12 must-read nonfiction books like A Few Days Full of Trouble: Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till by Wheeler Parker Jr.

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A Few Days Full of Trouble: Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till

By: Wheeler Parker Jr.

4.14

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The last surviving witness to the lynching of Emmett Till tells his story, with moving recollection…

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Cover of Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till by Herb Boyd, Simeon Wright

1. Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till

By: Herb Boyd , Simeon Wright

4.28

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

No modern tragedy has had a greater impact on race relations in America than the kidnapping and mur… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"In conclusion, here's my advice to aspiring writers, journalists, and future lawyers - or anyone planning on working in the communications field: if you want an accurate account of any story, go to t…"

-Herb Boyd, Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till

Cover of Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series) by Julian Bond, Devery S. Anderson

2. Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)

By: Julian Bond , Devery S. Anderson

3.83

Format: None pages,

A gripping reexamination of the abduction and murder that galvanized the civil rights movement. "Em… read more

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  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction

3. Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

By: Sybrina Fulton , Tracy Martin

3.79

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

Trayvon Martin s parents take readers beyond the news cycle with an account only they could give: t… read more

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4. The Day Diana Died

By: Christopher Andersen

4.60

Format: 431 pages,

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5. Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America

By: Mamie Till-Mobley , Christopher Benson

3.93

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

There are many heroes of the civil rights movement--men and women we can look to for inspiration. E… read more

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6. The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery

By: Sam Kean

4.09

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestseller The Disappearing Spoon, tales of the brain and the history of neu… read more

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7. The Blood of Emmett Till

By: Timothy B. Tyson

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction This extraordinary New York Timesbestseller r… read more

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8. First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies

By: Kate Andersen Brower

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White Ho… read more

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Cover of If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury by Geraldine DeRuiter

9. If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury

By: Geraldine DeRuiter

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the James Beard Award–winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock

10. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

By: Uché Blackstock

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more

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  • race
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider

By: Charles Person

4.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward--written … read more

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  • american history
  • race
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo

12. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

By: Ilyon Woo

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more

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  • american history
  • race
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Moon Turns Blue by Pamela Terry

13. When the Moon Turns Blue

By: Pamela Terry

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One woman fights to hold on to her friends, her family, and all that she holds dear as the battle o… read more

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  • audiobook
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14. Rust in the Root

By: Justina Ireland

4.09

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The author of the visionary New York Times bestseller Dread Nation returns with another spellbindin… read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
Cover of The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing by Sonia Faleiro

15. The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing

By: Sonia Faleiro

3.77

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

By the award-winning writer of Beautiful Thing, a masterly inquest into how the mysterious deaths … read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It’s not that people are not compassionate. But that compassion has to be aroused. Emotion is a critical factor in helping us understand an event, and it is a motivator that impels action as opposed …"

-Sonia Faleiro, The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing

Cover of Decent People by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

16. Decent People

By: De'Shawn Charles Winslow

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Center for Fiction First Novel Prize winning author De'Shawn Charles Winslow, a sweeping and u… read more

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  • historical
  • race
  • audiobook
Cover of A Few Days Full of Trouble: Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till by Wheeler Parker Jr.

17. A Few Days Full of Trouble: Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till

By: Wheeler Parker Jr.

4.14

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The last surviving witness to the lynching of Emmett Till tells his story, with moving recollection… read more

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  • american history
  • race
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Love You Save: A Memoir by Goldie Taylor

18. The Love You Save: A Memoir

By: Goldie Taylor

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings meets Educated in this harrowing, deeply hopeful memoir of family, … read more

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  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Saying It Loud: 1966―The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement by Mark Whitaker

19. Saying It Loud: 1966―The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement

By: Mark Whitaker

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Mark Whitaker “writes with the eye of a journalist and ear of a poet” ( The Boston Globe ) to tell … read more

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  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush: A Visual Biography by Jon Meacham

20. The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush: A Visual Biography

By: Jon Meacham

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In honor of the 100th anniversary of George H. W. Bush’s birth, this visually stunning chronicle fe… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions (American Music Series) by Francesca T. Royster

21. Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions (American Music Series)

By: Francesca T. Royster

4.19

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

After a century of racist whitewashing, country music is finally reckoning with its relationship to… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

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