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• African Founders

  How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals

  Fischer, David Hackett, 1935-

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  "A brilliant synthesis of African and African-American history that shows how slavery differed in different regions of the country, and how the Africans and their descendants influenced the culture, commerce, and laws of the early United States"--

• Best Barbarian

  Reeves, Roger,

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  "An incandescent collection that interrogates the personal and political nature of desire, freedom, and disaster. In his brilliant, expansive second volume, Whiting Award-winning poet Roger Reeves probes the apocalypses and raptures of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Women Writers at Work

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  Contains a collection of interviews with fourteen Black women authors.

• California Soul

  An American Epic of Cooking and Survival

  Corbin, Keith, 1980-

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  "Before becoming executive chef and part owner of the California soul food restaurant Alta Adams in West LA, Keith Corbin had spent a quarter of his life in prison. Renowned as the best cook of crack cocaine in Los Angeles, Corbin more or less…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Immortal Valor

  the Black Medal of Honor Winners of World War II

  Child, Robert, 1963-

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  Tells the story of seven African American soldiers in World War II who were finally awarded Medals of Honor for their service in 1993 based on the work of a research team at Shaw University in North Carolina.

• Koshersoul

  the Faith and Food Journey of An African American Jew

  Twitty, Michael W., 1977-

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  "The James Beard award-winning author of the acclaimed The Cooking Gene explores the cultural crossroads of Jewish and African diaspora cuisine and issues of memory, identity, and food. In Koshersoul, Michael W. Twitty considers the marriage of two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Slave Ship

  the True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and An Extraordinary Reckoning

  Raines, Ben,

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  "The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this day -- by the journalist who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Love You Save

  Taylor, Goldie,

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  An acclaimed journalist and human rights activist shares the harrowing yet deeply hopeful story of her troubled childhood in East St. Louis--a memoir of family, faith and the power of books.

• The Movement Made Us

  a Father, a Son, and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride

  Dennis, David J., Jr.,

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  "A dynamic family exchange that pivots between the voices of a father and son, The Movement Made Us is a unique work of oral history and memoir, chronicling the extraordinary story of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and its living legacy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My People

  Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives

  Hunter-Gault, Charlayne,

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  "Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an eminent Dean of American journalism, a vital voice whose work chronicled the civil rights movement and so much of what has transpired since then. My People is the definitive collection of her reportage and commentary.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Seven Black Fathers

  a Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole

  Jawando, Will, 1983-

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  "A memoir by the lawyer, activist, and county councilman Will Jawando"-- an attorney, an activist, a community leader, and a councilmember in Montgomery County, Maryland, a diverse community of more than one million residents.

• Never Forget Our People Were Always Free

  a Parable of American Healing

  Jealous, Ben, 1973-

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  "'One of the nation's most prominent civil rights leaders' (Washington Post), a New York Times bestselling author, community organizer, investigative journalist, Ivy League professor, and former head of the NAACP, Ben Jealous draws from a life lived…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stayed on Freedom

  the Long History of Black Power Through One Family's Journey

  Berger, Dan, 1981-

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  "The Black Power movement is usually associated with heroic, iconic figures, like Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X, but largely missing from stories about the Black freedom struggle are the hundreds of ordinary foot soldiers who were just as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Straight Shooter

  a Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes

  Smith, Stephen A. (Stephen Anthony), 1967-

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  "America's most popular sports media figure tells it like it is in this surprisingly personal book, not only dishing out his signature, uninhibited opinions but also revealing the challenges he overcame in childhood as well as at ESPN, and who he…Read moreRead more of this annotation