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African American Book Summaries

The Next Big Story Summary
The Next Big Story
My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities
by Soledad O'Brien 2010 334 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
African American
The Warmth of Other Suns Summary
The Warmth of Other Suns
The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
by Isabel Wilkerson 2011 640 pages
4.47
100k+ ratings
History
Race
American History
Life Beyond Measure Summary
Life Beyond Measure
Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
by Sidney Poitier 2009 308 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Rejected Stone Summary
The Rejected Stone
Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership
by Al Sharpton 2013 272 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
African American
How to Be Black Summary
How to Be Black
by Baratunde R. Thurston 2012 254 pages
3.9
8k+ ratings
Humor
Memoir
Race
Nobody Knows My Name Summary
Nobody Knows My Name
by James Baldwin 1992 256 pages
4.37
4k+ ratings
Essays
Race
Classics
On the Shoulders of Giants Summary
On the Shoulders of Giants
My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2007 391 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
History
Sports
Biography
The Beautiful Struggle Summary
The Beautiful Struggle
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2009 240 pages
4.11
9k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Race
Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love Summary
Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love
How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion of Racial Reconciliation
by Thomas A. Tarrants 2019 864 pages
4.34
100+ ratings
Biography
Christian
Memoir
The Heart of a Woman Summary
The Heart of a Woman
by Maya Angelou 2009 352 pages
4.23
23k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Fire Shut Up in My Bones Summary
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
by Charles M. Blow 2014 240 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
African American
Between Barack and a Hard Place Summary
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
by Tim Wise 2009 159 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Race
Politics
Anti Racist
The Mis-Education of the Negro Summary
The Mis-Education of the Negro
by Carter G. Woodson 2012 169 pages
4.48
9k+ ratings
History
Race
Education
Bad Boy Summary
Bad Boy
A Memoir
by Walter Dean Myers 2009 228 pages
3.73
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
African American
In Search of The Color Purple Summary
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece
by Salamishah Tillet 2021 223 pages
4.27
100+ ratings
History
Memoir
Biography
Young, Gifted and Black Summary
Young, Gifted and Black
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
by Theresa Perry 2012 196 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Education
African American
Social Justice
Smart on Crime Summary
Smart on Crime
A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
by Kamala Harris 2009 205 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
African American
The Girl With a Mind for Math Summary
The Girl With a Mind for Math
The Story of Raye Montague
by Julia Finley Mosca 2018 40 pages
4.4
500+ ratings
Picture Books
Biography
Mathematics
The Black History of the White House Summary
The Black History of the White House
by Clarence Lusane 2011 544 pages
4.15
100+ ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Underground Railroad Summary
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead 2016 320 pages
4.06
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Race
Roots Summary
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley 1980 736 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
The Color Purple Summary
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker 2019 304 pages
4.27
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Feminism
LGBT
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 2004 352 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
3.91
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
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