We Are a Haunting
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Tyriek White Tyriek White did not come to play. He is doing something for New York narratives I've never seen, and really never imagined. This novel is... FictionHistory
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The Third Reconstruction
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My Faith in the Constitution Is Whole
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The Awakening of Malcolm X
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Requiem for the Massacre
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Working Together
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The Black Guy Dies First
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Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman & Mark H. Harris A definitive and surprising exploration of the history of Black horror films, after the rising success of Get Out, Candyman, and Lovecraft Country from creators behind the acclaimed documentary, Horror... BooksHistory
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Horror Noire
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Redress
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A Map for the Missing
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Walking Gentry Home
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Chuck Berry
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When Broadway Was Black
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Assembling a Black Counter Culture
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The Last Slave Ship
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Subversive Habits
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The Black Shoals
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H Is for Harlem
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New Growth
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The Matter of Black Lives
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Isn't Her Grace Amazing!
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Paul R. Williams
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The Dawn of Everything
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Except for Palestine
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Taste Makers
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For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too:
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The Lavender Scare
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