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Books to Enhance Racial Understanding

This list isn't comprehensive or definitive but contains works that may help improve understanding of racism and the experience of African-Americans (as compiled by a middle-aged white man). It's intended more as a list of suggestions -- including to myself -- than a challenge.
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Native Son
Native Son
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
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Black Like Me (John Howard Griffin)
Black Like Me (John Howard Griffin)
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The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
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The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap (Matt Taibbi)
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap (Matt Taibbi)
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The Color of Law (Richard Rothstein)
The Color of Law (Richard Rothstein)
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The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
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Tulsa's Black Wall Street: The Story of Greenwood (David Payne)
Tulsa's Black Wall Street: The Story of Greenwood (David Payne)
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Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
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Ali (Jonathan Eig)
Ali (Jonathan Eig)
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Jackie Robinson)
I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Jackie Robinson)
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Robin Diangelo)
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Robin Diangelo)
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How to Be an Antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi)
How to Be an Antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi)
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Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
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The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow
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A People's History of the United States
A People's History of the United States
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The Burning (Tim Madigan)
The Burning (Tim Madigan)
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Forgotten (Linda Hervieux)
Forgotten (Linda Hervieux)
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Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
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I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin)
I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin)
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Opening Day (Jonathan Eig)
Opening Day (Jonathan Eig)
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