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African American Book Summaries

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 Thurston 2012 254 pages
3.9
8k+ ratings
Humor
Memoir
Race
The Beautiful Struggle Summary
The Beautiful Struggle
A Memoir
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2009 240 pages
4.11
9k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Race
The Heart of a Woman Summary
The Heart of a Woman
by Maya Angelou 2009 352 pages
4.23
23k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
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
In Search of The Color Purple Summary
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece: The Story of Alice Walker’s Masterpiece (Books About Books)
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 (Amazing Scientists, 3)
by Julia Finley Mosca 2018 40 pages
4.4
500+ ratings
Picture Books
Biography
Mathematics
The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner) (Oprah's Book Club) Summary
The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner) (Oprah's Book Club)
A Novel
by Colson Whitehead 2016 320 pages
4.06
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Race
Roots (Dell Book) Summary
Roots (Dell Book)
by Alex Haley 1980 736 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
The Color Purple Summary
The Color Purple
A Novel
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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