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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama

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Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Alex Haley

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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
by Douglas A. Blackmon

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In this groundbreaking historical exposé, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history—an “Age of Neoslavery” that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World... (read more)
 
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Life of Olaudah Equiano (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Olaudah Equaino

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Civil Rights Movement

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63
by Taylor Branch

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Folklore

Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States
by Zora Neale Hurston

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Slavery and Reconstruction

Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History
by Thomas Norman DeWolf

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In 2001, at forty-seven, Thomas DeWolf was astounded to discover that he was related to the most successful slave-trading family in American history, responsible for transporting at least 10,000 Africans to the Americas. His infamous ancestor, U.S... (read more)
 
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To the Mountaintop: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Sacred Mission to Save America: 1955-1968
by Stewart Burns

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More than a biography, To the Mountaintop is the history of a turbulent epoch that changed the course of American and world history. Moral warrior and nonviolent apostle; man of God rocked by fury, fear, and guilt; rational thinker driven by emotional... (read more)
 
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Practical Virtues: Everyday Values and Devotions for African American Families
by Floyd H Flake

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