemption. 

MICHAEL ERIC DYSON—distinguished University Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, College of Arts & Science, and of Ethics and Society, Divinity School, and Centennial Professor at Vanderbilt University—is one of America’s premier public intellectuals and the author of seven New York Times bestsellers including JAY-Z, Tears We Cannot Stop, and What Truth Sounds Like. A contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, Dr. Dyson is a recipient of two NAACP Image awards and the 2020 Langston Hughes Festival Medallion. Former president Barack Obama has noted: “Everybody who speaks after Michael Eric Dyson pales in comparison.”

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Wrecking America: How Trump’s Lawbreaking and Lies Betray All

Wrecking America: How Trump’s Lawbreaking and Lies Betray All

Author: Mark Green and Ralph Nader
Genres: History, Politics, Race Relations

By four-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader and bestselling author Mark Green, Wrecking America organizes Trump's lies and lawbreaking issue-by-issue—focusing on Covid-19 and racial protests. This scathing, witty, accessible paperback is the last up-to-date book on "the Lyin' King" keyed to General Election voters and post-election America.

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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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More Dirty Little Secrets About Black History

More Dirty Little Secrets About Black History

Genre: History

More Dirty Little Secrets About Black History, Its Heroes and Other Troublemakers, is Dr. Claud Anderson's forth book written with his son Brant Anderson.

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A Fool’s Errand

A Fool’s Errand

Genres: Art, Business, History

Founding Director Lonnie Bunch’s deeply personal tale of the triumphs and challenges of bringing the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to life. His story is by turns inspiring, funny, frustrating, quixotic, bittersweet, and above all, a compelling read.

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Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America

Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America

Genres: Education, History
  • The epic, unique, and haunting story an enslaved woman and her quest for justice
  • Incorporates recent scholarship on slavery, reparations, and the ongoing connection between slavery and incarceration of black Americans
  • McDaniel received a Public Scholar fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities that enabled him to write this book

 

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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 Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath

The Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath

Author: Garrett Peck
Genres: History, Politics

A chronicle of the American experience during World War I and the unexpected changes that rocked the country in its immediate aftermath—the Red Scare, race riots, women’s suffrage, and Prohibition.

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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

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