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53 Books in the BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists Category

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Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love

Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love
How We Heal: A Journey Toward Truth, Racial Healing, and Community Transformation from the Inside Out

How We Heal: A Journey Toward Truth, Racial Healing, and Community Transformation from the Inside Out
Baldwin: A Love Story

Baldwin: A Love Story
King: A Life

King: A Life
Jessica Huntley’s Pan-African Life: The Decolonizing Work of a Radical Black Activist

Jessica Huntley’s Pan-African Life: The Decolonizing Work of a Radical Black Activist
A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune

A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune
Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People

Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People
Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America

Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America
King: A Life

King: A Life
Angela Davis (paperback): An Autobiography

Angela Davis (paperback): An Autobiography
Narrative of Sojourner Truth

Narrative of Sojourner Truth
The Essential Dick Gregory

The Essential Dick Gregory
A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story

A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story
Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson

Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America

Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America
Sometimes Farmgirls Become Revolutionaries: Florence Tate on Black Power, Black Politics and the FBI

Sometimes Farmgirls Become Revolutionaries: Florence Tate on Black Power, Black Politics and the FBI
Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System

Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System
Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song

Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song
A Promised Land (Deluxe Signed Edition)

A Promised Land (Deluxe Signed Edition)
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope

His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association

Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman

This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America

No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography Of Ida B. Wells

Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography Of Ida B. Wells
Fannie Lou Hamer: America’s Freedom Fighting Woman

Fannie Lou Hamer: America’s Freedom Fighting Woman
Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System
W. E. B. Du Bois: A Life in American History

W. E. B. Du Bois: A Life in American History
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist

Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage

Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage
Kathryn Magnolia Johnson

Kathryn Magnolia Johnson
The Colored Waiting Room: Empowering the Original and the New Civil Rights Movement

The Colored Waiting Room: Empowering the Original and the New Civil Rights Movement
Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy

Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me

Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me
Writing My Wrongs

Writing My Wrongs
My Life, My Love, My Legacy

My Life, My Love, My Legacy
We Want Freedom

We Want Freedom
Survivor I Changed the Rules

Survivor I Changed the Rules
Stokely: A Life

Stokely: A Life
Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X

Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice

The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice
The Radical King (King Legacy)

The Radical King (King Legacy)
The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood

The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood
The Dramatic Genius of Charles Fuller; An African American Playwright

The Dramatic Genius of Charles Fuller; An African American Playwright
Black Prophetic Fire

Black Prophetic Fire
Death Of A King: The Real Story Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year

Death Of A King: The Real Story Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
You Must Set Forth At Dawn: A Memoir

You Must Set Forth At Dawn: A Memoir
Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Bondswoman of Olden Time, with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life"; Also, a Mem

Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Bondswoman of Olden Time, with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life"; Also, a Mem
Shadow And Act

Shadow And Act
A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story

A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story
The Narrative of Hosea Hudson: The Life and Times of a Black Radical

The Narrative of Hosea Hudson: The Life and Times of a Black Radical