John Hope Franklin, Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
The twentieth-century fight for civil rights told in first-person by a preeminent American historian. According to Toni Morrison, the autobiography “is an astonishing, beautiful, intelligent record of an extraordinary life.”
The twentieth-century fight for civil rights told in first-person by a preeminent American historian. According to Toni Morrison, the autobiography “is an astonishing, beautiful, intelligent record of an extraordinary life.”
Ben Jealous, Never Forget Our People Were Always Free; A Parable of American Healing. New York: Harper Collins, 2023.
One of the nation’s most prominent Civil Rights leaders, a bestselling author, community organizer, journalist, Ivy League professor, and former head of the NAACP, Ben Jealous draws from a life lived on America’s racial fault line to deliver a series of gripping and lively parables that call on each of us to reconcile, heal, and work fearlessly to make America one nation.
One of the nation’s most prominent Civil Rights leaders, a bestselling author, community organizer, journalist, Ivy League professor, and former head of the NAACP, Ben Jealous draws from a life lived on America’s racial fault line to deliver a series of gripping and lively parables that call on each of us to reconcile, heal, and work fearlessly to make America one nation.
William G. Thomas, III, A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020.
The book studies enslaved families in Maryland, Northern Virginia and the District who sued for their freedom in the decades between the American Revolution and the Civil War.
The book studies enslaved families in Maryland, Northern Virginia and the District who sued for their freedom in the decades between the American Revolution and the Civil War.
Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation. New York: HarperCollins, 2022.
Growing up in the South herself, author Imani Perry shares her personal experiences while leading readers through lessons about the region’s history, culture and landscapes.
Growing up in the South herself, author Imani Perry shares her personal experiences while leading readers through lessons about the region’s history, culture and landscapes.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.
IA nonfiction book written by American author Ta-Nehisi Coates and published originally by Spiegel & Grau. It was written by Coates as a letter to his then-teenage son about his perception of what the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being Black in the United States are.
IA nonfiction book written by American author Ta-Nehisi Coates and published originally by Spiegel & Grau. It was written by Coates as a letter to his then-teenage son about his perception of what the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being Black in the United States are.
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project: a New Origin Story. New York: Penguin Random House, 2019.
The 1619 Project is The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning reframing of American history that placed slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. The project, which was initially launched in August of 2019, offered a revealing new origin story for the United States, one that helped explain not only the persistence of anti-Black racism and inequality in American life today, but also the roots of so much of what makes the country unique.
The 1619 Project is The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning reframing of American history that placed slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. The project, which was initially launched in August of 2019, offered a revealing new origin story for the United States, one that helped explain not only the persistence of anti-Black racism and inequality in American life today, but also the roots of so much of what makes the country unique.
The Autobiography of Malcom X as Told to Alex Haley. New York: Ballantine Books, 1973.
The arc of a person from being Malcom Little to Malcom X to el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz is so much more than the story of a militant civil rights leader. For all the many reasons this book is important, I think it is important for many to understand the institutions which have undermined Black equality have been external and internal to the Black community. In challenging racism and those who sought to profit from racism, Malcom became a threat and faced the same fate as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The arc of a person from being Malcom Little to Malcom X to el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz is so much more than the story of a militant civil rights leader. For all the many reasons this book is important, I think it is important for many to understand the institutions which have undermined Black equality have been external and internal to the Black community. In challenging racism and those who sought to profit from racism, Malcom became a threat and faced the same fate as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Edited by Clayborne Carson. New York: Warner Books, 2001.
Relevant and insightful, The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. offers King’s seldom disclosed views on some of the world’s greatest and most controversial figures: John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mahatma Gandhi, and Richard Nixon. It paints a moving portrait of a people, a time, and a nation in the face of powerful change. And it shows how Americans from all walks of life can make a difference if they have the courage to hope for a better future.
Relevant and insightful, The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. offers King’s seldom disclosed views on some of the world’s greatest and most controversial figures: John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mahatma Gandhi, and Richard Nixon. It paints a moving portrait of a people, a time, and a nation in the face of powerful change. And it shows how Americans from all walks of life can make a difference if they have the courage to hope for a better future.
Nikki Giovanni , ed. The 100 Best African American Poems: A Black Poetry Collection. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2010.
The volume includes the works of Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and of course Nikki Giovanni.
The volume includes the works of Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and of course Nikki Giovanni.
Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo. New York: Penguin Classics, 2013.
Novel written by a Black author. It is a classic and represents one of the unknown ways in which Black culture has shaped Western civilization. Think about it, the author who created The Three Musketeefrs and inspired the creation of countless other heroes has had a key fact of his identity conveniently forgotten. His grandmother was a Haitian slave.
Novel written by a Black author. It is a classic and represents one of the unknown ways in which Black culture has shaped Western civilization. Think about it, the author who created The Three Musketeefrs and inspired the creation of countless other heroes has had a key fact of his identity conveniently forgotten. His grandmother was a Haitian slave.
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