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• All Boys Aren't Blue

  a Memoir-manifesto

  Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-

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  Biography/Memoir. This book is a collection of autobiographical essays by LGBTQ+ activist and journalist George M. Johnson.

• Black Radical

  the Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter

  Greenidge, Kerri K,

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  Biography/Memoir. Harvard-educated William Monroe Trotter edited Boston’s Guardian, a weekly newspaper with national influence that helped spread his vision of Black liberation.

• The Dead Are Arising

  the Life of Malcolm X

  Payne, Les, 1941-

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  Biography/Memoir. Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Thirty years ago, Les Payne began interviewing anyone he could find who knew Malcolm X in his attempt to correct and supplement the historical record.

• His Truth Is Marching on

  John Lewis and the Power of Hope

  Meacham, Jon,

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  Biography/Memoir. This book is the biography of the noted Civil Rights activist and U.S. Congressman John Lewis, who found inspiration from the Bible, his parents, and his teachers.

• My Vanishing Country

  a Memoir

  Sellers, Bakari, 1984-

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  Biography/Memoir. In this part memoir, part historical and cultural analysis, CNN political analyst Bakari Sellers reflects on being raised in a “forgotten” community in rural South Carolina with water, medical, food, and internet issues.

• A Promised Land

  Obama, Barack,

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  Biography/Memoir. This is the first volume of his presidential memoirs.

• This Is What America Looks Like

  My Journey From Refugee to Congresswoman

  Omar, Ilhan, 1981-

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  Biography/Memoir. Ilhan Omar arrived in the United States from a Kenyan refugee camp when she was 12. She worked as a community organizer, graduated from college, and was elected to Congress.

• Black Fatigue

  How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

  Winters, Mary-Frances,

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  Black Lives Matter. Black Fatigue describes the impact of systemic racism on the psychological and physical health of contemporary African Americans.

• Black Software

  the Internet and Racial Justice, From the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter

  McIlwain, Charlton D., 1971-

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  Black Lives Matter. This book describes the roles African Americans played in the creation of the internet and the use of technology to promote racial justice.

• Five Days

  the Fiery Reckoning of An American City

  Moore, Wes, 1978-

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  Black Lives Matter. Told through the eyes of a variety of Baltimoreans, Wes Moore and Erica Green revisit the story of the five-day uprising that occurred following the death of Freddie Gray while he was in police custody.

• Our Time Is Now

  Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

  Abrams, Stacey,

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  Black Lives Matter. Author and activist Stacey Abrams shares stories of historic and personal voter suppression.

• The Purpose of Power

  How We Come Together When We Fall Apart

  Garza, Alicia, 1981-

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  Black Lives Matter. Lifelong organizer Alicia Garza shares her organizing strategies of forging connections with communities, building multicultural coalitions, and encouraging all sorts of people to fight for change.

• Stakes Is High

  Life After the American Dream

  Smith, Mychal Denzel, 1986-

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  Black Lives Matter. In a series of essays, the author examines such contemporary questions as patriotism and justice, freedom and inequality, incarceration, and police violence.

• Stamped

  Racism, Antiracism, and You

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  Black Lives Matter. This book describes how racism started and spread, and how to eliminate it.

• The Talk

  Conversations About Race, Love & Truth

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  Black Lives Matter. A collection of 30 illustrated essays about self-esteem, identity, and racism.

• Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

  Acho, Emmanuel,

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  Black Lives Matter. The author answers all large and small questions about white privilege, cultural appropriation, and color blindness in an open and compassionate way.

• Begin Again

  James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own

  Glaude, Eddie S., Jr., 1968-

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  Expressions. The author finds inspiration in the words and deeds of James Baldwin, which help him cope with contemporary America.

• Finna

  Poems

  Marshall, Nate (Poet)

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  Expressions. This collection of poems examines modern life, written in an African American vernacular.

• Glory

  Magical Visions of Black Beauty

  Bethencourt, Kahran,

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  Expressions. Using photography and essays, this book celebrates the diverse beauty of Black children, past and present.

• Just Us

  An American Conversation

  Rankine, Claudia, 1963-

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  Expressions. This collection of essays, commentaries, images, and poems explore the study of whiteness and white supremacy.