Literary Legends book challenge - hosted by theunfinishedbookshelf

Non-fiction book about a BIPOC person or event
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

431 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth

Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime

Ron Stallworth

5 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir true crime informative reflective slow-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

267 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction essays gender informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Miss Major Speaks: The Life and Times of a Black Trans Revolutionary by Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Miss Major Speaks: The Life and Times of a Black Trans Revolutionary

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

192 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Ilan Pappé

320 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad slow-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

316 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Magical Negro by Morgan Parker

Magical Negro

Morgan Parker

95 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

Gloria E. Anzaldúa

260 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh

Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture

Sudhir Hazareesingh

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history challenging slow-paced
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom #1-2

Nelson Mandela

638 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography history challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced