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The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine

The Lions of Little Rock

Kristin Levine

298 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd

320 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction historical emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Help

Kathryn Stockett

451 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix

You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America

Paul Kix

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history race sociology informative inspiring medium-paced
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by Michael D'Orso, John Lewis

Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement

Michael D'Orso, John Lewis

544 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir politics emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne, Tamara Payne

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

Les Payne, Tamara Payne

640 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X

496 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography history informative reflective medium-paced
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 by Juan Williams

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965

Juan Williams

320 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional informative medium-paced
Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s Through the 1980s by Steve Fayer, Henry Hampton

Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s Through the 1980s

Steve Fayer, Henry Hampton

720 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging emotional slow-paced
Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr by Clayborne Carson, Martin Luther King Jr.

Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr

Clayborne Carson, Martin Luther King Jr.

416 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced