Starting the Conversation: Adult Nonfiction

In our commitment to serve our community and foster the pursuit of knowledge, we offer these resources to help begin important conversations.
 

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1. Malcolm X: a life of reinvention

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Author:
Marable, Manning, 1950-2011
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An authoritative biography of Malcolm X draws on new research to trace his life from his troubled youth through his involvement in the Nation of Islam, his activism in the world of Black Nationalism, and his assassination.

2. What truth sounds like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and our unfinished conversation about race in America

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Dyson, Michael Eric
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Examines the events surrounding the 1963 meeting between Robert F. Kennedy and James Balwin in New York City, as well as its impact on race relations in the United States from then to now.