Behind the Spotlight: Black Celebrity Memoir Challenge

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16 participants (44 books)

Overview

 Dive into the personal stories of Black icons as they share their journeys, struggles, and triumphs in their own words! 

Challenge Books

What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey

What I Know for Sure

Oprah Winfrey

Spike Lee: That's My Story and I'm Sticking to It by Spike Lee

Spike Lee: That's My Story and I'm Sticking to It

Spike Lee

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

Kamala Harris

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

Shonda Rhimes

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Phoebe Robinson

Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography by Staci Robinson

Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography

Staci Robinson

Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove by Ben Greenman, Questlove

Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove

Ben Greenman, Questlove

LL COOL J Presents The Streets Win: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Greatness by Vikki Tobak, LL COOL J, Alec Banks

LL COOL J Presents The Streets Win: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Greatness

Vikki Tobak, LL COOL J, Alec Banks

True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself by David Ritz, Janet Jackson

True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself

David Ritz, Janet Jackson

Will by Will Smith, Mark Manson

Will

Will Smith, Mark Manson

Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson