11 Best race books like Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster

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Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

By: Michelle Duster

3.74

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Called “a dangerous negro agitator” by the FBI, and a “brave woman” by Frederick Douglass, an inspi…

If you liked the race plot in Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Every Frenchman Has One

By: Olivia de Havilland

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Olivia de Havilland planted her standard on the Left Bank of the River Seine in late October of 195… read more

Similar categories in Olivia de Havilland's Every Frenchman Has One book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Famous Nathan: A Family Saga of Coney Island, the American Dream, and the Search for the Perfect Hot Dog by Lloyd Handwerker

2. Famous Nathan: A Family Saga of Coney Island, the American Dream, and the Search for the Perfect Hot Dog

By: Lloyd Handwerker

3.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From a Nickel to an Empire Before the gut-busting eating contests and franchise stores across the c… read more

Similar categories in Lloyd Handwerker's Famous Nathan: A Family Saga of Coney Island, the American Dream, and the Search for the Perfect Hot Dog book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison

3. Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America

By: Catherine Kerrison

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson fathered three girls: two white and free, one black and a slave. This book about M… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Kerrison's Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

4. The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

By: Michael Grunwald

4.21

Format: 288 pages,

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Similar categories in Michael Grunwald's The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. Salvation: Black People and Love

By: bell hooks

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Acclaimed visionary and intellectual bell hooks began her exploration of the meaning of love in Ame… read more

Similar categories in bell hooks's Salvation: Black People and Love book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • feminism
  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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6. "I Am a Man": Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice

By: Joe Starita

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1877, Chief Standing Bear's Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland… read more

Similar categories in Joe Starita's "I Am a Man": Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

7. Here I Stand

By: None

3.97

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in None's Here I Stand book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

8. American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century

By: Paula Uruburu

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The scandalous story of America's first supermodel, sex goddess, and modern celebrity, Evelyn Nesbi… read more

Similar categories in Paula Uruburu's American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

9. Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote

By: Edith Mayo , None , None

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A firsthand account of the National Woman's Party, which organized and fought a fierce battle for p… read more

Similar categories in Edith Mayo's Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

10. American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

By: Nancy Jo Sales

2.83

Format: 288 pages, ebook

Instagram. Whisper. Yik Yak. Vine. YouTube. Kik. Ask.fm. Tinder. The dominant force in the lives of… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Jo Sales's American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

11. The Devil Finds Work

By: James Baldwin

4.38

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

James Baldwin At The Movies... Provocative, timeless, brilliant. Bette Davis's eyes, Joan Crawford'… read more

Similar categories in James Baldwin's The Devil Finds Work book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

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12. Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir

By: Rebecca Carroll

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her painful st… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Carroll's Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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13. Plan A

By: Deb Caletti

4.02

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative … read more

Similar categories in Deb Caletti's Plan A book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • feminism
  • audiobook
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14. The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

By: Ned Blackhawk

4.18

Format: 596 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essentia… read more

Similar categories in Ned Blackhawk's The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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15. The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote

By: Elaine F. Weiss

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political victories in American history: the down and… read more

Similar categories in Elaine F. Weiss's The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"I forged the thunderbolts and she fired them," is how [Elizabeth Cady] Stanton described their [hers and Susan B. Anthony's] work together."

-Elaine F. Weiss, The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote

"[Upon the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Carrie Chapman] Catt wrote ... to the women voters of the nation: The vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guaranty of your liberty…"

-Elaine F. Weiss, The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote

Cover of She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

16. She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar

4.17

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and illustrated trib… read more

Similar categories in Erica Armstrong Dunbar's She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Ironically, slavery's burdens - all that that she suffered while working with different yet demanding families - turned Harriet into a warrior, a warrior who was ready to slay the dragon of human bon…"

-Erica Armstrong Dunbar, She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

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17. On Juneteenth

By: Annette Gordon-Reed

4.18

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annet… read more

Similar categories in Annette Gordon-Reed's On Juneteenth book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • race
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"History is always being revised, as new information, comes to light and when different people see known documents and have their own responses to them, shaped by their individual experiences."

-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth

"Origin stories matter, for individuals, groups of people, and for nations. They inform our sense of self; telling us what kind of people we believe we are, what kind of nation we believe in. They usu…"

-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth

"Why would White Texans be more obstreperous than other White southerners? It has been suggested that this was because, unlike other Southern states, Texas had not been defeated militarily. They had w…"

-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth

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18. The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

By: Eric Foner

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, an authoritative story of the constitutional changes tha… read more

Similar categories in Eric Foner's The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • nonfiction
  • race
  • history
Cover of The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris

19. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

By: Kamala Harris

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more

Similar categories in Kamala Harris's The Truths We Hold: An American Journey book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

Cover of Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity by Leah Myers

20. Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

By: Leah Myers

3.81

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by The Millions A vibrant new voice blends Native folklore… read more

Similar categories in Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I wonder if I will ever feel Native enough."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"You don't have the right to define my identity."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"She gave up herself and her identity for security."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"My home is in Georgia, but my soul is at home here."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

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21. Daughter of Cana (Jerusalem Road, #1)

By: Angela Elwell Hunt

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Thomas and Tasmin, twin siblings hired to oversee a wedding feast in Cana, worry when the host runs… read more

Similar categories in Angela Elwell Hunt's Daughter of Cana (Jerusalem Road, #1) book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • historical
  • audiobook
Cover of Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur

22. Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction

By: Kate Masur

4.20

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The half-century before the Civil War was beset with conflict over equality as well as freedom. Beg… read more

Similar categories in Kate Masur's Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • nonfiction
  • race
  • history
  • social justice
Cover of Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery

23. Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick

By: Maya Dusenbery

4.17

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this shocking, hard-hitting expose in the tradition of Naomi Klein and Barbara Ehrenreich, the e… read more

Similar categories in Maya Dusenbery's Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"As one patient with chronic fatigue syndrome put it, 'The difference between a crazed neurotic and a seriously ill person is simply a test."

-Maya Dusenbery, Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick

"To be sure, depression, anxiety, and prolonged stress can cause specific physical symptoms, but these symptoms are not limitless, nor are they actually unexplained. When doctors invoke these labels f…"

-Maya Dusenbery, Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick

"Indeed, these two contradictory extremes that medicine has tended to vacillate between: either women's reproductive functions are pathologized as innately abnormal - in which case any symptoms they b…"

-Maya Dusenbery, Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick

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24. The Seven Circles: Indigenous Teachings for Living Well

By: Chelsey Luger

4.39

Format: 256 pages, ebook

In this revolutionary self-help guide, two beloved Native American wellness activists offer wisdom … read more

Similar categories in Chelsey Luger's The Seven Circles: Indigenous Teachings for Living Well book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster

25. Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

By: Michelle Duster

3.74

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Called “a dangerous negro agitator” by the FBI, and a “brave woman” by Frederick Douglass, an inspi… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life by Jane Sherron De Hart

26. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life

By: Jane Sherron De Hart

4.21

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

The first full life—private, public, legal, philosophical—of the 107th Supreme Court Justice, one o… read more

Similar categories in Jane Sherron De Hart's Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"As the economy began to improve in the early 1940s, she made small deposits into five local savings banks for Kiki's education. Having lived through the crash, when banks closed their doors and custo…"

-Jane Sherron De Hart, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life

Cover of Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones

27. Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All

By: Martha S. Jones

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The epic history of African American women's pursuit of political power -- and how it transformed A… read more

Similar categories in Martha S. Jones's Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • race
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation by Steve Luxenberg

28. Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation

By: Steve Luxenberg

4.18

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

Separate is a myth-shattering narrative of one of the most consequential Supreme Court cases of the… read more

Similar categories in Steve Luxenberg's Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth by Brian Stelter

29. Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth

By: Brian Stelter

4.08

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

The urgent and untold story of the collusion between Fox News and Donald Trump from the New York Ti… read more

Similar categories in Brian Stelter's Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"I'm writing this book as a citizen; as an advocate for factual journalism; and as a new dad who thinks about what kind of world my children are going to inherit. This story is about a rot at the core…"

-Brian Stelter, Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth

Cover of Cousins: Connected through slavery, a Black woman and a White woman discover their past—and each other by Betty Kilby Baldwin

30. Cousins: Connected through slavery, a Black woman and a White woman discover their past—and each other

By: Betty Kilby Baldwin

4.18

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when a White woman, Phoebe, contacts a Black woman, Betty, saying she suspects they ar… read more

Similar categories in Betty Kilby Baldwin's Cousins: Connected through slavery, a Black woman and a White woman discover their past—and each other book and Michelle Duster's Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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31. Little Shrew

By: Akiko Miyakoshi

4.33

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Akiko Miyakoshi returns with a beguiling, quietly magical appreciation of life’s little pleasures. … read more

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15 Best audiobook books like Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster

Transform Your Habits

"I Am a Man": Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice

Joe Starita

3.83

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Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir

Rebecca Carroll

4.06

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Plan A

Deb Caletti

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

Ned Blackhawk

4.18

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Night Watch

Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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4.54

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