Memoirs by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2020s (42 books)

Memoirs published during the 2020s Decade (2020 - 2029) by African-American Authors. Adult Only. US publications only. English Only.

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1	Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider by Charles Person 4.50 avg rating — 931 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert 4.56 avg rating — 1,516 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 72,458 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives by Adolph L. Reed Jr. 4.18 avg rating — 420 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 by Mary E. Jones Parrish 4.47 avg rating — 273 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	We're Better Than This by Elijah Cummings 4.27 avg rating — 580 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Beaten Black And Blue: Being A Black Cop In An America Under Siege by Brandon Tatum 4.22 avg rating — 266 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care by Tori Hope Petersen 4.42 avg rating — 1,828 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Down in the Bunker: A Journey of Faith, Fear, and Finding Hope by Lovesun Parent it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	This Is Not For You: An Activist's Journey of Resistance and Resilience by Richard Brown 4.48 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Buses Are a Comin' by Charles Person 4.50 avg rating — 931 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 4,755 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Where You Are Is Not Who You Are by Ursula Burns 4.01 avg rating — 649 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court by Chris Paul 3.90 avg rating — 778 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America by Cori Bush 4.04 avg rating — 304 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir by Rebecca Carroll 4.06 avg rating — 2,912 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Education of Kendrick Perkins: A Memoir by Kendrick Perkins 3.90 avg rating — 243 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Get Off My Neck: Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor's Quest for Reform by Debbie Hines 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	We Are Bridges: A Memoir by Cassandra Lane 4.03 avg rating — 392 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Facing the Unseen: The Struggle to Center Mental Health in Medicine by Damon Tweedy (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots by Morgan Jerkins (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 2,090 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	My Vanishing Country by Bakari Sellers 3.97 avg rating — 3,854 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper 3.82 avg rating — 32,201 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever by Kareem Rosser (Goodreads Author) 4.59 avg rating — 1,874 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School by Kendra James (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 2,969 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Last Children of Mill Creek by Vivian Gibson (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 493 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Leaving Breezy Street by Brenda Myers-Powell 3.96 avg rating — 426 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins 3.85 avg rating — 2,854 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	I'm Possible: A Story of Survival, a Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream by Richard Antoine White 4.37 avg rating — 717 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom by Larry Miller 4.14 avg rating — 624 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Being Somebody and Black Besides: An Untold Memoir of Midcentury Black Life by George B. Nesbitt it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team by Arshay Cooper 4.35 avg rating — 6,240 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John Lewis 4.45 avg rating — 1,889 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 1,500 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown by Taylor Harris 3.96 avg rating — 1,762 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption by Ian Manuel 4.21 avg rating — 1,618 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Mama Bear: One Black Mother's Fight for Her Child's Life and Her Own by Shirley Smith 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence by Anita Hill 4.18 avg rating — 1,157 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	You Look So Much Better in Person: True Stories of Absurdity and Success by Al Roker 3.90 avg rating — 658 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns by William H. Turner 3.94 avg rating — 54 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Other Side of Yet: Finding Light in the Midst of Darkness by Michelle D. Hord 4.18 avg rating — 308 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Surviving Washington by Robert Griffin III 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars