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• The American Daughters

  A Novel

  Ruffin, Maurice Carlos

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  “An enthralling tale of a secret resistance movement run by Black women in pre-Civil War New Orleans.”—Time “Stirring . . . In telling this important, neglected history with imagination-fueled research, The American Daughters offers an inspiring…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Americanah

  Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-

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  Separated by differing ambitions after falling in love in occupied Nigeria, beautiful Ifemelu experiences triumph and defeat in America, while Obinze endures an undocumented status in London until the pair is reunited in their homeland fifteen years…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Another Brooklyn

  a Novel

  Woodson, Jacqueline,

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  A Finalist for the 2016 National Book Award New York Times Bestseller A SeattleTimes pick for Summer Reading Roundup 2017 The acclaimed New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming delivers her first…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X

  X, Malcolm, 1925-1965

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  In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X offers his fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Barracoon

  the Story of the Last "black Cargo"

  Hurston, Zora Neale,

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  New York Times Bestseller * TIME Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 * New York Public Library's Best Book of 2018 * NPR's Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 * Economist Book of the Year * SELF.com's Best Books of 2018 * Audible's Best of the Year…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beloved

  a Novel

  Morrison, Toni

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  PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A spellbinding novel that transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. This "brutally powerful, mesmerizing story" ( People) is an unflinchingly look into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Between the World and Me

  Coates, Ta-Nehisi,

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  In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Cake

  a Novel

  Wilkerson, Charmaine,

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  In her beautifully poignant debut novel, Wilkerson explores how secrets kept and stories left untold can "matter even more than the things we do say." Eleanor Bennet's final bequest, an audio recording and a homemade Caribbean black cake stowed in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Leopard, Red Wolf

  James, Marlon, 1970-

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  If you are a more daring reader looking for a Black epic fantasy novel, this one is for you. With over six hundred pages of rich, hearty prose, this fantasy is truly the beginning of something special you can follow for years to come. A mercenary…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bluest Eye

  Morrison, Toni

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  The Bluest Eye (1970) is the first novel written by Toni Morrison. It is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove--a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--who prays for her eyes to turn…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chain-Gang All-Stars

  Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame,

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  NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST In his debut short story collection, Friday Black (2018), Adjei-Brenyah displayed a prodigious flair for deadpan satiric narratives set in alternate realities that often seem uncomfortably close to our own, especially…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cherish Farrah

  a Novel

  Morrow, Bethany C.,

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  Seventeen-year-old Farrah Turner is one of two Black girls in her country club community, and the only one with Black parents. Her best friend, Cherish Whitman, adopted by a wealthy white family, is something Farrah likes to call WGS-White Girl…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Civil Rights Queen

  Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality

  Brown-Nagin, Tomiko, 1970-

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  Born to an aspirational blue-collar family during the Great Depression, Constance Baker Motley was expected to find herself a good career as a hairdresser. Instead, she became the first black woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Color of Water

  a Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

  McBride, James, 1957-

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  From the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird : The modern classic that spent more than two years on The New York Times bestseller list and that Oprah.com calls one of the best memoirs of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Colored Television

  Senna, Danzy,

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  A struggling Los Angeles novelist succumbs to Hollywood’s siren call in the mordant latest from Senna (Caucasia). Jane, the daughter of an interracial couple, is on a one-year sabbatical from her creative writing professorship. She’s trying to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Come and Get It

  a Novel

  Reid, Kiley,

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  Reid returns after her smash hit Such a Fun Age with a sardonic and no-holds-barred comedy of manners. When Agatha Paul, a white writer in her late 30s, arrives at the University of Arkansas as a visiting professor in 2017, she is separated from her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Congratulations, the Best Is Over!

  Essays

  Thomas, R. Eric,

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  The beloved author of Here for It returns with a collection of “funny and compulsively readable” (Vogue), “hilarious and incisive” (Time) essays about what happens after happily ever after. With wit, heart, and hope for the future, Congratulations,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Constructing a Nervous System

  A Memoir

  Jefferson, Margo

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  The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and memoirist Margo Jefferson has lived in the thrall of a cast of others — her parents and maternal grandmother, jazz luminaries, writers, artists, athletes, and stars. These are the figures who thrill and trouble…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crook Manifesto

  a Novel

  Whitehead, Colson, 1969-

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  Harlem furniture-store owner, family man, and sometimes crook Ray Carney had been keeping it clean. But in 1971, when his daughter begs for tickets to see the Jackson Five, Carney contacts a dirty cop and gets dragged back into the violent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Davenports

  Marquis, Krystal,

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  Young Adult Fiction *Instant New York Times Bestseller* The Davenports delivers a totally escapist, swoon-worthy romance while offering a glimpse into a period of African American history often overlooked. Inspired by the real-life story of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation