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Mr. and Mrs. Prince

By Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina

Harlem Speaks: A Living History of the Harlem Renaissance

By Dr. Gary D. Wintz

I’ve Got a Home in Glory Road

By Karolyn Smardz Frost

The Birth of Black America: The First African Americans and the Pursuit of Freedom at Jamestown

Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor

Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice

By Raymond Arsenault

Creating Black Americans: African American History and Its Meanings: 1619 to the Present

By Nell Irvin Painter

The Black West

At Canaan’s Edge

By Taylor Branch

Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood

By Donald Bogle

Beautiful Jim Key: The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed the World

By Mim Eichler Rivas

Wink: The Incredible Life and Epic Journey of Jimmy Winkfield

Fighting for America: Black Soldiers—The Unsung Heroes of World War II

By Christopher Paul Moore

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