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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South by Jaha Nailah Avery

Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South

Jaha Nailah Avery

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History by Rhiannon Giddens, Rhiannon Giddens, Kristina R. Gaddy, Kristina R. Gaddy

Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History

Rhiannon Giddens, Rhiannon Giddens, Kristina R. Gaddy, Kristina R. Gaddy

304 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history music challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too by Ijeoma Oluo

Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too

Ijeoma Oluo

416 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction race medium-paced
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