BHM / Juneteenth Reading Challenge - hosted by coralinejones

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Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur

274 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

349 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history mathematics race science informative inspiring slow-paced
Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou

Letter to My Daughter

Maya Angelou

166 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir poetry challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker by A'Lelia Perry Bundles

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

A'Lelia Perry Bundles

416 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history race informative inspiring slow-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

288 pages • first pub 1903 (editions)

nonfiction classics history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

289 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining by Rachel E. Cargle

A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining

Rachel E. Cargle

238 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou

Mom & Me & Mom

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #7

Maya Angelou

224 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced