Black History Book Bingo - hosted by kyrstin_p1989

About the Civil Rights Movement
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Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King Jr.

54 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction classics politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis

A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History

Jeanne Theoharis

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race informative reflective slow-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

7 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems & a Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter by

Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems & a Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter

2 hours, 44 minutes • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose by Nikki Giovanni

Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose

Nikki Giovanni

1 hour, 42 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The First Ladies by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

The First Ladies

Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

March: Book One

March #1

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

128 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir emotional informative inspiring fast-paced
March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine by Melba Pattillo Beals

March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine

Melba Pattillo Beals

4 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional informative inspiring fast-paced
My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King, Barbara Reynolds

My Life, My Love, My Legacy

Coretta Scott King, Barbara Reynolds

14 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional informative inspiring slow-paced
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

224 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade young adult adventurous slow-paced