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• When Trees Testify

  Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy

  Montgomery, Beronda L.,

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  Explores the ways seven trees―as well as the cotton shrub―are intertwined with Black history and culture. Montgomery reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning.

• Black History Is for Everyone

  Jones, Brian (Brian P.),

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  A longtime educator explores how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race, nation, and the stories we tell about who we are.

• One of Them Days

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  When Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA) that discover Alyssa's boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.

• Prose to the People

  a Celebration of Black Bookstores

  Mitchell, Katie (Katherine Anne),

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  Interspersed throughout are essays, poems, and interviews by journalists, activists, authors, academics, and poets that offer deeper perspectives on these bookstores' role throughout the diaspora.

• A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects

  Awake, Robell,

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  Ten beautifully illustrated essays tell the stories of handcrafted objects and their makers, providing inspiration and insight into Black history and craftsmanship.

• Sinners

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  Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (both played by Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown only to find an even greater evil waiting to welcome them back.

• Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras

  a History of Blaxploitation Cinema

  Henderson, Odie,

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  The definitive account of the freewheeling, often shameless, and wildly influential genre—from a distinctive voice in film history and criticism.

• Lawmen

  Bass Reeves

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  Follows the journey of Reeves (played by David Oyelowo) and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as one of the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshals west of the Mississippi.

• My Black Country

  a Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present and Future

  Randall, Alice, 1959-

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  Alice Randall explores Black influence in country music, from DeFord Bailey to modern artists, while making history as the first Black woman to cowrite a #1 song.

• Resist

  How a Century of Young Black Activists Shaped America

  Omokha, Rita,

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  The story of young Black activists at the helm of fighting injustice over the last century, from the 1920s to the Trayvon generation, and how they transformed America and left an indelible mark on history.

• The Swans of Harlem

  Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

  Valby, Karen,

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  The forgotten story of Lydia Abarça, Gayle McKinney, Sheila Rohan, Marcia Sells, and Karlya Shelton—who traveled the world as highly celebrated stars in their field and whose legacy was erased from history until now.

• The Art of Ruth E. Carter

  Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, From Do the Right Thing to Black Panther

  Carter, Ruth E., 1960-

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  For three decades, Carter has shaped the story of the Black experience on screen. In this definitive book, she shares her origins, describes her passion for history, and her journey into Afrofuturism.

• Been Outside

  Adventures of Black Women, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming People in Nature

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  22 writers and researchers contemplate the moments that sparked their love of nature, as well as the ways time in the field and outdoor adventures have enhanced or expanded their perspectives about what is possible.

• The Blackening

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  Skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?

• Crowned With Glory

  How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History

  Holmes, Jasmine L., 1990-

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  Collects writings, both familiar and lesser-known, to shine a light on what has always been there: an enormous movement of Black Americans demanding the liberty that was promised and is deserved.

• Driving the Green Book

  a Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance

  Hall, Alvin, 1952-

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  With his friend Janée Woods Weber, Hall sets out to revisit the world of the Green Book and finds people who had endured the dramatic challenges of that time.

• I Love My People

  Singleton, Kim,

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  Singleton invites us into call-and-response and brings a refreshing cadence to the page that captures every decade of Black joy in all its resilient, diverse, and excellent splendor.

• The Streets Win

  50 Years of Hip-hop Greatness

  LL Cool J, 1968-

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  A vivid chronicle of the rhythm, rhyme, and reason of hip hop; told through intimate narratives, over 150 iconic images, and the voices of its founding artists.

• Washington State Rising

  Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest

  Robinson, Marc Arsell,

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  Documents the origins, actions, and impacts of the Black Student Union in the state of Washington during the tumultuous late 1960s.

• We See Each Other

  a Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  Anderson, Tre'vell, 1991-

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  As the narrative unfolds, Anderson knits together the history of trans people on screen with stories of their life growing up and their formative experiences as a Black, trans journalist.