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• Black AF History

  the Un-whitewashed Story of America

  Harriot, Michael,

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  From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. America's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Aviators: Flying Free

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  U.S. black aviators' history has remained barely known to the general public--until now.

• Small Shoes, Great Strides

  How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality

  Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux,

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  A powerful true story about three Black girls who courageously integrated a New Orleans school on November 14, 1960, told by award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

• Driving the Green Book

  a Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance

  Hall, Alvin, 1952-

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  Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Year of Black Joy

  52 Black Voices Share Their Life Passions

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  Celebrate Black life with contributions from 52 visionaries, creators, and changemakers.

• The Silver Women

  How Black Women's Labor Made the Panama Canal

  Flores-Villalobos, Joan,

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  The Panama Canal was realized as much through the exploitation of a racialized class of workers as it was by American ingenuity. What is less visible, and less understood, is the project's dependence on the domestic and care labor of Black migrant…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Art of Ruth E. Carter

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

  Carter, Ruthe,

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  The definitive, deluxe art book from costume design legend Ruth E. Carter

• 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

• The 272

  the Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church

  Swarns, Rachel L.,

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  "In 1838, a group of America's most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their largest mission project, what is now Georgetown University. In this powerful account, journalist, author, and professor Rachel L. Swarns follows…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Justice Rising

  12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement

  Russell-Brown, Katheryn, 1961-

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  Told through twelve short biographies, this book celebrates just some of the many Black women--each of whom has been largely underrepresented until now--who were instrumental to the nation's fight for civil rights and the contributions they made in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Twice as Hard

  the Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, From the Civil War to the 21st Century

  Brown, Jasmine,

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  "No complete history of black women physicians in the US exists, and what little mention is made of these women in existing histories is often insubstantial or altogether incorrect. In this work of extensive research, Jasmine Brown offers a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Invincible

  Fathers and Mothers of Black America

  Hudson, Wade,

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  "In a poetic narrative of the origins of Black America, acclaimed Black author and publisher Wade Hudson teaches us about the little-known men and women who had a profound effect on the history of the nation. Black America was built by brave…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Invisible Generals

  Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America's First Black Generals

  Melville, Doug,

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  "In Invisible Generals, Melville shares his quest to rediscover his family's story across five generations, from post-Civil War America to modern day Asia and Europe. In life, the Davises were denied the recognition and compensation they'd earned,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• School Clothes

  a Collective Memoir of Black Student Witness

  Givens, Jarvis R.,

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  Black students were forced to live and learn on the Black side of the color line for centuries, during slavery, Emancipation, and the Jim Crow era. And for just as long, even through to today, Black students have been seen as a problem and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Extraordinary Black Women Who Shaped American History

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  This informative DVD examines amazing Black women that shaped America and made it what it is today. Highlighting their accomplishments, dedication, and achievements, this program focuses on their place in American history, what their lives were…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Kneeling Man

  My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

  Seletzky, Leta McCollough,

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  The intimate and heartbreaking story of a Black undercover police officer who famously kneeled by the assassinated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr--and a daughter's quest for the truth about her fatherIn the famous photograph of the assassination of…Read moreRead more of this annotation