Black Issues Books

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The Souls of Black Folk The Souls of Black Folk (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.31 — 45,572 ratings — published 1903
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.13 — 137,326 ratings — published 1845
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Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.34 — 27,401 ratings — published 1997
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The Personal Librarian The Personal Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.05 — 238,764 ratings — published 2021
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Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.23 — 6,783 ratings — published 2019
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.14 — 311,928 ratings — published 1970
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The Help The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,059,076 ratings — published 2009
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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 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.30 — 590,732 ratings — published 1969
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The Red Record The Red Record (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.45 — 570 ratings — published 1895
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Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.04 — 176 ratings — published 2000
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The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 3.90 — 956 ratings — published 2004
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.59 — 35,711 ratings — published 1981
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Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.46 — 5,320 ratings — published 1997
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Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 3.99 — 841 ratings — published 2010
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Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? What it Means to Be Black Now Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? What it Means to Be Black Now (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 3.85 — 970 ratings — published 2011
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Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 3.95 — 96 ratings — published 2007
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More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City (Issues of Our Time) More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City (Issues of Our Time)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 3.75 — 531 ratings — published 2009
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Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in America (Alternative Criminology, 16) Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in America (Alternative Criminology, 16)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.11 — 131 ratings — published 2008
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Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,747 ratings — published 1999
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Typecasting: On the Arts and Sciences of Human Inequality Typecasting: On the Arts and Sciences of Human Inequality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.32 — 88 ratings — published 2006
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Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,127 ratings — published 2009
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Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 3.88 — 245 ratings — published 1992
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The Declining Significance of Race : Blacks and Changing American Institutions The Declining Significance of Race : Blacks and Changing American Institutions (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 3.43 — 199 ratings — published 1978
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-issues)
avg rating 4.18 — 59,013 ratings — published 1861
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The First Emancipator: The Forgotten Story of Robert Carter, the Founding Father Who Freed His Slaves The First Emancipator: The Forgotten Story of Robert Carter, the Founding Father Who Freed His Slaves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 3.86 — 187 ratings — published 2005
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A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.14 — 125 ratings — published 2026
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The Manual for Good Wives The Manual for Good Wives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,058 ratings — published 2025
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The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.00 — 103 ratings — published 2026
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Mississippi Trial, 1955 Mississippi Trial, 1955 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,040 ratings — published 2002
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Native Guard: Poems Native Guard: Poems (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,913 ratings — published 2006
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Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.18 — 16,563 ratings — published 1994
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Everyday Use Everyday Use (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 3.89 — 5,203 ratings — published 1973
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March: Book Three (March, #3) March: Book Three (March, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.64 — 21,904 ratings — published 2016
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The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 3.74 — 183 ratings — published 2025
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A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.60 — 25 ratings — published
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The Trees The Trees (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.06 — 63,656 ratings — published 2021
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Care at the End of the World: Dreaming of Infrastructure in Crip-of-Color Writing Care at the End of the World: Dreaming of Infrastructure in Crip-of-Color Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.44 — 25 ratings — published
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James James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.42 — 560,828 ratings — published 2024
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The Tradition The Tradition (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.22 — 10,455 ratings — published 2019
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Invisible Man Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 3.92 — 204,706 ratings — published 1952
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The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.06 — 452,791 ratings — published 2016
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Clap When You Land Clap When You Land (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.22 — 110,983 ratings — published 2020
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The Truth About Grace (A Sequel to Pecan Man) The Truth About Grace (A Sequel to Pecan Man)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,660 ratings — published 2018
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Black Skin, White Masks Black Skin, White Masks (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.26 — 19,984 ratings — published 1952
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Nell Plants a Tree Nell Plants a Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.31 — 920 ratings — published 2023
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Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.83 — 6 ratings — published 2015
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The Pecan Man The Pecan Man (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.18 — 32,628 ratings — published 2012
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The United States of Opioids: A Prescription For Liberating A Nation In Pain The United States of Opioids: A Prescription For Liberating A Nation In Pain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.19 — 37 ratings — published
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Iced Iced (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.25 — 389 ratings — published 1993
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Son of a Dope Fiend: My Story, Written in Blood (Son a Dope Fiend Book 1) Son of a Dope Fiend: My Story, Written in Blood (Son a Dope Fiend Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as black-issues)
avg rating 4.72 — 18 ratings — published
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