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"A critical memoir examining survival of childhood abuse and the limitations of self-help and wellness approaches to dealing with complex trauma."

4.21 avg rating — 4,363 ratings

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"Kerry Washington gets real, personal, and vulnerable in this memoir after finding out a long-kept family secret that challenges her sense of identity."

4.36 avg rating — 8,030 ratings

"Jenifer Lewis, veteran actress and "mother of Black Hollywood," shares the highs and lows of fame and living with bipolar disorder."

4.58 avg rating — 1,482 ratings

"The Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56 led to King's national prominence as a leader of the modern civil rights movement in the United States. In his first published book, he shares his account of the year-long boycott of the racially segregated bus system in Montgomery, Alabama as a local pastor and leader of the boycott."

4.34 avg rating — 24,488 ratings

"Clayborne Carson serves as editor to present a chronological autobiography of King's life through his many written accounts of his life and leadership in the civil rights movement."

4.12 avg rating — 21,084 ratings

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"Maya Angelou's first book in her autobiographical series, which details her youth growing up in Stamps, Arkansas being raised by her grandmother and living with her uncle and brother Bailey. "

4.28 avg rating — 147 ratings

"After publishing many books on how to meditate, the South Asian Buddhist monk known as Bhante G shares the story of his life. "

4.38 avg rating — 12,445 ratings

"Abolitionist, civil rights activist, and self-liberated slave Frederick Douglass published three autobiographies during his lifetime. This book was the second, in which he spoke more openly and candidly after breaking away from his former mentor and fellow abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison."

4.18 avg rating — 59,605 ratings

"Harriet Jacobs provides one of the few surviving first-person accounts of slavery written by a woman. "

3.96 avg rating — 3,575 ratings

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"The life of a Black autistic man."

4.13 avg rating — 11,896 ratings

"The autobiography of a Mississippi-born Black woman who later became involved in SNCC during the height of Jim Crow and the modern civil rights movement. "

4.08 avg rating — 323 ratings

"The story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56 from the perspective of local activist, teacher, and community organizer Jo Ann Robinson who highlights the contributions of local women activists, whose vital roles are often forgotten in history."

4.17 avg rating — 1,232 ratings

"William Still was considered the "father of the Underground Railroad" who was one of many free Black Americans who fought for abolition of slavery and the emancipation of their fellow enslaved Black Americans. He published these papers detailing the Underground Railroad after the Civil War, during the era of Reconstruction. "

4.11 avg rating — 36,926 ratings

"Educator and first president of the historically Black college Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee University, Booker T. Washington published this bestselling autobiography of his early life of enslavement, emancipation via the Civil War, pursuit of education, and educational leadership at Tuskegee."

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"Life narrative of a Black man on death row, who maintains his innocence and finds spirituality in prison through a Boddhisattva path."

3.46 avg rating — 2,345 ratings

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"A multi-genre memoir, a "biomythography," written by Black feminist lesbian poet Audre Lorde. "

4.12 avg rating — 1,132 ratings

"The memoir of acclaimed historian and scholar of African American studies Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. "

3.94 avg rating — 233,389 ratings

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"Geared towards young readers, Rosa Parks shares her story, including her well-known but often misunderstood role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, as well as her activism before and after the historical moment of 1955. "

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"Africa-born enslaved man later granted freedom by a Quaker master shares his life story beginning with his childhood and capture in West Africa, transport to North America, enslavement, and later freedom."

4.23 avg rating — 127,184 ratings

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"Memoir and movement history from civil rights activist Julian Bond"

3.98 avg rating — 61 ratings

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"Critical autoethnography of a Black southern woman"

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"Black women share their stories of falling in love with readings and the importance of representation in literature."

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