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“There’s a handful of books where you could say, if you want to know the story of black Americans, here you go. Her book is amongst the most meticulous. It’s hard to breathe life into narrative survey history; she does.” Read more...
African American History Books
Imani Perry, Historian
Our most recommended books
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The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam -
The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
by Ulysses S Grant and Elizabeth Samet (editor), Mark Bramhall (narrator) -
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
by Gordon S. Wood -
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
by Bernard Bailyn -
To 'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War
by Tera Hunter -
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner
