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Talking Black: Nonfiction Picks on African American History

  • Rachel
  • Monday, February 03, 2020

Dive into Black History Month with these nonfiction picks on the Black Experience in America.

Black is the Body

Black is the Body

Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine
Bernard, Emily, 1967- author.
Published in 2019
xiii, 217 pages ; 20 cm
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I'm Still Here

I'm Still Here

Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
Brown, Austin Channing, author.
Published in 2018
185 pages ; 20 cm
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Brainwashed

Brainwashed

Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority
Burrell, Tom.
Published in 2010
xvi, 285 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
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Taken for Granted

Taken for Granted

Caldwell, Gianno
Published in 2019
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The Beautiful Struggle

The Beautiful Struggle

A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
Coates, Ta-Nehisi.
Published in 2008
227 p. : map ; 22 cm.
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We Were Eight Years in Power

We Were Eight Years in Power

An American Tragedy
Coates, Ta-Nehisi, author.
Published in 2017
xvii, 367 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Eloquent Rage

Eloquent Rage

A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Cooper, Brittney C., 1980- author.
Published in 2018
279 pages ; 22 cm
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- author.
Published in 2016
xiv, 158 pages ; 20 cm
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She Came to Slay

She Came to Slay

Dunbar, Erica Armstrong
Published in 2019
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Girl, Woman, Other

Girl, Woman, Other

Evaristo, Bernardine, 1959- author.
Published in 2019
452 pages ; 22 cm
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Black Faces, White Spaces

Black Faces, White Spaces

Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
Finney, Carolyn, author.
Published in 2014
1 online resource
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The Sun Does Shine

The Sun Does Shine

Hardin, Lara Love
Published in 2018
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Black Feminist Thought

Black Feminist Thought

Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
Hill Collins, Patricia, author.
Published in 2009
xvii, 357 pages ; 22 cm.
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This Will Be My Undoing

This Will Be My Undoing

Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (white) America
Jerkins, Morgan, author.
Published in 2018
258 pages ; 21 cm
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How We Fight for Our Lives

How We Fight for Our Lives

A Memoir
Jones, Saeed, author.
Published in 2019
xii, 192 pages ; 22 cm
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March

March

Vol. 01
Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-
Published in 2013
1 volume, 121 pages : black-and-white illustrations ; 25 cm
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Talking Back, Talking Black

Talking Back, Talking Black

Truths About America's Lingua Franca
McWhorter, John H.
Published in 2017
190 pages ; 20 cm
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Air Traffic

Air Traffic

A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America
Pardlo, Gregory, author.
Published in 2018
x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Breathe

Breathe

A Letter to My Sons
Perry, Imani, 1972-
Published in 2019
163 pages ; 19 cm
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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

Rae, Issa, author.
Published in 2015
xv, 204 pages ; 24 cm
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Well, That Escalated Quickly

Well, That Escalated Quickly

Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
Ramsey, Franchesca, 1983- author.
Published in 2018
viii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
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The Love Prison Made and Unmade

The Love Prison Made and Unmade

My Story
Roberts, Ebony, 1975- author.
Published in 2019
294 pages ; 22 cm
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You Can't Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain

You Can't Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Robinson, Phoebe, author.
Published in 2016
xxxii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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At Mama's Knee

At Mama's Knee

Mothers and Race in Black and White
Ryan, April, 1967- author.
Published in 2016
viii, 135 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Assata

Assata

An Autobiography
Shakur, Assata.
Published in 1987
xiv, 274 p. ; 25 cm.
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I Can't Breathe

I Can't Breathe

A Killing on Bay Street
Taibbi, Matt, author.
Published in 2017
xii, 322 pages ; 25 cm
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How to Be Black

How to Be Black

Thurston, Baratunde
Published in 2012
viii, 254 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Men We Reaped

Men We Reaped

A Memoir
Ward, Jesmyn
Published in 2013
258 pages ; 22 cm
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Black Fortunes

Black Fortunes

The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires
Wills, Shomari, author.
Published in 2018
xv, 300 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Black History in Its Own Words

Black History in Its Own Words

Wimberly, Ronald, compiler, illustrator.
Published in 2017
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 21 cm
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The Sisters Are Alright

The Sisters Are Alright

Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America
Winfrey Harris, Tamara.
Published in 2015
xiii, 147 pages ; 23 cm
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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

A Memoir in Essays
Young, Damon, 1978- author.
Published in 2019
307 pages ; 24 cm
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