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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0carlosmcknight's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Campus Color Line: College Presidents and the Struggle for Black Freedom by Eddie R. Cole

The Campus Color Line: College Presidents and the Struggle for Black Freedom

Eddie R. Cole

376 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0carlosmcknight's review
nonfiction education history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills

Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires

Shomari Wills

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0carlosmcknight's review
nonfiction biography history medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

312 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0carlosmcknight's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur

274 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0carlosmcknight's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

362 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0carlosmcknight's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0carlosmcknight's review
nonfiction memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced