The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
By: Tiya Miles
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South, and that Northern states and terri…
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1. An Autobiography
By: Angela Y. Davis
4.44
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Her own powerful story up to 1972, told with warmth, brilliance, humor and conviction. With an intr… read more
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- race
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"I sank deep into the moment, husbanding this delight, hoarding it. For I knew it would be short-lived. Work. Struggle. Confrontation lay before us like a rock-strewn road. We would walk it ... But fi…"-Angela Y. Davis, An Autobiography
"This Booker T. Washington syndrome permeated every aspect of the education I received in Birmingham. Work hard and you will be rewarded. A corollary of this principle was that the road would be harde…"-Angela Y. Davis, An Autobiography
2. Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
By: Saidiya Hartman
4.28
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Lose Your Mother, Saidiya Hartman journeys along a slave route in Ghana, following the trail of … read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- history
- african american
"To remember what they had lost and what they became, what had been torn apart and what had come together, the fugitives and refugees and multitudes in flight were called the Sisala, which means ‘to c…"-Saidiya Hartman, Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
"Why was it I sometimes felt as weary of America as if I too had landed in what was now South Carolina in 1526 or in Jamestown in 1619? Was it the tug of all the lost mothers and orphaned children? Or…"-Saidiya Hartman, Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
"If slavery persists as an issue in the political life of black America, it is not because of an antiquarian obsession with bygone days or the burden of a too-long memory, but because black lives are …"-Saidiya Hartman, Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
3. Once Upon a River
By: Bonnie Jo Campbell
3.71
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
Bonnie Jo Campbell has created an unforgettable heroine in sixteen-year-old Margo Crane, a beauty w… read more
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4. Black Detroit: A People's History of Self-Determination
By: Herb Boyd
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
The author of Baldwin's Harlemlooks at the evolving culture, politics, economics, and spiritual lif… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- nonfiction
- african american
5. The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
By: Thomas J. Sugrue
3.88
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Once America's "arsenal of democracy, " Detroit has become the symbol of the American urban crisis.… read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- history
- sociology
6. An Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover Cleveland
By: H. Paul Jeffers
3.91
Format: 69 pages, Paperback
Grover Cleveland is known primarily as the only president to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
7. Grand Opening 2: A Family Business Novel
By: Carl Weber , Treasure Hernandez
3.74
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
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- african american
8. Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
By: Kevin G. Boyle
3.89
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
The grandson of a slave, Dr. Ossian Sweet moved his family to an all-white Detroit neighborhood in … read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- nonfiction
- african american
9. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
By: Charles C. Mann
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Over 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. They developed different … read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
10. The Family Business 2
By: Carl Weber , Treasure Hernandez
4.12
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
In his typical jaw-dropping fashion, Carl Weber returns with part two of his New York Times bestsel… read more
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11. Black Skin, White Masks
By: Frantz Fanon , None
2.56
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
A major influence on international civil rights, anticolonial, and black consciousness movement, Bl… read more
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12. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
By: James W. Loewen
4.00
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen, exposes the secret communities and … read more
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13. The Family Business
By: Carl Weber , Eric Pete
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
By day, the Duncans are an upstanding family who run a thriving car dealership in Queens. By night,… read more
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14. The Daughters Of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War
By: Catherine Grace Katz
4.10
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
The untold story of the three intelligent and glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fa… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
15. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones
4.62
Format: 590 pages, Hardcover
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a revealing vision of the American past and present. … read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- social justice
- african american
- audiobook
16. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. Ozark Dogs
By: Eli Cranor
3.72
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In this Southern thriller, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkan… read more
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- audiobook
18. The Stolen Daughter
By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley delivers a poignant, page-turning novel about the po… read more
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- african american
- audiobook
19. Summer on Sag Harbor
By: Sunny Hostin
3.90
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In a hidden enclave in Sag Harbor affectionately known as SANS—Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninev… read more
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20. Summer on Highland Beach (Summer Beach, #3)
By: Sunny Hostin
4.00
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The View cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin transports readers to Highland Beach… read more
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- audiobook
21. The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
By: Simon Kuper
4.24
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times j… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- sociology
- audiobook
22. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
By: Whoopi Goldberg
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
23. So You Want to Talk About Race
By: Ijeoma Oluo
4.49
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from w… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
- audiobook
"Conversations on racism should never be about winning."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"Our humanity is worth a little discomfort, it's actually worth a lot of discomfort."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"Our police forces were created not to protect Americans of color, but to control Americans of color."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"When we say ‘Asian American’ we are talking about so much more than can be fit in a single stereotype."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
24. Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
4.39
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
We live, according to Eddie S. Glaude Jr., in a moment when the struggles of Black Lives Matter and… read more
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- race
- history
- nonfiction
- social justice
- african american
- audiobook
"[Trump] and his ideas are not exceptional. He and the people who support him are just the latest examples of the country's ongoing betrayal. . .When we make Trump exceptional, we let ourselves off th…"-Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
"Baldwin's words can sound harsh, as if he's throwing away millions of Americans and declaring them irrelevant to the life and future of our democracy. It's easy to read him that way, and sometimes, w…"-Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
25. Telephone
By: Percival Everett
3.98
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Zach Wells is a perpetually dissatisfied geologist-slash-paleobiologist. Expert in a very narrow ar… read more
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26. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
By: Zora Neale Hurston
4.04
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-… read more
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"The present was too urgent to let the past intrude."-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
"You see de rattlesnake in de woods?' Dey say, 'Yeah.' I say 'If you bother wid him, he bite you. If you know de snake killee you, why you bother wid him?' (Oluale Kossula)"-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
"So den we gittee married by de license, but I doan love my wife no mo' wid de license than I love her befo' de license. She a good woman and I love her all de time. (Oluale Kossula)"-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
"Whole nations are transported, exterminated, their name to be forgotten, except in the annual festival of their conquerors, when sycophants call the names of the vanquished countries to the remembran…"-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
27. Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
By: Jennifer L. Eberhardt
4.33
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of the world's leading experts on unconscious racial bias, a personal examination of one o… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
- audiobook
"The power of the gaze of others to define how you’re seen in the world; it can shape the scope of your life and influence how you see yourself."-Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
"The process of making these connections is called bias. It can happen unintentionally. It can happen unconsciously. It can happen effortlessly. And it can happen in a matter of milliseconds. These as…"-Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
28. The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
By: Tiya Miles
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South, and that Northern states and terri… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- the united states of america
- historical
- nonfiction
- social justice
- african american
- sociology
- audiobook
29. One of Our Kind
By: Nicola Yoon
3.28
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon’s daring new work of dystopian horror is a propuls… read more
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- race
- audiobook
30. Sisters with a Side of Greens
By: Michelle Stimpson
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
"A charming novel about sisterhood, regrets, and second chances, [with] a peek into Southern comfo… read more
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"This ain't no time for you to be a deadbeat sister. Again." I gasped. "Deadbeat? Again?" Kerresha dragged her suitcase up the steps, now. "Absent. Estranged. Not present. Whatever you want to call it…"-Michelle Stimpson, Sisters with a Side of Greens
"Cooking with Momma's spices helped Marvina process. Never mind she didn't have enough people in the house to eat everything she laid out for preparation. Several pies, pork chops, chicken, greens, ma…"-Michelle Stimpson, Sisters with a Side of Greens
"We stood still, the tenderness between us almost tangible. The scent of the spices, human empathy, and plain old muscle memory combined to re-create the gooey magnetism of being near Marvina again. F…"-Michelle Stimpson, Sisters with a Side of Greens
"I sprinkled a dose of Momma's seasoning into my cupped hand and dipped my tongue into the tiny pool of memories I knew one taste would evoke. Salty, savory, smoky, full of earthy flavors that somehow…"-Michelle Stimpson, Sisters with a Side of Greens
31. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between
By: Gretchen Whitmer
4.34
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more
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- history
- audiobook
