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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

By Fannie Flagg ,

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At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance—A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power
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At the Dark End of the Street

By Danielle L. McGuire ,

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All Over But the Shoutin'
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All Over But the Shoutin'

By Rick Bragg ,

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Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
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Late Migrations

By Margaret Renkl ,

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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
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Barracoon

By Zora Neale Hurston ,

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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

By Jeanne Theoharis ,

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The Wife Upstairs
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The Wife Upstairs

By Rachel Hawkins ,

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A Christmas Memory
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A Christmas Memory

By Truman Capote ,

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Take My Hand
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Take My Hand

By Dolen Perkins-Valdez ,

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Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe
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Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe

By Heather Webber ,

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

By James Agee , Walker Evans ,

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Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip Into the Heart of Fan Mania
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Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer

By Warren St. John ,

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All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw
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All God's Dangers

By Theodore Rosengarten ,

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Blackwater: The Complete Saga
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Blackwater

By Michael McDowell ,

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How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
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How Far to the Promised Land

By Esau McCaulley ,

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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
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South to America

By Imani Perry ,

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How the States Got Their Shapes
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How the States Got Their Shapes

By Mark Stein ,

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Bad Blood
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Bad Blood

By James H. Jones ,

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Fallen Prince: William James Edwards, Black Education, and the Quest for Afro-American Nationality
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Fallen Prince

By Donald P. Stone ,

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A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814
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A Conquering Spirit

By Gregory A. Waselkov ,

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The Creek War of 1813 and 1814 (Library Alabama Classics)
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The Creek War of 1813 and 1814 (Library Alabama Classics)

By H.S. Halbert , T.H. Ball ,

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If White Kids Die: Memories of a Civil Rights Movement Volunteer
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If White Kids Die

By Dick J. Reavis ,

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Smonk: Or Widow Town
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Smonk

By Tom Franklin ,

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Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts
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Gee's Bend

By William Arnett (editor) , Alvia Wardlaw (editor) , Jane Livingston (editor) , John Beardsley (editor)

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Bonapartists in the Borderlands: French Exiles and Refugees on the Gulf Coast, 1815-1835
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Bonapartists in the Borderlands

By Rafe Blaufarb ,

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You May Plow Here: The Narrative of Sara Brooks
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You May Plow Here

By Sara Brooks ,

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Mothers of the South: Portraiture of the White Tenant Farm Woman
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Mothers of the South

By Margaret Jarman Hagood ,

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The Quilts of Gee’s Bend
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The Quilts of Gee’s Bend

By William Arnett , Alvia Wardlaw , Jane Livingston , John Beardsley , Paul Arnett

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Boy's Life
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Boy's Life

By Robert McCammon ,

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Silk
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Silk

By Caitlin R. Kiernan ,

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Double Whammy
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Double Whammy

By Gretchen Archer ,

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Bury Me When I'm Dead
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Bury Me When I'm Dead

By Cheryl A. Head ,

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Gods in Alabama
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Gods in Alabama

By Joshilyn Jackson ,

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Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama's Black Belt
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Bloody Lowndes

By Hasan Kwame Jeffries ,

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I Am Not Sidney Poitier
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I Am Not Sidney Poitier

By Percival L. Everett ,

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Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States
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Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States

By Raphael Semmes ,

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Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America
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Dreams of Africa in Alabama

By Sylviane A. Diouf ,

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Bury Me in Shadows
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Bury Me in Shadows

By Greg Herren ,

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Mark
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Mark

By Lonnie Coleman ,

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The Art of Murder
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The Art of Murder

By Claire Ripley ,

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Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
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Freedom's Dominion

By Jefferson Cowie ,

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The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances
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The Heart Mender

By Andy Andrews ,

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Fallen Too Far
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Fallen Too Far

By Abbi Glines ,

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Again, Alabama
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Again, Alabama

By Susan Sands ,

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Deep South Dynasty: The Bankheads of Alabama
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Deep South Dynasty

By Kari A. Frederickson ,

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Found My People: How Connecting To My Ancestral Roots Enriched My Life and Can Do The Same For You
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Found My People

By Richard Kweku Ezeagu Akinyemi ,

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Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
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Furious Hours

By Casey Cep ,

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The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant
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The Last Coach

By Allen Barra ,

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Glory Road
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Glory Road

By Lauren K. Denton ,

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Alabama Afternoons: Profiles and Conversations
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Alabama Afternoons

By Roy Hoffman ,

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Shooting at Heaven's Gate
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Shooting at Heaven's Gate

By Kaye Park Hinckley ,

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Loyalty and Loss: Alabama's Unionists in the Civil War and Reconstruction
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Loyalty and Loss

By Margaret M. Storey ,

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Letters from My Sister
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Letters from My Sister

By Valerie Fraser Luesse ,

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If I Could Die
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If I Could Die

By K S Dunigan ,

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Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution
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Carry Me Home

By Diane McWhorter ,

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Lay Down with Dogs: The Story of Hugh Otis Bynum and the Scottsboro First Monday Bombing
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Lay Down with Dogs

By Byron Woodfin ,

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The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics
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The Politics of Rage

By Dan T. Carter ,

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Treeborne
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Treeborne

By Caleb Johnson ,

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