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The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves by Andrew Ward

The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves

Andrew Ward

386 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
From Midnight to Dawn: The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad by Jacqueline L. Tobin, Hettie Jones

From Midnight to Dawn: The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad

Jacqueline L. Tobin, Hettie Jones

272 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne

Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box

Evette Dionne

176 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history middle grade race informative inspiring medium-paced
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones

Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All

Martha S. Jones

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham

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

Jon Meacham

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics emotional informative slow-paced
Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sorin

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

Gretchen Sorin

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history race informative slow-paced
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

272 pages • first pub 1903 (editions)

nonfiction classics history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

622 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced