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Admissions : a memoir of surviving boarding school


James, Kendra, author.
New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2022. 2022

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Afropessimism


Wilderson, Frank B., III, 1956- author.
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2020] 2020

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Aftershocks : a memoir


Owusu, Nadia, 1981- author.
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021. 2021

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Always another country : a memoir of exile and home


Msimang, Sisonke, author.
New York : World Editions, LLC, 2018. 2018

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Angela Davis : an autobiography


Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- author.
Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books , 2021. 2021

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Angela Davis : an autobiography


Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- author, narrator.
[Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Publishing, [2022] 2022

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Backlash : what happens when we talk honestly about racism in America


Yancy, George, author.
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 2018

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Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo"


Hurston, Zora Neale, author.
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] 2018

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Becoming


Obama, Michelle, 1964- author.
New York : Crown, 2018. 2018

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Becoming


Obama, Michelle, 1964- author, narrator.
New York, New York : Random House Audio, Inc. ; [Westminster, MD] : Books on Tape, [2018] 2018

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Becoming : mi historia


Obama, Michelle, 1964- author.
[New York] : Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018] 2018

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Becoming : mi historia


Obama, Michelle, 1964- author.
Miami, FL : Plaza Janés : Penguin Random House, [2018] 2018

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Belonging : a daughter's search for identity through loss and love


Miller, Michelle, 1967- author.
Farmington Hills : Thorndike Press Large Print Black Voices, 2023. 2023

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The big three : Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and the rebirth of the Boston Celtics


Holley, Michael, 1970- author.
[New York] : Hachette Book Group, [2020] 2020

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Black firsts : 500 years of trailblazing achievements and ground-breaking events


Smith, Jessie Carney, 1930- author.
Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press, [2021] 2021

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Black Indian


Buchanan, Shonda, author.
[Place of publication not identified] : Wayne State University Press, [2019] 2019

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Black joy : stories of resistance, resilience, and restoration


Lewis-Giggetts, Tracey M., author.
New York : Gallery Books, [2022] 2022

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Black magic : what Black leaders learned from trauma and triumph


Sanders, Chad, author.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021. 2021

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The Black Panther Party : a graphic novel history


Walker, David, 1968- author.
[Emeryville] California : Ten Speed Press, [2021] 2021

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Black widow : a sad-funny journey through grief for people who normally avoid books with words like


Streeter, Leslie Gray, author.
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. 2020

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The blues : the authentic narrative of my music and culture


King, Chris Thomas, author.
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2021] 2021

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The book of delights


Gay, Ross, 1974- author.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2022. 2022

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Breathe : a letter to my sons


Perry, Imani, 1972-
Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2019] 2019

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Citizen Outlaw : One Man's Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper


Barber, Charles, author.
[New York] : HarperCollins, [2019] 2019

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The community


Chisholm, N. Jamiyla, author.
[Grand Haven, Michigan] : Brilliance Audio, [2022] 2022

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Dance your dance : 8 steps to unleash your passion and live your dream


Gibson, Laurieann, 1969- author.
Nashville, Tennessee : W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2021] 2021

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A Dancer in the Revolution : Stretch Johnson, Harlem Communist at the Cotton Club


Johnson, Howard Eugene, 1915-2000, author.
[Place of publication not identified] : Fordham University Press, [2014] 2014

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The dead are arising : the life of Malcolm X


Payne, Les, 1941-2018 author.
[Prince Frederick, Maryland] : Recorded Books, Inc., [2020] 2020

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Dear Senthuran : a Black spirit memoir


Emezi, Akwaeke, author.
New York : Riverhead Books, 2021. 2021

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Diamond Doris : the true story of the world's most notorious jewel thief


Payne, Doris, 1930- author.
[New York] : HarperCollins, [2019] 2019

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Don't let them bury my story : the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre in her own word


Ford Fletcher, Viola, author.
New York, NY : Mocha Media Publishing, [2023] 2023

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The dragons, the giant, the women : a memoir


Moore, Wayétu, author.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, [2020] 2020

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Elegy for Mary Turner : an illustrated account of a lynching


Williams, Rachel Marie-Crane, 1972- author.
London : Verso, 2021. 2021

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Entertaining race : performing blackness in America


Dyson, Michael Eric, author, narrator.
New York, NY : Macmillan Audio, [2021] 2021

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Everything lost is found again : four seasons in Lesotho


McGrath, Will, 1980- author.
Ann Arbor, MI : Dzanc Books, 2018. 2018

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Fear of a black universe : an outsider's guide to the future of physics


Alexander, Stephon, author.
New York : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2021. 2021

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A few days full of trouble : revelations on the journey to justice for my cousin and best friend, Em


Parker, Wheeler, 1939- author.
New York : One World, [2023] 2023

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Five days : the fiery reckoning of an American city


Moore, Wes, 1978- author.
New York : One World, [2020] 2020

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Four hundred souls : a community history of African America, 1619-2019



New York : Random House Large Print, [2021] 2021

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From prison cells to PhD : it is never too late to do good


Andrisse, Stanley, author, narrator.
[Prince Frederick, Maryland] : Recorded Books, Inc., [2021] 2021

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The Garretts of Columbia : a Black South Carolina family from slavery to the dawn of integration


Nicholson, David, 1951- author.
Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2024] 2024

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The girl in the yellow poncho : a memoir


Zook, Kristal Brent, author.
Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2023. 2023

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Girlz 'n the Hood : A Memoir of Mama in South Central Los Angeles


Hill-Wagner, Mary, author.
[Place of publication not identified] : Regal House Publishing, [2021] 2021

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Going to the mountain : life lessons from my grandfather, Nelson Mandela


Mandela, Ndaba, author.
New York : Hachette Books, 2018. 2018

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Grief is love : living with loss


Lee, Marisa Renee, author, narrator.
[New York] : Hachette Book Group, [2022] 2022

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How we fight for our lives : a memoir


Jones, Saeed, author.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019. 2019

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I, Eric Ngalle : One Man's Journey Crossing Continents from Africa to Europe


Charles, Eric Ngalle, author.
[Place of publication not identified] : Parthian Books, [2020] 2020

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I take my coffee black


Merritt, Tyler, author, narrator.
[New York] : Hachette Book Group, [2021] 2021

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Ida B. the queen : the extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells


Duster, Michelle, author.
New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2021. 2021

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