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Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion by Joy James

Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion

Joy James

392 pages • digital • 2003

5.0axmed's review
nonfiction essays history politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Contextualizing Angela Davis: The Agency and Identity of an Icon by Joy James

Contextualizing Angela Davis: The Agency and Identity of an Icon

Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies

Joy James

252 pages • hardcover • 2023

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nonfiction philosophy medium-paced
Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits by Too Black, Rasul A. Mowatt

Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits

Too Black, Rasul A. Mowatt

202 pages • paperback

5.0axmed's review
nonfiction essays politics race
Blanche Cleans Up by Barbara Neely

Blanche Cleans Up

Blanche White #3

Barbara Neely

323 pages • digital • 1998

5.0axmed's review
fiction crime mystery funny informative mysterious medium-paced
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth by Barbara Neely

Blanche Among the Talented Tenth

Blanche White #2

Barbara Neely

244 pages • paperback • 1994

5.0axmed's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely

Blanche on the Lam

Blanche White #1

Barbara Neely

304 pages • digital • 1992

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fiction crime mystery race dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power by Jared A. Ball

The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power

Jared A. Ball

98 pages • digital • 2020

5.0axmed's review
nonfiction economics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Negroes with Guns by Robert F. Williams

Negroes with Guns

Robert F. Williams

128 pages • paperback • 1962

5.0axmed's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Small Worlds

Caleb Azumah Nelson

258 pages • hardcover • 2023

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fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde

The Cancer Journals

Audre Lorde

104 pages • 1980

5.0axmed's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced