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The Lies They Told
Ellen Marie Wiseman
4.31 average rating, · 32.6k ratings
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Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot
4.59 average rating, · 10.8k ratings
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Douglas A. Blackmon
4.38 average rating, · 7.2k ratings
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Carole Boston Weatherford
4.49 average rating, · 4.3k ratings
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Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Brandy Colbert
4.24 average rating, · 4.1k ratings
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Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You
Sonja Cherry-Paul
4.39 average rating, · 2.9k ratings
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1919
Eve L. Ewing
4.48 average rating, · 2.8k ratings
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Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America
Lerone Bennett Jr.
4.44 average rating, · 2.9k ratings
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Let the Children March: An Inspiring Civil Rights Story About Courage and Change for Children
Monica Clark-Robinson
4.57 average rating, · 2.1k ratings
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
Debbie Reese
4.35 average rating, · 1.8k ratings
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From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement
Paula Yoo
4.20 average rating, · 1.6k ratings
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Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Jonah Winter
4.39 average rating, · 1.5k ratings
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The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets
Gayle E. Pitman
4.05 average rating, · 1.4k ratings
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We March
Shane W. Evans
4.16 average rating, · 1.3k ratings
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The Awakening of Malcolm X
Ilyasah Shabazz
4.23 average rating, · 1.2k ratings
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And We Rise
Erica Martin
4.31 average rating, · 1.1k ratings
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The Color of a Lie
Kim Johnson
4.24 average rating, · 1.1k ratings
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Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution
Diane McWhorter
4.22 average rating, · 1.1k ratings
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The Trinity of Fundamentals
Wisam Rafeedie
4.54 average rating, · 885 ratings
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Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
Kekla Magoon
4.44 average rating, · 908 ratings
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The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American Myth
Jermaine Fowler
4.47 average rating, · 749 ratings
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The Accommodation: The Politics of Race in an American City
Jim Schutze
4.33 average rating, · 742 ratings
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Fred Korematsu Speaks Up
Laura Atkins
4.21 average rating, · 726 ratings
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Sometimes People March
Tessa Allen
4.35 average rating, · 656 ratings
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