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Secret DaughterSecret Daughter
A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away
June Cross
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Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 320 pages | ISBN 9780143112112 | 24 Apr 2007 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
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Letters to a Young BrotherLetters to a Young Brother
MANifest Your Destiny
Hill Harper
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Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 192 pages | ISBN 9781592402496 | 19 Apr 2007 | Gotham Trade Paperback | 18 - AND UP
NAACP Image Award
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DonDon't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings
Tyler Perry
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Audiobook: CD Unabridged | 5.74 x 5.23in | 5 Hours; 4 CDs | ISBN 9780143058724 | 01 Feb 2007 | Penguin Audio | Adult
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Words in SeasonWords in Season
Olive Schreiner
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Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 220 pages | ISBN 9780143185413 | 30 Aug 2006 | Penguin SA | 18 - AND UP
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Letters to a Young BrotherLetters to a Young Brother
MANifest Your Destiny
Hill Harper
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Book: Hardcover | 9.25 x 6.25in | 192 pages | ISBN 9781592402007 | 20 Apr 2006 | Gotham Books | 18 - AND UP

Straight talk and inspiring advice for America's youth, from the powerhouse public speaker and star of CSI:NY More...

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Martin Luther King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr.
Marshall Frady
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eBook: eReader | 8.26 x 5.23in | 224 pages | ISBN 9780786569199 | 27 Dec 2005 | Penguin
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Martin Luther King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Life
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Marshall Frady
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Book: Paperback | 5.19 x 6.88in | 224 pages | ISBN 9780143036487 | 27 Dec 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

An impassioned life of the most inspirational figure of twentieth-century America More...

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Martin Luther King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr.
Marshall Frady
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eBook: Adobe reader | 8.26 x 5.23in | 224 pages | ISBN 9780786569182 | 27 Dec 2005 | Penguin

An impassioned life of the most inspirational figure of twentieth-century America More...

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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many LandsWonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
Mary Seacole, Sara Salih
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Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 304 pages | ISBN 9780140439021 | 29 Nov 2005 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP

One of the most significant works in black British literary history More...

Rosa ParksRosa Parks
A Life
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Douglas G. Brinkley
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Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.08in | 256 pages | ISBN 9780143036005 | 25 Oct 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of her historic busride - Rosa Parks's moving biography More...

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We Are All the SameWe Are All the Same
A Story of a Boy's Courage and a Mother's Love
Jim Wooten
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Book: Paperback | 5.15 x 7.12in | 256 pages | ISBN 9780143035992 | 25 Oct 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

"Brilliant, stunning, beautifully written.... No one who reads this book will ever forget it." -Jim Lehrer More...

BasquiatBasquiat
A Quick Killing in Art (Revised Edition)
Phoebe Hoban
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Book: Paperback | 5.43 x 7.99in | 416 pages | ISBN 9780143035121 | 19 Oct 2004 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
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The PactThe Pact
Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, Lisa Frazier Page
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Book: Paperback | 5.19 x 7.99in | 272 pages | ISBN 9781573229890 | 06 May 2003 | Riverhead | 18 - AND UP
Books for a Better Life Award

From the streets of Newark to medical school... More...

Black Like MeBlack Like Me
John Howard Griffin
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Book: Paperback | 5.31 x 7.99in | 208 pages | ISBN 9780451208644 | 06 May 2003 | NAL | 18 - AND UP

A dramatic true story about crossing the color line in the segregated Deep South...a ten-million-copy classic in trade for the first time. More...

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Black White & JewishBlack White & Jewish
Autobiography of a Shifting Self
Rebecca Walker
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Book: Paperback | 5.23 x 8.03in | 336 pages | ISBN 9781573229074 | 08 Jan 2002 | Riverhead | 18 - AND UP
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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Rosa ParksRosa Parks
Penguin Lives
Douglas G. Brinkley
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Book: Hardcover | 5.51 x 7.75in | 256 pages | ISBN 9780670891603 | 05 Jun 2000 | Viking Adult | Adult
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Why We CanWhy We Can't Wait
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson
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Book: Paperback: Premium Edition | 4.37 x 6.81in | 240 pages | ISBN 9780451527530 | 01 Jan 2000 | Signet Classic | 18 - AND UP
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My First White FriendMy First White Friend
Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness
Patricia Raybon
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Book: Paperback | 5.15 x 7.71in | 256 pages | ISBN 9780140244366 | 01 Jun 1997 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
Christopher Award for Nonfiction
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Black Like MeBlack Like Me
35th Anniversary Edition
John Howard Griffin, John Howard Griffin, Robert Bonazzi
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Book: Paperback: Mass Market | 4.25 x 6.73in | 208 pages | ISBN 9780451192035 | 01 Nov 1996 | Signet | 18 - AND UP

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Life on the Color LineLife on the Color Line
The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black
Gregory Howard Williams
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Book: Paperback | 5.35 x 7.95in | 304 pages | ISBN 9780452275331 | 01 Feb 1996 | Plume | 18 - AND UP
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
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