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A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by James Washington
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Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
by Wes Moore
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The Butler: A Witness to History
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Native Son (Modern Classics)
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Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery
by Leon F Litwack
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Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities
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Black Athena the Afroasiatic Roots Volume 1
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A Lesson Before Dying (Vintage Contemporaries)
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Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member
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The Classic Slave Narratives (Signet Classics)
by Henry Louis Gates
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Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-64
by Taylor Branch
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Coming of Age in Mississippi
by Anne Moody
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Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need to Stop Doing
by Karen Hunter
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