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Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

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Ain't Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice

by April Sinclair

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Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

by Manning Marable

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The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson

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A mass meeting in Paris adopted a resolution addressed to the U.S. ambassador calling the lynching and acquittals “an insult to the conscience of the civilized world.”56

an insult to the conscience of the civilized world

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Crystal’s Quotes

“Gas Attendant: "Thata ain't no etch-a-sketch. Thats one doodle that can't be un-did home skillet.”
― Diablo Cody, Juno: The Shooting Script

tags: humor, juno

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“Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.”
― Karl Popper

tags: dogmatism, idealism, maturity, pragmatism, science, theory, wisdom

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This book club will engage participants on a variety of culturally relevant topics that have included (but are not limited to): ethnicity/race, countr ...more

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