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Gates, a prolific author and Harvard University professor as well as the host of PBS’sFinding Your Roots, sketches the rich and intertwined histories of Black Americans and the Christian churches that would serve as a sanctuary for so many. It’s a tale of individual faith and hope, but also (and importantly) one of community strength and activism in the long struggle for freedom and equality.
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As multimedia as a book can get,Black Futuresbrings together poems, essays, tweets, memes and photographs to tell a communal story of what it means and feels like to be Black today. Like a mixtape, these individual bits and pieces speak to and bounce off each other, providing a kind of kaleidoscopic view of the Black present – in other words, tomorrow’s history lessons.
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History is often contested ground; people argue over whose stories matter, and how they are communicated. In this personal, thoughtful book, Smith visits the landmarks and museums that attempt to tell Americans the story of slavery. Along the way, he talks to all kinds of people, encountering moments of anger and denial as well as sparks of hope, humanity and grace.
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Ida B. Wellswas a pioneering journalist – she was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 2020 – whose brave and often dangerous reporting helped expose the horrors of lynching. In this graphic biography, Duster, her great-granddaughter, paints a vivid, utterly compelling portrait of her ancestor, a heroine who deserves to be remembered and recognized today.
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A Black daughter of Alabama, Perry seeks to unpack and untangle the history, myths, and stereotypes of the American South. Beautifully written and filled with Perry’s eloquent, elegant prose, this National Book Award winner will help readers reconsider a region that has often been misunderstood.
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The Black mother of two Black sons, now young adults, Alexander weaves together her skills as a poet and scholar to ponder her children’s generation. What vision of America they’ve inherited – and what they will make of that inheritance – are the questions at the heart of this probing, brilliant, and cautiously hopeful book.
source: people.com
