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Secret Daughter by June CrossSecret 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 Brother by Hill HarperLetters 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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Letters to a Young Brother by Hill HarperLetters 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. by Marshall FradyMartin Luther King, Jr.
A Life
Penguin Lives
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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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Sara SalihWonderful 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 Classics | 18 - AND UP

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

Rosa Parks by Douglas G. BrinkleyRosa 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...

We Are All the Same by Jim WootenWe 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...

The Pact by Lisa Frazier PageThe 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...

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Black Like Me by John Howard GriffinBlack 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...

Lift Up Thy Voice by Mark PerryLift Up Thy Voice
The Grimke Family's Journey from Slaveholders to Civil Rights Leaders
Mark Perry
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Book: Paperback | 5.31 x 8.03in | 432 pages | ISBN 9780142001035 | 31 Dec 2002 | Penguin | Adult

A story of race consciousness and the fight for equality told through the lives of one extraordinary American family More...

Black White & Jewish by Rebecca WalkerBlack 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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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 Friend by Patricia RaybonMy 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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Life on the Color Line by Gregory Howard WilliamsLife 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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Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored by Clifton L. TaulbertOnce Upon a Time When We Were Colored
Clifton L. Taulbert
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Book: Paperback | 5.11 x 6.96in | 160 pages | ISBN 9780140244779 | 01 May 1995 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
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Volunteer Slavery by Jill NelsonVolunteer Slavery
My Authentic Negro Experience
Jill Nelson
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Book: Paperback | 5.15 x 7.36in | 256 pages | ISBN 9780140237160 | 01 Jul 1994 | Penguin | Adult
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