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The Three of U.S.: A New Life in New York

By Coles, Joanna, Godwin, Peter

The Girl from Lamaha Street: A Guyanese girl at a 1950s English boarding school and her search for belonging

By Maas, Sharon

Kaffir Boy in America

By Mathabane, Mark

The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome

By Alondra Nelson

Lumumba: Africa's Lost Leader (Life & Times)

By Leo Zeilig

Through The Children's Gate: A Home in New York

By Gopnik, Adam

The Way to Rainy Mountain

By Momaday, N Scott

The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain

By Bas, Damian Le

Every Time a Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies: The Life of Gore Vidal

By Parini, Jay

A Thousand Pieces of Gold: A Memoir of China's Past through Its Proverbs

By Yen Mah, Adeline

Caravans and Wedding Bands: A Romany Life in the 1960s

By Petulengro, Eva

Oscar Wilde

By Richard Ellmann

Beckett In Dublin

By Wilmer, Steve, Lawlor, Tom

A Personal Odyssey

By Sowell, Thomas

The Eye: An Insider's Memoir of Masterpieces, Money, and the Magnetism of Art

By Philippe Costamagna, Frank Wynne

God Is Not a White Man: And Other Revelations

By McDonald, Chine

Miles Davis (Life & Times)

By Brian Morton

TEN THOUSAND MILES WITHOUT A CLOUD

By Shuyun

Paul Robeson

By Duberman, Martin Bauml

Black Boy (Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions)

By Wright, Dr Richard, Wideman, John Edgar, Malcolm

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

By McBride, James

Cuz: Danielle Allen

By Allen, Danielle

Gather Together In My Name

By Angelou, Dr Maya

All Arms and Elbows

By Ireland, Innes, Brabham, Sir Jack

Black Diamonds: The Wisdom of Booker T.Washington

By Washington, Booker T.

Chinese Encounters

By Morath, Inge, Miller, Arthur

Out of the Ordinary

By Smith Meyer, Ruth

The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood (Bryson)

By Bryson, Bill

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

By Khan-Cullors, Patrisse

Martin Luther King: The Pastor Who Had a Daring Dream (Heroes of faith & courage)

By Alex, Ben