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African American History Month: Political Leaders
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Barbara Jordan : speaking the truth with eloquent thunder
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Dark days, bright nights : from Black power to Barack Obama
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Marshalling justice : the early civil rights letters of Thurgood Marshall
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Silent covenants : Brown v. Board of Education and the unfulfilled hopes for racial reform
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A way out of no way : the spiritual memoirs of Andrew Young.
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All eyes are upon us : race and politics from Boston to Brooklyn
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An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America
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Barack Obama : the official inaugural book
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Bayard Rustin : troubles I've seen : a biography
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Black congressmen during Reconstruction : a documentary sourcebook
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Black firsts : 4,000 ground-breaking and pioneering historical events
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Blackballed : the Black vote and US democracy
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Bridging the divide : my life
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Civil rights and the promise of equality : photographs from the National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Equal justice-- under law : an autobiography
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Fighting Shirley Chisholm.
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Great African-American lawyers : raising the bar of freedom
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Jesse : the life and pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson
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Julian Bond: Black rebel.
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
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Kamala's way : an American life
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Lay bare the heart : an autobiography of the civil rights movement
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Lying down with the lions : a public life from the streets of Oakland to the halls of power
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Ralph Bunche—An American Life
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Roy Wilkins : the quiet revolutionary and the NAACP
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Showdown : Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America
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Soldier : the life of Colin Powell
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The Black presidency : Barack Obama and the politics of race in America
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The handy African American history answer book
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The loneliness of the Black Republican : pragmatic politics and the pursuit of power
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The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
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The senator and the socialite : the true story of America's first black dynasty
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The voting rights war : the NAACP and the ongoing struggle for justice
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This little light of mine : the life of Fannie Lou Hamer
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Tom Bradley: The Impossible Dream: A Biography
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Watch me fly : what I learned on the way to becoming the woman I was meant to be
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Womanpower Unlimited and the Black freedom struggle in Mississippi
Essential Readings for Adults and Teens
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March: Book One
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
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Between the World and Me
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Black Is the New White
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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
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Chokehold: Policing Black Men
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Dear Martin
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Genesis Begins Again
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How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice From White People
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How to Be an Antiracist
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
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Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement
Learn more about nine women who made significant contributions to the Civil Rights Movement, and their experiences with discrimination by
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Long Way Down
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March: Book Three
March books one through three are a modern classic of graphic nonfiction with starred reviews from every major reviewer.
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March: Book Two
March books one through three are a modern classic of graphic nonfiction with starred reviews from every major reviewer.
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
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Monster
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One Person, No Vote (YA edition): How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
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Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation
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So You Want to Talk About Race
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
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The Bluest Eye
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
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The Hate U Give
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race