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King: A Life
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King

By Jonathan Eig ,

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The First Ladies
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The First Ladies

By Marie Benedict , Victoria Christopher Murray ,

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Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
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Crusade for Justice

By Ida B. Wells ,

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The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Sword and the Shield

By Peniel E. Joseph , Peniel E. Joseph ,

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His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
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His Truth Is Marching on

By John Meacham ,

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Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell
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Unceasing Militant

By Alison M. Parker ,

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Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
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Nina

By Traci N. Todd , Christian Robinson (illustrator) ,

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There Was a Time: James Brown, the Chitlin' Circuit, and Me
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There Was a Time

By Alan Leeds ,

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Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power
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Radio Free Dixie

By Timothy B. Tyson ,

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Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells
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Ida B. the Queen

By Michelle Duster ,

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The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
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The Youngest Marcher

By Cynthia Levinson , Vanessa Brantley-Newton (illustrator) ,

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Sistuhs in the Struggle: An Oral History of Black Arts Movement Theater and Performance
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Sistuhs in the Struggle

By La Donna Forsgren ,

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Lizzie Demands a Seat! Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights
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Lizzie Demands a Seat! Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights

By Beth Anderson , E.B. Lewis (illustrator) ,

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Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World
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Threads of Peace

By Uma Krishnaswami ,

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Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
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Star Child

By Ibi Zoboi ,

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Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect
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Call Me Miss Hamilton

By Carole Boston Weatherford , Jeffery Boston Weatherford (illustrator) ,

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Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm
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Healing Resistance

By Kazu Haga ,

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The Colored Conventions Movement: Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century
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The Colored Conventions Movement

By P. Gabrielle Foreman (editor) , Jim Casey (editor) , Sarah Lynn Patterson (editor)

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Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights
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Driving While Black

By Gretchen Sorin ,

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Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965-2000
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Gathering Blossoms Under Fire

By Alice Walker , Valerie Boyd (editor) ,

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See You Monday
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See You Monday

By Kristen Terrette ,

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The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
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The Oldest Student

By Rita Lorraine Hubbard , Oge Mora ,

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The American South: A Very Short Introduction
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The American South

By Charles Reagan Wilson ,

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Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement
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Our Secret Society

By Tanisha C. Ford ,

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Never
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Never

By Joel F. Johnson ,

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Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote
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Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote

By Dinah Johnson , Jerry Jordan (illustrator) ,

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The People's Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement after Apollo
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The People's Spaceship

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Ocean Stirrings: A Work of Fiction in Tribute to Louise Langdon Norton Little, Working Mother and Activist, Mother of Malcolm X and Seven Siblings
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Ocean Stirrings

By Merle Collins ,

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