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…
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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
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- race
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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
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- american history
- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- african american
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
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- historical
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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
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- politics
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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
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- nonfiction
- race
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- 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
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
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- history
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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
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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
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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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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
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"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
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
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- historical
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- african american
"Friendship was trouble in business."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"You’ve got to be strong to get old."-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
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
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"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
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
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- politics
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- african american
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
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- race
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- school
- oral history
- historical
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