7 best-selling history books like Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s by Henry Hampton

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Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

By: Henry Hampton

4.50

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

“A vast choral pageant that recounts the momentous work of the civil rights struggle.”— The New Yor…

If you liked the history plot in Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s by Henry Hampton , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Go Tell It on the Mountain

By: James Baldwin

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a semi-autobiog… read more

Similar categories in James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

  • race
  • african american
Cover of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 by Julian Bond, Juan Williams, Williams

2. Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965

By: Julian Bond , Juan Williams , Williams

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eyes on the Prizetraces the movement from the landmark Brown v. the Board of Educationcase in 1954 … read more

Similar categories in Julian Bond's Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past by John Lewis Gaddis

3. The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past

By: John Lewis Gaddis

3.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a… read more

Similar categories in John Lewis Gaddis's The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • school
Cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

4. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

By: Bryan Stevenson

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our bro… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

  • politics
  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. The Autobiography of Malcolm X

By: Alex Haley , Malcolm X

4.36

Format: 466 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688 Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became … read more

Similar categories in Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm X book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

  • nonfiction
  • race
  • history
  • african american
"We all like chicken"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"كانت حياتي سلسة من التحولات"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"لا يدرك الناس أن كتابا واحدا قد يغير حياة انسان"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was Firmly Corrected"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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6. Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

By: Anne Moody

4.11

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived thro… read more

Similar categories in Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • history
  • school

7. "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity

By: Beverly Daniel Tatum

4.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism-now fully revised and updated Walk into … read more

Similar categories in Beverly Daniel Tatum's "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

8. What They Fought for, 1861-1865

By: James M. McPherson

3.78

Format: 80 pages,

In Battle Cry Of Freedom, James M. McPherson presented a fascinating, concise general history of th… read more

Similar categories in James M. McPherson's What They Fought for, 1861-1865 book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

9. Journey into the Whirlwind

By: Evgenia Ginzburg , Max Hayward , Paul Stevenson

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eugenia Ginzburg's critically acclaimed memoir of the harrowing eighteen years she spent in prisons… read more

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10. The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle

By: Clayborne Carson , Vincent Harding , David J. Garrow , Darlene Clark Hine , None

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Clayborne Carson's The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

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11. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

By: Katherine May

3.86

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knoc… read more

Similar categories in Katherine May's Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

  • nonfiction
"The problem with “everything"

-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

"Much to my regret, I have yet to befriend a robin."

-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

"The only thing breaking me was pretending to be like everyone else."

-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

"You need to live a life that you can cope with, not the one that other people want."

-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

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12. Deacon King Kong

By: James McBride

4.17

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The funny, sharp, and surprising story of the shooting of a Brooklyn drug dealer and the people who… read more

Similar categories in James McBride's Deacon King Kong book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

  • historical
  • race
  • african american
"You’ve got to be strong to get old."

-James McBride, Deacon King Kong

"Friendship was trouble in business."

-James McBride, Deacon King Kong

"A man ain’t got to stand in church every Sunday to do God’s work."

-James McBride, Deacon King Kong

"Is your cheese this good? This wasn’t plain old housing projects “cheese food"

-James McBride, Deacon King Kong

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13. The Nickel Boys

By: Colson Whitehead

4.26

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

Author of The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of Ameri… read more

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  • historical
  • race
  • african american
"Even in death the boys were trouble."

-Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

"Violence is the only lever big enough to move the world"

-Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

"People get rid of plenty when they move--sometimes they're changing not just places but personalities."

-Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

"The encyclopedias are empty. There are people who trick you and deliver emptiness with a smile, while others rob you of your self-respect. You need to remember who you are."

-Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

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14. Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-2000

By: Adam Fairclough

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the end of postwar Reconstruction in the South to an analysis of the rise and fall of Black Po… read more

Similar categories in Adam Fairclough's Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-2000 book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • school
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s by Henry Hampton

15. Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

By: Henry Hampton

4.50

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

“A vast choral pageant that recounts the momentous work of the civil rights struggle.”— The New Yor… read more

Similar categories in Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s book and Henry Hampton's Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s

  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • school
  • oral history
  • historical
  • politics
  • southern
  • nonfiction
  • african american

5 Top historical books like Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s by Henry Hampton

Transform Your Habits

The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past

John Lewis Gaddis

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Deacon King Kong

James McBride

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-2000

Adam Fairclough

3.96

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20 Top audiobook books like Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

Transform Your Habits

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

4.18

Transform Your Habits

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Margaret Renkl

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

Gretchen Rubin

3.72

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