Afro Americans Books

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.37 — 295,761 ratings — published 1965
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Invisible Man Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.92 — 204,674 ratings — published 1952
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.28 — 763,441 ratings — published 1982
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The Feast of All Saints The Feast of All Saints (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.88 — 18,756 ratings — published 1979
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Red Clay Red Clay (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.41 — 6,443 ratings — published 2025
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Twelve Years a Slave Twelve Years a Slave (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.23 — 126,065 ratings — published 1853
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Pet (Pet, #1) Pet (Pet, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.13 — 34,973 ratings — published 2019
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The Keepers of the House The Keepers of the House (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.01 — 14,056 ratings — published 1964
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Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow (Scholastic Focus) Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow (Scholastic Focus)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.00 — 745 ratings — published 2019
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Inventing Victoria Inventing Victoria (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.36 — 532 ratings — published 2019
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Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.23 — 505 ratings — published 2018
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Home and Away Home and Away (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.69 — 202 ratings — published 2018
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The Cool World The Cool World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.87 — 149 ratings — published 1959
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Pride Pride (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.73 — 30,063 ratings — published 2018
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Dream Country Dream Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.88 — 735 ratings — published 2018
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Absalom, Absalom! Absalom, Absalom! (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.99 — 48,708 ratings — published 1936
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A Mercy A Mercy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.77 — 33,589 ratings — published 2008
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.31 — 283,654 ratings — published 1979
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Beloved Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.98 — 502,350 ratings — published 1987
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.14 — 311,780 ratings — published 1970
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Brown Girl Dreaming Brown Girl Dreaming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.15 — 94,133 ratings — published 2014
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The Eighth Generation Grows Up: Culture and Personalities of New Orleans Negroes The Eighth Generation Grows Up: Culture and Personalities of New Orleans Negroes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 1960
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Portrait of a Decade: The Second American Revolution Portrait of a Decade: The Second American Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 5.00 — 4 ratings — published
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From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.33 — 633 ratings — published 1947
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The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race In America – Essays on Identity and Social Justice The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race In America – Essays on Identity and Social Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.11 — 661 ratings — published 1990
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.13 — 137,294 ratings — published 1845
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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.18 — 14,286 ratings — published 1993
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Here I Stand Here I Stand (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.34 — 457 ratings — published 1971
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The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.86 — 198,789 ratings — published 1929
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Intruder in the Dust Intruder in the Dust (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.74 — 6,410 ratings — published 1948
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.30 — 590,608 ratings — published 1969
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The Rage of a Privileged Class The Rage of a Privileged Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.96 — 163 ratings — published 1993
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Forged by Fire (Hazelwood High, #2) Forged by Fire (Hazelwood High, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.36 — 9,725 ratings — published 1997
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Bud, Not Buddy Bud, Not Buddy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.98 — 116,139 ratings — published 1999
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The Planet of Junior Brown The Planet of Junior Brown (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.66 — 875 ratings — published 1971
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Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3) Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.87 — 29,624 ratings — published 1997
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Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.91 — 39,201 ratings — published 1992
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I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.10 — 231 ratings — published 2011
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.60 — 32,589 ratings — published 1987
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Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.42 — 76 ratings — published 1984
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Long Distance Life Long Distance Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.08 — 104 ratings — published 1989
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Cornel West Reader (Basic Civitas Book) Cornel West Reader (Basic Civitas Book)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.26 — 868 ratings — published 1999
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Strategic Management Strategic Management (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.00 — 13 ratings — published 2008
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Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,075 ratings — published 1999
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.94 — 232,222 ratings — published 1995
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Song of Solomon Song of Solomon (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.16 — 131,659 ratings — published 1977
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Tar Baby (Vintage International) Tar Baby (Vintage International)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.00 — 24,374 ratings — published 1981
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The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order (Gap, #4) The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order (Gap, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.17 — 6,060 ratings — published 1994
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47 47 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afro-americans)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,219 ratings — published 2005
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Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 0 times as afro-americans)
avg rating 4.35 — 2,005 ratings — published 1881
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Carter G. Woodson
“At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do.”
Carter G. Woodson

Mao Zedong
“Under the white population of the United States of America only the reactionary classes oppress the black population. Under no circumstance can they represent the workers, farmers and revolutionary intellectuals and other enlighted people who form the majority of the white population.”
Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung

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