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30 Books You Need to Read to Kinda-Sorta-Know-What-You're-Talking-About Concerning Race & America

Race and racial tensions aren't going anywhere in the US. In fact, relations may be worsening. Instead of talking past one another, how about we open and broaden ourselves to the experiences of others. Here are 30 books to help us all grapple with one aspect of US race relations, the African-American experience.
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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Blood Done Sign My Name
Blood Done Sign My Name
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Bus Ride to Justice (Fred Gray)
Bus Ride to Justice (Fred Gray)
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Black Like Me
Black Like Me
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Slavery by Another Name
Slavery by Another Name
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The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow
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The Half Has Never Been Told (Edward E. Baptist)
The Half Has Never Been Told (Edward E. Baptist)
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Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
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Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
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Go Tell It on the Mountain, by James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain, by James Baldwin
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The Cross and the Lynching Tree (James Cone)
The Cross and the Lynching Tree (James Cone)
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Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It: (Jo Ann Gibson Robinson)
Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It: (Jo Ann Gibson Robinson)
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Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
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Letter From the Birmingham Jail
Letter From the Birmingham Jail
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The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Our Kind of People
Our Kind of People
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Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots (Alex Haley)
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple
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The Weary Blues
The Weary Blues
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The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns
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THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK by W.E.B. Du Bois
THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK by W.E.B. Du Bois
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BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
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A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
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How to Be Black
How to Be Black
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Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys by Gilbert K
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys by Gilbert K
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Race Matters
Race Matters
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Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
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No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
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My American Journey
My American Journey
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