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Esperance

by Adam Oyebanji

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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

by Saidiya Hartman

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"I have family history in Philly, so these stories are hitting close to home. The Thomas Eakins story was horrifying. The stuff about DuBois so far hasn't really been a surprise because I've heard critical history of him. I'm interested to see how else Hartman engages with his studies of the city." — Jan 21, 2026 02:05PM

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Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present

by Nell Irvin Painter

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A group for African-American women to share, discuss and recommend quality books by and for other African-Americans.

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