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Ray Charles (1930–2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he reveals his life story unsparingly, from the chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addiction to his tangled romantic life.
Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the pervasive racism of the era, Ray Charles was acclaimed worldwide as a genius by the age of thirty-two. By combining the influences
...“An essential...
24) Kevin's Kwanzaa
—Yara Shahidi
“Elaine’s book is a call for young women to find their voice and spark their courage—it’s...
26) 12 Years a Slave
28) On Juneteenth
True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's―and America's―most significant figures.
For players, fans, managers, and executives, Jackie Robinson remains baseball's singular figure, the person who most profoundly extended, and continues to extend, the reach of the game. Beyond Ruth. Beyond Clemente. Beyond Aaron. Beyond the heroes of today. Now, a half-century since Robinson's death, letters
...Activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis has been a tireless fighter against oppression for decades. Now, the iconic author of Women, Race, and Class offers her latest insights into the struggles against state violence and oppression throughout...
32) Mom & me & mom
NYT - Crime and Punishment
NYT - Politics and American History
NYT - Race and Civil Rights
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town,...
40) The Yellow House
WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
A brilliant, haunting and unforgettable memoir from a stunning new talent about the inexorable pull of home and family, set in a shotgun house in New Orleans East.
In 1961, Sarah M. Broom's mother Ivory Mae bought a shotgun house in the then-promising neighborhood of New Orleans East and built her world inside of it. It was the height
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