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The Best Books About Black History and Identity

Just because Black History Month is over doesn't mean the learning of Black history stops. Take this time to look around your bookshelf to see what you think you need. Personally, I think everyone can benefit from having more Black history literature in their home. I think there is so much to discover about the Black experience, I don't think you can have too many books about Black identity and history.
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Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
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Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
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We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
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Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
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Redefining Realness (Janet Mock)
Redefining Realness (Janet Mock)
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The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
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Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
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Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
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Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
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The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
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The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
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We Were Eight Years in Power (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
We Were Eight Years in Power (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele)
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele)
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The Audacity of Hope (Barack Obama)
The Audacity of Hope (Barack Obama)
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Women, Race & Class (Angela Davis)
Women, Race & Class (Angela Davis)
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The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
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How We Fight for Our Lives (Saeed Jones)
How We Fight for Our Lives (Saeed Jones)
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
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Heavy (Kiese Laymon)
Heavy (Kiese Laymon)
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Audre Lorde)
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Audre Lorde)
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I'm Still Here (Austin Channing Brown)
I'm Still Here (Austin Channing Brown)
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
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This Will Be My Undoing (Morgan Jerkins)
This Will Be My Undoing (Morgan Jerkins)
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Thick (Tressie McMillan Cottom)
Thick (Tressie McMillan Cottom)
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One Day I Will Write About This Place (Binyavanga Wainaina)
One Day I Will Write About This Place (Binyavanga Wainaina)
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Playing in the Dark (Toni Morrison)
Playing in the Dark (Toni Morrison)
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The Color of Water (James McBride)
The Color of Water (James McBride)
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How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective (Edit: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor:)
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective (Edit: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor:)
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The Origin of Others (Toni Morrison)
The Origin of Others (Toni Morrison)
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Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
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March (John Lewis)
March (John Lewis)
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Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
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Assata: An Autobiography (Assata Shakur)
Assata: An Autobiography (Assata Shakur)
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Dear Ijeawale (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Dear Ijeawale (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria (Beverly Tatum)
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria (Beverly Tatum)
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Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty (Dorothy Roberts)
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty (Dorothy Roberts)
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The Devil That Danced on the Water (Aminatta Forna)
The Devil That Danced on the Water (Aminatta Forna)
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