Black History Challenge 2024 - From US Black history to European Black History - hosted by matmatmatty

A book about US Black history
A book set in the US, either focusing on a Black/African American character, or about a specific point of history involving Black or African American people 
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

190 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
I've Been to the Mountaintop by Martin Luther King Jr.

I've Been to the Mountaintop

Martin Luther King Jr.

34 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

nonfiction essays race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

Tiya Miles

385 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

193 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

688 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Michael Harriot

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative medium-paced
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib

312 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of Black Lives Matter by Wesley Lowery

They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of Black Lives Matter

Wesley Lowery

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Most Defining Moments in Black History According to Dick Gregory by Dick Gregory

The Most Defining Moments in Black History According to Dick Gregory

Dick Gregory

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative medium-paced
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Autobiographies #1

Frederick Douglass

158 pages • first pub 1845 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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