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Jeffers, Honorée Fanonne "The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois" - 2021 This is such a beautiful book. Don't let yourself get scare...

Larsen, Nella "Passing" - 1929 I had never heard the expression "passing" in this sense. A "black" woman who i...

Bennett, Brit "The Vanishing Half" - 2020  " You can escape a town, but you cannot escape blood … " I wasn't too sur...

Harris, Kamala "107 Days" - 2025 This is one of the great women of our time, the great people of our time. If she were a man, she ...

Morrison, Toni "The Bluest Eye" - 1970 I read this for the " 1970s Club ". As always, Toni Morrison has written a fantas...

Evaristo, Bernhardine "Girl, Woman, Other" - 2019 This was recommended by a member of our book club but it wasn't chosen. I mu...

Lessing, Doris "The Grass is Singing" - 1950 This was our international online book club book for February 2024. Doris Lessing...

Obama, Michelle "The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times" - 2022 I already read Michelle Obama's first book " B...

Gurnah, Abdulrazak "Pilgrims Way" - 1988 Daud is a Muslim from Tanzania who goes to England in the 70s. He works as an orderly in ...

Chevalier, Tracy "The Last Runaway" - 2013 I have liked Tracy Chevalier , ever since my first novel written by her, " Girl wi...

Douglass, Frederick "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" - 1845 After reading Harriet Jacobs' stor...

Lee, Min Jin "Pachinko" - 2017 I was drawn to this book because of its Asian appearance. These lovely drawings can only come from ...

Jacobs, Harriet Ann (Linda Brent) "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" - 1861 I never understood how someone could feel comfort...

Harris, Kamala "The Truths We Hold. An American Journey" - 2019 I just finished this, on the day of her inauguration. I am so happ...

Morrison, Toni "A Mercy" - 2008 In my post about Anti-Racism , I listed many, many books that tell us a lot about the lives of bla...

Metalious, Grace "Peyton Place" - 1957 If you are looking for any topic in a book, this one probably has it. It tells us about the...

Whitehead, Colson "The Nickel Boys" - 2019 After having read his first Pulitzer Prize win " The Underground Railroad ", ...

Crafts, Hannah "The Bondwoman’s Narrative" - 1855-69 This narrative was published by Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. who is a US A...

Northup, Solomon "Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, an...

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