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91 Books in the HISTORY / Social History Category

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I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month

I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month
A High Price for Freedom: Raising Hidden Voices from the African American Past

A High Price for Freedom: Raising Hidden Voices from the African American Past
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore

Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance

Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance
Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights

Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores

Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores
I Am Nobody’s Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free

I Am Nobody’s Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free
Morningside: A Survivor’s Story of the Greensboro Massacre

Morningside: A Survivor’s Story of the Greensboro Massacre
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
Crazy as Hell: The Best Little Guide to Black History

Crazy as Hell: The Best Little Guide to Black History
Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It

Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker

The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker
Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies

Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies
The Essential Kerner Commission Report

The Essential Kerner Commission Report
America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s

America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s
White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
Slavery and Class in the American South: A Generation of Slave Narrative Testimony, 1840-1865

Slavery and Class in the American South: A Generation of Slave Narrative Testimony, 1840-1865
Who Stole the Soul? the Weaponization of Hip Hop: A Historical & Sociological Perspective

Who Stole the Soul? the Weaponization of Hip Hop: A Historical & Sociological Perspective
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots

Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots
Democracy, If We Can Keep It: The Aclu’s 100-Year Fight for Rights in America

Democracy, If We Can Keep It: The Aclu’s 100-Year Fight for Rights in America
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America

Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
Virginia Slavery and King Salt in Booker T. Washington’s Boyhood Home

Virginia Slavery and King Salt in Booker T. Washington’s Boyhood Home
Tulsa, 1921: Reporting a Massacre

Tulsa, 1921: Reporting a Massacre
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Solving The Race Issue In America

Solving The Race Issue In America
The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity

The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity
American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World

American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World
The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South

The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South
Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II

Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II
Hollywood Black

Hollywood Black
Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul

Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”

Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance

Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance
The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era

The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era

Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era
Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies

Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies
Rise of the Phoenix: Voices from Chicago’s Black Struggle 1960-1975

Rise of the Phoenix: Voices from Chicago’s Black Struggle 1960-1975
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination

Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination
Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box

Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box
Whose Harlem Is This, Anyway?: Community Politics and Grassroots Activism during the New Negro Era

Whose Harlem Is This, Anyway?: Community Politics and Grassroots Activism during the New Negro Era
The Birth of a Movement: How Birth of a Nation Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights

The Birth of a Movement: How Birth of a Nation Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights
Leadership Under Fire: Advancing Progress, Communicating, Teaching and Setting Communities at Liberty

Leadership Under Fire: Advancing Progress, Communicating, Teaching and Setting Communities at Liberty
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party

Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul

Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul
Harlem: The Crucible of Modern African American Culture

Harlem: The Crucible of Modern African American Culture
The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland

The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland
Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation

Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation
I Am Because We Are: Readings in Africana Philosophy

I Am Because We Are: Readings in Africana Philosophy
A Voice That Could Stir an Army: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement

A Voice That Could Stir an Army: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement
Letters from Langston: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare and Beyond

Letters from Langston: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare and Beyond
Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape

Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Firefight: The Century-Long Battle to Integrate New York’s Bravest

Firefight: The Century-Long Battle to Integrate New York’s Bravest
America The Black Point Of View

America The Black Point Of View
George Padmore and Decolonization from Below: Pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the End of Empire

George Padmore and Decolonization from Below: Pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the End of Empire
1919, The Year of Racial Violence

1919, The Year of Racial Violence
Voices of a People’s History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition

Voices of a People’s History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition
Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need to Stop Doing

Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need to Stop Doing
SNCC: The New Abolitionists

SNCC: The New Abolitionists
Blood: The Stuff Of Life (Cbc Massey Lecture)

Blood: The Stuff Of Life (Cbc Massey Lecture)
Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches 1963-2009

Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches 1963-2009
American Lynching

American Lynching
The Black Chicago Renaissance (New Black Studies Series)

The Black Chicago Renaissance (New Black Studies Series)
Help Me To Find My People: The African American Search For Family Lost In Slavery

Help Me To Find My People: The African American Search For Family Lost In Slavery
The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965-1972

The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965-1972
Black Gotham: A Family History Of African-Americans In Nineteenth Century New York City

Black Gotham: A Family History Of African-Americans In Nineteenth Century New York City
Fraternity: In 1968, a visionary priest recruited 20 black men to the College of the Holy Cross and changed their lives and the course of history.

Fraternity: In 1968, a visionary priest recruited 20 black men to the College of the Holy Cross and changed their lives and the course of history.
In Defense of Taboos

In Defense of Taboos
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration

Women in Grenadian History, 1783-1983

Women in Grenadian History, 1783-1983
Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity

Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity
Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District

Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District
On The Shoulders Of Giants: My Journey Through The Harlem Renaissance

On The Shoulders Of Giants: My Journey Through The Harlem Renaissance
Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy

Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy
The Cruel Years: American Voices at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

The Cruel Years: American Voices at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
Southern History Across the Color Line

Southern History Across the Color Line
The Quest for Cosmic Justice

The Quest for Cosmic Justice
Black Reconstruction In America, 1860-1880

Black Reconstruction In America, 1860-1880
The Origin of Races and Color

The Origin of Races and Color
The Souls of Black Folk: Includes “The Talented Tenth” and ”The Souls of White Folk”

The Souls of Black Folk: Includes “The Talented Tenth” and ”The Souls of White Folk”
Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin

Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin
From Columbus To Castro: The History Of The Caribbean 1492-1969

From Columbus To Castro: The History Of The Caribbean 1492-1969
Pioneers in Protest

Pioneers in Protest