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 | Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—...
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
| $8.50
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 | The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
Malcolm X's searing memoir belongs on the small shelf of great autobiographies. The reasons are many: the blistering honesty with which he recounts his transformation from a bitter, self-destructive petty criminal into an articulate political activist, ...
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
| $4.08 - $7.99
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 | Coming of Age in Mississippi
Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived through some of the most dangerous days of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The week before she began high school came the news of Emmet Till’s l...
Manufacturer: Delta
| $6.78
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 | Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
First introduced in Freakonomics, here is the full story of Sudhir Venkatesh, the sociology grad student who infiltrated one of Chicago's most notorious gangs
The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealin...
Manufacturer: Penguin Press HC, The
| $15.78 - $25.95
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 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
In this first of five volumes of autobiography, poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, tragedy, and finally hard-won independence. Sent at a young age to live with her grandmother in Arkansas, Angelou learned a great...
Manufacturer: Bantam
| $2.90 - $6.99
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 | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions)
This autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman. Written and published in 1861, it delivers a powerful portrayal of the brutality of slave life. Jacobs speaks frankly of her master's abuse and ...
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
| $1.14 - $3.50
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 | Maybe You Never Cry Again
By the tender of age of five, Bernie Mac had found his calling: making others laugh. Now this amazing comedian delves deep inside to share the poignant story of his childhood and the people who shaped him into the strong, self-reliant man and ruthles...
Manufacturer: HarperEntertainment
| $9.43
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