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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) shared Books Editor 's list

Oct 2, 2017
There are some incredible books out this year celebrating African American history. I'd definitely add Hunger and Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay as well.
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Black History Month Reading List 2017

At the start of the month dedicated to African American history, here’s The Guardian's rundown of what to read, including Paul Beatty and Octavia Butler.

The Woman Next Door

The Woman Next Door

Yewande Omotoso

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbours. One is black, one white. Both are successful...

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown

James McBride

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The definitive biography of the soul legend James Brown by National Book Award-winning novelist...

The Sellout

The Sellout

Paul Beatty

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'Outrageous, hilarious and profound.' Simon Schama, Financial Times 'The longer you stare at...

The Hate u Give

The Hate u Give

Angie Thomas

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A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century. Sixteen-year-old...

Race police shooting black lives matter prejudice witness murder
Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton

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On February 26th 2012 seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was walking home with a bag of Skittles and...

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    ASHP Podcast

    ASHP Podcast

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    The American Social History Project · Center for Media and Learning is dedicated to renewing...

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Garth Greenwell recommended The Small Backs of Children in Books (curated)

 
The Small Backs of Children
The Small Backs of Children
Lidia Yuknavitch | 1703
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"Yuknavitch takes on art, sex, and the traumas of history in a gut-punch of a novel that reads like nothing else in current American fiction."

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Lindsay (1717 KP) rated The Journal Of Joshua Loper, A Black Cowboy (My Name Is America) in Books

Feb 15, 2018  
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The Journal Of Joshua Loper, A Black Cowboy (My Name Is America)
Walter Dean Myers | 1999
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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This is about a African American boy and his time on his first cattle drive. He was free and there were very though jobs for them. It about Joshua being a cowboy and the prejustice of being black.

It a good read. Though this is mostly about the time in American History. It tells you more about being Black cowboy and on the trail of "The Chisholm Trail in 1871."

If you enjoy history this is good. This is told though the boys prospective as in Dear American is told though a girl prospective. It good for children to learn about our history at that time. Learn about Cattle drives as well as what it was like being African American in the 1871.