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African Samurai
ISBN: 9781335141026Hanover Square Press · 2019
A historical account of Yasuke and his path to becoming a samurai in sixteenth-century Japan.
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The Confounding Island
ISBN: 9780674988057Belknap Press · 2019
A sociological study of Jamaica’s achievements and continuing challenges after independence.
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We Are Worth Fighting For
ISBN: 9781479811755New York University Press · 2019
A history of the 1989 Howard University student protest centered on participants’ ideas and organizing.
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Sweat the Technique
ISBN: 9780062850232Amistad · 2019
A reflection on lyric writing, disciplined practice, and the creative process in hip-hop.
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Better Days Will Come Again
ISBN: 9780914090106Chicago Review Press · 2020
The life of trumpeter Arthur Briggs, tracing his journey from Grenada and Harlem to Europe’s jazz scene.
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No Way But to Fight
ISBN: 9781477319765University of Texas Press · 2020
A biography examining George Foreman’s boxing career, public image, and approach to business.
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Oscar Charleston
ISBN: 9781496217110University of Nebraska Press · 2019
A biography of the influential Negro Leagues player whose achievements reached audiences in the United States and Cuba.
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Race for Profit
ISBN: 9781469653662University of North Carolina Press · 2019
A study of housing policy, banking, real estate, and barriers that undermined Black homeownership.
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American Oligarchs
ISBN: 9781324001874W. W. Norton & Company · 2020
A multigenerational examination of two politically prominent families and the relationship between wealth and power.
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The Black Book
ISBN: 9781400068487Random House · 2019
A documentary collection surveying Black life and history in the United States from 1619 through the 1940s.
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