Books about African American History

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The Known World
Edward P. Jones

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When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
Laban Carrick Hill

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The Book of Negroes
Lawrence Hill

Similar Novels 94%

The big sea
Langston Hughes

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Monster
Walter Dean Myers

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The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Langston Hughes

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Freedom's School
Lesa Cline-Ransome

Similar Novels 92%

The Darkest Child
Delores Phillips

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Before She Was Harriet
Lesa Cline-Ransome

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Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson

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Midnight Without a Moon
Linda Williams Jackson

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Elijah of Buxton
Christopher Paul Curtis

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The Good Lord Bird
James McBride

Similar Novels 84%

Clotel, Or the President's Daughter
William Wells Brown

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The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead

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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or, Gustavus Vassa, the African
Olaudah Equiano

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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Similar Novels 90%

Let the Circle Be Unbroken
Mildred D. Taylor

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Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space
Margot Lee Shetterly

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Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup

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