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30 Books You Need to Read to Kinda-Sorta-Know-What-You're-Talking-About Concerning Race & America

Race and racial tensions aren't going anywhere in the US. In fact, relations may be worsening. Instead of talking past one another, how about we open and broaden ourselves to the experiences of others. Here are 30 books to help us all grapple with one aspect of US race relations, the African-American experience.
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
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Ralph Ellison
Blood Done Sign My Name
Blood Done Sign My Name
2
Bus Ride to Justice (Fred Gray)
Bus Ride to Justice
3
Fred Gray
Black Like Me
Black Like Me
4
Slavery by Another Name
Slavery by Another Name
5
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
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Alexander
The Half Has Never Been Told (Edward E. Baptist)
The Half Has Never Been Told
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Edward E. Baptist
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
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James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
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James Baldwin
The Cross and the Lynching Tree (James Cone)
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
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James Cone
Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It: (Jo Ann Gibson Robinson)
Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It:
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Jo Ann Gibson Robinson
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
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Letter From the Birmingham Jail
Letter From the Birmingham Jail
14
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
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Edward P. Jones
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Malcolm X
Our Kind of People
Our Kind of People
17
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
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Alex Haley
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
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Alice Walker
The Weary Blues
The Weary Blues
20
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
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Isabel Wilkerson
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
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W.E.B. Du Bois
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
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A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
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Ernest J. Gaines
How to Be Black
How to Be Black
25
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys by Gilbert K
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys by Gilbert K
26
Race Matters
Race Matters
27
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
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Barack Obama
No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
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My American Journey
My American Journey
30
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