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1. Between the world and me

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Coates, Ta-Nehisi
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT
Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary...

2. Caste: the origins of our discontents

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Wilkerson, Isabel
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"In this ... Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate....

3. Four hundred souls: a community history of African America, 1619-2019

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Kendi, Ibram X.
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"A "choral history" of African Americans covering 400 years of history in the voices of 80 writers, edited by the bestselling, National Book Award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain. Last year marked the four hundredth anniversary of the first African presence in the Americas--and also launched the Four Hundred Souls project, spearheaded by Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Antiracism Institute of American University, and Keisha Blain,...

4. How the word is passed: a reckoning with the history of slavery across America

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Smith, Clint
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Examines the legacy of slavery by highlighting the continued preservation of monuments and landmarks that hold violent and racist symbolism.

5. Know my name: a memoir

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Miller, Chanel
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"The ... memoir of the woman whose letter to Brock T urner gave voice to millions of survivors."--Publisher's description.

6. Salt, sugar, fat: how the food giants hooked us

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Moss, Michael, 1955-
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The author explores his theory that the food industry's used three essential ingredients to control much of the world's diet.

7. Somebody's daughter: a memoir

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Ford, Ashley C.
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"One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with [a] ... powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the ever looming absence of her incarcerated father and the path we must take to both honor and overcome our origins"--