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The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry by Cynthia Manick, Gary Jackson, Len Lawson

The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry

Cynthia Manick, Gary Jackson, Len Lawson

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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poetry adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk about Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation by

Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk about Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation

355 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0carrienation76's review
nonfiction biography history emotional reflective slow-paced
The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat

The Farming of Bones

Edwidge Danticat

312 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0carrienation76's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July by Frederick Douglass
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July
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Frederick Douglass

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July

Frederick Douglass

64 pages • first pub 1852 (editions)

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nonfiction history race
Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America by James Allen, Hilton Als, John Lewis, Leon F. Litwack

Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America

James Allen, Hilton Als, John Lewis, Leon F. Litwack

209 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

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nonfiction history race dark slow-paced
From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans by John Hope Franklin

From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans

John Hope Franklin

742 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0carrienation76's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society by Manning Marable

How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society

Manning Marable

372 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0carrienation76's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

294 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

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fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself by Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself

Olaudah Equiano

256 pages • first pub 1789 (editions)

5.0carrienation76's review
nonfiction autobiography classics history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

270 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced