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Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction
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Until Justice Be Done

By Kate Masur ,

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All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything
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All the Way to the Top

By Annette Bay Pimentel , Nabi Ali (illustrator) ,

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Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
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Wilmington's Lie

By David Zucchino ,

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The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920
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The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic

By Manisha Sinha ,

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The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
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The Three Mothers

By Anna Malaika Tubbs ,

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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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Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law
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Making Hong Kong China

By Michael C. Davis ,

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The War on the Uyghurs: China's Internal Campaign Against a Muslim Minority
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The War on the Uyghurs

By Sean R. Roberts ,

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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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Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America
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Equality's Call

By Deborah Diesen , Magdalena Mora (illustrator) ,

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Colored Travelers: Mobility and the Fight for Citizenship Before the Civil War
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Colored Travelers

By Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor ,

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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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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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The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall's Life, Leadership, and Legacy
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The Highest Tribute

By Kekla Magoon , Laura Freeman (illustrator) ,

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Why Privacy Matters
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Why Privacy Matters

By Neil Richards ,

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A History of Me
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A History of Me

By Adrea Theodore , Erin Robinson (illustrator) ,

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Loving before Loving: A Marriage in Black and White
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Loving before Loving

By Joan Steinau Lester ,

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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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A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians
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A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians

By H. G. Parry ,

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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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The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism
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The Trouble with White Women

By Kyla Schuller ,

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Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
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Until I Am Free

By Keisha N. Blain ,

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Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality
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Civil Rights Queen

By Tomiko Brown-Nagin ,

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The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
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The Devil You Know

By Charles M Blow ,

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The Anatomy of Racial Inequality: With a New Preface
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The Anatomy of Racial Inequality

By Glenn C. Loury ,

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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 American South: A Very Short Introduction
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The American South

By Charles Reagan Wilson ,

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Democracy's Discontent: A New Edition for Our Perilous Times
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Democracy's Discontent

By Michael J. Sandel ,

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The Black Tax
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The Black Tax

By Andrew W. Kahrl ,

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Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique
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Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique

By Sa'ed Atshan ,

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